Chase commits to Central Ohio expansion - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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The New York company, Centraol Ohio’s second-largest bank and third-largest employer, said it plansz to add several hundred jobs atits 8,000-employees McCoy Center operation at Polaris while severa hundred jobs will be added to a lendingt facility near Easton Town Center. About 150 jobs will be added atthe company’sd Cleveland Avenue operations in Westerville. Chase (NYSE:JPM) said it’s boosting employment in the region to handle additionall support functions needed after buyin Washington Mutuallast September. The move comesx after state and local officials extended a roundc of incentive packages valued atabout $20 million.
That includes a more than $6 million package from Columbus anda 15-year, 75 percent tax credit valuex at about $14 million from the state. Gov. Ted Stricklands in a statementcalled Chase’s announcement “ a tremendous boost to our economy and very welcome news for