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No I haven't. Stop being dramatic, and stop lying about me. I've supported certain redevelopments because the old building was just an old building, not remarkable or high quality in any way, and the proposed new building would be a massive net positive for the city. I've opposed other demolitions because I felt the existing building featured quality architecture and would be a loss for the city, and/or the proposed the redevelopment would be a net negative for the city. Other times, I've wanted to see the facade saved an incorporated into a new development because I felt the facade was important architecturally while acknowledging the the rest of the building was structurally unsound and could be vastly improved via redevelopment while maintaining the facade. And still there have been other times that I have outright opposed demolition because there was no solidified plan for replacement. I will always oppose such situations unless the current building is somehow a threat to public safety. Look no further than the post I made on July 16th in The Estrella thread where I stated my opposition to the demolition of the buildings. At the very least, I said I wanted to see the facades maintained.

Just checked the FAA site and cases have been filed for 300' temporary cranes for construction of the new terminal. There are 12 separate cases, meaning there will be 12 cranes on site. According to the cases filed, they are supposed to be on site starting 2/1/2025, but those dates aren't always accurate. I've also noticed various building and engineering applications are working their way through the city. It shouldn't be much longer until this project is full steam ahead!

Just realized I already posted this up thread. But yea, this will be the shortest of three cranes. This one at 180' and then another at 376' and another 453'. The eventual tower will be 281'. Should be an impressive sight coming into downtown from the east side, and even traveling south toward downtown on 71.

The same thing happens in sports. There are certain fans who will always assume the worst possible outcome. If their team loses, at least they can tell everyone "I told you so" and have the satisfaction of being "right". If they win, they were happily proved wrong. They don't want to feel like a fool for believing their team would win only to be let down, so they consistently assume the worst in order to avoid ever being the hopeful fool. That exact scenario is happening here. There's obviously a chance the entire thing could fall apart, no chips are ever made, no permanent jobs are ever created, and Columbus and the state of Ohio did all this work for nothing. It's a very slim chance, but it's a chance. So certain people hedge their bets and assume the worst to avoid the slight possibility that they might look like a fool in the future. The reasonable thing to do here is to literally just exist. Don't be a cheerleader for failure. Don't fight tooth and nail with pessimists to prove to them that the project will definitely happen. Just exist. Nobody knows what the future will hold. It certainly seems like the project will be seen through to completion one way or another, but life is unpredictable.

I believe this will be the shortest of three cranes that will eventually be on site.

Yea, the financing piece of development is what makes or breaks it, as much as some of us around here want to ignore that piece. Many developers don't have the tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in cash laying around to make our sim city dreams come true. The projects must be financed, and the investors have to be confident they will get a return on their investment before they invest. Can any building be saved, like many people around here like to talk about? Yes. With enough money, you can do just about anything. But that's the problem. You need the money. I'm all for maintaining as much history as possible, but I can also acknowledge that sometimes it's just not feasible. With that said, the city should be very careful with the demos they approve, and no demo should be approved with an approved replacement for the lot.

I do find it odd that that the Meijer area has been so slow to fill in. I think the Kroger/Walmart area on Gender Rd just a mile up 33 has really held back the Diley Rd area. That area has added quite a bit of commercial space in just the last 5-10 years. It's added numerous restaurants, retail, a grocery store, two hotels, medical offices, warehouse space, and a fairly large (for the area) Ohio Health building which is under construction. That area is getting to be built out though, and Gender Rd is getting quite congested, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Diley Rd really pick up in the coming years.

It literally is a mixed use development. It's not an urban mixed use development, but it is mixed use. A developer is taking a plot of land and developing it with multiple different uses.

I'm totally in support of them pursuing BRT. It gets us the most bang for our buck (assuming they implement real BRT). Bringing a few BRT lines online will be far more impactful, at this point, than just one light rail line. Once we are up and running with BRT, I think bringing light rail or even commuter rail on board will be much more doable both from a funding and usability standpoint.

If NRI was involved, I would be inclined to believe this. But yea, I’ll believe when I see a crane in the air.

You did it the easy way, lol. I took the more difficult route to arrive at the same conclusion (see above).

So I just went and checked the Preston Centre website, and it is showing ~90 units as available. Source: https://www.prestoncentrecolumbus.com/floorplans If you click on "Availability" for each floor plan, you can see the individual units which utilize each floor plan. Some floorplans are only used in one unit, but some are used in 10+ units. So 90 available units seems to match the rumor I had heard.

My guess is they don't want to show that 95% of their building is unleased (assuming that's true) because that would create a perception that it's undesirable due to cost, quality, location, etc. Only showing a few units as being available creates a sense of urgency in the customer. If you look online and see there are only a few units open and you really like the place, you are more likely to pull the trigger in order to avoid losing out.

I heard a rumor yesterday that the Preston Centre has only leased like three of their units. If true, I wonder if they are over pricing. Having no ability to get fresh air could definitely be a deal breaker for a lot of people when you are already paying a premium.

The Hilton rose at a pretty good rate as well. The extremely dry weather we've had has probably also helped with rate of progress. It's rained like one time in the past month.

It looked to me like they were hoisting HVAC equipment today, but yea I'm sure they'll have to hoist the pool eventually as well.

I just drove by this thing a few hours ago and I have to be honest, it really isn’t noticeably bad in person, especially when looking at it from the front.

This is unfortunately a pretty standard design for mid-rise university area residential buildings around the country right now.

Yea it looks so bad, consistently, with very project.

I can imagine that would be hugely cost prohibitive.

The last time I was at the airport, which was about 2 months ago, it looked like work was well underway on the relocation, so it seems end of '24 could still be in play.

It looks like Google Maps is starting to push out some streetview imagery from as recently as July. Some areas of downtown already have July 2024 imagery available.

The craze is alive and well in Groveport. The city is currently building outdoor pickleball courts at the Groveport Rec Center.

That would actually be a perfect commuter rail line. It already goes through the dense residential areas of Groveport, Canal, Carroll, and Lancaster. It even goes all the way down to downtown Logan and Nelsonville. With a bit of work to extend it, you could get all the way to Athens. There are a lot of people who commute to downtown Columbus from Logan/Nelsonville/Athens, and of course of you have a sizeable student population at OU that are from Columbus.