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It's a Hertz fueling and maintenance building.

A couple million-dollar condos were recently built in Italian Village. From the listing:

I decided to do all the Near North End neighborhoods. For the University District out of necessity I went over Iuka Ravine in a couple spots, and over the railroad tracks a tiny amount. Wish they'd adjust these Census Blocks. The University District includes Weinland Park. These 2020 numbers mean a lot of missing people. Harrison West is missing all of Founders Park. Italian Village and Weinland Park are missing a smattering of projects since completed and currently under construction. Whole Near North End from 670 to I̵u̵k̵a̵ Glen Echo Ravine between the Olentangy River & the railroad tracks: Population: 70,772 Land Area: 4.60sqmi Density: 15,377ppsm Weighted Density: 55,423ppsm University District: Population: 51,633 Land Area: 3.04sqmi Density: 16,957ppsm Weighted Density: 67,832ppsm Weinland Park: Population: 5,104 Land Area: 0.32sqmi Density: 16,044ppsm Weighted Density: 30,828ppsm Harrison West: Population: 4,498 Land Area: 0.38sqmi Density: 11,700ppsm Weighted Density: 16,279ppsm Victorian Village: Population: 4,872 Land Area: 0.43sqmi Density: 11,444ppsm Weighted Density: 19,534ppsm Italian Village: Population: 4,665 Land Area: 0.43sqmi Density: 10,864ppsm Weighted Density: 20,209ppsm

Columbus Urban Area: Population: 1,567,254 Land Area: 516.16sqmi Density: 3,036ppsm Weighted Density: 10,253ppsm The Columbus Urban Area now has parts in Union, Pickaway, Fairfield, Licking, and Delaware Counties in addition to Franklin.

Yes, Italian Village is almost certainly near or over 5,000 now.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3119965

Replying to this here. I've done a quick summation of the weighted densities of the 3C counties. I went down to the Census Block level. This is fairly easy for county numbers, but I'd like to do the Urban Areas if I ever get the time. Numbers are from the 2020 Census. Cuyahoga County: Population: 1,264,817 Land Area: 457.21sqmi Density: 2,766ppsm Weighted Density: 8,540ppsm Franklin County: Population: 1,323,807 Land Area: 532.42sqmi Density: 2,486ppsm Weighted Density: 11,165ppsm Hamilton County: Population: 830,639 Land Area: 405.45sqmi Density: 2,048ppsm Weighted Density: 7,392 I also did the two Short North neighborhoods. Italian Village: Population: 4,665 Land Area: 0.43sqmi Density: 10,864ppsm Weighted Density: 20,209ppsm Victorian Village: Population: 4,872 Land Area: 0.43sqmi Density: 11,444ppsm Weighted Density: 19,534ppsm

North Market Redevelopment Forces Columbus to Confront the Saga of the North Graveyard "For the past eight months, Justin Zink has been digging up a buried history. Since work began last summer on the much-anticipated redevelopment of North Market on Spruce Street, the archaeologist with the Columbus engineering firm Lawhon & Associates has been in the trenches, overseeing excavations near the 147-year-old landmark. And what he’s found has been significant: more than 40 sets of human remains, including eight nearly full skeletons. It’s also just the start. The digs on Spruce, Vine, Park and Wall streets aren’t finished yet, and crews began excavating North Market’s adjacent 1.4-acre parking lot in February. Zink declines to estimate how many sets of remains his team might find in the lot, but Ohio History Connection archaeologist Krista Horrocks, who’s consulting on the project, suggests the numbers could be considerable. “We have always known that the parking lot is the area of most concern,” says Horrocks, project reviews manager with OHC’s State Historic Preservation Office. Zink’s work highlights an underappreciated aspect of the $300 million North Market redevelopment, rebranded as the Merchant Building in 2022. Not only do its co-developers, Rockbridge and the Edwards Cos., plan to build a boutique hotel, an 18,000-square-foot market expansion and a 31-story tower, the tallest skyscraper in Columbus in more than three decades—they also face a massive challenge below the surface: the complicated legacy of the abandoned North Graveyard." more: https://www.columbusmonthly.com/story/lifestyle/around-town/2023/02/20/north-market-redevelopment-forces-columbus-action-on-abandoned-graveyard/69925236007/

Late in 2021 the former Lucent Technologies campus across from Mount Carmel East was approved for a single, 260-unit apartment building along Taylor Station Rd. That doesn't appear to have gone anywhere. In 2018 a senior living facility was built at the SE corner of the property behind Starbucks and Chick-fil-A. Behind that senior living facility a skilled nursing facility was approved and was supposed to start construction last year. Building permits were issued, but I've not been over there to see if it actually started. The yellow is the under construction nursing facility. The 2018 senior living facility is right below it. The red outlined property is the rest of the former Lucent property. Now, the property owner is proposing a ten building apartment community: Not sure of the extent, but that may take up the remaining land there.

