Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City, Downtown Columbus, Inc. (formerly Columbus Downtown Development Corporation), an Ohio not-for-profit corporation, and Scioto Peninsula Holdings Ltd. (“SPH”), an Ohio nonprofit limited liability company, entered into the Economic Development Agreement dated as of February 7, 2017 (the “EDA”) authorized by Ordinance No. 3121-2016. The EDA provides for SPH to redevelop City-owned property between Broad Street, Starling Street, Town Street, and Belle Street leased to SPH pursuant to that certain Lease Agreement dated as of July 14, 2017 authorized by Ordinance No. 0193-2017. As the urban redevelopment was contemplated to occur over one or more phases, the City, pursuant to Ordinance No. 1498-2020, established a tax increment financing area pursuant to R.C. Section 5709.40(B) (the “Scioto Peninsula TIF”) over phase one between Capital Street, Starling Street, Chapel Street, and Belle Street. The Scioto Peninsula TIF provides financing for public infrastructure improvements to those streets and alleys surrounding the leased property.
In 2025, SPH anticipates commencing phase two comprising the $120 million urban redevelopment project along Broad Street consisting of a 13-story tower, 250 multi-family units, 450 parking spaces, and 35,000 square feet of grocery. The City is engaged in urban redevelopment with SPH in support of the 2022 Downtown Strategic Plan adopted by Resolution No. 0164X-2022, and it will establish an additional tax increment financing area pursuant to R.C. Section 5709.41 (the “Scioto Peninsula II TIF”) over the remaining parcels owned or controlled by SPH and outside of the Scioto Peninsula TIF (including the aforesaid project). This Ordinance establishes the Scioto Peninsula II TIF pursuant to R.C. Section 5709.41 to provide for a one-hundred percent (100%) exemption from real property taxation on improvements to the parcels within the Scioto Peninsula II TIF for separate periods of not more than 30 years on eac...
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