Duke Energy picks Taylorsville properties for 2026 Site Readiness program, opening Bartholomew County land to industrial marketing

Duke Energy Indiana named the Taylorsville Industrial Park site to its 2026 Site Readiness Program and is working with the Greater Columbus Economic Development Corp. to market the location. The site comprises three properties owned by Force Holdings LLC and Palladin LLC, totaling about 21.5 to 68 acres near U.S. 31 and Interstate 65 and close to the recently opened Grillo’s Pickles facility and a planned Kings Hawaiian facility.

Officials say all major utilities are available at the site perimeter and the layout can support either two independent parcels or a single larger industrial campus. Greater Columbus EDC project coordinator Maclyn Benedict described the selection as a way to ready the rural Bartholomew County site to attract investment and jobs. Utility officials noted Duke Energy’s Site Readiness work has prepared 53 properties since 2013 that led to 32 major projects and, the company says, helped recruit billions in capital and thousands of jobs to Indiana.

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