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Famous Chapel Hill Mall carousel will live on at Lock 3 in Akron Sean McDonnell - Beacon Journal - Apr. 22, 2021 "Development firm Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP), which bought the distressed mall in March, is in the process donating the famous ride to the city, Deputy Mayor James Hardy said. He said the goal is to install the ride downtown as part of the future Lock 3 renovations. ... It's not a small donation, Hardy said. The carousel is estimated to be worth anywhere from $500,000 to $750,000. Even individual figurines can be sold for thousands. ... The city is fundraising for the Lock 3 Renovations. If all goes to plan, Hardy said construction would start in September 2022."

Boys & Girls Club of Central Ohio Milo-Grogan Clubhouse and Headquarters - 1012 Cleveland Ave (4-25-21) On the block just south of the new Boys & Girls Clubhouse a 4-story apartment building with commercial space has been proposed. Fencing has gone up around the site after the demolition of the two single story structures on the block sometime last year. Here is a site plan of the proposed building at 986 Cleveland Ave. The building received rezoning approval late last year. The applicant listed in the development is 5CL Properties which is an affiliate of Rogue Fitness. The Rogue Fitness is also pursuing the renovation of 574 E. Fifth Ave into a restaurant space. Single family infill housing by developer New City Homes on E 3rd Ave And on E 2nd Ave Additional infill on 2nd Ave Ohio Brewing Company production facility at 421 East 2nd Avenue

Work has stated on Marker Development's 6-story apartment building at 300 East Fifth Avenue (4-25-21) Grant Park at 5th and Grant Avenues Apartment on the former church site at the SE corner of Indianola and 8th

King & High development narrows in on new design Tristan Navera - Columbus Business First - Apr. 25, 2021 "Subtext Principal Brandt Stiles told University Impact District Review Board Thursday that the company hopes to see a vote for the project in May. ... Over the course of about 10 major redesigns, the structure has seen its tower range from a thin 11-story portion to a shorter, broader structure that covers much of the city block." Here are a few graphics from the Apr. 22, 2021 UIDRB meeting:

Some nice stuff about the draft at the beginning of the most recent Building the Browns episode:

Walking Distance Brewing coming to Marysville this summer Dan Eaton - Columbus Business First - Apr. 23, 2021 "Walking Distance Brewing expects to open this summer at 222 E. 8th St. in Uptown Marysville. It's a 150-year-old former carriage shop property owner Doug Olsen was convinced for years would make a great site for a brewery. ... The main taproom area will be around 2,000 square feet. A condemned building that once neighbored the property has been torn down to allow for a more than 1,000-square-foot outdoor patio space. The brewery plans to seek permission from the city for some outside seating in front of the space as well."

State Auto upgrading downtown HQ as insurance giant consolidates workers Tristan Navera - Columbus Business First - Apr. 23, 2021 "State Auto Insurance Cos. is putting in another round of renovations at its headquarters as it readies to welcome more employees back to work downtown. The company is updating its five-story, 235,000-square-foot headquarters at 518 E. Broad St. with interior and exterior design work, spokesman Kyle Anderson said, with some new exterior and ground-floor upgrades, especially at the "Pavilion" building, the newer of its two office structures that was completed in 1990. ... State Auto also is consolidating employees into the headquarters from two other locations in the city – 175 S. 3rd St. downtown and 670 Morrison Rd. in Gahanna, both of which were leased offices."

Updated: City Decides on Plan for Clintonville Bike Bridges Brent Warren - ColumbusUnderground - Apr. 23, 2021 "The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department announced today that it had selected Alternative 2 (as shown above) to complete the Olentangy Trail in Clintonville." More details on the Olentangy Trail Completion: https://www.columbus.gov/recreationandparks/trails/Olentangy-Trail/

* Subscriber Exclusive * NOACA ready to say ‘no’ to three new suburban highway interchanges based on detailed cost-benefit analysis Steven Litt - Cleveland.com - Apr. 23, 2021 "Northeast Ohio’s biggest transportation planning agency is poised to nix, for now, three of the eight current proposals across the five-county region to build new or enhanced highway interchanges, according to recommendations prepared by the agency’s staff. Those recommendations, prepared by staff at NOACA, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency, include turning down new full interchanges proposed at I-71 and Route 57 in Medina, I-71, and Boston Road in Strongsville, and I-271 and White Road in Northeast Cuyahoga County. ... In addition to the recommendation for the I-77 Miller Road interchange, NOACA’s staff looked favorably at completing partial interchanges at I-480 and Granger Road in Garfield Heights, and at Ohio 44 at Jackson Street in Painesville."

