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Who comes to Columbus soecifically to go to Easton? Aside from people in surrounding areas like Zanesville? When people come to Columbus they often stop by Easton, that is correct, but nobody is coming here just to go to Easton.

Im personally not a fan of Starbucks, but if they are opening a shop here it means the market indicates it can handle one. They are also incredibly common in urban areas. It’s not uncommon to see Starbucks locations only separated by a block or two in denser areas, especially touristy areas. Given that the SN has become increasingly touristy, it’s no surprise Starbucks wants in. I would much prefer a local shop to Starbucks, but it’s not like there numerous options within the surrounding few blocks.

WN could have realistically won the D1 tournament. They were dominant this postseason. I think their closest game in the tournament was a 20 point win. Also, great win for Maysville yesterday. Wouldn’t be surprised to see them back next season. I think their entire lineup will be coming back.

Starbucks begs to differ. They aren’t paying astronomical short north rents to lose money, I can guarantee you that.

Oh nice. Yea Maysville's run has been pretty wild. This is their second year in a row making the final after losing to Archbishop Alter in last year's D2 state final. The scary thing is I don't think they have any seniors on the team. Most of their main players are juniors, so they should be poised for yet another run next year.

I'm not a big fan of the guy, but I think the most logical outcome is exactly what he supposedly said. Building our own microchips is a significant national security issue. The plant will get done. Intel is simply a disaster and likely won't end up being the company operating it. But there are other companies that can and, given the amount already invested in constructing the site, will be eager to take over if Intel totally falls apart.

Merchant Tower has the parking decks, but they are hidden better by the design and the placement of the building. Most of the parking levels are hidden from view from High and Park Streets.

Right. Austin has had a ton of height built which has helped them add a ton of density and really boost their downtown population, but it looks horrible. I really don't think it will age well. I guess one of the positives of having the massive parcels that we tend to have here in Columbus is that it allows developers to hide the parking decks a bit better. The Nicholas and Industry both have a decent amount of parking space, but it's totally hidden from the main streets they sit on. In terms of square footage, those buildings could have easily been 25+ stories tall if they were built on a "normal" sized urban parcel, but they likely would have looked similar to those Austin towers in order to include the parking space. 100 N High and 195 E Broad aren't able to hide the parking decks as well because they have smaller footprints, although they still do a better job than most of the Austin towers.

Austin is absolutely littered with towers like this, except they are along main roads rather than being shielded in the middle of a bunch of other buildings. I really don't think Austin will age very well. It's pretty much lost all of its unique charm to these sterile condo towers. Nashville has quite a few as well. Here's two right next to each other in Ausitn: Here's another in Ausitn: And another: And yet another:

Maysville is also in the State final in D4. Zanesville is part of the Columbus CSA and is pretty closely tied in with Columbus culturally.

I agree with @DTCL11 and @amped91 on the parking. The amount makes sense as this area is kind of isolated unless you happen to live in one of the apartments. The design needs to be improved though. I do love the planned height of the tower though. It should have some very unique views of the downtown skyline.

Waiting at the light at Cleveland and Naghten.

I highly doubt there will be any issue leasing any of these units.

I'm not going to lose one second of sleep over a couple ground floor retail units. That area is currently an entrance to a parking lot. Commercial space would be better for sure, but I really don't see this as a big deal. This area is full of ground floor retail. A tiny sliver of ground floor residential isn't a big deal to me.

I agree, although I'm guess that portion of the building will be space for CVS. They probably have a unloading dock along that alley and then storage space.

The other angle shows there being windows on the ground floor at that spot. That should have a retail spot though, not apartments.

Any details you can provide? Or is this just a random rendering?

I think the area you are referring to will be a ground floor apartment unit.

From The Dispatch article: But Seth Golding, chair of the University Area Commission's zoning committee, said he expects Landmark's plan to be followed by others now that the zoning code allows bigger buildings. "This is a whole new set of rules," Golding said. "I really think things will blow up." I think Seth is right. I bet we'll see a few more 12-16 story buildings pop up along Lane where the smaller aging apartment buildings are.

Exactly, it's just so disjointed currently. I think within the next ~15 years it will be totally different though. Kinda surprising it took Charlotte this long to pass us, considering the city encompasses nearly 100 square miles more land than Columbus does. Charlotte has 311 square miles of land while Columbus has 220 square miles of land. Where are you seeing that Charlotte passed us though? The Census Bureau has not released city estimates for 2024 yet. All I can find is a website called World Population Review which is just using the average of the past few years of population change to project the population for the next few years, assuming the average rate of change continues to remain the remain the same. Also, yes there is a thread for that:

It's even dead during business hours. It's a real shame because it keeps the Convention Center crowds north of High/Nationwide. I think it would be awesome if Nationwide could figure out how to add a few retail spots in their lobby area. If that were to happen, and the federal building at High/Spring were to get redeveloped, the rest of downtown would be more seamlessly connected to the Convention Center/AD/SN area.

Totally agree on the critiques. It's not perfect. I just think it creates a solid pedestrian experience at the street level and that's what matters the most. You don't feel like you are walking past one giant building like most of the newer buildings that take up an entire city block. It feels like you are walking past numerous individual buildings that were built up against each other.

Have you walked down this block in the last few months?

I walked through this block of High Street on Friday and I must say, The Nicholas really isn't as bad as we've made it out to be on here. Now that some of the retail spots are being filled in, it feels much more complete. You hardly even notice you are passing by one giant building because they changed the facade so much as you travel down the street. From a distance its still not great, but at the street level (which matters the most), I think they did a solid job. This: has turned into this: I think it will only continue to get better as the rest of the retail spots fill in and 100 N High wraps up across the street. I can't wait to see what this block looks like in another year or two with most of the retail spots filled in. It should end up being quite the transformation from 10 years ago when the wheels first started turning for this block. Hopefully we see something similar happen the next block north in the coming decade.

That’s a rather dated picture. Probably a few years old at this point.