Business View Magazine | June 2019

171 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 our long-term planning includes providing space for pilots to build their own hangars. In addition, we have a large hangar available for lease that formerly housed a large corporate jet.” With so much acreage available, Hahn adds that in the next few months, EVV is going to request proposals from both aviation and non-aviation related developers to continue maximizing airport property. “Currently, we have two plots of land available next to the million-square-foot Berry Global warehouse that also sits on airport property,” he notes. “We have a diversified non- aeronautical tenant base, including a United States Postal Service (USPS) sorting facility, office spaces, a hotel, and restaurant tenants on land leases with the Airport, and we are continually working to develop our tenant mix further. Our available land includes various sized parcels – small and large with diversified land use opportunities. For example, some of our larger parcels could accommodate 400K square-feet warehouses or light industrial facilities. Other plots include aeronautical space that is ideal for maintenance repair operations and hangar facility expansions.” Meanwhile, Hahn adds that the Airport has had, and continues to have, many upgrades. “I’ve been Executive Director since January and was the Director of Operations and Maintenance for seven years prior. In the eight years I’ve been here, I don’t think there’s been a second where we’ve not been under construction,” he says. One recent project was the relocation of approximately 2,000 feet of EVV’s major runway, in response to a congressionally mandated runway safety area program. “The runway relocation project was a $64-million, multi-year project. We moved a state highway, a few county roads, a railroad, and one million cubic yards of dirt.” Another recently completed project was the $20 million airport terminal renovation, which was originally constructed in 1988. “Rebuilding the terminal is the largest project that EVV has completed,” Hahn states. “Numerous changes were made inside the terminal and out, including centralized screening, a total restaurant redesign EVANSV I LLE REGIONAL A I RPORT