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The Wickliffe, Ohio City Council has approved the extension of the 10-year, 50 percent tax abatement enterprise zone that was originally granted to Berkshire Hathaway’s Lubrizol Corporation in 2014. The extension means the tax abatement will now be available to Lubrizol until 2029.
The Council had given the mayor permission to extend the agreement at its December 16, 2016 meeting.
Lubrizol is planning to commence construction in 2018 on a 63,000-square-foot, single-story multi-purpose facility at its current Lakeland Boulevard headquarters. The extension will serve to connect two of its existing buildings.
Acquired by Berkshire Hathaway for $9 billion in cash in 2011, specialty-chemicals-maker Lubrizol owns and operates manufacturing facilities in 17 countries.
© 2017 David Mazor
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