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A New York City developer is planning a mixed-use project on a prominent corner next to Miami University’s Oxford campus.Benjamin Federbush, of Varick Realty, is moving forward with plans to demolish and redevelop the long-vacant former Follett’s bookstore building at 110 E. High St.The project would replace the existing building...Continue Reading

An out-of-market developer will greatly expand its industrial presence in the Cincinnati market with a new project in Butler County.Kansas City, Mo.-based NP Development filed plans with the city of Fairfield for the Butler County Trade Center. The five-building industrial park will total 1.29 million square feet. It will sit...Continue Reading

Three area business projects have been approved for tax credits, bringing a total of 387 new full-time-equivalent jobs to Southwest Ohio, according to a joint announcement from Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, Lt. Gov. Jim Tressel, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik.One of the three projects is Weidman Electrical...Continue Reading

One of the region’s largest universities has started construction on its new and expanded $13 million multiuse sports fields.Miami University is upgrading Millett Field and Chestnut Field this summer to be complete before fall semester begins. The college’s Millett Field will be expanded to include a new synthetic turf field...Continue Reading

The long‑awaited COhatch Hamilton and its adjoining Eyrie Cocktail Lounge are scheduled to make their debut Friday, May 1, marking the completion of the transformation of downtown Hamilton’s historic 1931 art deco Second National Bank Building at 219 High St.COhatch is a shared workspace offering private offices, coworking memberships and...Continue Reading

A Northeast Ohio developer is pursuing a new multifamily project in Hamilton.IRG Realty Advisors plans to put the project at a 2.75-acre site on the west side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard a block north of Hamilton’s main thoroughfare. IRG’s final development plan, as approved in January by Hamilton...Continue Reading

Hamilton is a step closer to transforming its former city hall at 20 High St. in downtown Hamilton into a new full-service hotel.The Mueller Hotel project, being developed by Spectrum Investment Group and Acumen Development Partners, is expected to begin this summer and wrap up by the end of 2027,...Continue Reading

Prologis revealed site plans and a construction timeline and has begun work at the site of its large data center project in Butler County.The San Francisco-based real estate development firm – the world’s largest – is planning the data center compound, called “Project Mila,” on 141 acres in the city...Continue Reading

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

Butler County commissioners have approved a $5 million contribution toward redevelopment in Middletown’s urban core, creating a $15 million partnership with the city and the Middletown Community Foundation, according to a report from Business Courier media partner WKRC-TV Local 12.Joshua Smith, president and CEO of the Butler County Finance Authority,...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