Job Growth
Joby Aviation Accelerates Plans for 2,000 New Manufacturing Jobs in Dayton
January 17, 2026
Purchase of Nearly 1 Million Square Foot Facility Affirms Joby’s Commitment to Manufacturing in Dayton Joby Aviation, a California-based start up that is developing eVTOL “electric air mobility vehicles” has announced last week that it had agreed to buy a huge 728,000 industrial facility in Vandalia, adjacent to the Dayton Airport. The company has close…
Dayton Multifamily Market 2024 Surges on the New WPAFB Expansion and More High Job Growth
August 15, 2024
Dayton’s Economy Fuels Unprecedented Rent Growth The Dayton multifamily market in 2024 is surging, driven by the powerful economic engine of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) and a rapidly expanding job market. We first started investing in Dayton-area multi-family assets in 2006. As of August 2024, Dayton’s rental market is experiencing record-breaking demand, driven by…
The New Dayton Job Growth Results in Breaking Records
October 15, 2023
A City Built on Innovation Dayton, Ohio, has a deep legacy of manufacturing and innovation. From the Wright Brothers’ piloted aircraft to the first cash register (NCR), Dayton job growth once thrived on industrial innovation. Yet, as the decline in U.S. manufacturing accelerated through the 1990s, the region lost over 1.1 million manufacturing jobs (a…