Press on Cincinnati Commercial Contracting & Related Projects
LCNB to anchor new $6M center in Monroe
Middletown Journal, 11/13/2010
Monroe native Tim Lamphier... returned to his hometown on Friday to participate in a ground-breaking ceremony for LCNB National Bank, which will anchor a new $6 million, 30,000-square-foot retail project expected to include restaurants and offices a half-mile from Cincinnati Premium Outlets along Interstate 75 and Ohio 63 in Monroe.
The area known as the I-75 Corridor is an increasingly popular business growth spot between Dayton and Cincinnati. The street for the project will be named for one of the city's founding fathers, Clarence F. Warner, who is Lamphier’s grandfather. The new road – located along the Ohio 63 corridor off American Way – will be known as Clarence F. Warner Drive.
The roadway and bank, which is projected to bring 200 jobs to the community, are scheduled to be completed by April, said John Westheimer, president and owner of project developer Cincinnati Commercial Contracting.
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Bank to anchor $6M retail project at I-75, Ohio 63
Dayton Daily News, 11/12/2010
LCNB National Bank will anchor a new $6 million, 30,000-square-foot retail project, expected to include restaurants and offices on Interstate 75 and Ohio 63, a half mile from Cincinnati Premium Outlets. The bank, which is projected to bring 200 jobs, is scheduled to be completed by April, said John Westheimer, president and owner of Cincinnati Commercial Contracting, the project's developer.
Monroe City Manager William Brock said LCNB National Bank will help spur more development on I-75 and Ohio 63.
"This land right here is primed for continued growth around the interchange and obviously we brought one business in as an anchor, and with the road that is going in, it will spur other development," Brock said during a groundbreaking ceremony Friday.
♦ Read more at Dayton Daily News
CCC plots retail, office at bustling Monroe interchange
Business Courier of Cincinnati, 11/4/2010
Cincinnati Commercial Contracting is building a 7.6-acre retail and office development in the booming area around the Interstate 75 and State Route 63 interchange in Monroe that the developer says could bring up to 200 jobs.
The $6 million project is designed with 30,000 square feet of space. CCC is currently negotiating with two restaurants and several retailers but CEO John Westheimer declined to name them. The business park does not have a set design; it could be made up of freestanding buildings or retail strip centers, he said.
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Sharonville Hopes New Development Will Bring 600 Jobs
Channel 9 WCPO, 5/15/2010
SHARONVILLE, Ohio -- Ground was broken in Sharonville Monday for a new business development that could bring over 600 new jobs to the Tri-State.
The event started with a fairly unusual groundbreaking ceremony at the new Partnership Way Business Park, off Mosteller Road and I-275.
Officials had Ohio Senator George Voinovich, Congresswoman Jean Schmidt and Sharonville Mayor Vigil Lovitt using a giant plow to turn over the first dirt for the project. Golden shovels were available, just in case the industrial plow didn't work.
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Q&A with John Westheimer, CEO of Cincinnati Commercial Contracting
Business Courier of Cincinnati, 3/12/2010
John Westheimer is trying the real estate version of a clearance sale at the Sharonville Commerce Center, a 47-acre industrial park that Westheimer acquired from the city this year. He's the founder and CEO of Cincinnati Commercial Contracting, which holds about 170 acres of land for development – most of it outside the Interstate 275 loop. The Sharonville land, near the intersection of I-275 and Mosteller Road, was owned by the federal government for decades before being sold as surplus property last year.
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U.S Senator Voinovich to kick-off Partnership Way speeches at 10:45 am. Monday – groundbreaking at Sharonville Commerce Center
Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/12/2010
SHARONVILLE, Ohio – U.S. Senator George Voinovich (R-Ohio) is scheduled to kick-off groundbreaking ceremonies with a speech at 10:45 a.m. on Monday, March 15, for the new Partnership Way business park off Mosteller Road.
Sen. Voinovich will be followed with remarks from Congresswoman Jean Schmidt from the 2nd Congressional District of Ohio, Sharonville Mayor Virgil Lovitt II, the park's first tenant, its builder/owners and economic development officials from Ohio and Hamilton County.
Organizers will be handing out ID badges and preparing for the speeches at 10:30 a.m. Action shots for photo opportunities for print, TV and radio photographers will be available starting at 11 a.m., featuring the event's participants with golden shovels, followed by a media luncheon. The lunch will start at 11:15 a.m., and will be catered by the popular restaurant chain Izzy's.
After Voinovich and Schmidt's speeches, look for comments from Sharonville Mayor Lovitt, Cincinnati Commercial Contracting President John Westheimer and Joe Rhodenbaugh, president of Kutol Products Company, the first business to open at Partnership Way.
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March 15 groundbreaking for Partnership Way in Sharonville
Cincinnati Enquirer, 3/8/2010
The dawn of a new day for the business world in Greater Cincinnati - particularly in the City of Sharonville - beckons one week from today, as the forces congregate to officially kick off Partnership Way at Sharonville Commerce Center.
