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Columbus Business Beat: Oct. 29, 2026
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on Columbus Business Beat, NBC4 Digital Anchor Rachel Ramsey talks to Doug Buchanan, Editor in Chief of Columbus Business First, about business news across central Ohio. To watch this week’s episode, view the video player above.
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Decades-old High Street business could become a stir-fry chain
After decades on High Street, the UDF located at 2094 N. High St., may be changing hands. According to permits filed with the City of Columbus, a stir-fry chain has plans to move in. BROUGHT TO YOU BY. According to the permits, Honeygrow is eyeing the location. The permits said,...
The Lantern
New mass timber residential building set to begin leasing for the 2027-28 academic year
At the corner of Ninth Avenue and High Street, a new apartment complex is likely to set some records when it starts leasing for the 2027-28 school year. The 242,000-square-foot, 186-unit student housing building will become the first mass timber structure in Columbus, bringing a design focused on sustainability into the University District. It’s expected to hold a height record of 158 feet and 13 stories for mass timber student housing, Marguerite Munoz, a project spokesperson, said in an email.
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Old-World Brats And Smoked Meats Draw Shoppers To Thurn’s Butcher Shop In Columbus
A butcher shop in Ohio has been selling meat since 1886. That is well over a century of sausage and smoke. The shop began at Central Market before moving to its current Southside home. It makes its own sausage and smokes its own meat and cheese. I love a place...
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Short North Church Hits Market as Redevelopment Opportunity
A church in Columbus' Short North is now on the real estate market. The property at 43 W. Fourth Ave., home to All Nations Christian Fellowship, is being marketed as a redevelopment opportunity. The listing was first reported by The Business Journals, which described the site as a redevelopment opportunity.
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Ohio data center expansion sparks opposition over gas-fired power
New Albany residents are raising concerns about proposed natural gas plants intended to power large data centers in western Licking County. The debate includes projected greenhouse-gas emissions, conventional air pollution and the cumulative effects of several facilities planned in the same area. At an October 22 public hearing on the...
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Central Ohio data center expansion prompts debate in Lancaster
GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WCMH) — Google is expanding its data center footprint in Fairfield County. The company purchased more than 100 acres of land attached to its current data center campus, next to homes in Greenfield Township. “The character of our community has changed completely,” resident Brooks Rice said. NBC4 previously told you about the […]
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Report: City-Owned Real Estate Could Help Solve Housing Crisis
A report funded by Columbus City Council offers a breakdown of all of the publicly-owned, tax-exempt land in the city and suggests several ways that the land could be used to help build more housing. Columbus could follow the lead of cities like Atlanta, where a Housing Strike Force was...
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Hilliard Review Finds Amazon Data-Center Projects Compliant, but Leaves Broader Public Returns Unclear
Hilliard’s annual review addresses a narrow question: whether two Amazon-linked data-center projects met job and payroll commitments tied to their tax abatements. Both reports identified the projects as compliant and recommended continuing the abatements, while listing millions of dollars in property taxes forgone for 2025, according to Cleveland.com. The...
NewsForce 24/7
Forgent Power Solutions to Create 85 Jobs in Downtown Columbus Expansion
Forgent Power Solutions, a designer and manufacturer of electrical distribution equipment used in data centers, the power grid and energy-intensive industrial facilities, has selected downtown Columbus for a corporate office expansion that will create 85 jobs and $12 million in new annual payroll, JobsOhio announced. The company will invest $3 million to build out its […]
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Intel passes milestone in New Albany construction
NEW ALBANY, Ohio (WCMH) — Intel leaders said construction in Ohio recently hit an important milestone. Last week, Intel offered an update into progress at its $20 billion chip manufacturing facility in Licking County. Naga Chandrasekaran, executive vice president of Intel Foundry, said the first major structural truss has been installed in the first New […]
NewsForce 24/7
Columbus-Based AEP Posts .216 Billion Quarter, Unveils 00 Billion Plan
Columbus-based American Electric Power reported third-quarter operating earnings of $1.216 billion, or $2.23 per share, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and unveiled an expanded $100 billion, five-year capital plan through 2031, according to the company’s earnings release issued through PR Newswire. GAAP earnings for the quarter were $1.187 billion, or $2.18 per share, compared with $972 […]
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Columbus offers support for North Market merchants during construction
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The City of Columbus is furthering its support for the North Market and its merchants who have been affected by the construction of the new Merchant Building next door. “You see an updated and enhanced streetscape, of course, you see a tower coming out of the ground where once a surface […]
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Columbus invests in skilled trades school program
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Some Columbus City School students are getting a unique head start in the skilled trades industry. Students are learning how to restore and rebuild a historic building, and your tax dollars are helping fund the project. Columbus City Council has approved $50,000 for a program at Fort Hayes Metropolitan Education Center. […]
The Columbus Dispatch
Company expansions to boost jobs in Arena District, Westerville
The Ohio Department of Development has announced the approval of 10 projects that will create 1,359 new jobs, retain 1,824 jobs statewide, and result in more than $2.2 billion in investments across Ohio. During its monthly meeting on Oct. 26, the Ohio Tax Credit Authority reviewed economic development proposals from JobsOhio and its regional partners. Combined, the projects are expected to result in more than $142 million in new payroll. Three of them will be located in Central Ohio. A Minnesota-based company that specializes in data centers, power grid and electrical distribution in Columbus; and an orthopedics products care company plan in Westerville are among 10 statewide that have been awarded incentives by the state to locate here. Forgent Power Solutions announced Oct. 26 that is had selected the Arena District for a corporate office expansion that will create 85 jobs and $12 million in new annual payroll. The company will invest $3 million to build out its new office at 10 W. Nationwide Blvd. in Downtown Columbus. Forgent’s existing Ohio team, including its Ohio-based CEO Gary Niederpruem, will occupy 90,000 square feet under a 10-year lease to support the company’s growth. The building, owned by Nationwide Realty Investors, will