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Nobody here is demanding that.

It's definitely used in Columbus, although the more common term would be Central Ohio.

The housing shortage in Columbus is not in the expensive downtown-area apartment and condo market. It's in the middle class single family home market in the suburbs. Obviously there was something stopping them. I know we all want more height most of the time, but we are playing Sim City while the developers are living in the real world and dealing with real money. The price of raw materials has skyrocketed over the past year. The price of lumber is through the roof. While adding just a few more floors sounds like no big deal to you, it could very well be a big deal to a developer who's running on thin margins and needs to worry about cash flow issues. Even the demand for the units will be there once the building is built, they might not have the cash on hand (and they might not want to take on the debt) to take on the cost of just a few more floors solely for the sake of having a taller building. It's your constant irrational negativity any time a building isn't as tall as you want it to be that's unpopular here.

Check out that sunrise 😍

Pataskala definitely used to feel much more separated from the "contiguous Columbus area", but that has really changed over the past 10-15 years. Broad Street and Main Street are both almost completely built up between Pataskala/Etna and 270. Broad Street is so much more built up than it was even in the early 2000s. There's really just about a one mile stretch on Broad that still needs to be developed, but other than that you don't really feel like you are "leaving the city" when you drive to Pataskala on Broad. Yea, I still wouldn't call it a suburb either, but I think that will change over the next few decades. Without the 16-37-161 corridor, Newark was much more isolated from the Columbus area. But now that that has been around for ~15 years and New Albany has exploded, things are beginning to change. Younger people are going back and forth between Columbus and Newark much more than their parents did. In another 15 years, you'll have 2-3 generations of people who had very easy access to Columbus, and the ever encroaching suburbs, which definitely change the way things feel. I don't know that we will ever get to a spot where the entire corridor is built up like 23 is going up Delaware, but it will definitely feel more a part of Columbus than ever before.

Here are some pictures I came across on Twitter from fans who took part in some of the stadium tours that have been happening over the past week. As you can see, seats are being installed and work has started on the fancy technology under the field that will keep the grass in perfect playing condition no matter the weather. In the last picture, you can get a sense of how much additional club/luxury seating is available compared to the old stadium. If you were ever in the old stadium, you are well aware that there was nothing luxurious about the luxury suites. They were tiny plain rooms that opened up to the main concourse, and there weren't many of them. The new stadium will feature a lot more luxury suite space with its own dedicated area. This will not only help the club with ticket sales/revenue, but it will also help with recruiting potential players. If you walked around the upper west concourse at the old stadium you would often run into players' families, members of the coaching staff, and even players who weren't dressing for the game. It was a very minor league type setup. Having a dedicated private space with all the amenities one would expect in a modern stadium will be very important for keeping players, coaches, and their families happy. Entering the stadium from the players tunnel on the west side of the stadium: The supporters section on the north side of the stadium: The view from the supporters section looking south: The view from the southeast corner looking northwest

I think both stadiums are going to be great, and it's incredibly exciting that our state is building/opening two beautiful soccer stadiums in the same year. Not bad for a "football state" ;) I love that they are very unique from each other and each have their own character when it comes to architecture, location, seating, etc. A lot of people from each city / fan base will visiting the other team's stadium, so it will be nice to get a completely unique experience between the two.

Did you drive by on 670 or Nationwide?

Slideshow: Inpatient Hospital, Cannon Garage Demolition https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/news/2021/03/05/slideshow-inpatient-hospital-cannon-garage-demolition Demolition of the above ground portion of the North and South Cannon Garages was completed in early March 2021. The new Inpatient Hospital foundation work continues upward, with the first structural deck concrete pour occurring March 4. Construction on the 1.9 million-square-feet hospital began in fall 2020 and is the largest single facilities project ever undertaken at Ohio State. The removal of the slab-on-grade and below grade foundations for the North and South Cannon Garages will continue through the end of March. Work continues on the Inpatient Hospital foundation, including concrete foundations, waterproofing of elevator pits and basement slabs, as well as the first structural concrete deck pour in early March. In the coming weeks, basement excavation and foundation work will move east toward the James Cancer Hospital, backfilling the site where the Cannon Garages once stood. By the end of March, the new Inpatient Hospital concrete elevator cores will be progressing upward.