Groundbreaking ceremonies supporting the 48-acre manufacturing and distribution business park will start at 10:30 a.m. at the site just north of Interstate 275. The event will include a star-studded lineup of city and elected officials, economic development professionals and representatives from the first tenant, Kutol Products Company, and co-developers Cincinnati Commercial Contracting and Cole Realty Associates.
"Partnership Way has evolved in a truly partnership fashion," said John Westheimer, owner and president of Cincinnati Commercial Contracting (CCC). CCC (www.CCContracting.com) and Cole Realty Associates of Cincinnati are Sharonville's development team marketing the project.
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Sharonville eyes last site to develop
Cincinnati Enquirer, 10/7/2009
The expansion of fast-growing soap manufacturer Kutol Products will help the city of Sharonville kick off development on its last large parcel of vacant industrial-ground.
The Maderia-based company will spend $8.7 million to build a new 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and buy 17 acres on Commerce Blvd. near the Interstate 275 Mosteller Road exit. Space will be available to add another 100,000 square feet pending the firm's expected growth. It has added 15 to 20 percent in revenue each of the last six years, said Kutol president Joe Rhondenbaugh.
♦ Read more at Sharonville Commerce Center (Press Archive)
Izzy's to open Red Bank store
Business Courier of Cincinnati, 9/11/2009
Cincinnati deli chain Izzy's is planning its ninth store, on Red Bank Road in Madisonville.
The stand-alone store will include a drive-through, as well as indoor seating and take-out service, the company said in a posting on its Web site. It is expected to open around the end of the year.
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Top Metal Builders of 2008
Metal Construction News, 5/1/2009
With all the doom and gloom being reported on a daily basis, it's time to take a step back and appreciate the silver lining. In this case, the silver lining comes from a list of the Top 100 Metal Builders based on tonnage and square footage from 2008. For the past 19 years, Metal Construction News has received entry forms submitted by companies from across the U.S. and Canada showing the incredible amount of metal used in the construction industry. Looking at last year's numbers is the silver lining—something to inspire everyone to reach for even higher numbers this year and for many years to come.
CCC ranked #52!
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Old Act I theater to be arts center
It's another stage in revival of Sharonville
By Carrie Whitaker
Cincinnati Enquirer, 10/31/2007
SHARONVILLE – Flash back to 20 years. If it were Friday night, chances are that 11-year-old Tasha Heard has plans to see a movie at Act I Cinema in downtown Sharonville.
As a kid, she likey living down the street from the theater – the hottest place to be on Friday night.
"I remember we would call the theater's hot line every Tuesday or Wednesday to find out what movie was playing," said Heard, now 31 and working in downtown Sharonville at Reddy Coffee & Café.
"But it really didn't matter, because we would be there every Friday anyway."
Closed for most of the year, the cinema now belongs to the Sharonville Fine Arts Council, which is renovating the old theater into a 150-seat theater for movies and performing art, galleries, art studios and space for an art education center.
Built in the early 1920s as a vaudeville theater, the building later showed silent movies in the 1930s and was most recently known as the Act I Cinema.
The city bought the property in 2001 after it was damaged by a fire. It reopened after some repairs and showed second-run movies until it closed again earlier this year.
The city couldn't find a buyer or operator for the theater, said Christine Thompson, Sharonville deputy safety service director. The building was sold to the Fine Arts Council for $1 in May, with the understanding that the arts council would renovate it.
Fine Arts Council board member Gayla Price said the plan is to reopen next spring. Workers are not gutting the structure.
The generosity of Sharonville and area business has made it possible for the Fine Arts Council to raise more than two-thirds of the $800,000 needed to renovate the theater, Price said.
The city – in addition to donating the building itself – gave $150,000 to get construction started and has committed to match another $150,000 if the Fine Arts Council raises its own $150,000. That sum has already been raised, Price said. Last week, John R. Jurgensen Co. cut the Fine Arts Council a $25,000 check. Cincinnati Sub-Zero Products donated $10,000, and there are many smaller donations.
Much of the labor and materials going into the cinema are being donated. Gilkey Windows will donate all the windows, worth more that $25,000, Price said. Cincinnati Commercial Contracting is donating labor worth at least $100,000, board member and City Councilwoman Janey Kattelman said.
"People have been wonderful," Kattelman said. "But it hasn't been that easy. It's just been push, push, push.
The building will operate on money raised be renting the theater and studio space upstairs, Price said. She expects the council will also be doing some annual fundraising. The city will not help pay for the operation.
Kattelman said she feels good about preserving the building, an important part of Sharonville.
"We keep finding out new things about it all the time," she said, nothing that the current construction led to the discovery of an orchestra pit and tunnel that led from the theater to other downtown buildings. She said they were thought to have been used for illegal gambling.
