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There are plans for the Family Dollar site? Somehow I missed that....

While that strip mall is quite the eye sore and I really want to see it redeveloped, at least it is occupied and provides some practical value for the area. I'm more concerned about seeing the CashSmart and former Family Dollar buildings redeveloped ASAP.

The way it looks. It's a joke pal.

^ This building is looking great, contrary to what some dude from Canton may argue. Also, I love the perspective from that last picture.

Columbus airport sees record year and flight gains CEO Joe Nardone says gains are “just the beginning” as passengers are expected to hit a record 8 million. More flights and record numbers of passengers — if these are the measures of success for an airport CEO, Joe Nardone is wrapping up a stellar first year as head of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. John Glenn Columbus International Airport was poised in 2018 to hit 8 million passengers in a year for the first time. That tops 2007, when short-lived Columbus startup Skybus Airlines helped the airport reach 7.7 million passengers, and last year’s second-highest tally of 7.5 million. https://www.dispatch.com/business/20190101/columbus-airport-sees-record-year-and-flight-gains By the end of November ridership had already hit 7.4 million for this year; an increase of 7.4% for the same period last year year. If that growth rate held true for December, 2018 ridership should be about 8,030,500. With new daily flights to 3 west coast cities on large jets, we should be well into the 8 million range for 2019, maybe even approaching 9 million. If we are simply able to replicate our growth rate, we should hit 8.5 million regardless of the new flights that will be added. Also included in the article is this bit about adding direct routes to Europe: The one big goal that has remained elusive is an international flight to a European gateway such as London, Paris or Amsterdam, catering to business travelers. While declining to get specific, Nardone strongly hints that such a flight could have been secured for Columbus had the community been able to come up with several million dollars to provide a fund commonly referred to as a revenue guarantee to an airline for the first two years of service. This setup is designed to protect the airline as it devotes resources to establishing and marketing a flight that’s likely to take months to become profitable. Such funds have been established in neighboring states, helping to attract international flights to such cities as Indianapolis and Pittsburgh. Indiana has set aside $15 million to attract air service; the Pittsburgh airport has been getting more than $12 million per year from state gambling revenue to help defray operational costs for airlines. A group of Ohio airports and aviation supporters has been lobbying for state-level incentives in Ohio and has met with JobsOhio, the privatized economic-development group, but ultimately was unsuccessful in getting incentives under the Kasich administration. “We’ve done our part,” Nardone said of the airport authority’s development efforts. “Now, the question is whether or not this is a priority to the business community.” Indianapolis-based aviation consultant Andrew Vasey agreed with Nardone that getting outside funding will probably be necessary for Columbus to land an international flight. “These minimum revenue guarantees are usually required for a medium hub city to attract international service,” Vasey said. “Cities like L.A., San Francisco and New York don’t need them. ... From an airline perspective, you’re cannibalizing traffic on your existing flights at some point when you put in a new route to a city like Columbus. Those passengers now won’t be on the connecting flights they’re on now, so they’ll need to be replaced.”

This building looks huge when driving south on 315. I agree the positioning of the building is odd, but I never expected we would get an 8-story building plopped down on this spot. ORR is by no means an urban planning masterpiece, but it's nice to see something with a little height going up.

I decided to go through and look at the population change over the last year for each of the listed areas. I added the 2017 population and the 2017-2018 change in bold red font above. I understand these comparisons might not be spot on because I'm assuming the MORPC and the Census Bureau have slightly different methodologies. Regardless, it gives us a pretty good picture of which areas have experienced a great deal of growth in just the last year. Pickerington's growth really stood out to me. They added ~4k people between 2010 and 2018, with ~2k of that growth coming in the last year.

This should easily be over 300' tall. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it goes over 350'.

Someone with some mad photoshop skills should make a mock-up of what the skyline will look like with this tower, Market Tower, and Millennial Tower.

Wow, this is looking really good! I really like the design of the south side of the building. Hopefully they can stay on the schedule and get construction started by September.

Anyone been past here recently? Based on an article in CBF it looks like they've started work on the next phase and have put up a new tower crane.

There were numerous apartment complexes and housing developments being built, and then it just kinda stopped. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8920787,-82.8483843,1553m/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

I think their timing on starting those projects was unfortunate. Just as they were getting going the recession hit. They've never really been able to start back up.

To your point about minimum lot size, there are some developments with very small lot sizes that have popped up. Unfortunately there aren't enough right now. Here's one in Gahanna: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Willows+At+Preserve+Crossing/@40.0619436,-82.8543333,510m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x883860edfe042051:0x238d0d41b17ef063!8m2!3d40.0630625!4d-82.8529778?hl=en Here's one in Canal: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8956763,-82.8493989,1016a,35y,4.43h/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en Here's one in Grove City: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.8626947,-83.0619653,539a,35y,322.52h/data=!3m1!1e3?hl=en

Yes, this right here. The Obetz, Hamilton, Groveport area surrounding Rickenbacker is a huge opportunity. In order for that to happen, Lockbourne and Parsons need exits on 270, and 23 needs to be improved to a legit highway. If that can happen, I think that area can absolutely explode with growth, especially with growth Rickenbacker is going through right now. There is also still a lot of untapped potential around Brice Rd in the Canal area and Groveport Rd as it approaches 33.

Former Graham Ford dealership on W. Broad being sold to Pizzuti Cos. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/12/former-graham-ford-dealership-on-w-broad-being.html

The Ohio House just voted and approved by a vote of 66 to 25. Now it comes down to the Senate vote, which could happen later today I believe.

Do you know something we don't?

I think it compliments the Firestone and Goodyear shops down the road quite well.

Interesting, that must have happened pretty late in the game. I know they had applied and received approval for three tower cranes to build the facility.

Anybody know what the situation is with the new rental car facility? I thought construction was supposed to start by now, but I haven't noticed any movement. Has this been put on hold?

The commercial floors will probably be 20 foot ceilings while the residential floors will be less. The renderings seem to depict this.

Good changes or bad changes?

I like how they just casually included the Crew logo with pictures of four players on the parking garage. Interesting....

It sounds like once they get an anchor tenant signed, they are ready to get started. I wonder how much space the anchor tenant will need to take up, and if there are any potential tenants that are actively looking for new space. I suggested Chipotle a while back given they are bringing more jobs here and moving out of their old office space, but I'm not sure if they would take up enough space to be an anchor tenant.