The produce companies that have been a part of Cincinnati's riverfront for more than a generation will be gone by month's end.
By April, all the produce businesses will have cleared off the riverfront, and demolition of their buildings can begin to make way for the Bengals' $400.3 million Paul Brown Stadium complex, said Brooke Hill, a spokesperson for the stadium project.
Hamilton County officials are planning an official stadium groundbreaking sometime in April, she said.
Many of the remaining produce companies sat on 12.4 acres of city-controlled land in the heart of the stadium site.
The largest of the companies, Castellini Co., has left the riverfront and will be moving to new headquarters in Wilder, Ky. The other companies still are negotiating with Cincinnati about moving to another site in the city.
