Cummins Planning Expansion

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Columbus-based Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) is seeking tax abatement from the city to build a proposed $15 million facility, add workers and upgrade a building. The company says the moves would also help retain hundreds of jobs. Cummins is slated to go before the city council Tuesday.

In an Economic Revitalization Area designation request, Cummins says 25 jobs could be added and 80 employees would be retained as part of the multi-million dollar investment to erect a nearly 500,000 square-foot warehouse adjacent to its Walesboro facility.

You can view the ERA request by clicking here.

The company is seeking abatement on major upgrades to the four-story former Irwin Union office building in Columbus. Improvements are planned for plumbing and electrical systems.

Cummins intends to move nearly 150 workers from other locations into the refurbished downtown facility.

You can view the abatement request by clicking here.

Sources: The City of Columbus, Cummins Inc.