Housing At The Heart Of Downtown Plan For Columbus

13 April 2002 - 5:00am

Columbus, OH, would commit $100 million for downtown projects.

"The plan offers a tray of goodies to entice developers to head Downtown. There would be blanket 75 percent real-estate-tax abatements for new housing. And the city could offer tax breaks up to 100 percent for some projects."

Source: The Columbus Dispatch, April 12, 2002
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