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I can think of only a single development in 43215 that displaced a single resident (the Sanborn). All the other projects have gone on empty lots or industrial or commercial properties. Harrison Park townhomes: 24 Harrison Park Apartments: 108 Harrison Park SFHs: 38 600 Goodale: 174 The Hubbard: 68 Wonderbread Lofts: 66 Jeffrey Park: ~300 Liberty Place expansion: 207 These are the largest outside downtown ones I could think of real quick. That's 985 units. Approximately 1,500 residents. Then you have the state of downtown report stating a gain of approximately 2,800 since 2010. That's 4,300. Any possible displacement would be recouped by smaller projects I'm missing here. And there's no report for 2018 from the Capital Crossroads and Discovery SIDs. Probably 1,000 units have opened in 43215 this year. I find +1,532 impossible.

Jeffrey Park alone has added probably 750 people. Downtown was at 5,500 in 2009. EOY 2017 it was 8,400. Also included in 43215 is the dense new builds of Harrison West and Liberty Place in the Brewery District. In other words, I'd say 43215 is closer to +4,000 than +1,532.

Still really wish they would've built the 15 story towers on the north end...

Couple more renderings from the Dispatch:

You don't think the renovations will make these unaffordable? Considering Pizzutti is getting this land for cheap (apparently half the market price), I would think any new build could afford to be cheaper units.

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Crime is considerably less than even ten years ago. How can you claim otherwise? Yes, some robberies are still happening, but the Chittenden and Weinland Park areas adjacent to the Gateway have improved immensely in the safety realm. Also, it may be a bit of a revolving door at times, but pretty sure all these, by the way, huge buildings are fully leased. There's probably 10x as much retail space on this six block stretch of High St than there was 20 years ago. Not to mention hundreds of apartments, tons of office space, and the best theater in Columbus. The Gateway and surrounding area are a huge success. I don't see the fascination of wanting fire hazard dive bars, drunk kids needing ropes to keep from falling into High St. and couch and vehicle fires keeping Chittenden lit at night.

They're going to make millions off their property sale.

The existing Hilton has a service and garage entrance off that road (Convention Center Dr.). It's also my secret back way into the Vine Street Garage. Even on massive event days like Red White and Boom I can fly right in and out of there via 670 while almost everyone else waits for an hour trying to get off at Third or Neil.

10 miles. We'll probably get an autonomous shuttle before a train. How well used is the AirConnect? Though a 5 minute train ride from the terminal straight to the center city sounds awesome.

Thanks for the update!

Jefferson Township (Blacklick) has also zoned for higher densities, and is seeing fairly nice proposals. Really wish we'd see more townhome proposals across town. The ones in New Albany's Market Square area are a nice implementation.

I drove by the northern border of Battelle (on King) last night, and the whole northeastern part of their property is fenced off. I know they demolished a building there a couple years ago. Is anything else going on there?

Looks like Cooper Carry are the architects. Same company who did the Cleveland Convention Center Hilton. Planned downtown Hilton grows a floor as designers hone their vision "Designers have added another floor to the planned Hilton Columbus Downtown expansion, growing the tower to 28 floors. The design team from Cooper Carry, Meyers + Associates Architecture and Jeffrey Beers presented an updated look for the proposed tower to the Franklin County Convention Facilities Authority this week. The project is estimated to cost $190 to $200 million. The new design calls for about 460,000 square feet, which would bring the Hilton Columbus Downtown to 858,000 square feet and exactly 1,000 rooms. This new configuration solves two main sticking points brought up this fall – and will create 75,000 square feet of meeting space and a rooftop bar and event area." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/14/planned-downtown-hilton-grows-a-floor-as-designers.html

Bingo! While we get data centers with 50 employees, Austin is getting $1 billion Apple offices with 5,000+ employees. They're expanding in or entering almost all of our peer cities. Along with Google, Amazon, et al. Our growth is going to cool off very soon if developers don't start building. There needs to be a Bridge Park in every suburb: Westerville's Braun Farm site, Grove City's Beulah Park, New Albany's (Columbus) Hamilton Quarter, Polaris east of IKEA, Westland Mall site. I know at least Westerville is opening up to the need of higher densities by doing a complete rezoning of the entire city. Hopefully soon we'll see developers take advantage. The entire south end of Westerville is 70s and 80s office parks that should be dense, mixed-use areas. All the highway projects have been magnificent in Columbus, but the south side from 70-to-70 needs better access. It's the most underdeveloped area of the city and is closest to downtown. Obetz, Hamilton Township, Groveport, and the Great Southern area should be heavily developed in a "new urbanist" style, because much of it is a blank slate. Problem is, all the roads there suck. It's horrible moving around the entire south side. No street grid, two lane roads with horrible intersections that choke traffic at all times of the day, and an average of over 4 miles between exits on 270. Lockbourne, and Refugee/Hamilton should have exits off 270 at the least. Provide better infrastructure and this area will take off. And developers like Kaufman shouldn't be allowed to decrease density (80 on the Commons from 17 to 12 floors), because clearly they're wrong that the market can't support it. Also why the Market Tower shouldn't be allowed to be downsized. Or the Crawford Hoying building on Cherry Street. And why we must battle the NIMBYs who shot down Pizzuti's Mercantile condo tower, and Kaufman's IBEW building. Yes, individual buildings won't have much of an impact, but the cumulative effect is rearing its ugly head. People want to move here, and jobs want to locate here, but we're not accommodating them. Existing businesses in Franklinton worried about 150 feet right next to the highway should be laughed away. We need to get our collective shit together before this growth we've taken for granted melts away.

