Upper Arlington may soon be the newest location of an educational childcare center that has seen regular growth in central Ohio.

Developers are expected to submit building plans and applications to the city next month for the construction of a new Primrose School educational childcare center, according to senior planning officer Chad Gibson.

“We’re looking for them to submit applications for the March BZAP (board of zoning and planning) meeting,” Gibson said. “The site is three parcels at 3426 Tremont Road, which right now is made up of one house with a vacant lot on either side. A daycare center is a conditional use for that location.”

Primrose Schools hosted an open house with community residents recently to unveil plans and listen to neighbors’ concerns, Gibson said.

“I think we had a good meeting with them,” said Richard Kaspar, site acquisition manager for Primrose Schools. “We were able to answer a lot of their questions, and showed some of the building plans, so we’ll see how it goes.”

Kaspar said that if approved, the proposed center would be the 11th Primrose School in central Ohio, with locations already in Dublin, Gahanna, Grove City, Pickerington, Powell, Westerville and Worthington. Another school is under construction in Hilliard.

With more than 230 schools across the country, Primrose focuses on tying together learning, character development and play in a structured environment, according to the school’s website. The schools offer a proprietary curriculum called Balanced Learning for children ranging in age from infants through kindergartners.

Kaspar said that Upper Arlington was an attractive location for Primrose’s 11th central Ohio location.

“We thought this would be a good location, an area that makes it easy for our customers to come in and drop off their children,” he said. “Upper Arlington right now is severely lacking in premium childcare, and we certainly felt like it would be a good fit. We’re looking forward to it.”

Located on Tremont between Kenny and Fishinger roads, and across the street from the OSU golf course, Gibson said one issue with the area could be traffic related.

“The neighborhood wants to make sure that cut through traffic doesn’t happen there,” he said.

Kaspar said the school doesn’t currently have a time frame for when construction could begin.

“Right now we’re doing our due diligence, surveying and getting title work done,” he said. “We will be filing our application and some site and building plans with the city soon.”