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When the $350 million, mega-retail complex Liberty Center opens this fall, the number of businesses operating in this fast-growing township will double from approximately 250 to 500 in one fell swoop. <\/p>\n
Thats just one example of the game-changing effects the center one of the largest developments in Butler County history will have on Liberty Twp. and the county, officials say. <\/p>\n
The development by Steiner + Associates of Columbus is also estimated to create 3,500 new jobs from its retailers, restaurants and other businesses and generate $500,000 to $800,000 a year in income tax revenues for the township by 2018. <\/p>\n
The mixed shopping, dining, residential and office center is being built at the intersection of Interstate 75, Ohio 129 and Liberty Way. Construction started in 2014 on more than 1 million-square-feet encompassing about 65 acres for the projects first phase. <\/p>\n
Its not a shopping mall. Its not just a place to go buy things. It has apartments. It has facilities for offices. It has hotels. It has really everything that a city has and can give the people that live there city living without the crime, Trustee Tom Farrell said. <\/p>\n
Three anchor tenants Dillards department store, dinner-and-movie theater CineBistro and Dicks Sporting Goods have been announced along with AC Hotels by Marriott. <\/p>\n
Liberty Center will put the Cincinnati-Dayton Interstate 75 corridor on the map as a regional destination joining other tourist draws such as Bass Pro Shops and Cabelas, which are being built in neighboring West Chester Twp.; the Voice of America MetroParks athletic complex; and the existing West Chester Twp. IKEA, Butler County Visitors Bureau Executive Director Mark Hecquet said. <\/p>\n
Its going to bring an attraction thats going to drive thousands and thousands of visitors, Hecquet said. <\/p>\n
A visitor coming in spends their money in our community. That money stays here, he said. It pays wages, it pays for services, etc., etc. <\/p>\n
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