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Ohio-based Wendy’s receives $1.4 billion purchase offer from Nelson Peltz
After a years-long decline in shares for Wendy's, a group of investors spearheaded by billionaire and activist investor Nelson Peltz offered $1.4 billion Wednesday to buy the burger chain, which is headquartered in Dublin, according to filing records.
The Columbus Dispatch
New local grocer The Farmer's Larder set to open in German Village
You don't have to wait on farmers markets to shop small and support local, thanks to a new independent grocery store opening in German Village. The Farmer's Larder will celebrate it's grand opening on Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 900 S. High Street. The store is the result of a grassroots effort of neighbors, farmers, bakers and growers, spearheaded by Jamie Pritchard, owner of WIT Farm in Blue Rock in Muskingum County, to bring farm fresh and specialty products to German Village year round. Historically, a farmhouse larder was a large pantry built to store important staples and preserved foods, like butter, eggs, cured meat and produce. Pritchard said that The Farmer's Larder will serve as "German Village’s everyday pantry." Community rallies for local, fresh products Pritchard told The Dispatch she'd dreamed for years of having a farmstand, but in the unincorporated community of Blue Rock, it wouldn't be a reliable source of income. For eight years, she's held a spot at the German Village farmer's market, and supplied meat and poultry for Chapman's Eat Market before it closed in 2025. The closure prompted some brainstorming, and Pritchard started to spread the word amongst her market
614now.com
Indie bookstore & candle company moving into 100-year-old building
A 100-year-old house is getting a new chapter soon in Gahanna—The Bibliophile Candle Co. is moving to a new location. The shop specializes in new and used books, candles, and literary gifts. They announced the move via social media. The post said, “A new chapter is waiting just down the road. We’re moving! This November, Bibliophile is moving to a beautiful 100 year old house on Mill Street at Creekside. More room for books, more shelves for candles, more cozy corners to get lost in, and a whole lot more room for all the ideas we’ve been dreaming up. We’ve loved our little shop and everything that has happened there but we’re ready for what comes next. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing the process of turning this old house into our new literary home. There are more bookshelves to build, rooms to fill, candles to make, and approximately a million boxes to unpack. We can’t wait to open the door and welcome you in this November.”
columbusunderground.com
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After partial building collapse, Columbus-area hair salon temporarily closes
A partial foundation collapse at a building on Sunbury Square has closed a section of East Cherry Street, after the structure was evacuated Sunday afternoon. According to a press release from the BST&G Fire District, a section of the basement foundation wall at 2 S. Vernon St. collapsed at approximately 1:55 p.m. Sunday, allowing brick, block and soil to fall into the basement. Fire crews arrived approximately one minute later, and found that a large section of the basement foundation wall along E. Cherry St. had failed.
NBC4 Columbus
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.
unearththevoyage.com
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...
hoodline.com
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.
wheninyourstate.com
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...
NBC4 Columbus
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 […]
columbusunderground.com
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...
hoodline.com
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...
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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 […]
NBC4 Columbus
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 […]