Rooted Grounds Coffee Co. is leveling up its hometown footprint, planning a standalone headquarters that would finally pull its fast-growing coffee operation under one very large roof in Mason.
The company is eyeing a one-story, roughly 60,000-square-foot building on an eight-acre parcel off Central Park Boulevard, according to WKRC Local 12, which cited earlier reporting from the Cincinnati Business Courier. The craft roaster, founded in 2015, has already acquired the site and is working toward a purpose-built facility that would centralize roasting, office functions, and customer-facing operations after several years of growth across Ohio.
WKRC Local 12 noted the parcel sits across Mason Montgomery Road from the new Dorothy Lane Market and about a half-mile south of Western Row Road, giving Rooted Grounds a front-row seat on one of Mason's busiest commercial stretches.
Plans for the new building
Details beyond size and location are still coming into focus, but a preview in the Cincinnati Business Courier reported that Rooted Grounds is considering a tasting center inside the new space to serve customers and prospective buyers. If that moves forward, the tasting area would bring retail and wholesale operations together under one roof, a shift from the company’s current mix of smaller production and service locations.
Growth beyond roasting
Rooted Grounds has been quietly growing from a roastery into a broader coffee brand, expanding into cafés and institutional partnerships while scaling its wholesale business. The company announced plans for two cafes inside Ohio State's new Wexner Medical Center, as reported by WhatNow Columbus, and its partners now include hotels, universities, and retailers in multiple states, according to the company.
Rooted Grounds describes its mission as centered on community partnerships and small-batch roasting, a positioning that the new headquarters could help showcase if a public-facing tasting component makes the final cut.
Where it fits locally
The planned headquarters sits in the middle of a booming retail corridor, directly across from Dorothy Lane Market, which opened a large Mason location in August 2025. The opening brought fresh foot traffic and an expanded lineup of food options to the Mason–Montgomery Road corridor, as reported by the Dayton Daily News.
Rooted Grounds' land purchase and planned build-out add another marker to Greater Cincinnati's small-business surge in food and beverage, and the new facility could reshape how the company serves both wholesale and retail customers. City permitting and a construction timeline have not yet been announced, and filings or company statements are expected to clarify the schedule and any hiring plans as the project moves forward.
