Glass Solutions Inc. is moving its Indiana headquarters from Griffith to Portage.
With approval from both the Portage Board of Zoning Appeals and Plan Commission on Tuesday, the two buildings at 6800 Melton Road could be completed as soon as March 2027.
764 Holdings LLC received a string of variances Dec. 22 and a few more on Tuesday to build on a 35-acre site near Samuelson Road that once was a mobile home park. Together, the two buildings will be about 208,000 square feet.
Planning and Community Development Director Tom Cherry said 764 Holdings plans to give part of the site to the city for a future kayak launch on Salt Creek.
The property along U.S. 20 backs up to I-94.
Portage Economic Development Corp. Executive Director Andy Maletta said he has been working with the company for about two years to make the project happen. “It’s a great project,” he said.
Itasca, Illinois-based Glass Solutions assembles windows for high-rise buildings. The outdoor storage allowed by a BZA variance will be for temporary storage, not to permanently house equipment outdoors, Maletta said.
A neighbor asked that a fence be installed near Salt Creek to keep trash from blowing into the creek. “We need to protect the creek as much as we can,” she said. “We do have salmon that come here in October.”
“Right now, there’s an old Volkswagen in that creek. We have an old bridge in that creek,” she said.
“Obviously, the desire for a fence is strong, and it is proposed around the entire site,” said Kevin Coros, a civil engineer with McMahon Associates in Valparaiso. “Protection of the creek is paramount in terms of not only our desires but the city as well.”
Stormwater entering the creek will likely be cleaner than it is now, he said. “There is no real chemical here in terms of standard manufacturing production.”
Isopropyl alcohol is the only chemical used, 764 Holdings owner Jon Norris said.
Doug Ross is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.
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