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Gahanna council approves Creekside development agreement after debate over parking and public subsidies
Summary
The Gahanna City Council on Nov. 17 approved Ordinance 42-2025 authorizing a development agreement with Connect Realty LLC and Benson Capital LLC and the Gahanna Community Improvement Corporation for a mixed-use Creekside redevelopment; the vote passed despite one councilmember’s opposition over loss of a parking lot.
Gahanna City Council voted to adopt Ordinance 42-2025 on Nov. 17, authorizing the mayor to enter a development agreement with Connect Realty LLC, Benson Capital LLC and the Gahanna Community Improvement Corporation for the redevelopment of vacant and blighted properties in the Creekside District.
The ordinance passed after two council amendments — adoption of a substitute Exhibit A and redline corrections to ordinance language, including a name correction for the Community Improvement Corporation — and a roll-call vote in which Councilmember McGregor was the only no vote. Councilmembers Schnetzer, Renner, Padova, Weaver, Bowers and Jones voted yes.
The agreement, described by council and staff as a private capital-led mixed-use project, was…
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