Fairborn's eastern edge is filling up with housing plans. In the past few weeks, city leaders have moved on two apartment communities and another section of a single-family subdivision.
The Fairborn Daily Herald reported that City Council approved the Villas of Copper Leaf development at 1524 Commerce Center Blvd. and that its final development plan still goes to the Planning Board. Dayton's WDTN reported that the project would bring 114 multifamily units to about 15 acres off Commerce Center Boulevard, across from Fairborn High School. Some nearby residents objected to the loss of trees and plants on the site.
Trebein Trails: apartments and townhomes on 10 acres
The Oct. 13 Planning Board agenda included a public hearing on a preliminary planned unit development plan for Trebein Trails at 1850 Trebein Road. Plans call for 98 units and a clubhouse on about 10 acres.
According to the city staff memo, the applicant is Kirk Marker and Trebein Trails Investment LLC. The project would have two housing types: three three-story walk-up apartment buildings with about 24 to 34 units each, and four two-story townhome buildings with four units each. The mix includes:
- 36 one-bedroom apartments of about 800 to 850 square feet.
- 46 two-bedroom apartments of about 1,000 to 1,100 square feet.
- 16 two-bedroom townhomes of about 1,100 square feet or more.
Amenities include a clubhouse with a pool, porches and patios, an overlook and walking paths through the wooded part of the site. The plans include 198 parking spaces. The applicant told the board in a September work session the units would rent at market rates of $1,000 to $2,000 a month, according to the memo.
Planned materials include cultured brick and stone veneer with fiber-cement lap and board-and-batten siding. About half the site is woods and a creek that would be left undisturbed. Stormwater would go to an underground retention and detention system. City staff noted the three-story buildings would run a few feet over the 35-foot height limit, something to be handled through the PUD process. Plans also call for curb, gutter and sidewalk along Trebein Road, plus a rapid-flashing beacon and crosswalk at Channingway Drive.
The memo says an earlier developer brought a 90-unit plan to the board in April, and Marker Development took over and substantially revised it this summer. The applicant expects to start site work in the first quarter of 2027. Staff estimated site prep and civil work at eight to 10 months and full construction at 18 to 24 months.
More single-family lots at Woodridge Estates
The same agenda included a final PUD plan and final plat for Section 2 of Woodridge Estates. Section 2 would create 15 single-family lots on 18 acres, extend Cliffside Drive and add one new street. The city lists the owner and applicant as NAB21 LLC and David Butler.
The Herald reported that all 11 Phase 1 lots will be single-family homes with at least a two-car garage, on lots from 0.3 to 1.8 acres priced from $100,000. The subdivision has grown since the city first approved 19 lots on 20 acres in 2023. A 2024 change expanded it to 26 lots on 29 acres, according to the staff memo.
The Herald listed the address as 1471 Armstrong Road. City documents give it as 1741 Armstrong Road.
The Oct. 13 agenda also carried a tabled request for 80 multifamily units and a clubhouse on 6 acres at 2047 Beaver Valley Road.
No builders or general contractors have been named publicly for any of these projects.
Why it matters for Contractors
Between Copper Leaf, Trebein Trails and Woodridge Estates, Fairborn has more than 200 homes in the pipeline, and they're a mix of products. Copper Leaf and Trebein Trails are garden-style multifamily jobs, with site and civil work, underground stormwater systems, framing, masonry veneer, fiber-cement siding, roofing, MEP trades and pool and clubhouse construction. Trebein Trails alone could keep crews busy for up to two years once site work starts in 2027. Woodridge Estates' large lots mean custom and semi-custom home work for local builders, plus roads and utilities for Section 2. Contractors in the Dayton area should follow the Planning Board's final plan reviews to see when these projects are ready to bid.