Texas-based aircraft maintenance, management, and charter provider Baker Aviation has broken ground on a new headquarters facility at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport (FTW). The development signals the centralization of the company’s business at FTW, as it plans to relocate its Part 145 repair station there from nearby Addison Airport in January.

The project on the east side of the airport consists of a 30,500-sq-ft climate-controlled maintenance hangar, which will be completed by November 2019, and a 35,850-sq-ft hangar with a spacious lobby, which will house the company’s Part 135 aircraft charter and management unit, scheduled for completion the following January. Both will feature 28-foot-high doors to accommodate the latest big business jets.

“This is a terrific opportunity for us to carry out our strategy to further expand the Baker operation,” said Roy Goyco Jr., president and CEO of the company’s aviation maintenance division. “Just seven years ago, we established the Part 145 repair station and quickly expanded into three hangars at Addison Airport 30 miles from here. As we centralize our operations, our existing infrastructure will remain intact, including the experienced and talented team of employees who are familiar to our clients.”