News and Notes
July 2026
Market Trends & Insights: Columbus Has the Fastest Job Growth of Any Midwest Metro | Government Update: Sweeping Housing Bill Has Implications for Investors and Developers | Noteworthy Transaction: One of Central Ohio’s Largest Public Companies Buys 300+ Acres for $25M
June 2026
Market Trends & Insights: Jobs Ohio Launches Strategy to Position State as Hub for AI Innovation | Government Update: State Approves Incentive for $1.1B Data Center Expansion Before Pausing Tax Break | Noteworthy Transaction: Licking County Property off I-70 Sells for $5 Million
May 2026
Market Trends & Insights: US Industrial Demand Expected to Overtake New Supply by Early 2027 |
Government Update: Daren Griffin Lands in Town to Run The Columbus Regional Airport Authority | Noteworthy Transaction: Sunbury, OH
April 2026
Market Trends & Insights: Utility Giants Advance $1.2B Transmission Project as Central Ohio Power Demand Surges | Government Update: Proposed Constitutional Amendment Seeks to Ban Data Center Construction in Ohio
March 2026
Market Trends & Insights: Central Ohio Still Leads the Way on Data Centers, but Operators Starting to Look North | Government Update: Bloom Township Tapped as Model for Intel-Area Planning Program | Columbus AI Robotics Company
Tops $100M in Sales, Plans 100 Jobs
February 2026
Market Trends & Insights: Meta’s Nuclear Strategy puts Ohio at Forefront of Data Center Power Push | Government Update: Anduril Shares Update on Arsenal-1 Project in Pickaway County | Note Worthy Transactions: Worthington Steel to acquire
German manufacturer for $2.4 billion
January 2026
Market Trends & Insights: Demand for Large Industrial Space in Columbus Among Highest in Nation | Government Update: Anduril Plans $31M Hangar at Rickenbacker International Airport | Note Worthy Transactions: Telehealth Company to Invest in $200M in Central Ohio
December 2025
Market Trends & Insights: Industrial demand hits record high in Columbus, Ohio | Government Update: Opportunity Zones 2.0 is coming- and the clock is ticking on action items | Note Worthy Transactions: Schottenstein Real Estate Group sells 250 acres in Madison County
for $81.8M
November 2025
Market Trends & Insights: U.S. Industrial Softens as Vacancies Rise and Tax Shifts Reshape Manufacturing | Government Update: EdgeConnex Receives Tax Exemption for $1B Data Center Project in New Albany | Note Worthy Transactions: Sullivant Shopping Center Sells for $2.4M
October 2025
Market Trends & Insights: Slower Job Growth Sets the Stage for a Rate Cut | Government Update: Hilliard Updates Zoning Along I-270 Corridor to Boost Mixed-Use Development | Noteworthy Transactions: 1.6M SF Warehouse Near
Rickenbacker Sells for $118.8M
September 2025
Market Trends & Insights: Industrial Sales Surge Past $33B in H1 2025 | Government Update: Fed Holds Rates Steady, But September Cut Still on the Table | Noteworthy Transactions: 3700 Lacon Road Hilliard, OH
August 2025
Market Trends & Insights: Spec Industrial Construction on the Rise in Central Ohio, Reversing recent trends | Government Update: What PUCO’s Decision on AEP Case Means for Center Projects in Central Ohio | Note Worthy Transactions: Defense Tech Startup Anduril Chooses Central Ohio for Major Expansion