Colerain Township鈥檚 largest employer Rumpke is planning a massive overhaul of its headquarters, planting a flag that will keep it in the township for decades to come. While officials at the waste hauling, recycling and landfill operations company say the campus plans are still under development, township leaders are salivating at the chance to gain jobs and tax revenue.
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The new corporate headquarters would be part of a nearly 53-acre industrial land development at the corner of Colerain Avenue and Struble Road. The new office would enable Rumpke to bring together its 200 office employees who now work in various buildings on its Colerain campus. The company’s current headquarters is at 10795 Hughes Road.
The Struble Road site, about a mile and a half from Rumpke’s headquarters, could feature up to nine buildings totaling more than 380,000 square feet of space. Currently, there are eight single-family houses on the site and the rest is vacant land.
Rumpke affiliate Struble Road Development Co. is developing the Colerain Township site, company spokeswoman Amanda Pratt said. The development firm would lease space to Rumpke for its headquarters. Pratt said that although plans are fluid, the development “sets the stage for continued progress in the area as well as our company.”
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The family-owned company ranked 22nd on the 2016 Deloitte Cincinnati USA list of the region鈥檚 largest privately held firms, with 2015 revenue of $534 million. 聽The company, founded in 1932, has 3,000 employees.
The township’s Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing Jan. 17 to consider early development plans, which already got a conditional blessing from the Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission. The zoning commission will also review a proposal to modify the property’s zoning, making the entire 53-acre site a planned industrial development, Colerain Senior Planner Martin Kohler said.
The township’s Board of Trustees has the final say on the plan and zoning changes.
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