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Cincinnati-Dayton Fire Protection will construct a new 30,000 square foot headquarters in Fairfield as it plans to grow its workforce by more than 63% in the next several years. The facility will be located on undeveloped land at 5200 Union Centre Blvd., near Seward Road. It will move all employees...Continue Reading

A rapidly growing Irish medical testing company will open a new facility in the City of Fairfield, where it expects to hire dozens.At-home diagnostics company LetsGetChecked, co-headquartered in Dublin and New York, announced the new facility April 28 in a joint media release with JobsOhio and REDI Cincinnati.The new fulfillment...Continue Reading

Two Butler County companies will collectively create more than 100 new jobs over the next few years after receiving tax help from the state.LetsGetChecked Inc. and SkyCell North America Inc. will expand in Fairfield and West Chester Twp. as both received job creation tax credits from the Ohio Tax Credit...Continue Reading

Miami University is seeking to transform its regional campuses in Middletown and Hamilton by establishing a polytechnic model.The polytechnic campus, which was first announced April 2 during President Gregory Crawford’s spring update, will be a model implemented at its regional campuses to work toward meeting existing and emerging workforce needs...Continue Reading

Best of Butler County Contest! It was another great contest this year with winners and placers determined in more than 150 subcategories covering all aspects of Butler County life.Click on each category to see a list of winners and placers. Around TownAuto Beauty and Wellness Food, Dining, and DrinkingHealth & Medical Home Improvement Professional Services Recreation Retail  Continue Reading

A French technology firm growing its operations in Greater Cincinnati turned to an industrial development already in the planning stages for its massive new advanced manufacturing facility.Schneider Electric, a multinational corporation with $38 billion in 2024 revenue, is undergoing a significant expansion in the region, tripling its occupied square footage...Continue Reading

Greater Cincinnati properties accounted for the lion’s share of a national real estate investment firm's first-quarter acquisitions, totaling more than $41 million in purchases.Boston-based Plymouth Industrial REIT, which manages more than 35 million square feet of industrial properties across the country, acquired 10045 International Blvd. in West Chester Township for...Continue Reading

The installation of 20 electric vehicle charging stations in the next couple of years is part of Butler County’s transportation-related projects getting more than $16.1 million in funds.The Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Board of Directors approved a new $4.8 billion Transportation Improvement Program on Thursday. The TIP is part...Continue Reading

The feverish din softened in the atrium of GE Aerospace’s Evendale Learning Center on the afternoon of April 2 as a sleep-deprived, travel-weary but no less cheerful Larry Culp leapt onto the stage. “It’s all about us now,” Culp, GE Aerospace’s CEO, said.The crowd whooped and hollered, everyone wearing the...Continue Reading

A large new Kroger store will be constructed in the city of Hamilton, complete with a Starbucks, a Kroger Fuel Center and a pharmacy.The Kroger Marketplace will be located on 11.7 acres of currently vacant land in what the city of Hamilton calls the Hamilton West Shopping Center, about two...Continue Reading

The Booker T. Washington Center on South Front Street in Hamilton will undergo a $1.7 million expansion and renovation that will begin in the next few weeks and wrap up either by the end of the year or the start of 2026. Hamilton city and community leaders, officials with the Great...Continue Reading

Construction is officially underway on a development that promises to bring a Whole Foods and other retailers to a site straddling West Chester and Liberty townships in the Cincinnati-Dayton corridor. Village North is a 49-acre mixed use project at the northwest corner of Liberty Way and Butler-Warren Road in West...Continue Reading

Construction has begun on the Village North mixed-use development that spans 49 acres across West Chester and Liberty townships.“Good things happen to those who wait. It’s been frustrating at times. This is a very complicated project,‘’ said Mark Welch, West Chester Twp. trustee, during Wednesday’s groundbreaking ceremonies.The project has been...Continue Reading

A Fairfield distributor plans to more than triple its space and move from Production Drive to Seward Road.Core & Main has run out of space at its 3165 Production Drive distribution facility for water, wastewater, storm drainage and fire protection products, said Mark Will, district manager.“We are an underground distributor...Continue Reading

i3 Investors, headquartered in Indianapolis, has made its 12th acquisition in Greater Cincinnati with a $7.5 million purchase.A growth focused real estate firm has acquired an industrial property in Cincinnati's northern suburbs. On March 18, Indianapolis-based i3 Investors acquired Union Circle Commerce Center at 5 Circle Freeway Drive, in West...Continue Reading

United Performance Metals acquired Fabrisonic LLC on March 14. The acquisition aims to enhance United's advanced manufacturing capabilities.A Hamilton-based company has acquired a Columbus startup United Performance Metals headquartered at 3475 Symmes Road acquired Fabrisonic LLC, a small tech company. Terms of the deal March 14 were not disclosed. United is...Continue Reading

GE Aerospace has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force valued up to $5 billion for the production and delivery of fighter jet engines to U.S. allies.The U.S. Department of Defense March 14 announced the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with the Evendale-based engine maker for foreign military sales of...Continue Reading

For the second time in as many years, GE Aerospace has committed more than $100 million for Greater Cincinnati facility upgrades, a sum that does not include the company's large investment in its next generation technology suite.GE Aerospace will invest more than $113 million into its Greater Cincinnati facilities in...Continue Reading

The Square @ Union Centre is getting a major update, and work is expected to begin in July.This will shorten The Takeover Thursday night summer concert series at the square, 9285 Centre Pointe Drive. The $3.6 million renovation is expected to start in July and be mostly finished in time...Continue Reading

Ohio's first Wawa will open its doors in Liberty Township this spring, the company announced Wednesday.The location will be on Cincinnati Dayton Road, and it will open to the public on April 16.Wawa said the date coincides with the same day it opened its first store in Pennsylvania 61 years...Continue Reading

Middletown purchased the 32-acre Towne Mall site for 10 million dollars. The city of Middletown could partner with a private developer on the redevelopment of its Towne Mall site. The city on February 19 issued a request for qualifications, or RFQ, seeking a possible partnership on redevelopment of the 32-acre site...Continue Reading

One of Greater Cincinnati's most prolific apartment developers has started construction on its largest-ever project in the region.Blue Ash-based Hills Properties in January broke ground on Relay 129, a 402-unit community that forms one of two bookend anchors at Freedom Pointe. The other, a Costco store, opened at the end...Continue Reading

A long-awaited splash pad installation at Beckett Park should be completed late this month or early next month.But it won’t open until spring, weather permitting.West Chester Twp. trustees had planned for the $1.6 million project to open in spring 2024. However, issues with permitting and unanticipated site problems delayed work.Read...Continue Reading