The Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority was created by the City of Columbus and Franklin County as a port authority under Ohio law (Ohio Revised Code Section 4582).   The Finance Authority is a government entity designed to provide financing to facilitate economic activity and capital investments by private, non-profit and public sectors in Central Ohio.

Ohio law allows port authorities to construct facilities, issue bonds, make loans, and sell or buy real and personal property.  The Finance Authority is an eligible issuer of tax-exempt and taxable debt.  The Finance Authority can structure, package and coordinate the financing transaction with multiple lenders including commercial banks, state financing and other public sector financing.  The Finance Authority can own property; hold title under a capital lease; and own infrastructure that is essential to a project, such as parking structures.

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