DevelopOhio

Local governments across Ohio are engaged in a competitive race to spur economic development, attract developers, and secure long-term prosperity.  And while most local governments are familiar with traditional economic development tools—Bricker Graydon LLP mapping of active New Community Authority (NCA) usage across Ohio’s 88 ...

One old Cincinnati office building site could soon be ready for new life and new jobs with two potential industrial facilities. The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority won unanimous approval from the Cincinnati Planning Commission to subdivide an industrial site for a redevelopment plan that could attract up to 200 new jobs, the ...

Some of the most iconic places in Cincinnati wouldn’t be what they are today without the major revitalization force that is Cincinnati Center City Development Corp., known as 3CDC. The convention center, Fountain Square, Washington Park, and “thousands of places to live Downtown and in Over-the-Rhine are just part” of how 3CDC “has ...

From Dublin to Franklinton to Gahanna, one of “Central Ohio’s busiest commercial real estate developers” is bringing housing, retail, and mixed-use commercial projects all around the greater Columbus metro area, Columbus Business First reports. Casto, which “ranked No. 9 on Columbus Business First’s list of the busiest developers in ...

Ohio’s new virtual meeting law revolutionizes public governance, making accessibility, transparency, and efficiency the new standard for certain public bodies statewide. On January 8th, Governor DeWine signed House Bill 257 into law, permitting certain public bodies to hold virtual meetings. Public bodies include any “board ...

Plans to convert the “historic, vacant, 121-year-old Traction Building” in downtown Cincinnati into the city’s first Kimpton Hotel are moving forward with help from the Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, the Cincinnati Business Courier reports. The $93 million project “has been struggling to get off the ground for ...

By: Mike Jacoby, Director of Economic Development, Bricker Graydon LLP [1]

Punching well above its weight, Ohio has become a leading state for data centers.   Currently, DataCenterMap.com reports that Ohio is ranked fourth in the country for its volume of data centers, trailing only Virginia, Texas and California.   With 172 data centers, Ohio has ...

The Solon Board of Education recently approved an innovative compensation agreement with the city and a developer that may be the first of its kind in the state, Cleveland.com reports.

Contaminated and decrepit properties across the state will be transformed thanks to two programs awarding millions of dollars to address barriers to development, according to a press release from the governor’s office. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine, Lt. Governor Jon Husted, and Ohio Department of Development Director Lydia Mihalik recently ...

Two Ohio state lawmakers are hoping voters will again approve a budget increase for a program that helps keep roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects from falling into disrepair, The Toledo Blade reports. The Ohio Public Works Commission administers the State Capital Improvement Program, which is “sometimes the only funding” ...