The city of Gahanna is rolling out the red carpet for a developer that wants to build a four-story, 60,000-square-foot office building and a 5,200-square-foot brewery and taproom next door.
The $6 million project, which is seeking city planning commission approval, would be among the first new office buildings in the city in several years, said Anthony Jones, director of planning and development for Gahanna.
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The project would retain 131 jobs in the city and allow the companies to continue to grow by 27 jobs over five years, with the average job bringing $66,207 in payroll, for a combined $10.5 million in annual payroll if completed. In return, the city would get $1.5 million in income tax and property sale revenue for the first 15 years, and then $3.4 million in income tax and tax increment financing revenue for the next 15 years.
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Mark Ford of Ford & Associates Inc. is listed as the project’s architect, with Tom Warner of Advanced Civil Design Inc. as engineer and Faris Planning & Design as its landscape architect.
By Tristan Navera – Reporter, Columbus Business First