In 2011, the Harrison, Ohio Biggs Grocery Store decided to close its operations. Harrison, Ohio is strategically located in the I-74 corridor on the border of Ohio and Indiana in western Hamilton County. Interstate 74 is traveled by many driving from Cincinnati to Indianapolis to Chicago. The Biggs Grocery Store is visible from I-74 and immediately accessible to the New Haven Road interchange.

An Area with Noteworthy Growth

Toebben Companies understanding the strong growth of the area, highly visible and accessible location decided to purchase the former 160,000 square foot Biggs Grocery Store in 2011. Within months of the purchase, Toebben Companies leased the building to Remke Markets, a successful regional grocery store and Roses, a national general merchandise Store.

After leasing to those two large anchor Tenants, the building only had 14,000 square feet remaining. However, because of the remaining space’s layout, it was unusable without an expansion of the building. Toebben Companies worked with their Architect to develop a plan to create small shop retail space on the end of the development. This expansion would add wrap around store front glass to the end of the center and increase the depth of the remaining space to a size perfect for smaller retailers in the area.

Visibility and Accessibility

There are many businesses in the older retail areas of Harrison that lack visibility and accessibility that would benefit from a grocery anchored center with our location and abundant parking. Soon after developing and marketing the expansion plan Toebben Companies leased approximately 6,000 square feet of the expanded space to Anytime Fitness. Anytime Fitness is a national franchise which is locally owned. They provide the latest fitness equipment and personal training with access to the club 24 hours, seven days per week.

Currently we have only 16,000 square feet remaining which can be leased to one large business or sub-divided for smaller tenants. Any business locating in the Harrison Retail Center will benefit from the surrounding diverse national and regional retailers such as; Home Depot, Tractor Supply, Staples, Remke Markets, Roses, Cracker Barrel, Bob Evans and many more.