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How many suites will this have? Because I just did a 15-minute walk radius: I imagine the pedestrian bridge over the Olentangy and any connections to the Reach on Goodale will connect within a 15 minute walk the HQs of: White Castle, Chipotle, Nationwide, Columbia Gas, Orange Barrel Media, Cover My Meds, and AEP. I imagine this will make suites a premium.

The Pointe Phase II is next up: Bank of America to anchor new Polaris office building "Bank of America will occupy the top two floors of a new office building planned for the next phase of the Pointe at Polaris development off Interstate 71. The bank will consolidate its Columbus and Dublin offices into 60,000 square feet of the 145,000-square-foot building, developed by VanTrust Real Estate and NP Ltd. The building will rise west of I-71 and south of Gemini Place, in the second phase of Pointe at Polaris. The phase also will include a 260-unit apartment building. VanTrust and NP also developed Pointe at Polaris’ first phase immediately to the north, which includes a 216-unit apartment building, 70,000 square feet of offices and 30,000 square feet of retail space occupied by Condados Tacos, Atlas Tavern and Sweetwater Coffee." https://www.dispatch.com/business/20190920/bank-of-america-to-anchor-new-polaris-office-building

From 10TV's article: "'Our goal is for Crew SC’s new downtown stadium to be among the top sports facilities in the nation,' said Crew SC President and General Manager Tim Bezbatchenko. “We see our new home as becoming an integral part of Columbus’ downtown. Because of this, we are building a modern facility that is rooted in the culture created by our supporters in order to provide an experience that champions soccer in Columbus. The investments and input from The Haslam and Edwards Families have helped shape renderings for a stadium that will become a modern icon in our region and across the country.” The stadium will include a steep seating bowl, designed to put Black & Gold supporters close to the action and provide the best experience for supporters. Similarly, the stadium’s wrap-around roof will provide protection over each stand and amplify the noise back to the pitch, helping enhance the matchday atmosphere. Crew SC’s new home will be divided into four unique stands, each of which will have its own identity and design that reflects the vibrancy and diversity of Columbus’ urban neighborhoods. The stands will feature diverse seating and social amenities to enhance the supporters’ experience: The stadium’s West stand will be near the player tunnel and feature player seating, player box seats, pitch side club seats, concourse club seats and a lounge, and a suite level with unique “ledge seats” cantilevered in front of suites. The East stand will include field suites and a lounge, a concourse club, reserved seating, and an upper stand with general admission seating featuring elevated concourse with views to downtown The North stand will consist of the new Nordecke supporter section – inspired by the current location of the Nordecke, an integrated tifo rigging system, capo stands, two patio decks and the Nordecke Beer Garden – the first beer garden in MLS. The South stand will be near a videoboard, including a lower and upper bowl with general seating and a bar overlooking Nationwide Boulevard, and include a brew hall – a 5,000 square feet soccer pub with open views to the entrance plaza and downtown that will be open on non-matchdays to support a variety of local community events. The new downtown stadium is also set to feature an open 360-degree concourse which will enhance fan experience by maintaining views to the pitch from the concourse, connecting the Nordecke Beer Garden in the north, the feature bars in the south, and the public plaza in the southeast. The concourse is designed to also support activation for non-soccer events during non-match days."

I wasn't complaining. I like it a lot actually. I was just saying I can definitely see where NRI's hesitation comes from. Also, I specifically said not the picture quality, but the renders. The official renders do look better, but it's not the first time I've seen renders where you can barely tell what materials are going to end up looking like e.g. The Castle, and the red Oak Street building. I figured they'd have ultra-high resolution renders considering the scope of this project.

Nationwide Arena and Huntington Park are both sunken, and integrated with their surroundings. This appears to be monolithic, and separate. I can see NRI's hesitation now. Also, why the low quality renders? I don't mean the photos of slideshows. In the renders themselves you can barely see what materials are to be used.

GV has ridiculously awesome history they've managed to not only preserve, but keep up to date. It's a delicate balance, and they've done well. Although it hasn't really been challenged hardly. This hotel being the hardest test says something, because it's a no-brainer development, and is not even remotely inappropriate. Clintonville on the other hand has a historic commercial strip that hasn't been threatened in the slightest, and then a bunch of insignificant, overpriced 60s and 70s houses. What exactly do they think they've preserved? It's seriously cringey.