It’s not really a webcam, but these aerials of the scouting peninsula are updated monthly. https://8impact.com/360/thepeninsula/

Here's the video of the meeting. Kathleen begins voicing her concerns of transient individuals infiltrating the beloved and renown historic downtown Dublin area as a result of 60 small apartment units at the 59:30 mark. I've watched some of the meeting in the video above, and it seems a lot of the pushback is a result of the inclusion of 6k square feet of event space, which is not permitted in the area based on brand now zoning that was just passed. They are also questioning whether a portion of the building set to be demolished is actually historic and worth saving, although McCabe was arguing that the building has essentially been completely overhauled and no longer retains any actual historic features.They are also incredibly worried about the impending gridlock traffic High Street will as a result of 60 studio apartments being added to the area. I think all of these concerns are relevant (to the commissioners) because this lot falls within the historic district while the Bridge Park West building falls just outside of the historic district.

Back to stadium-specific discussion. Here's a drone video of the stadium from this past Sunday.

Good analysis. I think you could argue the block between Hanover and Neil is in need of development as well. Those 1-2 story buildings surrounded by surface parking are completely out of place. That area, especially along Nationwide Blvd is begging for some mid-rise (at least) mixed-use development. You could have 4 levels of parking, wrapped by street level restaurant space, and topped with 8+ levels of residential/office space overlooking the stadium. The lot behind Huntington park next to Express is also begging for a high rise mixed-use tower. Again, you would want a few levels of parking for building tenants and the stadiums and concerts venues, ideally topped by a few floors of office space and then a residential/hotel component. Being next to an outdoor concert venue would obviously be a concern, but I figure 4-5 floors of parking decks and 3-5 floors of office space would provide a good buffer to reduce some of the noise once you get to the residential floors. Bottom line - there is still a ton of of untapped potential in the AD and I think we have a good chance of seeing a few more mid-rise/high-rise buildings going up in the coming years.

Columbus Underground used to be a great site. They had an active forum with tons of development discussion. Walker (the guy who runs the site) decided to shut down the forum to save costs, and then proceeded to focus more on pushing crappy political articles. Even after he shut down the forum, I still visited the daily for quite a while, but now they are so slow on their development news that I don't even bother going to the site unless someone posts an article on here. Heck, uncover the 6-story building being proposed in the Brewery District like a week before CU ran an article about it. When I started coming here to UO instead of CU, there didn't seem to be too many Columbus-centric posters, likely because most people who would have been here were using CU instead. Over time, I've noticed a slow but steady increase in Columbus-centric posters here, which is exciting.

I agree with what you are saying about NRI driving the narrative, however I'm pretty sure they actually still own numerous vacant lots that can still be developed. Hopefully they get moving on those soon.

They now have 5 different webcam views of the construction progress. I wish all of our construction projects provided this level of content. https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/inpatient-hospital

Yea, there's still a lot of untapped potential in the AD. I think we could easily see at least 2 more residential highrises in the area over the next 5-10 years. The stadium and Confluence Village should hopefully make the remaining surface lots and one story buildings too good to pass up for developers.

Hopefully the stadium, along with the confluence village development, will make that plot of land too good to pass up. It’s a tough plot to work with, but hopefully someone takes a chance on it.

From the stadium's twitter account:

MLS teams only get to have three kits now if they sell a certain number of jerseys. Only a few teams have been able to accomplish that. So this plan would never have been possible.

This new kit is getting a lot of hate from Crew fans, but I kinda like it. I would definitely prefer an all yellow kit, but it's nice to change things up once in a while. Also, having the yellow shorts and socks definitely make the jersey better.

Yea, it's surprisingly noticeable from various points in downtown. If they end up going with a few 15+ story towers in future phases, it will really be noticeable. It's no longer going to feel like the city ends at the river.

Wow, that actually looks pretty good, and 7 stories tall!

We are off to a good start on the other side of the river next to COSI and Vets Memorial, we just need a lot more of it.