So per the Dispatch this will be only 275,000 square feet. Only 28% the size of Facebook's 780,000 square feet facility, but 80% of the cost. I'd assume equipment would be about the same. How is this Google center going to cost so much? It is on 100 more acres of land. Speaking of which, Amazon's three locations total 188 acres. AEP's New Albany center is on 25 acres, and their Groveport location is on 35 acres. Cologix's location is less than 8 acres. Why do Facebook and Google need 345 and 447 acres respectively? Expansion? *Edit: Amazon's data centers average 250,000 square feet on 63 acres. If their expansions go through each location will have 1,250,000 square feet on 63 acres; or 19,841 square feet per acre. Facebook and Google, meanwhile, will have only 2,261 and 615 square feet per acre, respectively. Really strange to me.

This will be phase 1: I don't see how either of these buildings are 150 feet tall. *Edit: the greyed-out Orange Barrel Media HQ is 120 feet tall for reference.

Why it looks like Google plans to build $600M data center in New Albany "The tech giant, through subsidiary Montauk Innovations LLC, received a tax credit from the Ohio Tax Credit Authority Monday to build a data center somewhere in Ohio. State officials confirmed the end-user is Google, but would not say where the center would go. However, the New Albany City Council will vote Monday night on a community investment area agreement and a development and supply agreement with Montauk Innovations, which was incorporated in April in the state of Delaware. New Albany officials could not provide further details beyond the meeting's agenda. "Google is considering acquisition of a property in New Albany, OH, and while we do not have a confirmed timeline for development for the site, we want to ensure that we have the option to further grow should our business demand it," Google spokeswoman Charlotte Smith said in an emailed statement." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/10/why-it-looks-like-google-plans-to-build-600m-data.html This gives New Albany a Google data center on top of an Amazon one (of three in Columbus; Hilliard and Dublin being the other two), an AEP one and the massive Facebook one. You also have the Cologix centers, and IBM data analytics in Columbus. Amazon also has plans for 12 more spread across their existing three locations. AEP is building a large secondary one in Groveport. It's turning into a real hub for data.

First Look: CoverMyMeds' Franklinton HQ designed to be among 'best campuses in the country' "CoverMyMeds intends for its immense, glittering headquarters to make a statement in West Franklinton – both in looks and actions. The Columbus software maker acquired last year by healthcare giant McKesson Corp. released architectural designs Monday for its upcoming $240 million campus, featuring twin 200,000-square-foot office buildings built in phases over parking garages." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/10/first-look-covermymeds-franklinton-hq-designed-to.html

Yup, a link: https://www.columbusunderground.com/hard-hat-tour-municipal-light-plant-bw1 Also notice on the site plan how NRI has filled in the third Rivers Edge building. Wonder if we'll be seeing that soon?

Looking good. Should help connect the River South neighborhood with the Brewery District! Wonder what brand hotel they're trying to lure?

Wish they'd move the Ohio History Connection to south of COSI and demolish the brutalist building it's in, and expand this to an even larger park...

Columbus Mayor announces future plans for Crew SC and MAPFRE stadium "The city has committed funds for infrastructure and land for the new stadium as well as the county. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced the proposal includes moving Crew SC’s practice facility to MAPFRE Stadium once the new stadium is complete. Additional, MAPFRE Stadium will be turned into the Columbus Community Sports Park, a shared-use center with an indoor soccer field and basketball courts as well as outdoor athletic fields." https://www.10tv.com/article/columbus-mayor-announces-future-plans-crew-sc-and-mapfre-stadium More: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20181205/columbus-plans-for-community-sports-complex-if-crew-sc-leaves-mapfre-stadium https://www.columbusunderground.com/plan-for-future-of-mapfre-stadium-unveiled-new-stadium-announcement-coming-soon-bw1 https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/05/mapfre-makeover-how-the-city-plans-to-redevelop.html

Tenfold increase in cargo predicted at booming Rickenbacker airport, spurring $1.3B in development "A tenfold increase in cargo volume at Rickenbacker International Airport is expected to spur $1.3 billion in development – about half the total from private carriers building their own terminals, according to the next 20-year master plan. About $49 million in runway and infrastructure improvements through the next two years will seed that growth, according to a summary presented to the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. Federal grants cover $18.6 million in airfield improvements in that time, while the rest comes from capital reserves, including construction of new roadways and airport-owned terminals." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/05/tenfold-increase-in-cargo-predicted-at-booming.html?ana=e_mc_prem&s=newsletter&ed=2018-12-05&u=8jkupSw9zIRhc%2BySqW4WOQ0354f4c7&t=1544018859&j=85364081