Editing New Albany, Ohio (section)

==Economy==
[[File:New Albany Police HQ 1.jpg|thumb|New Albany Police Headquarters]]
The New Albany Market Square is a popular community gathering place in the center of the city. It is home to many businesses and the New Albany Branch of the [[Columbus Metropolitan Library]].<ref>[http://www.yelp.com/search?find_loc=5137+Hampsted+Vlg+Ctr+Way%2C+New+Albany%2C+OH+43054 Yelp.com]</ref>

Notable companies headquartered in New Albany include [[Abercrombie & Fitch]] (part of the retail clothing conglomerate built by Les Wexner) and Commercial Vehicle Group.<ref name=newalbany/> The former is the leading employer within the city boundaries.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20081026034247/http://www.villageofnewalbany.org/about/index.aspx?id=192 Village of New Albany]</ref>  On March 10, 2011, [[Bob Evans Farms, Inc.]] announced plans to move their corporate headquarters (and almost 400 corporate employees) from the south side of Columbus to New Albany.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110708075041/http://www.bobevans.com/Downloads/news/BOBE_Campus_Plan_ReleaseFINAL.pdf  Bob Evans Farms Launches BEST To Invest Initiative in Ohio ]</ref> Construction on their headquarters was completed in 2013. Other employers in the city include [[Discover Financial Services]], [[Aetna|Aetna Life Insurance]], [[American Electric Power]], [[UBS]], [[New Albany-Plain Local School District]], and the [[Mount Carmel Health System|Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital]].<ref name=newalbany>[http://www.newalbanybusiness.org/site-selection-basics/community-profile New Albany Community Profile]</ref>  Most of the large office buildings housing these employers lie in a corridor between Route 161 and Central College Road to the north.<ref>[http://www.villageofnewalbany.org/uploadedFiles/Government/Development/Strat%20Plan%20Map.pdf Villageofnewalbany.org]</ref>

In 2020, [[Facebook]] opened a data center in New Albany.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/facebook-launches-ohio-data-center/ |website= Data Center Dynamics |date=7 February 2020|title=Facebook Launches Ohio Data Center }}</ref> [[Google]] has broken ground on its own data center.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/google-to-break-ground-on-600-million-data-center-in-new-albany/ |title=Google to break ground on $600 million data center in New Albany |website= nbc4i.com |date=31 October 2019 |publisher= WNBC4-TV Columbus, Ohio, Associated Press |access-date=1 November 2019 }}</ref> In January 2022, [[Intel]] announced plans to build the world's largest [[semiconductor fabrication plant]] on 926 acres of land that was approved to be annexed into New Albany.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Mark |title=Intel picks Columbus area for largest chip factory in the world |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ |website=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |access-date=22 January 2022 |date=20 January 2022}}</ref> Construction began in September 2022, and is scheduled to be completed in late 2026 after being delayed from an original completion date of late 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hollister |first1=Sean |title=WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT INTEL'S $20 BILLION BET ON OHIO |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/22/22895447/intel-ohio-chip-fab-manufacturing-cpu-processor-explained |website=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media LLC |access-date=22 February 2022 |date=January 22, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Whalen |first=Jeanne |date=2022-09-10 |title=Biden's visit shows high stakes of $20 billion Ohio chip factory |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2022/09/09/biden-intel-ohio-chip-factory/ |access-date=2022-09-11 |newspaper=[[Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=David |first1=Emilia |title=Intel delays $20 billion Ohio chip plant (again) citing delays in government grants (again) |url=https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/1/24058654/intel-delays-20-billion-ohio-chip-plant-again-citing-delays-in-government-grants-again |website=The Verge |publisher=Vox Media LLC |access-date=22 February 2024 |date=1 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Filby |first=Max |date=March 4, 2025 |title=Intel already spent billions on delayed New Albany chip factory, new report reveals |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2025/03/04/intel-spent-billions-on-delayed-new-albany-chip-factory-project-new-report-says/81344252007/ |access-date=2025-03-07 |website=The Columbus Dispatch |language=en-US}}</ref>