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An upstate New York manufacturer with ties to the data center and semiconductor sectors plans to create hundreds of jobs in Greater Cincinnati.Arcade, N.Y.-based Steel & O’Brien Manufacturing Inc. is putting the project in West Chester Township, though the exact location remains unknown. The company is expected to disclose more...Continue Reading

A recently acquired Butler County manufacturer is expanding into a third Tri-State facility.Miami Machine Inc., a manufacturer of heavy-duty and specialty industrial equipment for paper mills, has taken over a facility at 605 Clark St. in Middletown.The roughly 14,000-square-foot facility was previously home to MRT Partners, a former Miami Machine...Continue Reading

Delta Air Lines’ new fleet of Boeing aircraft will fly with GE Aerospace engines underwing, another win for the world’s largest aircraft engine maker in a space it has lately dominated over one of its main rivals.Delta in a Jan. 13 media release announced the order for 30 new Boeing...Continue Reading

A proposed partnership between the county, Middletown, the community foundation and finance authority is a “once in a lifetime” chance to begin remaking Middletown’s downtown landmark with $15 million.Butler County Commissioner Don Dixon told the Journal-News he has been working with city officials, the Middletown Community Foundation and Butler County...Continue Reading

Butler County’s economic outlook for 2026 is one of moderate growth, according to local business leaders.There will be a number of major workforce development initiatives, such as the Advanced Manufacturing Workforce and Innovation Hub, the transition of Miami University Regionals’ Hamilton campus into a polytechnic model, and Middletown’s new Aviation...Continue Reading

A Turkish airline has made a massive purchase of engines from a GE Aerospace joint venture.Pegasus Airlines and CFM International announced an agreement Dec. 18 for up to 300 LEAP-1B engines to power the airline’s future Boeing 737-10 model fleet. The contract also includes spare engines and a long-term maintenance...Continue Reading

A contingent of Middletown leaders was shown what downtown could be by looking at Hamilton’s pathway to redevelopment.A critical part along that path was the CMC Properties development known as The Marcum, a mixed-use development in Hamilton’s downtown that Butler County Finance Authority President and CEO Joshua Smith called “critical”...Continue Reading

An international manufacturer with its Americas headquarters in Butler County is carrying out its second expansion project in the last five years, with plans to create dozens of new high-paying jobs in the process.Salvagnini America, a subsidiary of Italian manufacturing giant the Salvagnini Group, recently began the $6 million project...Continue Reading

A Massachusetts manufacturing firm with a national sales footprint plans to relocate its headquarters to a new facility employing hundreds in the Cincinnati region.SencorpWhite, currently based on the Cape Cod peninsula in Hyannis, Mass., has leased an industrial property on Symmes Road in the City of Hamilton, taking occupancy Dec...Continue Reading

A new-to-market health-focused restaurant brand is opening its first Greater Cincinnati location later this month inside a suburban shopping destination.Sweetgreen will make its Liberty Center debut in Liberty Township Dec. 19, at 7615 Blake St.The Los Angeles-based company first announced the expansion nearly a year ago. The fast-casual restaurant offers...Continue Reading

Major League Soccer and the entity that runs its nationwide youth academy system have selected a Greater Cincinnati sports park for a tournament in 2026.Voice of America Athletic Complex in West Chester Township on April 10-13, 2026, will host the MLS Next Academy Regional Qualifier, which is a Midwest-wide event...Continue Reading

IRG Realty Advisors, the owner of Third + Dayton in downtown, wants to turn a vacant, paved lot into an another apartment complex. Proposed is a 120-unit mixed use planned development on 2.75 acres that corners MLK Jr. Boulevard at Butler and Dayton streets.“Planning commission took action and recommended approval...Continue Reading

The Courier's Power 25 highlights a mix of people, companies and organizations that are behind efforts to add population, raise Cincinnati’s profile, create jobs and contribute to the region’s economic strength and vibrancy. This is not meant to be all inclusive or all encompassing, but to highlight those who are...Continue Reading

TRENTON, Ohio — A commercial solar panel farm is coming to Trenton.The 49.9-megawatt solar development owned by Duke Energy will be constructed on approximately 260 acres of mixed industrial land in Trenton. Construction has not yet started but is slated for early 2028, according to Director of Public Affairs and...Continue Reading

 Butler County city and project partners have broken ground on the first phase of a large mixed-use development decades in the making.Officials with the city of Trenton Nov. 12 put the first shovels in the dirt at the site of a new municipal complex and YMCA at Trenton Square, a...Continue Reading

The city of Hamilton has a new upscale dinner restaurant.On Nov. 3, Carmagnola Trattoria held a ribbon cutting outside its 24 S. Third St. location in downtown Hamilton.The Italian-inspired restaurant, which is owned by parent company Jackelope Spirits, is the final phase of a $4 million mixed-use development that transformed...Continue Reading

STARFIRE Lubricants is proud to announce the grand opening of its new 104,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility located in Hamilton, Ohio. Starting November 10, 2025, all business operations will be conducted from this new corporate headquarters location—signaling a major leap forward in STARFIRE's capabilities in packaging, warehousing, and distribution of premium lubricants...Continue Reading

West Chester Township will spend a sum of $18.3 million to acquire a 75-acre tract of land with huge development potential.The township’s board of trustees at a special meeting Oct. 30 voted unanimously in favor of the appropriation and land purchase, eyeing what’s described in a media release as a...Continue Reading

West Chester Twp. is purchasing 75 acres at the northeast corner of I-75 and Union Centre Boulevard to create the Mill Creek District.“This is an incredibly exciting milestone for West Chester Twp. This property is one of the most visible and well-positioned sites in the Cincinnati-Dayton I-75 corridor,’’ said Trustee...Continue Reading

One of the largest industrial real estate developers in the world has acquired 141 acres in Butler County where it supposedly plans to construct a data center compound, according to public documents.The site, comprising four land parcels previously owned by the city of Trenton, lies in the Trenton Industrial Park...Continue Reading

A Cincinnati real estate developer is collaborating with the City of Trenton and a broker from CBRE on a large project in Butler County.Trenton Square is a planned mixed-use development on 111.5 acres of farmland on West State Street, about half a mile from the city of Trenton’s business district...Continue Reading

An Arizona-based company has debuted a massive new fulfillment center in the Greater Cincinnati suburbs that's more than two years in the making.On Sept. 10, Oats Overnight held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its 310,000-square-foot facility, located at 7753 Union Centre Boulevard in West Chester Township.Oats Overnight is a packager and...Continue Reading

A new food, beverage and entertainment venue is now open in Butler County.The Liberty Collective is a two-story, 18,000-square-foot complex featuring multiple restaurants, bars, remote workspaces and more. It also has 6,000 square feet of patio space and a large green space. The second floor overlooks what is called “The...Continue Reading

The city of Hamilton has approved a tax incentive agreement with an experienced private developer for its next large adaptive reuse project.Hamilton City Council on Aug. 27 unanimously approved a resolution authorizing a Community Reinvestment Area agreement with developer Bloomfield/Schon for the $29 million mixed-use redevelopment of the Shuler &...Continue Reading