Exotic Metals to receive temporary certificate of occupancy

It was almost a year ago when Exotic Metals Forming Company (Exotic) announced at a March 14 press conference that it was opening a facility in Airway Heights that would hire up to 150 local employees.

Eleven months later and the facility, which is located on the south side of McFarland Road at Lawson Street and expected to open in the summer, is almost complete. Exotic is scheduled to receive a temporary certificate of occupancy for the facility from Airway Heights, Feb. 25.

Development Services Director Derrick Braaten said Walker Construction Inc., who helped design and build the facility,...