Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams needs new digs, and it might have found them in the Arena District. Columbus City Council is considering a tax incentive to lure Jeni's headquarters from Clinton Township. The tax credit would be $49,162 a year, or $245,812 over five years.

Jeni�s Splendid Ice Creams needs new digs, and it might have found them in the Arena District.

Columbus City Council is considering a tax incentive to lure Jeni�s headquarters from Clinton Township. The tax credit would be $49,162 a year, or $245,812 over five years.

The council could approve the incentive at its next meeting, on Monday night.

Jeni�s plans to move 40 employees into a vacant office at 401 N. Front St. and create an additional 15 positions, according to the tax-incentive application. Plans call for the move to commence in August and be wrapped up by April.

The ice-cream-maker, famous for inventive, one-of-a-kind flavors, intends to lease 17,000 square feet and invest $200,000 in improvements, equipment and fixtures. Total annual payroll at the new headquarters would be $3.93 million.

Jeni�s started in 2002 in the North Market and has expanded to 16 locations in five states. The company also distributes its ice cream to stores nationwide.

jmalone@dispatch.com