The City of Dublin is working with Ohio University (OU) on plans for the 1,100 acres in the West Innovation District; those plans would create “a bustling district of people studying, researching, inventing, working and living,” The Columbus Dispatch reports. Dublin and OU teamed up after OU received a $105 million gift, its largest ever, “with a mandate to build an extension of its osteopathic medical school in central Ohio,” according to the article. The plan calls for three phases over the next 30 to 50 years, creating “2.25 million square feet of building space” including a destination “main street” with “shops, cafes, galleries and the like at ground level” and possibly “classrooms or apartments above.” Dublin’s director of economic development, Colleen Gilger, said, “I think universities are inherently a big player in economic development. They’re intense job creators; they spin out new companies.” For more, read the full article.
Ohio U and Dublin plan “bustling district” for city’s last large undeveloped area
