CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) – The state of Ohio’s economic development affiliate has handed out $4.5 million to a pair of large projects in the Cincinnati area and a third grant for a local startup reviving a Cincinnati manufacturing staple.
JobsOhio and its local arm, REDI Cincinnati, in October awarded a $2 million Revitalization Grant to the Hillman Group for its consolidation project on the site of the former Forest Fair Village mall straddling Forest Park and Fairfield.
In August, Hillman, a hardware products manufacturer and distributor and one of the region’s largest public companies, confirmed it had signed a lease in a forthcoming 715,736-square-foot Class A building at the 60-acre site…