Rockefeller Building developers aim to start construction this summer Michelle Jarboe - Crain's Cleveland Business - Apr. 22, 2021 "... But consultants working on the project said he and Wolfe aim to close on financing this summer, with hopes of completing renovations by mid-2023. ... Terrano said the project will involve federal historic tax credits, equal to 20% of qualified spending. But in a notable departure from the path that other owners of historic buildings have trod over the last 15 years, the development team isn't seeking state tax credits. ... They're talking to out-of-town lenders, raising additional equity and exploring funding sources including federal New Markets Tax Credits, financing tied to energy-efficiency upgrades and a Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority program that offers a sales-tax exemption on construction materials."

Pataskala OK's rezoning for large distribution-style warehouse at Mink & Refugee Craig McDonald - Newark Advocate - Apr. 21, 2021 "Pataskala City Council approved the first of two proposed development plans for large-scale distribution style warehouses to be constructed within city limits at its April 19 meeting. ... The properties to be developed are on the northeast corner of Mink Street, opposite the recently opened Amazon Distribution Center and the Ashely Furniture building under construction on the opposite side of Refugee Road."

Liberty Township: Submitted referendum could put Hyatts Road development plan on ballot Jim Fischer - ThisWeek News - Apr. 22, 2021 "Liberty Township residents might get a vote on a controversial zoning overlay. Residents presented a petition and signatures to the township offices April 12, and trustees voted at their April 19 meeting to certify receipt and forward the petition and signatures to the Delaware County Board of Elections."

Coworking business Build Cowork + Space expanding to Marysville Tristan Navera - Columbus Business First - Apr. 21, 2021 "Marysville is getting a new coworking space with a focus on growing local businesses. Bellefontaine-based developer and real estate firm Small Nation is opening the second location of its Build Cowork + Space in 8,000 square feet at 129 N. Main St. in uptown Marysville. ... The company is already working on another project, the nearby taproom for Walking Distance Brewing Co. at 228 E. 8th St."

From the April 22, Cleveland Landmarks Commission Meeting: Demolition of Rockefeller Building Garage 621 Frankfort Avenue aka 614 West Superior Avenue - Passed Unanimously Renovation of Rockefeller Building 614 West Superior Avenue - Passed Unanimously Geis will come back with additional details about the landscaping surrounding the parking lots.

Franklin University selling Urbana campus John Bush - Dayton Business Journal - Apr. 15, 2021 "A former college campus in Champaign County has hit the market, providing a potential redevelopment opportunity for an interested buyer. Urbana University, a private institution that served as a branch campus of Columbus-based Franklin University, closed at the end of the 2020 spring term. The school cited low enrollment figures that were exacerbated by Covid-19. The campus, originally built in 1850, sits on 115 acres and has 22 buildings that total 351,000 square feet. The property also includes athletics facilities, a solar panel field and surplus land." Now's your chance to buy an entire college campus: Urbana University is for sale Jim Weiker - The Dispatch - Apr. 19, 2021 "The former Urbana University in Urbana, north of Springfield, is for sale – all 115 acres and 22 buildings of it. Buyers would get a science laboratory, nine dormitories with about 550 bedrooms, a new football and soccer field (with stadium seating and a Blue Knights logo), a theater, a dining hall, a commercial kitchen, a library, and an athletic center with natatorium, basketball court and racquetball courts. ... The city of Urbana, eager to avoid a vacant campus, has sweetened the pot with several tax break programs a developer could take advantage of. The campus sits in an Enterprise Zone, a Community Redevelopment Act district, and an Urbana Energy Special Improvement District."

