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File #: 2237-2016    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/2/2016 In control: Economic Development Committee
On agenda: 9/19/2016 Final action: 9/22/2016
Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into an Economic Development Agreement with OhioHealth to facilitate the development of (±) 240,000 square feet of administrative office space and associated parking to be used by OhioHealth and promote further growth and expansion of OhioHealth’s corporate and medical campuses.
Sponsors: Elizabeth Brown, Zach M. Klein
Explanation
Background: OhioHealth is proposing a consolidation of its current administrative operations from facilities located in multiple areas across Central Ohio. OhioHealth will consolidate these operations in the northwest area of Columbus in the vicinity of State Route 315 and W. North Broadway, 3420 Olentangy River Road Columbus, Ohio 43214 (parcel number 010-183740) (“Project Site”). OhioHealth will conduct the entire project in two phases.
During Phase 1 of the project, OhioHealth will invest an estimated $89,000,000 to construct (±) 240,000 square feet of administrative office space at the Project Site; retain and relocate 1,222 full-time non-clinical jobs to the Project Site from other City of Columbus sites with an annual payroll of approximately $81,700,000; relocate 155 full-time non-clinical jobs to the Project Site, from current non-City of Columbus sites with an annual payroll of approximately $7,262,060; and create 256 net new full-time non-clinical jobs on the Project Site with an annual payroll of approximately $15,100,000. As a result of investments made related to Phase 1, OhioHealth commits to achieve an employment level of 1,633 full-time non-clinical jobs on the Project Site to be completed no later than December 31, 2019.
During Phase 2 of the project, OhioHealth commits to add 900 net new full-time, non-contingent, non-seasonal jobs, a mix of both clinical and non-clinical positions, with an annual payroll of approximately $53,300,000 within the vicinity of State Route 315 and W. North Broadway (“Olentangy River Road Corridor”) through relocation and net new growth.
In total, OhioHealth commits to achieve an employment level of 2,533 full-time, non-contingent, non-seasonal jobs within the Olentangy River Road Corridor, with at least 1,311 of those positions being net new jobs for OhioHealth in the Olentangy River Road Corridor and employed within the City of Columbus, no later than December 31, 2024. This would include the relocation...

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