Mercy Health purchased 21 acres in Ivy Pointe in Union Township in July.

Mercy Health purchased 21 acres in Ivy Pointe in Union Township in July.
By Kelly Doran
Editor

The large number of public hearings at the Nov. 12 Union Township Board of Trustees meeting is just another indication that businesses are continuing to establish and renovate in the township.

Among the new businesses moving to the township is Raising Cane’s, which will be located at 826 Eastgate North Drive near Hobby Lobby, said Trustee John McGraw in an email.

The company expects to add 50 jobs and have more than $2.5 million in sales. Raising Cane’s specializes in chicken and is very popular, McGraw said in an email.

Representatives from Raising Cane’s did not respond to phone calls for comment.

The trustees approved a resolution to allow Restaurant Management to build a new Arby’s at 3789 Waterford Parkway, which will add about 50 jobs, McGraw said in an email.

“It looks like a really nice building. It’s going to be a brick design,” McGraw said.

Representatives from Restaurant Management did not respond to phone calls for comment.

The trustees also approved a resolution to allow Mercy Health to develop 21 acres at Ivy Pointe.

The hospital purchased the land on July 16 so the company can better serve the east market, Jeff Graham, CEO of Mercy Health East Market, said in July.

Graham is planning to have primary care, diagnostics and outpatient therapy and other services at the new facility. He also wants the facility to have a focus on women’s health, he said in July.

Amelia Nails, LLC asked the trustees for permission to expand their current location, at 813 Ohio Pike, to add a corporate office, McGraw said in an email.

Peter Mguyen, COO of Amelia Nails, said business has not been going well so he decided to shut down the salon. However, the company wants to open another business and make the former salon the corporation office.

There is no new company name yet, but Mguyen and his team want to create either an app or a website. He wants a consumer to put a product they are looking to purchase on the app or website, such as a television or a car, and then the supplier can compete to win the consumer’s business.

“We want to get the power back for the consumer,” Mguyen said.

The township’s approval is the first step to starting the new business, he said.

L-3 Fuzing and Ordnance Systems, a manufacturing company, is preparing for future expansion. The company has an existing facility in the township and owns six other parcels connected to the facility. The company asked the township to combine all their parcels so that in the future, it is easier for them to develop, said McGraw.

The trustees approved the request. The county will take the parcel numbers and make it all one parcel, which is more convenient for the company, the township and the county, McGraw said.

McGraw credits the economic boom to the economy improving and the new, positive direction on the board of trustees. He also believes the new West Clermont High School, which will open in 2017, is attracting residents and businesses to the township.

“That’s definitely been a catalyst for economic development,” McGraw said.

At 32 East Retail, a PEBB Enterprises development, McGraw expects to continue seeing announcements about businesses moving in. He also anticipates more development in the area Raising Cane’s will be located.

“I think the next couple years will be huge for our township,” McGraw said.

He added, “The real exciting thing, too, is the availability of jobs.”

The jobs being added to the county are not just entry level jobs, either, but are also high paying manufacturing and medical jobs, McGraw said.