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by MrDunham 1616 days ago
So, I live in Columbus Ohio and I’m friends with two of the top people in our economic development department the broker this deal.

I can’t speak well to why not Cleveland but I can say that the actual city that they chose (New Albany, OH, 25 min to downtown and 15-20 to the airport) was built by Les Wexner, founder of L brands/Victoria’s Secret, is now home to data centers for Facebook, Google, and an AWS data center (there are two more within 30 minutes), and the general metro is one of the fastest growing regions in the US.

There is also a ton of available land on the fringes of the Columbus region and the sheer scope of acreage needed is bonkers.
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yucky 1616 days ago
>Les Wexner

Didn't Epstein have some sort of exclusive investor relationship with Wexner? I seem to recall that was where he got his start.

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MrDunham 1616 days ago
I don’t know the exact details but I have heard that Epstein is a big reason that Les is not CEO anymore.
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timr 1616 days ago
Yes. He also had a home in New Albany.
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timr 1616 days ago
> was built by Les Wexner

I grew up near there. I guess I wouldn't quibble with the idea that Wexner "built" New Albany -- since it definitely isn't the same anymore -- but it was a town before he came along (two roads and a farm supply store, basically).

I used to go to summer camp at the old New Albany HS, and got my pickup truck stuck in the mud there many, many times while doing some odd job or another.

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