Development and News Thread for Champaign County, Ohio:

Senior living community, fine dining restaurant planned for London Patrick Cooley - The Dispatch - Apr. 15, 2021 "London, the small city at the center of Madison County, will have an upscale seafood restaurant and steakhouse later this year. The eatery is part of plans for an independent senior living community with more than 55 housing units. Entrepreneur Paul Gross, who owns property near the Bluebird Retirement Community on Route 56, plans to open Farm Table this fall. ... The community includes condos and apartments in 40 buildings organized like a subdivision. A clubhouse with a pool and a patio will be built directly behind the Bluebird, and the restaurant will sit just off Route 56 near the community's entrance."

Columbus Karma Thegsum Choling Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center at the SW corner of Rich and Grubb Streets (4-17-21) Warner Junction Apartment Building at the SE corner of Rich and Green streets Gravity 2.0

Rapid 5 Waterways Project Moving Forward Quickly in 2021 Walker Evans - ColumbusUnderground - Apr. 17, 2021 "t’s been over a year since we’ve heard much about the Rapid 5 project, and that has been entirely intentional. This waterways plan could redefine and interconnect Central Ohio’s five main rivers and was first unveiled in late 2019, but once the coronavirus pandemic began just a few months later, the leadership team behind the project decided to place it on the back burner for awhile. ... There is an online form that can be filled out at https://therapidproject.org/, but a concentrated effort to “bridge the digital divide” and solicit feedback in underserved communities is also under way."

CCS Facilities Master Plans Seeks Community Input Apr. 19, 2021 - ColumbusUnderground - Taijuan Moorman "Columbus City Schools is asking for community input for its Facilities Master Plan. The plan is taking a regional approach to discussing the future of Columbus City Schools’ buildings and facilities. 'This is a critical moment in our District where we have an exciting opportunity to talk about what is the future of our buildings,' said Columbus Board of Education President Jennifer Adair. 'An important piece of our strategic master plan is to figure out what our actual buildings need to look like to meet our mission and vision. This is an opportunity to take inventory and discuss what our community and school buildings need.'" Facilities Master Plan Committee - Regional Community Conversation

Lake Health officially joins UH Lydia Coutre - Crain's Cleveland Business - Apr. 19, 2021 "Lake Health is officially a member of the University Hospitals Health System, making the Lake County provider UH's largest addition to date. The two organizations, which in December announced their intention to integrate, have completed the member substitution process to bring Lake Health into UH, adding multiple hospitals and ambulatory centers and more than 3,000 caregivers and 600 physicians to the Cleveland-based health system, according to a news release. ... Lake Health and UH have partnered with one another for many years, most notably through the Lake Health/University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center, located at the Lake Health Mentor Campus. In 2019, UH became a minority member of the Lake Health Beachwood Medical Center..."

West Campus (4-17-21) The Science and Technology Campus Corporation is building a medical research and advanced manufacturing facility at the SW corner of Lane and Carmack on 7.8 acers of land leased from the University. This view is from the Arlington Gateway site. You can see the now 6 cranes on campus west of Kenny. Once this tops out at 11 stories, it should have a nice view of all the activity on west campus. 8th and High Apartment Building Yes. The site will include the demo of Cousin's Army Navy, Lucky's and two apartment buildings on 8th. Here are their March UIDRB plans. (They aren't back for the April meeting, but should be for May's) 15th and High Building B1 and WOSU 15th and High Plaza The Roots Natural Kitchen will be in the bottom of Building A facing the plaza. Here's their signage application from the upcoming April UIDRB meeting. Department of Theater, Film, and Media Arts Building

Hotel Indigo opens in downtown Cleveland Mary Vanac - Cleveland Business Journal - Apr. 15, 2021

Akron mayor proposes prioritizing parks, housing and utility assistance with $153 million in pandemic stimulus Robin Goist - Cleveland.com - Apr. 15, 2021 "The American Rescue Plan money totaling $153,370,000 will arrive in Akron’s coffers in two rounds – May 2021 and May 2022 – and must be spent by the end of 2024. ... Horrigan identified six areas where he hopes to allocate funding, pending City Council approval: Parks and public facilities (about $30 million) – Fund projects for city parks and public spaces, community center “capital needs” and downtown parking deck maintenance. City IT and budget stabilization (about $29 million). Housing (about $25 million) – Pay for housing rehabilitation grants and residential building grants for infill housing, meaning new housing that is built on an already-zoned residential neighborhood. Public utility support (about $25 million). Local economic recovery ($24 million). Community and youth violence prevention (about $20 million)."