Sharonville's Assistant Safety Service Director Ted Mack said the renovation of the cinemas another step toward a rejuvenated downtown. It has been gradual in the last few years, Mack said, mentioning success of restaurants like the Blue Goose and Reddy Coffee & Café and the addition of companies such as Ameriprise Financial, which relocated its Greater Cincinnati headquarters to Sharonville.
"Five or six years ago, you would have seen a lot more empty spaces," Mack said. He said the city is working with its city engineer for plans for downtown rehabilitation. He foresees discussions on sidewalks, pavers, trees, landscaping, light fixtures and energy efficiency on the city's agenda by the beginning of the year.
On Depot Square, downtown workers such as Heard couldn't be happier about the changes – whether it's a new performing arts center of improvements in the downtown infrastructure. The upgrades mean more traffic and more visitors, and more visitors equate fo a livelier downtown, Heard said. That's more like the one she remembers from her childhood.
"It went through a depressed little time for a bit," Heard said. "But Sharonville back then was a lot like it is now."
Speciatly steelmaker's boss exudes optimism about area
Dayton Daily News, 10/18/2007
SPRINGBORO -- David Robbins, president and chief executive of Crucible Materials, stopped by the South Tech Business Park on Wednesday to check on construction of his company's new building.
He liked what he saw.
"It's looking like it's going to be an attractive building," said Robbins after surveying progress on what will be a 66,000-squarefoot facility that will consolidate similar Crucible operations in Cincinnati, Cleveland and Indianapolis.
"It's going to be a much higher-end warehouse than what we're used to," Robbins added.
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Theater fix-up now beyond Act One
by Andrea Reeves
Cincinnati Enquirer, 9/22/2007
Mounds of moldy, mildew-soaked innards are being torn out of and hauled away from the Act One Theater.
Trash that has piled in the building will soon be gone – and what is now an eyesore on Main Street in Sharonville will soon be a restored historic theater.
Already work crews have uncovered a hidden jewel: an ornate tin ceiling inside the adjacent building, which will be turned into a museum.
The Sharonville Fine Arts Council has started renovating the theater, gutting the insides.
Next, the chairs will be removed and reupholstered and the exterior will be stabilized.
When it's all finished, theater will be a community playhouse and a movie theater, with artist studios upstairs and room for classes, which is how Fine Arts Council plans to make money to run the place.
"I think it's a great cause. I think it's well worth it," said Evan Dunkeiman, Cincinnati Commercial Contracting supervisor of the demolition and construction work on the building.
Mike Gilkey of Gilkey Windows is donating all the new windows.
JLS Architects is drawing the plans, and CDS engineering firm did the engineering plans – all for free.
With a total budget of $900,000, Sharonville council member Janey Kattelman said these donations are a big help.
In addition, Fifth Third Bank and Beacon Orthopedics donated funds and a capital campaign committee with the Fine Arts Council is going to all the local banks, requesting donations.
The city of Sharonville has also donated $150,000, and when the Fine Arts Council raises another $150,000, the city will donate an additional $150,000.
Kattelman said she estimates that the building will be ready for some sort of performance by March.
"I talked to a man and he said one of the nicest things about being able to redo this building is every town needs a heart," said Kattelman. "And that's a really good way to put it."
Horter Recieves Best Design by CCC
Northeast Suburban Life, 9/16/2009
Horter Investment Management LLC was recently presented with the Best Building Design for 2008 by Cincinnati Commercial Contracting. The Horter building at 8316 Cornell Road in Blue Ash, was built in 2008 by CCC. Seen here, from left, are Drew Horter, founder for Horter Investment Management, and John Westheimer, president of CCC.
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Izzy's Breaks Ground at Red Bank Site
Business Courier of Cincinnati, 10/26/2009
John Geisen, president and CEO of Izzy's, at the site of the deli's planned location on Red Bank Expressway. The building on the site was demolished to make way for a 2,600-square-foot freestanding store. The new Izzy's, the chain's ninth location, will be built by Cincinnati Commercial Contracting.
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House Vets for House Pets, "Best Remodel of the Year"
Business Courier of Cincinnati, 1/4/2010
Dr. Kamaria Catalan, aka "Dr. Cat," center, accepts Cincinnati Commerical Contractors' "Best Remodel of the Year" award for renovation work at her company, House Vets for House Pets. With Catalan from left: John Westhiemer, CCC president, and Cindy Alvey, House Vets for House Pets.
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Day Care Center Growing in West Chester
Business Courier of Cincinnati, 12/1/2008
Hickory Dickory Tots owner Karen Werling and her pint-sized students break ground for a new day-care center on Cincinnati Columbus Road. The 11,000-square-foot facility will include indoor and outdoor playgrounds, and a library/media room.
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Cincinnati Commercial Contracting 'Million Dollar Builder'
Business Courier of Cincinnati, 9/14/2009
John Westheimer, president of Cincinnati Commercial Contracting, accepts the Million Dollar Builder award, the firm's ninth such award, from Melissa Stewart, regional sales manager for Butler Manufacturing Company.
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