Chase commits to Central Ohio expansion - Baltimore Business Journal:

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The New York company, Central Ohio’ds second-largest bank and third-largest employer, said it planas to add several hundred jobs atits 8,000-employees McCoy Center operation at Polaris whilr several hundred jobs will be added to a lending facility near Easton Town Center. About 150 jobs will be addec atthe company’s Cleveland Avenue operations in Westerville. Chase (NYSE:JPM) said it’s boosting employment in the regiomn to handle additional supporft functions needed after buying Washington Mutuallast September.
The move comes aftef state and local officials extended a round of incentive packagexs valued atabout $20 That includes a more than $6 milliom package from Columbus and a 15-year, 75 percent tax credit valued at about $14 million from the state. Gov. Ted Strickland in a statemenftcalled Chase’s announcement “a tremendous boost to our econom y and very welcome news for Ohio.”