Job Creation Incentives Fuel Real Estate Growth in Columbus

Columbus, July 24, 2018 – Job creation incentives in Columbus are being utilized as a means to hire more workers, leading to an expanded real estate presence for companies throughout the region. 13 companies are new to Columbus, resulting in over five million square feet (60 percent) of total real estate activity from incentive recipients.

JLL’s latest report “The real estate impact of job creation incentives” covers how job creation incentives are impacting both the local industrial and office markets.

On the industrial side, incentive recipients were responsible for 35% of new product delivered in 2016 and 2017, in addition to 30 percent of total net absorption. The e-commerce presence is growing rapidly and companies are receiving workforce incentives to grow their presence in logistically advantageous markets in Ohio, and many are choosing Columbus. Over 50 percent of the 5,335 jobs promised by industrial-related companies are considered e-commerce operations. 

In the office sector, real estate activity from incentive recipients aligns with the ‘tale of two markets’ theme: 71 percent of the square footage that incentive recipients invested in is considered premium, Class A space. JLL projects roughly 300,000 square feet of future activity is needed to accommodate promised jobs by companies that received workforce incentives in 2016 and 2017. Potential Class A options will be plentiful with over three million square feet of speculative space planned over the next five years.

For more information, please visit www.us.jll.com/en/locations/midwest. 

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