Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus City Council (COUNCIL), by Ordinance No. 1948-2018, passed July 23, 2018, authorized the City of Columbus (CITY) to enter into an Enterprise Zone Agreement (the AGREEMENT) with OBM HQ, LLC, FDP Investments I, LLC & FDP Investments II, LLC (collectively the OWNER) and CoverMyMeds LLC (the future office tenant), for a real property tax abatement of one-hundred percent (100%) for a period of fifteen (15) consecutive years in consideration of a proposed $225 million investment in real property improvements, the retention and relocation of approximately 592 existing full-time permanent positions with an associated annual payroll of approximately $43,162,000 and the creation of approximately 1,032 net new full-time jobs with an associated annual payroll of approximately $75,000,000 related to the construction of one (1) new approximately 200,000 square-foot Class A office building, ancillary campus amenities and surface parking (“PHASE 1”) and subject to market conditions, the construction of another one (1) Class A office building of up to approximately 200,000 square feet along with one or more associated parking structures containing up to approximately 1,150 parking spaces at a later date (“PHASE 2”) (collectively the building or buildings, related amenities, and parking structures that are actually constructed shall be referred to as the “PROJECT”) with eighty-six (86) parcels shown in Attachment 1 of the AGREEMENT (referred to in Section 1 of the AGREEMENT as Exhibit B) located along McKinley Avenue west of North Hartford Avenue within the City of Columbus and within the Columbus Central Enterprise Zone (The PROJECT SITE). The AGREEMENT was made and entered into effective February 6, 2019 with the abatement for PHASE 1 to commence no later than tax year 2022 nor extend beyond tax year 2036 and the abatement for PHASE 2 to commence no later than tax year 2030 nor extend beyond tax year 2044.
This AGREEMENT was subsequently author...
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