Project to watch in 2019: Dayton airport developments

The Dayton International Airport sits on more than 5,000 acres of land and utilizes about 2,500 acres for day-to-day airport operations. Over the past four years the city of Dayton, in partnership with Montgomery County, the Dayton Development Coalition and JobsOhio, have found creative ways to develop the underutilized land. 

Reports of two animal supply retailers — Purina Mills and Chewy Inc. — signing lease deals to occupy industrial space near the airport is the latest development in a…