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Alright I was bored, so here's the population change per square mile based on amount of land area listed on Wikipedia: Columbus: 933,263 +12,694 +58 Cleveland: 365,379 +1,103 +14 Cincinnati: 314,915 +2,212 +28 Toledo: 265,638 -160 -2 Akron: 189,664 +522 +8 Dayton: 136,346 +410 +7 Parma: 79,350 +40 +2 Canton: 69,211 -19 -1 Lorain: 65,751 +338 +14 Hamilton: 63,953 +437 +20 Youngstown: 59,123 -72 -2 Springfield: 58,158 +97 +4 Kettering: 57,028 -7 -1 Elyria: 53,604 +423 +21 Middletown: 52,291 +409 +16 Newark: 51,424 +262 +13 Cuyahoga Falls: 50,979 +114 +4 Lakewood: 49,517 -47 -9 Dublin: 49,456 +164 +7 Euclid: 48,421 -18 -2 Beavercreek: 48,012 +685 +26 Mansfield: 47,593 -83 -3 Mentor: 47,113 +113 +4 Delaware: 46,521 +1,157 +58 Strongsville: 45,768 +49 +2 Fairfield: 45,094 +267 +13 Cleveland Heights: 44,064 -41 -5 Grove City: 44,019 +875 +50 Huber Heights: 43,590 +161 +7 Reynoldsburg: 42,897 +1,386 +122 Lancaster: 41,671 +191 +10 Findlay: 40,343 +46 +2 Hilliard: 38,832 +1,202 +84 Warren: 38,683 -71 -5 Westerville: 38,612 +119 +9 North Ridgeville: 37,504 +391 +17 Upper Arlington: 36,140 +96 +10 Mason: 36,046 +178 +9 Marion: 35,576 +11 +1 Gahanna: 35,544 +86 +7 Brunswick: 35,166 +79 +6 Fairborn: 35,105 +289 +20 So it looks like the top 5 growers based on density were: Reynoldbsburg +122 Hilliard +84 Columbus +58 Delaware +58 Grove City +50

Now they need to provide a link to the construction cam so I can waste my days watching it.

I didn't realize how much denser Columbus is than Charlotte. Charlotte is about 100 square miles larger than Columbus, yet they just now passed us in population. Kind of surprising.

I really like the corner entrance and the 2nd/3rd floor glass atrium. Floors 5 and up are pretty standard for university area residential towers these days, but overall a solid design in my opinion. This thing better get approved.

I like the stained glass entryway here. Nice little touch.

I look at that building every day from my office window and didn't realize the crane was gone until I read your comment...

Same here…

The Wexner tower topped out quite a while ago so it's already the 10th tallest building in the city, meaning the Merchant will be 12th once topping out. I would love to see more 15-25 story buildings pop up in the next decade. We have a good crop of tall (400'+) towers, but we lack towers in the 200-300' range to fill in the gaps. We currently have 11 towers that are over 400' tall, including the Wexner Inpatient tower, and another 8 (soon to be 9 with Merchant Tower) over 300'. Here is where we rank among some of our "peer" cities have: Total over 300': Cleveland: 22 Columbus: 19 (20 including Merchant Tower) Cincinnati: 18 (+1 approved) Milwaukee: 16 (+1 approved) St Louis: 16 (+3 approved) Kansas City: 15 Louisville: 14 Indianapolis: 12 (+2 under construction and 2 approved) Total over 200': Milwaukee: 57 Cleveland: 51 (+1 under construction) Kansas City: 45 Indianapolis: 38 (+1 approved) St Louis: 37+ (wikipedia list stops at 250') Columbus; 35 (36 with Merchant Tower) (+1 approved) Cincinnati: 28+ (wikipedia list stops at 230') Louisville: 26 As you can see we perform quite well when it comes to taller buildings, but we really fall when you move down to the mid-size towers.

Yea, adding these amenities to the downtown area would be really nice. I was in Curitiba, Brazil late last year and a few blocks from my hotel was a really cool public park that had a running track, outdoor basketball/futsal court, indoor mini basketball/futsal arena, indoor swimming pool, indoor workout facility, beach volleyball courts, playground, and walking path, all squeezed into a standard sized city block. It was really cool and was always busy. Granted, this was in central Curitiba which is far more densely populated than downtown Columbus, but I think something similar would be very popular here. Here's an overhead view of the park in Curitiba (this satellite imagery is a bit outdated as the park has been slightly reconfigured): Here's an aerial photograph of the park: And here is the Columbus Commons parking garage at the same scale: You could add a building similar to 250 High along 3rd, build a few underground parking levels, and have plenty of space to create an incredible sports park.

The new courts in Groveport are constantly being used. I think it might be here to stay.

You sure they aren't planning something though? They filed that engineering application with the city...

You guys are old!

The tower making its way into the downtown skyline, as seen from Historic Crew Stadium.

Couldn't the developer appeal to city council?

I just looked up his name on the auditor website. He lives a 10 minute walk away from this site. This tower has absolutely no affect on his property. He'd probably have to climb on top of his roof to even catch a glimpse of the top of this tower.

Absolutely wild. This is ridiculous.

Tick tock.....

I look forward to the day someone opens a rooftop pickleball court on one of the downtown high rises. Rooftop bars are played out. Rooftop pickleball is the future.

Awesome! Hopefully we see some updated renderings soon.

What type of "Senior Living" is this facility? There could be a good amount of staff working at the facility that would need parking, plus family/friends who are visiting.

I've seen surprisingly few pictures of the Miranova Condo Tower under construction. I stumbled on this skyline pic from around 1998 which shows Miranova under construction and also shows COSI construction wrapping up.

It seems like they still have quite a bit of work to do on the ground floor lobby/retail space as well as the outdoor area. Maybe that’s the last part of the project though. Would love to see this wrap up and open within the next couple months.

I love it. Hopefully you can make something happen with the building. I’ve always loved it and hated seeing it sit vacant.

Interesting…. Is your profile pic that building? I just realized that.

Would you like to share some details with us? Or are you just going to keep making cryptic comments?