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^ Ah, yep! That's it.

I was driving down Lane today and noticed a new crane was standing north of Lane at Neil I believe. What project is that for? I can’t seem to remember a project being proposed for that site.

Exactly. That article by WOSU oddly leaves out a lot of very important details.

Per Andrew Erickson of The Dispatch, the PSV/MLS appeal has been dismissed. This is positive news for STC in the courtroom.

I haven't been through the Short North in about a month. Has the 800 N High building started going vertical yet?

^ I think the airport would be a good location to move the Greyhound station to. We already have the AirConnect COTA route that Greyhound riders could hop on if they need to get downtown. There is also plenty of parking infrastructure available at the airport that Greyhound could tap into. I have no idea what Greyhound ridership is like so it's difficult for me to guess where a good location would be.

^ Totally agree. I think it looks great from the Commons side, but sub par from the other side. Hopefully we can get some infill moving East on Rich Street to kind of cover it up. We already have that 15-story building proposed next to the Holiday Inn so that's a start. The surface lot at the corner of Rich and Third desperately needs to be developed though. It could be a great spot for a hotel given it's proximity to the Commons, Ohio Theater, Millennial Tower (hopefully) and the rest of the River South District, German Village, and the Greyhound station (though I don't know how many people taking a Greyhound would be staying in a hotel right there).

Unfortunately they haven't updated their 3D imagery for downtown, the Short North, or the campus area yet.

^ Wow, that is massive! Hopefully this is just the first of many great projects for the surrounding area.

Nashville has extremely low density when compared to Columbus. I'm sure some of that has to do with the topography, but the overall density of the metro area and of Davidson County is very low. The density of both is less than half of what Columbus and Franklin county is. Now, if you did the whole density at X miles from downtown, the numbers probably even out a bit until you get a bit further from the core where Columbus probably maintains its density and Nashville drops off.

^ Yea, I really don't think the newest renderings are all that bad. The western portion of the project looks really good and does a good job of blending with the neighborhood. The taller eastern portion is somewhat mediocre, but it's more contemporary style meshes relatively well with some of the new developments along High Street.

It looks like Big Lots just barely missed the cut for Columbus. They were 495 last year and 510 this year. Additionally, Huntington shot up from 610 to 544. Columbus could certainly have 6 within the next year or two. Also, it's interesting to look at how these companies, especially the top 10, are distributed throughout the various cities. In the top 10: Columbus has three (1, 5, and 8 ), Cincy has three (2, 4, and 7), Cleveland has two (6 and 10), Akron has one (9), and Findlay has one (3).

You just described every cross street in Manhattan. It works there thousands of times over. I think it can work here in Columbus at least once It's Manhattan and has been like that for a century. This street is fronted by 2-3 story houses so it's not the same. Drive down that street and then come back with a response because you sound ridiculous and it is a major problem for folks who bought there. It's a half a block off of High Street and 14 stories, it does not belong, this is not Houston or any other city without guidelines and I believe WE need to stick to them in this case or else we'll have a 14 story uninspiring mass towering over our pride and joy. Honestly, what is the biggest problem you have with this project? That there will be a couple more cars per minute traveling down Price? That it is too tall and will block out the sun? If this building were shifted about 75 feet to the East and built over top of the hideous strip mall so that it directly fronts High Street would it be acceptable?

I struggle to understand opposition to projects that are tall simply because they are "too tall". If you want to argue that it's going to have a negative effect on traffic flow, or that it's going to put too much additional stress on the parking situation, or something else along those lines, I can understand the argument even if I might not agree with it. The argument that the building is just too tall for the neighborhood is somewhat of a baseless argument to me. The way I see it, if you are going to be concerned with preserving nearly every building that isn't a suburban-style drive through restaurant, which I think is the correct approach, then you are going to have to deal with increasing heights as available areas for development become even more scarce.

This looks absolutely nothing like even the rendering of the Columbus Commons project. This looks far better. But I don't know, maybe the surface lot and vacant piece of grass that is there right now is much better for the neighborhood. I fail to see how this is much different than The Castle, or the parking garage being built along with 711 N High. The entrances for both of those are on small residential side streets. The only difference with something like The Castle is that part of it fronts High. The flow of traffic, however, is directed down side streets, not unlike this project at all.

^ I agree that it looks great. Sure, the placement is a bid odd right now, but I think once the Short North is pretty much built out you won't even notice it. Also, I'm not sure why we are concerned about people in one building having their view blocked by another building if we want to have a dense urban environment. We are always asking developers to go bold in Columbus, and this is bold. Hopefully it gets built.

^ It still makes me nauseous. I'm happy it's being filled in, just not thrilled with how it's being done.

The "Retail View Corridor" makes me nauseous.

The interesting thing about it is that it is quite dense, with many apartments and hotels among the retail establishments. They are just so ridiculously inefficiently arranged that it's impossible to get around without a car. I stayed at a hotel on Lyra by Quaker Steak a couple of times and decided to walk to Kroger a few times, which was fine. Then I went to Chipotle and had to cross Polaris... That was... Interesting. Paths in some places but other places you had to walk over grass hills. And about 8 or 9 lanes of traffic... I go down to Polaris every few months for work and I'm amazed at how many lanes of traffic they have down there... Polaris Pkwy would be a great road for a dedicated bus lane, or...dare I say it....light rail.

Lane Avenue aka The New Short North Seriously though, it's great to see these projects popping up. Apparently this one still has some hurdles to clear with some of the neighbors, but hopefully it ends up happening in the end.

^ I was actually thinking the same thing last time I was up there. The project looks really nice. Polaris is so suburban it hurts (though that's not necessarily a bad thing), but I think there is some hope in making it a little more "urban" in some areas.

Big Lots is currently in the process of relocating the new building. That should create a significant increase in traffic in the area and hopefully get the rest of the developments in the area moving.

This is pretty big news for Crew fans. If there is a serious buyer, or group of buyers, this is a big step in taking back our team. I do believe there is a serious buyer/group of buyers based on rumors that have been circulating, but nobody can figure out who is involved.

You are so right about 5th. There is so much opportunity there.

Rumblings are that this project continues to grow and will now extend all the way to Lane Ave and North Star, meaning it will take over the land currently occupied by both Half Price Books and Pizza hut... Looks like you were right. The proposal is now up to 11-stories: https://www.columbusunderground.com/new-arlington-gateway-proposal-calls-for-bigger-footprint-11-stories-bw1