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Very interesting project for a retail arcade through COSI that I had not heard of before - The state capital budget will include "$5 million for COSI to design and begin construction of a $40 million connection corridor to provide a glass-enclosed passageway through COSI connecting the riverfront to Scioto Peninsula Park. It will feature 30,000 square feet of indoor space for restaurants and retail shops." ;D http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180226/cosi-north-market-westerville-police-memorial-get-pieces-of-26b-capital-budget

The new state capital budget includes "$1 million for an atrium that would connect the new 35-story office and residential Market Tower with the nearby North Market" ;D http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180226/cosi-north-market-westerville-police-memorial-get-pieces-of-26b-capital-budget

Wagenbrenner's Battelle development is moving forward, Columbus City Council set to vote on mixed use property deal The Columbus City Council is expected to vote Monday on an economic development agreement with a developer that plans to build on about 15 acres of mostly vacant property that Battelle Memorial Institute owns. Battelle is selling the property at the southwest corner of West Fifth Avenue and Perry Street for about $17 million to Wagenbrenner Development, said Patrick Jarvis, Battelle’s senior vice president of marketing and communications. Battelle will use that money to update its main campus, and Wagenbrenner plans to build a combination of residential development, retail space, a hotel, parking garage and a public park. The sale should close in the spring, with work to start soon after that. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180226/columbus-city-council-set-to-vote-on-mixed-use-property-deal

I know we've seen a real uptick in Downtown projects especially over the last year or so, but these are some pretty cool stats to read that help put it all in perspective - Downtown sees flood of new apartment buildings Four buildings that opened between November and January are welcoming their first tenants. They will be followed by roughly one new building a month for the next two years. This year alone, nine more apartment and condominium buildings are expected to open, adding almost 1,200 new residences to the city’s core. More than two dozen additional projects are on the drawing board featuring 2,000 apartments and about 100 condominiums — not including residences proposed in nearby areas such as the Short North and Franklinton. About 18 percent of all apartments set to open in central Ohio this year are Downtown, according to YardMatrix, an apartment research firm. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180225/downtown-sees-flood-of-new-apartment-buildings The article also included this nice drone video going over a few of the soon-to-open projects -

Steubenville does indeed have its own TV station - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTOV-TV As does Zanesville - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHIZ-TV And Lima - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLIO

For what and where it is, I actually like it a lot. The design is very Dutch contemporary, and fits well with this part of downtown IMO

That Biz1st article is poorly written and misleading about the objections of the IVC to the latest plans. They have no problem with removing the greenspace itself, and in fact pushed for its removal and replacement with retail in the previous iteration developed by Schiff for Cambria Suites. What that previous version had that this doesn't was a break in between the two halves which would act as a sort of public plaza space. Compare the renderings of the previous design (which was approved), And the current Graduate Hotel proposal -

Nice I really like how this turned out. Hopefully once all the departments and offices finish moving in we'll see a sale and possible residential conversion of the Beacon Building

Instagram update of the progress on White Castle as seen from Chipotle -

There appears to be a plan from Buckeye Real Estate to infill the grass lawn in front of their 45 unit Lantern Square Apartments at 1444 N High, between 8th and Euclid, with a 3 story mixed use building containing 5 apartments above retail space. No elevations or renderings are online yet, but the project was presented at the UAC's February Zoning Committee meeting. If built, it would fill in this gap in the streetwall along the east side of High,

There are some empty retail spaces in the Lazarus building along High, Front, and Town that I'd love to see filled. Also, I believe the entire other half of the complex across Chapel St (to the left of the main building in the photo) is vacant as well...

