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Theres not much hope for that to be honest. Agave and Rye bought that building for 1.4 million to open the restaurant and as far as I can tell, its a successful business model for them. I don't foresee them getting in to the development game unless the business tanks.

Toro. That's a plot twist. And I love it. Without them, there would be more food deserts in the city where IGA may have finally pulled out. Plus they are better than IGAs with more international foods too. If anyone doesn't know, its also the same owner as LA Michoacana Supermarkets. I think we are at a point where there's a couple factors. I think developers are playing with chicken and egg. I think for too long the question has been 'are there enough people for a grocer' (other than Hills) and growth has been modest. Now, that multiple grocers may be available, that may drive more growth, particularly if there seems to be a sudden potential oversaturation. I think downtown is also at the point for the feasibility of an additional grocer and multiple developers are vying to be the first and last one standing even if its a little early for 4 downtown grocers. Plus pulling from surrounding neighborhoods, particularly the east and west sides.

Meh. I think trash is a strong word for a generally decent redevelopment of such a large area. There's opportunities but find a development that doesn't have any. Sure a reduction sucks but again, there's lots of external factors right now. I loathe the 4th and 5th building but I'm not willing to banish a pretty strong urban developer to the suburbs over something like this or that building. So much east of 4th in IV and Weinland Park probably wouldn't exist without the power house of Thrive driving it. For something like that, you take the good with the bad tucked away against a highway ramp. Know what's actual trash? Interest rates, material costs, labor shortages, highway dependence etc.

To be fair, this rendering doesn't accurately capture the ramp. There is nothing left to line except the highway ramp. Maybe adding a small L turn to the North building to extend south a little but still, nothing particularly gained or lost either way. And the city is considering reconfigurations. I'm much less upset because while it has a large parking lot, nothing about this prevents future minor infill. And the parking lot isn't actually abutting any pedestrian areas.

That really was an epic failure

That's the same issue with a different garage screen. Its still not incorporating the garage and masking it behind offices, apartments, etc from the main street. It is what it is off alleys etc, but the garage should not be so obviously facing main corridors. I Get they need parking but it is so universal that even a good example is just a better garage screen cover?

I'm really curious why its so hard to smoothly integrate a grocery story, specifically, in to a mixed used building. Even when they are, they are often either off set from the mixed use part or buffered with a parking deck. That buffer or separation seems to be the rule rather then the exception.

I don't think I ever realized there were more buildings behind the daycare.

Does the Greyhound building even have an elevator to facilitate the need for this type of jazz? ;-)

The old 'penetrator' systems. Akron got rid of theirs. Battle Creek just voted to double down on theirs and keep it in place for decades to come.

It won't. This is all parking garage windows.

The efficiency of this build seems incredible to me. As it continues to rise, I do wish there was a mesh screen on each of the parking deck windows. That's something that keeps sticking out to me is the future visibility of the cars from the new Plaza.

'Business district'.... aka strip mall/out lots

They shouldn't be. Stain is somewhat different and some of this might be stained. But you shouldn't be painting the structural underside unless they have otherwise waterproofed above with a solid surface that will not expose them to moisture. So if the water is shedding off the deck to the rail and not down through the deck, probably fine. But if it's a traditional deck build, then it's not advisable. Holds moisture and hides deterioration If you do. And just because you shouldnt doesn't mean folks won't. Also, the ends of some of these balconies look terrible with 4 2x10 laminated together that are uneven.

That's eating alot of right of way. To squeeze in the understanding would have to be that it would be smaller by the time you factor in right of ways, grading, access points over or under railroads, etc. And that's fine. I think a 10-15k amphitheater would be great there but I dont know what they're feasibility is for that. If the goal is to compete with the others, then not sure that fits the bill. The best best for a true competitor of 20k+ in town is going to be other under utilized river front property elsewhere. But then you have to have even more space for parking where as the AD has built in parking abundance.

It's not big enough. Blossom and Riverbend are twice the size of that space. (As is Rouffe) They are about 500ft by 1000ft. That lot is 500x500 not inducing being partially reduced by the railroad. Even the Bermuda railroad triangle is not large enough.

^This has been a takeaway for me too in my travels. I often refer to Lafayette, which is far smaller than most of those above and they also have the Hub just off campus. If a semi rural city can accept it, so can one of the densest neighbhoods in the state. Edit: I'm also not terribly worried. I dont really see the city letting the neighborhood commission completely undermine the Zone In. It may be a learning lesson in hiccups, but the City is itching for these and looking to get rid of the commission controls so they'll see it through. Even if it takes a few more steps... I hope.

Alternatively, Putt Shack should have chosen a downtown location for the Columbus location instead of Polaris. I've been to the Pittsburgh and St Louis Putt Shacks that are in Old industrial buildings in popular neighborhoods. Seems like a perfect fit to anchor the ever disappearing 'Warehouse District'.... (of course other places would be great too but just using that as an even better example than tucked beside a Top Golf next to an Ikea, behind a Drive In and Gas Station)

Ah. I read it as they will likely demo it sooner than later if they determine they won't be incorporating it.

Or.... hear me out? Partner with community organizations who might need or find the space useful for rent? But Alas, the city will permit the demolition of another building for a parking lot as a holding place. But I suppose the good news is Spring Street will have more surface parking which it desparately needs........... or something like that.

I hope this is an 'affordable' home build. Slab construction, 5 identical windows. There's alot of things driving the cost down. The design is fine. There's a buyer for everything and plenty of folks who don't prioritize natural light but it will be a crime if it is being sold at a luxury price. There are more exterior light fixtures than windows on this house.

My money is more drive-thrus or car centric. The thing is, the city can't really stop these developments if they fall under the existing zoning. That's where doing some targeted zoning updates to this area and olentangy river road to eliminate these commercial spots may have helped prevent the explosion of drive thrus but the city can't really just say no for the sake of saying they want something different if the existing applicant meet zoning regulations.

I think I lost hope in the city doing it's best to push for a great urban neighborhood with a major job hub when they got worried about parking for the Rogue Arena. I think it kind of falls into the same issue of Olentangy River Road in that they haven't pushed to do a targeted rezone in the area fast enough which allows these car centric, drive thru places to make a foothold in places that should be transitioning to more residential urban areas, especially along the current and future major bus infrastructure. Because I agree, this has, soon to be had, the potential to be a neat urban island that transitions to Italian Village to the West and South Linden to the North.

They're actually quite a bit further along than that picture shows. Over the winter they were building a new exterior wall you can kind of see here for the Kohls and tying it in to the roof while it was just a cut a few feet wide. They've now separated the building about 20 feet the whole way and what this picture doesn't show is backhoe in there now tearing down the separated structure. It's gonna move a bit faster now but once you realize what they had to do on the west wall of kohls, it makes more sense.

Looks like they are reconfiguring behind the house utility areas which will probably result in smaller retail spaces in that building.