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A couple weeks ago I thought about offering $60,000 for this house right down the street: https://www.cutlerhomes.com/p/393-Kinsel-Avenue-Groveport-OH-43125/dmgid_136743730 I’d have to get it for that much to turn more of a profit than I’m spending on my cheap rent right now. That’s with me doing literally all of the work. I’m interested to see what the offer that’s pending ends up being, and then seeing that house sell for $120,000+ in three years.

The rooftop patio was being framed out when the drone photos of Rhodes Tower were taken on January 5th:

0! "Three Columbus developers bought the closed Kroger bakery property on Cleveland Avenue on Friday with plans to redevelop the 10-acre site. Casto, The Robert Weiler Co. and the Kelley Companies paid $8.15 million for the site on the edge of Downtown, which includes two century-old buildings. The developers have no immediate plans for the property but envision renovating the two old buildings while adding other buildings, said Brent Sobczak, president of Casto Communities." https://www.dispatch.com/business/20200228/kroger-bakery-property-bought-for-redevelopment

Here's the plan for the corner of Grant and 5th: Here's the site in context: Edit: That appears to be from 2013. The University Area Commission though heard a proposal for that parcel on February 19th. It just says multi-family. Not sure why they'd need zoning approval when they received it in 2013.

Easton thrived and is able to turn into what it is exactly because of its location. It would not have been successful downtown. The people with the most disposable income by and large live from Dublin to New Albany in an arc across the northern suburbs. Malls need young people with families and disposable income. Easton was located next to The Limited's HQ. Polaris would have been more towards Dublin if 23 were a real highway, but the access to 71 moved it that far east, despite its proximity to Easton. Not sure what the big deal is anyway. Both areas are in Columbus city limits. Obviously there's room for more than one in our metro and therefore they don't need to be centrally located like arenas, etc. It also lets people work and play in the suburban areas where they prefer to live. CBDs really don't make much sense in the 21st century. Especially in the case of Columbus where 9,000 people live where 86,000 people work. We all know we're trying to equalize that, and that that makes for a better downtown. Why shouldn't the suburbs be trying to do the same thing, but in reverse? That northern arc has been, and continues to kill it in this regard, and that is good for the metro. More equalized traffic combined with our stellar highway layout is the reason our traffic is relatively non-existent. Once we have these nodes it also makes point-to-point transit more feasible. All day, bidirectional use is much more sustainable than lines only crowded in one direction twice daily for 2 hours, ahem, like our highways.

https://www.columbus.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2147502426

The article says next to Barnes and Noble, but Stelzer is on the other side of the Hilton. There is a surface lot between the Hilton and Barnes and Noble. How does a journalist miss something so easy? Edit: They mean this lot which is neither next to B&N nor at the northwest corner of Stelzer and Easton Way ?‍♂️ : Which was labeled a hotel back in November, 2018: There were rumors of a St. Regis.

From this morning:

"ENGIE" from that site plan view is the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center. From Ohio State: "The Energy Advancement and Innovation Center will be co-located in the West Campus innovation district Interdisciplinary Research Facility. The Energy Advancement and Innovation Center will be a hub for Ohio State faculty members, students, alumni, ENGIE researchers, local entrepreneurs and industry experts work together on the next generation of smart energy systems, renewable energy and green mobility solutions. The project is a cornerstone of the university’s public-private partnership with Ohio State Energy Partners (OSEP) who has committed $50 million for the project, including $36.7 million in design and construction costs."

