.justin

This is all the article says about the commissioners: "Commissioners were favorable to the project on a first review."

Putting the parcel number on that application into the auditor's website shows this as being the location: The application says apartments and parking garage, so that seems to match the expansion's site plan:

Yes, there are skywalks between most of the buildings and their adjacent parking garages.

It's a ceremonial groundbreaking planned to coincide with the ASAE conference... schedule says site mobilization won't start until the end of September.

There's a construction schedule buried in the Request for Proposals for the FFE procurement services for the new hotel on the convention center authority's website... 18th page in this PDF. It's very likely dates have shifted some since that was published, but it shows: - foundation work starting in January 2020 - podium buildout starting in September 2020 - tower buildout starting in December 2020 - cranes/hoists being used starting in March 2020

Do you possibly mean North High Street through the Short North near The Joseph (Le Meridien/Marriott)?

I don't know what time LeVeque shuts their lights off, but they don't leave them on all night either (which is ridiculous). I think they turn back on at 6am.

Isn't it going to be the same height as the existing tower (and look pretty similar architecturally)? At least that's what the rendering in this article from February suggests: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/02/13/ohio-state-sees-development-opportunities-opening.html

From what I understand the High Street bridge isn't currently funded, only the Front Street bridge is. The project with the Front Street bridge (4R) is slated to go to bid next year and will also build the new exit to Fulton St from 70 EB and 71 NB. The High Street bridge has been broken out into its own project (4H). Third and Fourth would be under another project (4B). The city, ODOT, and MORPC are currently going after a $40 million federal INFRA grant to fund and build all three of those phases at once - http://www.morpc.org/columbuscrossroads/ An interesting tidbit regarding the caps --

Not sure, been wondering that myself! I wonder if there was an issue with removing the existing sidewalk in front of that building; there could be a basement beneath the sidewalk there that needed to be closed off. You have to send an email to [email protected] to be added, see this page: https://www.columbus.gov/Templates/Detail.aspx?id=2147495133

Last week's High St Streetscape update included this: They're still working to remove the old poles, so the remaining plantings are probably still a few weeks out.

I don't think anything has been announced. Pizzuti recently bought the property and announced in February that they would be demolishing what was on the site but did not announce its plans for redevelopment at that time. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/02/19/pizzuti-confirms-franklinton-land-buy.html

The city's High St streetscape email update had this note last week, so it is probably for the building project:

Unfortunately I don't think there's any room to widen the sidewalk there. High St is already only 50' wide (five 10' lanes). Most of the gains in sidewalk width in the Short North are where there was the extra northbound lane or where lanes were wider than 10'. From what I recall the city was going to narrow the parking lane as well in the Short North but COTA asked they keep it at 10' for their bus stops.

There are renderings of the final streetscape up to 9th Ave on this page on the city's website (Phase 3 and 4 renderings under the January 23, 2019 public meeting): https://www.columbus.gov/Templates/Detail.aspx?id=2147501680 I don't think sidewalks north of 5th Ave are getting widened at all (other than bumpouts at intersections), the roadway is already pretty narrow there.

No, empty conduit was installed at the beginning of the project to carry the overhead wires. It's possible they still need to run the remaining overhead wiring through the empty conduit, or its possible new wiring has already been run and the existing just needs to be removed. The only digging up left will be removing the remaining old overhead utility poles and replacing the (temporary) concrete that was poured around them.

The city awarded the construction contract to Complete General Construction in July for the streetscape work in front of the building. They also awarded the contract for the work in front of 80 on the Commons to Complete General at the same time. They might have been waiting to get them both built together. (source: City of Columbus Public Service Upcoming Contracts)

The site plan on the retail leasing site shows Spectrum has leased the space at the corner of 7th and High.

The convention facilities authority has secured air rights from the city for above the road. The building will be built over the road, just a like a bridge. I imagine they'll have columns on either side of the road to support the building.

That was the reason for the delay, but the Dispatch reported last week that work has been approved to move forward. Relevant bit from that article:

There's the urban commercial overlay which would apply here. But they can always apply for variances...somehow the rebuild of the Brewery District McDonald's got through, after all.

No, that photo is of State St. This is the street view from State St:

It looks to me like the "Market Hall" pictured in this post would be the arcade/atrium:

Yes -- there was even supposed to be a waterfall element. I wonder if that railing is temporary until they build the pool (next year?)

Some of the steel for the Grant Ave bridge was installed. Drove through yesterday and it appears to completely span the WB lanes but does not fully span the EB lanes yet. ODOT says the new bridge is due to be open by December 31 (weather permitting, of course).