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I'm guessing her first thought was earthquake? I don't blame her for running for cover lol.

Do we know how many residential units the tower is going to have? I can't seem to find a specific number.

A true midwesterner. Yesterday when the tornado sirens started going off I pulled up the news on my phone and walked out onto the front porch to survey the situation. The guy across the street for me did the exact same thing. We made eye contact and gave each other a nod of approval. One of the storm cells that had some circulation got really close to Groveport. The weatherman was saying it could potentially produce a tornado and was only a mile or so from me, so I put the wife and kids in the basement and went back to the front porch, like a true midwesterner.

Didn't that building have pretty severe structural issues? I seem to recall that being discussed here.

Seriously though, there will probably be one or two coming on the western edge of Nationwide Blvd near LDC. I'll be interested to see how they design them. I like what they did with the North Bank condos and Park's Edge, so it will be interesting to see what direction they go. If they build a 20-story brick tower I think we'll just have admire their commitment lol.

I know we like to deride their use of brick here, but at least the majority of their buildings are pretty good quality and have unique features, and the public spaces in the arena district are pretty high quality. Given what the area was like when NRI got started, and the state of downtown as a whole, I’d say it’s been a pretty big win.

I just posted about this in the Discovery District thread because I didn't realize we had this thread...stupid me lol. Anyway, here's the current view of where both developments are going. 7-story trauma center: Ambulatory facility and parking garage:

OhioHealth Announces Transformation of OhioHealth Grant Medical Center OhioHealth announced today plans to expand OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, solidifying its commitment to downtown Columbus with a significant investment that will improve and transform healthcare in the area. The project will include: -A new trauma center, emergency department and critical care pavilion to build upon Grant’s core strengths. This seven story building along Town Street will allow OhioHealth to expand trauma, critical care and intermediate care and modernize the emergency department to meet growing demand for these services. The new critical care pavilion will add 160 private beds and will include close and convenient access to underground parking for our ED patients. -A newly constructed ambulatory facility to provide convenient access to expanded primary care services on the corner of Grant Avenue and State Street. This building will include two floors of outpatient care and a five-story parking garage. Grant Family Medicine, the Transitions of Care Clinic and the food pantry will be housed in this building. https://newsroom.ohiohealth.com/ohiohealth-announces-transformation-of-ohiohealth-grant-medical-center/ 7-story trauma center: Current view: Ambulatory facility and parking garage: Current view:

That's a decent size population, but it's a bit spread out. My guess is we'll need to see continued residential growth closer to the core of downtown, i.e. Capital Square. That way the grocery store can tap into a healthy residential population in the evenings and on weekends as well as the office workers during the day. You always want to be close to hotels so you can tap into to the that population as well. The surface lots along 3rd St at Capital Square would be a perfect spot. You've got a healthy amount of office space within a 5 minute walk, numerous hotels within a 5-10 minute walk, the conversion of the PNC Tower and Continental Plaza to residential (both about 5 minutes walk), Grant Medical Center about 7 minutes walk, and many other residential buildings within a 10 minute walk. Additionally, you would have the development above the grocery store, likely a mix of uses, as well as the redevelopment of the Greyhound site just a couple blocks away. If we can see a few of the surface lots along 4th Street between Rich and Broad developed, I think this would be the most viable area.

I definitely want to see taller developments, but more importantly I hope the increasing residential unit count will begin leading to more amenities to make downtown living more self-sustainable. The goal should be to grow the population enough to where a full service grocery store can be sustained. We've seen a growing list of options like DGX and Hill's, but an urban Target or Walgreens would really take it to the next level.

Would it even be possible to fit 200 units in the current building? It seems like it would have to be a redevelopment.

It's very conceptual at this point.

Awesome! Hopefully they keep moving south because the downtown area all the way up through campus really needs updated.

It's incredible how different these shots would have looked 10 years ago.

My guess is there will be multiple different kinds of massive pieces of equipment coming from different geographical locations. Groveport is obviously aware of something massive coming through their roadways because they are securing bonds for potential damage done to roads which will require repairs.

What's the weighted density calculation you are using?

I came across some interesting Ohio One construction info in the Groveport Messenger of all places. Groveport Police Chief Casey Adams said, from late summer to the end of the year, huge pieces of equipment and infrastructure headed to the big Intel project in Licking County will pass through the area on local roads. He said the items – which can be 23 feet high, the length of half a football field, and weigh a million pounds – will be trucked from Manchester on the Ohio River and up through central Ohio to Licking County. “They’ll be massive,” said Adams. He said the big items cannot use freeways because they will not fit under the overpasses, so side roads will be used. This will involve raising traffic signals and electric lines to allow the humongous items to pass under them. https://www.columbusmessenger.com/traffic-could-get-a-bit-crazy-in-groveport-this-summer.html

Well said. I do think free fare "deals" could be used to encourage people to consider COTA as an option though. For example, COTA could work out a system where the purchase of a ticket to Crew/CBJ/Clippers/OSU football or basketball game could you get you a free COTA ride before and after the game. Obviously there a ton of details to work out and it might not even be possible, but it would certainly increase ridership and relieve parking and traffic constraints before and after games. It would also expose people to COTA as an option and hopefully convince them to take full fare rides in the future. I also think specific routes could be fare free, potentially on a rotational basis. The CBus was a great way to get non-COTA riders acquainted with public transportation as an option. It would be great if COTA could bring this option back and then maybe make other lines fare free on a rotational basis. So let's say the line that connects my house to my office is free for a month or two weeks or whatever. I might be convinced to give it a try one day, and I realize it's actually a good option and I continue using it even after the "free trial" is over. These ideas will obviously require strategic funding plans to continue to fund operations, but they would much more doable than making the entire system fare free and they would hopefully increase paid ridership which would increase revenues and allow COTA to improve and expand its service. Improved and expanded services is the best way to "get people on board", and free fares ultimately makes that initiative more difficult.

The 15-story Edwards tower at 100 N High could probably be added. It might be closer to 45 days until we see anything vertical though, based on the most recent update pics you provided.

A lot of trees on your property means a lot of money spent paying someone to prune them, cut them down, or pay for damage to your property when giant limbs or entire trees fall. At least that’s probably what developers have calculated their customers tend to believe. I want them to keep the trees, but unfortunately the probably believe they can make more money by cutting down 95% of the trees than keeping 80% of them around.

I believe Little Italy's old spot (which they still own and will be leasing out) is supposed to be some type of a hot dog centered restaurant like Dirty Frank's. I'll be interested to see how well that does if it does indeed happen. I think the building at the SE corner of Main & College (diagonal from the new Little Italy) would be a great spot for a coffee shop. It's currently for rent, and the realtor who owns it (he uses the eastern half of the building for his office) posted on Facebook a while ago asking what the vacant half should be used for. Most commenters said a coffee shop or bakery, so hopefully he's currently looking for someone to make that happen.

Both are open and both were packed all weekend. It was great to see! Hopefully they can both find sustained success and that success will convince more businesses to give Groveport a try. I really do feel there is more than enough to demand to sustain a small coffee shop and another dining option on Main Street, so hopefully we'll see that happen in the near future.

That sounds like a significant outlier. There’s generally no more than a handful of passengers staying on the plane.

Southwest does it.

Higher res version of the pic