Major Projects in Pickaway County

Rickenbacker Intermodal Terminal

• The facility is owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Rail Road (NS).
• This truck-to-train, train-to-truck facility opened March 3, 2008.
• NS estimates they will handle 250,000 lifts of containers in the first year of operation and up to 400,000 lifts at full capacity.
• The facility provides a direct link to international markets through the Port of Norfolk, VA via the Heartland Corridor.

 Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park

• Location: Harrison and Madison Township in the northeast corner of Pickaway County. The park extends into Franklin County to the North.
• Acreage: 610
• Owner: Columbus Regional Airport Authority
• Developer: Duke Realty
• Potential for 20,000 jobs over the next 15-20 years
• Park is being planned in correlation with the Rickenbaker Intermodal Terminal.
• Sewer and Water is available on site. Rickenbacker Parkway provides access to Alum Creek and I-270.

Pickaway East-West Connector

• Transportation study was completed in the fall of 2009.
• P3 secured $2MM in earmarks for Right-of-Way acquisition.
• Connector will link the Norfolk Southern Intermodal Terminal to US 23 to the west. 
• Will alleviate existing commercial traffic congestion and create a road netwok to handle growth at Rickenbacker for the 20-30 years.
• Improved Connector would help to create additional opportunities for industrial growth in northern Pickaway County.
• The Connector could be expanded to I-71, a stretch of roughly 10 miles.

DuPont

• Company located south of Circleville on US 23 is investing $175 million to expand production of Tedlar film.
• Expansion will provide 230 temporary construction jobs and retain 444 jobs with the creation of 70 new jobs.
• Tedlar critical component of long-term durability and performance of solar panels.
• Production scheduled to start in the fall of 2011.

Former Thomson Facility

• P3 awarded a $3.5 million Job Ready Site grant in July 2010 for what will be called the Pickaway Progress Park.
• Grant dollars will fund roadways, sewer and water on the site.
• Location: Frontage on US 23, south of the City of Circleville approximately 1 mile.
• All utilities in place
• Acreage: 223
• Thomson has torn down the former manufacturing facility leaving a 167,000 SF warehouse/manufacturing facility and 10,000 SF class-A office space.
• Property is being marketed through Ohio Realty Advisors.
• Potential mixed-use development; industrial, retail and residential.

Berger Health System North Campus

• Location: Frontage on US 23, north of South Bloomfield/Ashville, north of SR 752, south of Weigand Rd.
• Acreage: 150
• Berger has announced that Pizzuti Solutions will be the master developer of the property.
• This a mixed used project where Berger will build a hospital in 5-10 years on the back half of the property and work with Pizzuti to fill the front half of the property with a mix of retail, commercial and medical offices. 

 Former Jefferson Smurfit Site

• Location:  22 acres located on the east-side of US 23and 200+acres on the west-side of US 23.
• P3 secured $750,000 Clean Ohio Assistance Fund for environmental clean up.
• Clean up complete and demolition commenced in mid April 2011 to develop a Job Read Site.
• Property is owned by CircleGreen, LLC a subsidiary of Green Investment Group.