Warby Parker is opening their first Ohio location in the Short North at 601 N High I'm sure some people won't like another chain, but I think it's great to see more established non-restaurant retail taking hold along here. This could have easily gone up to Easton, so it speaks highly of the SN and Downtown market that they chose a truly urban, street-facing spot instead

Enplanements =/= total pax Also you can find detailed passenger and cargo stats for LCK and CMH here, https://flycolumbus.com/flights/airline-stats

I posted this in the gentrification thread, but it seems like for now it would mainly (exclusively?) focus on the Short North. There's also a great aerial pic of the construction activity along High St from this summer, Columbus plans changes to real-estate tax breaks to boost ‘affordable housing’ in desirable areas Under the proposal, to be eligible for a 100 percent, 15-year property-tax abatement from the city, housing developers in the economically strongest neighborhoods, such as the Short North, will be required to set aside 20 percent of units for affordable housing or make a payment to an affordable-housing fund that will be used to aid other projects. http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180129/columbus-plans-changes-to-real-estate-tax-breaks-to-boost-affordable-housing-in-desirable-areas

Columbus plans changes to real-estate tax breaks to boost ‘affordable housing’ in desirable areas Under the proposal, to be eligible for a 100 percent, 15-year property-tax abatement from the city, housing developers in the economically strongest neighborhoods, such as the Short North, will be required to set aside 20 percent of units for affordable housing or make a payment to an affordable-housing fund that will be used to aid other projects. Developers would need to set aside 10 percent of the units for households making up to 80 percent of the median annual income in the Columbus metropolitan statistical area, and 10 percent for households making up to 100 percent of the median. Developers can earn credits toward the affordable-unit requirement by including at least 25,000 square feet of Class A office space or spending at least $1 million on environmental remediation. In lieu of providing these affordable units, developers may choose to make an annual payment of 125 percent of the difference between the rent collected from the 20 percent least-expensive units and what would have been collected from affordable units. The money would go into the Affordable Housing Trust to aid the creation of units elsewhere. http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180129/columbus-plans-changes-to-real-estate-tax-breaks-to-boost-affordable-housing-in-desirable-areas

According to their Facebook page, they're unaffected and staying open - "Tough news about our sister shop up north. Despite our construction aches & pains in the Short North, we're still chugging along. We're here for the long haul." https://www.facebook.com/BigFunColumbus/posts/

I'm not sure if it would still apply today or not if there was a proposal made for the site... My guess is no but the current owners of the building probably do appreciate having that attached parking Still, I'd love to see a condo tower built there or on top of it, or at the very least have a restaurant open in that space on the Town St end

Fun fact about that garage ;) ‘Historic’ parking garage led to Columbia Gas building’s odd shape Columbia Gas of Ohio’s planned move to the Arena District from its 200 Civic Center Drive home has its roots – at least in part – to an odd historic preservation decision made in the early 1980s. Columbus Gas President Jack Partridge said when the RiverSouth headquarters were being designed back then, they were barred from demolishing the 1950s-era parking garage next door. Yes, that’s right. The parking garage at West Town Street and Civic Center Drive for some unknown reason was considered more sacrosanct to the city’s movers and shakers at the time than the 1830s-era Ohio Penitentiary that was demolished in 1998 to make way for the Arena District. “(The garage) was a historic landmark,” Partridge said with a chuckle, “built in the 1950s.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2011/04/historic-parking-garage-led-to.html

River and Rich from the river side - windows are in place and the parking garage is done. In the foreground is foundation work for the smaller townhome/apartment buildings,

Looking back at Kaufman's Gravity from across the neighborhood,

Brewdog is well underway next door,

Another view of Out of Town and its roofs,

The Scioto Mile was buzzing today with bikers, joggers, skateboards, dogs, families, and all kinds of people out enjoying the beautiful weather. And it's going to get a lot busier still... In this view alone you can see 250 High, 80 on the commons, LC's Trautman, Beatty, and Annex projects, and a sliver of HighPoint. Just out of view are 303 S Front, The Julian, and LC's Matan. Still to come are Crawford Hoying's 11-story building and *hopefully* Millennial Tower. All together those projects will mean around 1500 units in a roughly 4 block area (still just a small fraction of downtown), absolutely none of which existed even 10 years ago. Yes I still miss City Center, but River South has come a long, long way

5 up, and still 4 more floors to go on 711 It also landed a big tenant last week, with dutch co-working firm Spaces committing to 42,000 sqft for their first location in Ohio, http://www.columbusunderground.com/spaces-launching-short-north-coworking-location-we1