DevelopOhio

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” ...

A $32.6 million federal grant will “help set up production of the Jeep Gladiator plug-in electric hybrid vehicle in Toledo,” The Toledo Blade reports. U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur (D, Toledo) announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s grant, part of its Electric-Vehicle Conversion Grants program, to American Autoparts and Mobis ...

Several private companies are investing in a $70 million project to bring new affordable housing to Columbus’ Franklinton neighborhood. The Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority (CMHA) “announced its plan to create a rental housing community of 234 apartment units near the popular River & Rich apartments,” The Columbus Dispatch

Camaco, a Michigan-based “seat maker for the automotive industry,” is expanding its Lorain production with the help of a state tax credit, Crain’s Cleveland reports.

A mixed-use development including two indoor sports facilities, “retail, restaurant, and office outparcels” is coming to Reynoldsburg, Columbus Business First reports.

A new agreement between the Village of Hebron and Microsoft could bring billions of dollars in investments without a huge impact on local traffic. Microsoft’s planned development is for “six data center buildings on more than 200 acres,” investing $500 million per building and employing “at least 30 people per building,” The Newark ...

A large mixed-use project planned for downtown Columbus could bring not just more housing, but also a grocery store to the area. Bluestone Brothers Capital has added 110 apartment units to its large mixed-use development in the Mohawk Market District, and the developer “still plans on trying to land a grocery tenant for the neighborhood,” ...