Drug company to fill vacant building with 150 jobs, $25M investment

A Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company plans to open a manufacturing facility in Blue Ash, bringing 150 new jobs.

Aprecia Pharmaceuticals Co. will invest $25 million in an existing building at 10901 Kenwood Road to expand its manufacturing operations. The Ohio Tax Credit Authority approved a 55 percent, eight-year job creation tax credit on Monday morning for Aprecia Pharmaceuticals.

Aprecia uses 3-D printing technology to develop and manufacture quick dispensing pharmaceutical products on…

GSA still hopes to complete NSF move in 2017 despite union dispute

The General Services Administration hopes to complete the National Science Foundation’s relocation from Ballston to Alexandria by the end of 2017, when the foundation’s current lease expires, but how close the shift will come to that deadline remains an open question.

GSA spokeswoman Kamara Jones said she does not believe the federal government will need to extend the NSF’s lease at Stafford Place I and II beyond the current expiration of Dec. 31, 2017, but said the agencies have not come up with…

Aronson acquires Deltek’s GSA schedule consulting business

Rockville-based Aronson LLC has acquired Washington Management Group, Deltek’s GSA schedule consulting business.

Financial terms of the acquisition weren’t disclosed.

Deltek acquired the Washington Management Group business for $26 million in 2011.

Aronson says the acquisition makes it the leading full-service GSA schedule consulting practice in the nation. Aronson’s Government Contract Services Group provides accounting services for government contractors.

Herndon-based Deltek,, a provider of…

Porter’s return to PUCO fuels speculation about chairman’s future

Ohio’s commerce director will move back to his old seat at the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio amid speculation that he’ll soon become chairman.

Gov. John Kasich chose Andre Porter for the commission from a pool of four finalists.

The choice raises an interesting question: Does Porter’s arrival signal the end of Tom Johnson’s tenure as chairman less than a year after he joined the PUCO? Those who watch the agency have wondered why Porter would apply for the position if not to lead it, considering…

New data center deal means $13M for PowerSecure

A new strategic relationship means $13 million for Wake Forest-based PowerSecure (NYSE: POWR).

The company, which provides utility and energy technologies to electric utilities and their customers (including smart grid power systems), has inked a new agreement with an undisclosed data center company. The deal has PowerSecure providing its technology for two new data centers “in the western half of the United States,” orders worth $13 million.

The customer plans to build-out more than 200 megawatts…