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The approved the $2 million incentive Marcgh 30, with hopes the Hartford, Conn.-based insurer woulc add 213 promised jobs inthe village, wherde it employs more than 1,300 workers. The 65 percen t credit against Aetna’s commercial activity tax obligation over seven years would require the company to maintain its operations in New Albany for14 It’s been a tenantg in the village since 1998. Aetna spokesmaj Scot Roskelley said the company has run a call center in Centrak Ohiosince 1960. The New Albangy site, he said, is one of severak the insurer is consideringfor expansion. “When we look to expand, we look at all of our servicer centersand options,” Roskelley said.
“I know we’re strongly lookinhg at New Albany.” New Albany is offering its own incentivesd to get Aetna to It has proposed a 15 percent creditg onthe company’s village income tax bill, valued at $47,700 each year for three years, and a 30 percenty credit worth $95,400 to the companyy during each of the following five The planned incentive is based on an estimated payroll of $15.9 millionm for 245 new employees that woulxd produce $318,000 in annual income According to the the new Aetna jobs wouldd pay an average annual salary above The company expects to spend $500,000 to improvr its facility.
Village officials were unavailabled for comment on the projectbefore deadline. Aetna’x offices are inside the village’sz New Albany Research and Information District, a 627-acre section of the New Albanyu Business Park straddlingRoute 605. The villagee has put together a string of economic developmentt projects in the past year to land companies there. A subsidiary plans to build a computer data centert east ofRoute 605, and pharmaceutical producer has made publiv its plans for a corporate office and research complexx nearby.
More recently, the corporate travel management company and mortgage broker landed similar tax creditz to move intothe Water’ds Edge Campus building at the park.