Saturday, May 20, 2000
Software maker heads to Deerfield
Tax abatement request backed by trustees
By Kevin Aldridge
The Cincinnati Enquirer
DEERFIELD TWP. — While Nordstrom is grabbing headlines and drawing fanfare, a leading computer software company is making a much quieter entrance to this fast-growing community.
Computer Associates International, which specializes in software solutions, plans to relocate its regional headquarters to Deerfield Township and bring about 150 jobs. The company, which designs, develops, markets and licenses a wide range of software, employs about 17,500 people and generates about $5.3 billion a year in revenue.
“We are very pleased to have such a big player like Computer Associates International locate its regional headquarters in our community,” said Dan Theno, Deerfield's administrator of development and community relations. “It's the second-largest software solutions company in the United States behind IBM, so this is a tremendous addition for the county and the township.”
Township trustees recently gave their support to an application by the company for a Warren County enterprise zone abatement. The application asks county commissioners for an exemption of up to 60 percent on real and personal property taxes for a 10-year period. County commissioners, who have final say, could discuss the application next week.
If the abatement is approved, Computer Associates will move into one of the Duke-Weeks office buildings in Deerfield Township.
Mr. Theno said the company had looked at locations in Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky and Southwest Indiana.
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