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There's over 80,000 square feet still available. That seems like enough especially if any of these will be part or full time WFH.

That's substantial! Hiring immediately, but don't know where they'll be located? I'd guess the Hamilton Quarter office building.

They don't seem to be value engineering this, either. Hopefully the hotel will be truly world class as well. Our first five star.

The site plan shows it as a curved entrance from 12th accessible from eastbound traffic only. My guess is 12th will be made one way eastbound.

It’s Already Been a Big Year for Downtown Development Proposals "We’re just past the halfway point in 2023, and so far there have been eight significant development proposals submitted to the Downtown Commission. If each of those end up being built as proposed, it would mean over 1,000 new residential units added to the city’s central core. To put that in perspective, in terms of units proposed, 2023 has already surpassed the total from any of the past five years. Marc Conte, Executive Director of the Capital Crossroads and Discovery Special Improvement Districts, told CU that he found the numbers “really interesting…I was a little surprised by the number of proposals [this year], especially a few months ago when there were the proposals for Spring Street and Rich Street.” “I think we will avoid having too many units come to market at once since some projects will inevitably not move forward and others may take longer if they are lining up other funding like historic tax credits,” Conte added." https://columbusunderground.com/its-already-been-a-big-year-for-downtown-development-proposals-bw1/

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I'm pretty sure it was said all the retail buildings at Easton Town Center were built to be able to be bases for bigger buildings. I don't see towers over these, but even a couple floors of apartments above would be nice. Save the towers for the giant lots all around.

I made a map of the new boundaries. CSAs where applicable. Toledo and Wheeling aren't part of a CSA. Gallipolis and Defiance are just micropolitan statistical areas.

How do they gather "commuter" data? Tax receipts saying person X works in municipality Y and lives in municipality Z? This wouldn't capture WFH.

We've had county-level populations. He probably just manually added the additional counties. I'm sure the Census Bureau will release their figures shortly.

Good catch. By the way the crow flies it's less than seven miles from downtown Toledo. Then stretches all the way to Pennsylvania. South of Cleveland it now stretches to within ten miles of I-70.

Cleveland CSA gained Sandusky and Coshocton Counties.

The site plan shows it as connected. It would make no sense not to be. Even the Hampton Inn at Scioto Downs is connected.

I forget where I saw this, but someone who works at Advanced Drainage Systems commented on a story about TruePointe with something like, "Wait until you see what's coming down the street " Are they going to be building a new HQ over there?

The view from inside the office building at Gravity 2.0:

The Ogden:

Interesting look at the near final version of Framework 3.0. Apparently the garage attached to the new WMC tower is capable of having a medical office building built on top.

I'm aware of what that says. That's why I said what I said. There's no reason to have three lanes from 161W to 270N. More than likely what is meant is the lane that currently ends will be extended to be the exit only lane for SR3/Westerville. Also, the current problem is a bottleneck after Hamilton Rd on 161E as three lanes merge to two. It doesn't help to have four lanes merge to three. Instead of being ultra specific it's easier to just say the project will add a lane in this section of 161/270. That's why I said, "By adding a lane I assume they're meaning not literally adding a lane for every mile here." edit* here are the plans: https://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/files/Proposed Layout.pdf?d=w57bc5953624b4b31a53f5c1b70146ac7 Looks like I was part right, part wrong. There will be three lanes from 161W to 270N and the current lane will become the Westerville exit, but there will still be lane endings/merges. The 270N to 161E far right lane will no longer be exit only to Sunbury Rd. Thankfully the disappearing and almost immediately reappearing fourth lane prior to Hamilton Rd will be fixed, but they will be having four lanes merge to three just after Hamilton Rd. That seems dumb unless they plan on having four lanes all the way to Newark eventually. Also, they're adding the third lane prior to 62 on 161W instead of just having the 62 onramp become the third lane. Also, especially with trucks this spot is going to be exceptionally tight with an extra lane: This is mainly why I thought they weren't doing this in all parts. They'd have to rebuild bridges to comfortably fit a fourth lane here, but this project doesn't include bridge replacements. Even removing the shoulders I definitely see people sideswiping both bridges here left and right.

Pretty disingenuous to say 161 is four lanes at Hamilton Rd. There are two exit lanes from both 270N and 270S to 161E. One of the 270N lanes ends immediately as an exit-only lane to Sunbury Rd. You have people from 270S trying to get over two lanes here to exit at Sunbury Rd. The three remaining lanes make it to Little Turtle Way. They meet the one 161E lane here and immediately the far right lane ends and has to merge. A short time later it opens back up and this is where you see four lanes at Hamilton Rd. The far right lane is exit only to Hamilton Rd. The far left lane ends immediately after passing over Hamilton Rd. This is not a four lane highway. If it it is, then so is 71 at Weber. By adding a lane I assume they're meaning not literally adding a lane for every mile here, but simply making it a true three lanes while eliminating all the merging. I drive this everyday at 3pm. I used to drive 71N to Polaris everyday at 3pm. 161 is way more of a mess despite its lower traffic count.

Hopefully with the name Forest Ridge they don't chop down the whole stand of mature trees there. Looks like the three adjacent neighborhoods did a decent job of saving trees. Good on Pataskala!

The ground floor of the newest office building at the NE corner of Bridge Park Ave and Mooney St is going to be occupied by Ohio's first Intown Golf Club. Looks like membership starts at $5,000/year. Intown Golf Club Announces Bridge Park as First Ohio Location "Each interior detail of the Bridge Park space will be carefully selected to provide a comfortable and unique experience for members and guests. Intown Golf Club amenities include: 8 simulator bays and golf lounges, equipped with Trackman Technology 1 putting green, equipped with PuttView technology Great room with fireplace Secondary Specialty “Pocket” Bar Split level layout with great room overlook Full food & beverage program, in partnership with one of the Southeast's most innovative restaurateurs, Fred Castellucci III, President & CEO of the Castellucci Hospitality Group. The new location will also feature a grand dining room, fireplace, custom millwork and lighting, and a mix of vintage and modern furnishings. There are various membership tiers available (including social, individual and family). Construction on Intown Golf Club will begin later this summer with a projected opening date of Spring 2024." https://www.crawfordhoying.com/news/intowngolfclub