The Kaufman development and the Pizzutti development in Victorian Village. The Pizzutti development has turned out pretty nice, but it should have been that nice and twelve stories. This award has to go to Clintonville, though. So many developments shot down or amended to nothing but 80s strip malls. Yikes! Only the Bareburger building has been a win in Clintonville. Considering the surface lot there and the tiny stature of that building it's really sad that's their "great development" during this boom. We have the Rusty Bucket shot down from a mixed-use condo development to a single-use standalone restaurant. We have the Local Cantina and Hot Chicken Takeover buildings not even trying to propose anything better. We have the Patrick J's site completely avoiding having to deal with their idiotic BS by just placing a lot in the Clintonville part of their parcel. Then of course the Clintonville Electric site remains empty, because Clintonville does what Clintonville does. Then we have the garbage being built on Indianola. How is Clintonville not ashamed?

The NIMBYs in that article are insufferable. Aren't commissions like the German Village Society just advisory commissions? So if they're being as unreasonable as they are can't the developer just go straight to City Council?

I have noticed we're finally getting outside developers here. It has been sorely needed, because our local developers haven't come close to supplying the demand. That has hurt our jobs numbers. Once we get closer to meeting housing demands on a yearly basis we'll see the job growth skyrocket. I believe we are in that pivot right now. Even local developers like Casto known for strip malls all across the city are fully leasing out their undersized projects so quickly they're turning to 12 story midrises. I think banks are realizing Columbus' potential as well and are loosening up purse strings. It's just too bad it didn't happen five years ago. But I feel very confident going forward. There's an energy here I haven't ever felt.

Not improbable. Pretty sure they're getting a free CBUS type circulator set up.

The new terminal in design right now will almost assuredly be connected to this rental car facility directly.

What a silly comment. Charlotte Metro Area is 24% black. 5,000 more blacks total than the Cleveland Metro Area. *Edit. In 2010 that is.

The Short North Special Improvement District goes south to Convention Center Dr including the buildings lining High on the west and the entire convention center and Greek Orthodox Cathedral properties. Although the design guidelines boundary is Poplar Ave.

Buckeyes lacrosse stadium next step as Ohio State athletics district takes shape "A $20 million lacrosse stadium is the next step for Ohio State University's growing athletics district on west campus. The men's and women's teams are responsible for raising the full construction costs. The athletics department has not yet responded to requests for the amounts raised to date. Trustees last month approved $2.3 million of the total for design. The women currently play in Jesse Owens Stadium, shared with soccer and track. The men's team plays in either the Woody Hayes Athletic Center or the cavernous Ohio Stadium. The teams practice on artificial turf painted with lines for a football field. The planned 2,500-seat stadium with locker rooms will provide not only dedicated practice and home-game space but a better viewing experience for fans, said Mike Penner, executive associate athletic director. "It's a lot more intimate than playing in a 100,000-seat stadium," he said. The site for the lacrosse stadium is immediately east of the $50 million Covelli Center – both on repurposed land where outdated graduate student housing was demolished." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/09/11/buckeyes-lacrosse-stadium-next-step-as-ohio-state.html?iana=hpmvp_colum_news_headline

They do a really good job reporting census results.

Didn't Nationwide sell the AEP property to them to build their HQ? Was there some kind of relationship there a la Orange Barrel Media and Cover My Meds?

That's a half well done implementation. What's the point of a nice, large park with zero access? I don't see any crosswalks and the surrounding neighborhood is just as split in half by the park as by the highway. Perhaps they have plans to integrate and connect after this initial build out?

He's talking about the Brunner Building.

Vivo Festival has been going on, too. https://www.vivofestival.org/

Publicly traded restaurant company says it's in talks to bring more than 20 new restaurants to Easton "Easton might be teaming up with a New York-based company on what could be dozens of new restaurants. Though no deal is finalized, developers of the Columbus dining and shopping district appear to be talking with New York-based Ark Restaurants Corp., which operates almost 40 restaurants, bars and catering operations around the country, including multiple restaurants and food courts in Las Vegas and Atlantic City casinos. Easton, which was co-developed by Steiner + Associates, The Georgetown Co. and L Brands, would not confirm any conversations with Ark (Nasdaq: ARKR), but Ark CEO Michael Weinstein, on an Aug. 13 call with stock analysts, discussed that possibility. “We made a proposal to them and they’re excited about the proposal,” he said. 'The first stage of it, if it takes place and we think it does take place, would be over the next 18 months to build six restaurants — either our own restaurants or in partnership with other restaurateurs who see the same opportunities we do but don’t have the capability of traveling to Easton ... and would want us to manage it for them or be a joint venture partner.'" https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/08/28/publicly-traded-restaurant-company-says-its.html

From the Columbus Underground article:

One of the articles on this newest Scioto Peninsula development said Buckingham's project fell through when they couldn't land CoverMyMeds.

This is called the Yardley.

What a waste of real estate two warehouses would be. Production facilities and offices with the warehouses, sure, but just two warehouses? That belongs at Rickenbacker.