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The old Gilmer Inn hotel property at Main and Third streets is owned by 8692 Holding LLC. Scott Ferguson is the registered agent for that company. He also operates Financial Concepts in Columbus.
Columbus City Council voted unanimously at a Wednesday special-call meeting to hire an attorney to negotiate with landowner Scott Ferguson for the return of the former Gilmer Inn property.
A “For Sale” sign posted this week on an acre lot at the corner of Main and Fourth Street North represents the prospect of a prime piece of downtown property changing hands.
Rooted in the downtown community, Financial Concepts celebrated its 35th anniversary. Hoping to expand, in 2021, the company purchased the lot where the Gilmer Inn use to sit to build a new office building.
Financial Concepts, which bought the old Gilmer Inn property and planned to turn it into its new headquarters, is asking Columbus City Council to allow it to scale back its plans.