Graphic provided The city of Columbus’s commercial industrial zoning district on Lake Drive has been an attractive location for contractors and other businesses for more than a decade.
Lately, Columbus has been getting a lot of local focus on the land and business potential surrounding the State Highway 97/Lake Drive Northeast bridge. Be it excitement for the potential business boon once the bridge over Interstate Highway 35 is replaced, anticipation of a new (now potentially stalled) hotel near Running Aces Casino and Racetrack, or scrutiny over a proposed asphalt plant to be built a couple of miles south, the region has attracted attention as a potential success story for Columbus’s business development hopes.
However, a different area of Columbus has been quietly racking up business successes for years, thanks to the city’s openness to the needs and timelines of “commercial industrial” operators.broadstreet.zone(48036);
The southern stretch of Lake Drive Northeast in the city –
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