Renderings of the West Campus Interdisciplinary Research Facility:

The Rhodes Tower Modernization Project has a website: https://das.ohio.gov/Divisions/General-Services/Properties-and-Facilities/Rhodes/Rhodes-Modernization On it they have some drone photos from January 5th. This project isn’t very interesting, but the drone photos show a lot of other projects around downtown. Here you can see the completed Canopy Hilton, the Ohio Center garage and bridge to the Hilton expansion, and in the very lower right you can see the Schottenstein project by the Budget Car Rental: Here you can see Sixth Street Mews II, The Pierce, the Topiary Park townhomes, the library apartments, Xander on State, and the lots for the Dispatch property, plus the PNC building to be renovated: Here you can see The Nicholas, The Citizens Building, the Long Street microapartments building, the YMCA to be vacated, the NVMM, Gravity 1.0, and in the very upper right the lot for Parks Edge III: Here you can see The Reach on Goodale/White Castle HQ, Harrison West projects, Grandview Yard, the Chipotle lot, and in the very upper right the cleared Founders Park:

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool replace Metallica at Sonic Temple festival "The Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival has announced that the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tool will be replacing Metallica as the Friday and Sunday headliners this year. Metallica was scheduled to headline both May 15 and 17 but the band recently announced they would be pulling out of the festival and Louder Than Life in Louisville." https://www.10tv.com/article/red-hot-chili-peppers-tool-replace-metallica-sonic-temple-festival-2020-feb

Zion is a four month old Aussie. He went on his first of many hikes this morning!

River and Rich II is twelve floors.

http://thepiercecolumbus.com/

I'm interested in what color they paint the balcony walls, and what type of railings they put up. Not a big fan of the plain concrete garage. At least some paint or some ivy would make me happy. Otherwise, I like it too!

That building is apparently named The Pierce. It's pre-leasing now.

Another good aerial from columbusdronie on Instagram:

Developer picked for Downtown Linden housing project Current area: "The local nonprofit developer Homeport was selected to lead the development of 100 senior apartments and commercial space, and 11 single-family homes that would anchor a new Downtown Linden at Cleveland and Myrtle avenues." https://www.dispatch.com/business/20200219/developer-picked-for-downtown-linden-housing-project

I don't know why Business First keeps calling this Victorian Village. This is in Harrison West. First Look: More details emerge on $41M, 11-story tower planned in Victorian Village "Ohio Living has a design and financing plan for a third luxury high-rise on its Westminster-Thurber Community on Neil Avenue in Victorian Village. The 56-unit Heritage Pointe will cost $41 million, and is expected to bring in about $15 million in entrance fees, CFO Robert Stillman said in a recorded call with bond investors. There is a 120-person waiting list for Goodale Landing, which opened in 2016. Of those on the list, Stillman said, 90 already are financially pre-qualified to buy in to the project." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/02/19/first-look-more-details-emerge-on-41m-11-story.html?iana=hpmvp_colum_news_headline

Pulling from the most reliable five year ACS Profiles for 2014-2018 these are the median rents, and rental vacancies of the Three Cs: Urbanized Area (2010): Cincinnati: $828 / 5.4% Cleveland: $814 / 6.7% Columbus: $949 / 5.2% Metro Area: Cincinnati: $817 / 5.4% Cleveland: $800 / 6.5% Columbus: $925 / 5.4% City Proper: Cincinnati: $709 / 7.0% Cleveland: $700 / 6.7% Columbus: $928 / 5.2% County: Hamilton: $779 / 6.1% Cuyahoga: $790 / 6.9% Franklin: $942 / 5.2%

I wish the city would buy it and make it a park. Unfortunately, that old quarry lake right next door is slated to be filled with sludge from water treatment. That could have been an awesome >400 acre park with a lake, and direct access to Big Walnut Creek at its largest. Instead we get a sludge pit and some warehouses I'm sure. I guess only the cool people north of 70 are worthy of quarry parks. I'd be pretty upset to live in any of those nice 50s-70s houses there on Rohr. Edit. It appears the city bought the quarry across Lockbourne Rd to fill with sludge. The one right next to the Y property is still owned by Shelly and Sands. So come on, Columbus. Give us a 162 acre quarry park in the Uncool Crescent! But seriously, Hamilton Township can't afford it, but Metro Parks could!

It appears from this aerial that they already built the access to the flat rooftop that will have the patio. It'll have a great view of the 670 traffic jams!

OK. So just the tiny 14 space lot is going to be a garage? Or does this include the Eden Alley lot owned by the city?