casey

Wow. Tough crowd lol. I get that you guys are obsessed with height, but come on... 1) Market Tower is clearly alive and well, and in the capable hands of NBBJ and Wood/Schiff. That alone is GREAT news 2) These slides may reveal the latest direction of the project, which was no doubt motivated by economic reality, but they're not by any means final public/publicity renderings, or exactly what the details of the end product will end up being 3) Everyone tripping over themselves to trash the design as "ugly" are premature and also look pretty immature IMO. Maybe you simply don't like contemporary architecture (fine), but you should at least understand the amount of hours that it takes being poured into this day and night by a whole team of people working hard to make a project of this scale happen 4) Toddguy[/member] re: the "embrace the market" slide, those are clearly inspiration/precedent images of other work the designers were looking at, everything else is consistent and is the actual project

Have to say that "Luxe Belle" is just about the worst possible name for this I could think of

Hm I wonder why you like those numbers better? Hm I wonder. Maybe because they're not 8 years out of date?

Yikes

I'm excited to hear some announcements on retail tenants for this project

Walker has such an attitude with anyone who dares to comment at CU anymore it's unbelievable. No wonder practically all discussion over there has totally died...

This is probably not the right thread for this, and isn't a direct response to troeros[/member]'s concerns but I've generally found that people from Cincinnati and Cleveland are much more preoccupied with crime, real or perceived, than anyone I've ever met from Columbus and I'm not sure why

That rendering is very old. I think Biz1st just used it because they had it on file, which is misleading and confusing You can see the exact same image here in a post from February 2017 - https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,2473.msg838352.html#msg838352

And finally, the 711 project which is close to its final appearance from the outside, and I think looks pretty great

One block south the Moxy Hotel is up to its 8th floor out of 10. And metal framing has started to go on for the exterior walls

Meanwhile across the street I'm very excited for the new UDF to open. There's really no easy convenience store in the neighborhood without it. And they're almost done now, signs are up and they were installing the coffee machines today. In addition to the High St entrance there's one in the back on Pearl with some parking available

Took some pics out during lunch today... At the Pizzuti project, foundation walls are done, and steel is on site. This should start going up pretty quickly now

No 53k is the entire building. And of that only 30k is exhibit space...

Here's both versions of the main 12 story building, with the latest design iteration on top,

Wood companies forever! ;D Borror never! >:(

In addition to my concerns above, their website is really awful and amateur looking. I hope it gets thoroughly reworked before the opening...

Former Max & Erma's in German Village becoming coworking space (with a bar) The old German Village Max & Erma’s will again be a gathering place — albeit of a somewhat different sort. A new coworking space called Kollektiv is setting up shop at the space at 739 S. 3rd St., with plans to convert to a neighborhood bar in the evenings. Kollektiv said the new space will have tables, booths, offices and conference rooms for both short- and long-term tenants. Communal tables and booths will be on the first floor with leasable office space on upper levels. The workspace will be available for flexible month-to-month rates or longer-term agreements. ... No other details were released on the planned bar. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/07/12/former-max-ermas-in-german-village-becoming.html Coworking Website: http://kollektivco.com/ Couple of exterior photos of the original Max & Erma's at 739 S. 3rd Street: Ugh... I miss Max & Erma's...

Interesting longer piece from NBC News about growth and decline in Columbus and Dayton, Two Ohio cities illustrate a growing divide between the old and new economy https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/two-ohio-cities-illustrate-growing-divide-between-old-new-economy-n904766

^ If you look closely that 'aerial' is actually a rendering for the two-story office building on Yard St, at center, which is now under construction

^ Sure it's cliche but I don't mind it. I'd love to see them change things up by maybe repainting it every year with a different image/artist

I love all the stuff going up in Franklinton right now. Especially Gravity which is turning out pretty much perfect

The Castle is really horrible as far as exterior materials and finishes. Even down to the graphics/signage is so poorly done it's incredible. I agree that every time I go by I just can't even believe that's the final product. Very disappointed in Borror and DesignGroup on that one

Oh ugh. I guess I never realized they had changed the design of the one along 4th St. I agree the previous iteration was much better. Disappointing...

The 1990s are alive and well in Delaware County