Category: Business Park Updates

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is expanding its presence with the purchased of its third site in the city where it plans to invest $400 million in a 170,000-square-foot data center on 100 acres. The latest project brings AWS’s total investment to $1.3 billion. The Information Technology cluster’s newest neighbor, Google, …

Two local businesses ranked among the Columbus Business First top Places to Work in central Ohio. Civil engineering consulting firm, EMH&T, among the first companies to move into the park, ranked second in central Ohio for companies with 250+ employees. Lower.com, an online mortgage and refinancing company, was ranked second …

Roosevelt Coffeehouse, a coffee shop and social enterprise that donates a percentage of proceeds to address unclean water, hunger and human trafficking, has opened its fourth central Ohio coffee house inside 31 Gifts’ new corporate headquarters, 8131 Smith’s Mill Road, where the public is welcome to caffeinate. Sbarro, which has …

New Albany’s Personal Care and Beauty Campus, a vertically integrated supply chain, has drawn the country’s leading solutions providers in product development, design manufacturing, packaging and distribution. Coined the “Silicon Valley of health and beauty manufacturing,” the one-of-a-kind hub has brought $358 million in investment to the park since 2012. …

SmartRide New Albany, the city’s express bus service between downtown and the business park, is getting greener thanks to a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation that will allow the city to replace one of its current 15-passenger shuttles with an electric bus. The Low- or No-Emission Grant funds …

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Feazel Roofing, which is currently building its headquarters in New Albany, made the Business First list of Fastest Growing Private Companies. The company credits its focus on customer service for its 43.7% growth in annual sales. Brad Griffith, president of Buckeye Interactive, a digital marketing firm, was named to the …

The 18^th annual A&F Challenge takes place September 6 at the Abercrombie and Fitch corporate office in New Albany. The one-of-a-kind, family-friendly event features concerts by up and coming bands, Camp Fitch’s zip line, archery and rock climbing and fresh eats from local food vendors. The party benefits SeriousFun …

Since the city’s technology incubator launched in 2011, it has attracted and nurtured the growth of a variety of tech companies in a space conducive to collaboration and entrepreneurship. Myonexus Therapeutics, a gene therapy startup that grew out of Nationwide Children’s Hospital research, was sold to Sarepta for $165 million. …

The 15th annual New Albany Walking Classic, the largest walking-only race in the country, will wend its way through the 10K USA Track & Field certified course in the master-planned community’s neighborhoods, leisure trails and parkland on September 15. With a start and finish at Market Square, the event attracts …

The seventh season of the New Albany Foundation’s Jefferson Series 2019-2020 will feature a debate between Newt Gingrich and Valerie Jarrett, a program with Michael Phelps, plus a panel discussion, moderated by Fareed Zakaria, featuring former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell. Inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s appreciation for …

Among New Albany’s strengths is the number of companies and business leaders that receive local and national recognition for their work. Recently, Dan Snyder, founder and CEO of Homeside Financial, a fintech lending startup, received the national Glassdoor Top CEO Award. Glassdoor is one of the world’s largest job and …

New Albany recently kicked off Engage New Albany, our latest strategic plan update. Since the first master plan was adopted in 1998, it has been updated every five years based upon broad community input and sound planning principles to effectively managed growth. We invite all business owners and employees to …

As a master-planned community, New Albany collaborates with residents and businesses through our strategic planning process to achieve an outstanding community of choice. Now, in a recent article in Development Magazine entitled “An Ohio Suburb’s Strategy to Win Business Investment,” the city describes how the success of the 4,200-acre New …

Canine Companions for Independence broke ground on its newest training facility, a 54,000-square-foot campus situated on 16 acres at 7480 New Albany Condit Road. The campus, which will feature state-of-the-art kennels, a training facility, administrative building, research space and a guest dorm, will train dogs to serve people with disabilities …

Esoteric – Fine Auto Finishing of New Albany, a professional auto detailing service that elevates restoration and customization to an art form, has operated in New Albany for the last five years at 9801 Karmar Court. It recently celebrated with an open house where it unveiled a rare Pagani Huayra. …

With the addition of Whit’s Frozen Custard at 220 Market Street, New Albany now has three ice cream shops to choose from to beat the summer heat (if you need a reason). Whit’s joins Johnson’s Real Ice Cream, 160 W. Main Street, and Dairy Queen, 9940 Johnstown Road. …

The MidOhio Regional Planning Commission’s new GoOhio Commute is a new web-based service that allows commuters to find cost-effective commuting options that include carpools, vanpools, COTA and biking routes. The site calculates costs, transit time and even calories burned. Companies can set up a network on the site (a phone …