The Peer on 7th.

Good to see a joint facility is back. They were just looking at a women's only rink attached to the Schott. Hopefully this new facility is at least 5,000 seats!

Pharmavite is on there, but it's missing the new AWS land. I'm also interested in the "future mixed-use" parcels.

I emailed them awhile ago asking them to update this map. Previously it was from summer of 2021 so it was missing some things. Good to see they updated it!

Another article lamenting the loss of a campus dive bar. https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2023/02/10/ohio-state-university-district-change-erupt-in-bier-stube-debate/69876300007/ A dive bar closing will be the saddest day of your life? How privileged you must be. No one can afford them, but developers keep building them. Interesting business plan. I love measuring my campus's personality by dive bars. There are no dive bars left in the Short North. So obviously that's not what students are drawn toward. Also, the Short North may as well blend with the UD now. Easily accessible via transit and rideshare if not on foot/scooter/bike. The success of the Short North is what has drawn students, not the supposed decline of the UD.

Hmm... Epcon had multiple large development plans for this site. They had office, commercial, and multi and single family that kept getting turned away by the Westerville Planning Commission between April 2020 and January 2021. Now Westerville is buying the land? 🤔 Here's the official page: https://business.westerville.org/strategic-locations/east-of-africa-road So we're likely to get a continuation of the Westar area of large, single user office buildings with massive surface lots, and strip mall-like, single floor commercial buildings. What a waste of prime land. All the uses here should be in less than a third of the area:

Columbus Underground has an article about unearthing graves. https://columbusunderground.com/archeologists-unearthed-40-graves-at-north-market-in-2022-jb1/ Someone with a better camera should go to that spot. You can see the OSU tower, Parkside on Pearl, and the crane for Greenhouse. Soon you'll see the Casto development in Harrison West, too.

The Ohio Department of Development's projections predate multiple very large economic investments in the Columbus "metro". The MORPC metro is 15 counties, not the MSA, and even by the ODD projections will be at 2,711,050 by 2050. The 2.4 is probably for the official MSA. Which, who knows, may be the 15 counties by 2050.

They will never develop that lot. Even if all their congregation could walk there, it's the parish seat of the Diocese of Columbus. The lot is highly valuable to them. It is not "a private office with some religious displays." It's a public Museum of Catholic Art and History with the largest diversified collection of Catholic art in the U.S.

LOL! Their target demographic is not poor students who complain at commission meetings. If these commissioners truly believe these won't lease out as soon as available like all the other student housing in the area, they really are clueless and detrimental to the neighborhood. These "expensive" (it's all relative) units remove users willing to pay those prices from cheaper places elsewhere; freeing those up to others e.g. the students complaining here. BTW, student/renter NIMBYs. We really are a big city now!

Arts District is nearly complete. The Timashev Family Music Building opened last March. The rest is on track for March of this year. Timashev is on the right here. In the distance you see the Wellington on High. Interior photos here: https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/news/2023/01/26/slideshow-arts-district

Lou Malnati's still has their Ohio Market Partner job listing up: https://nowhiring.com/lous/job-details/725119069 "Lou Malnati’s is an iconic Chicago-born brand, ready to grow in our newest market, Columbus, Ohio. Our pizza is amazing, but our culture is our secret sauce. Lou Malnati’s culture can be defined in one word: Family. We are a family-owned company, but more than that, our team has a “family” way of connecting and caring for one another." "As our Market Partner in Columbus, Ohio you’ll develop this new market and build brand awareness. The ideal market partner wants to share Lou’s with anyone and everyone to create more brand fans. To thrive as a Market Partner at Lou Malnati’s, you must have an entrepreneurial spirit. You will need to have a proven track record of successfully growing sales and profitable business practices. Using that previous success, you’ll open our first location in the Columbus Market in December 2022 and grow the market to 3-4 locations in the near future." A little behind on the timing, but good to see it's still an open job!

Aren't these just admin buildings for the data centers? Google has them, too. Not sure that Amazon mixes offices with AWS. Also, Amazon did move into Hudson Yards. They just haven't leased as much as they thought they would because of WFH. Technically Nashville would be HQ3 if NYC and VA are 2a and 2b. Nashville is where they put their logistics HQ. I guess because they're decently close to Memphis, Louisville, and CVG? I was bummed Columbus didn't get that, because they're building towers in Nashville.

That building was just rehabbed in the past couple years so it should be safe!

Still plenty of speculation to be had! If they choose A or B, C land is still available. They also have the land along Beech across Jug Street Rd. from the current data center site, and the large site across Beech from these A&B alternative sites.