After pizzeria announces Downtown departure, two more businesses leaving same building

Last week, 614Now reported how the popular Downtown pizzeria, OH Pizza & Brew was departing their 88 East Broad St. location inside of the iconic Key Bank building due to landlord disputes. 

Two more businesses are now following suit.

According to Meg Lower, the Regional Communications Consultant at Key Bank, Key Bank is vacating their office spaces on floor 2 and 7 and relocating. They secured a new lease at 175 on the Park Building, but they’re “in discussion” with the landlord to keep the first floor retail space at the building, owned by Zamir Equities. Lower did not provide a comment regarding why they’re choosing to relocate their offices.

The Ohio Auditor’s Office also announced they’re moving out of the building, citing issues with cooling, heating, and leaking pipes, which OH Pizza & Brew confirmed as well. The Auditor’s Office will be relocating to 65 E. State St., with a new lease starting in May.

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Back in 2022, the Schottenstein Property Group sold the Key Bank building to New York-based Zamir Equities for $12 million. Luke Edwards, a tenant in the building and owner of OH Pizza & Brew, said that since Zamir Equities took over the management of the building, it’s been a “nightmare.”

614Now reached out to Zamir Equities about the statements regarding no power at times, and Asher Zamir responded, “Yes, there was a notice for a disconnection for one day, but we paid it. There’s absolutely no problems anymore.”

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