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My understanding is that only this building falls under the jurisdiction of the University Impact District Review Board, which is where these renderings are from. The other building, I believe would only go to the University Area Commission. Both buildings are going through the approval processes concurrently, I think. Someone correct me if I’m wrong about that, please!

Good. Ohio's law banning most abortions remains blocked, for now “A Hamilton County judge's decision to block enforcement of a state law that "largely bans abortion access in Ohio" will stand, for now, an appeals court said in an opinion released Friday. Ohio's 2019 law banning doctors from performing abortions after cardiac activity is detected will remain on hold for at least several more months. This delays an eventual collision course with the Ohio Supreme Court, which will soon be under new Republican leadership. Republican Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost appealed Jenkins' decision. On Friday, the 1st District Court of Appeals, in a 3-0 decision, declined to consider Yost's appeal. The plaintiffs, including the American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood Federation of America, successfully argued that state appeals courts can only review final orders, not preliminary injunctions that preserve the status quo.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/politics/2022/12/16/ohios-heartbeat-abortion-law-remains-blocked-for-now/69734746007/

A few local business announcements, two in logistics, one in healthcare. Brooks Running to more than double Central Ohio presence with move to 600K SF building at Rickenbacker Logistics Park “A running performance retailer is relocating its distribution center to a new facility that will more than double its Central Ohio presence. Seattle-based Brooks Running, currently located at 2829 Rohr Road in Groveport, will move to nearby 10302 Transport St. in the second quarter of 2023. The company will occupy nearly 600,000 square feet, which encompasses an entire building at Rickenbacker Logistics Park in Groveport. Brooks is currently located in a 284,000-square-foot facility, so the move adds about 316,000 square feet to the running company's local footprint. It will also result in new employees, as Brooks plans to hire another 100 people in addition to the 100 workers it currently employs in Central Ohio.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/12/16/brooks-running-rickenbacker-logistics-park.html SK Food Group to occupy newly completed Rickenbacker Cold Storage Logistics Center “SK Food Group, an Arizona-based subsidiary of Canada's Premium Brands Holding Corp., is occupying a recently completed facility near Rickenbacker International Airport in south Columbus. The Crawford Hoying-led project, dubbed the Rickenbacker Cold Storage Logistics Center, will allow SK Food Group to store the frozen food products it manufactures less than 3 miles from its Groveport operation. SK will occupy the entire 164,800-square-foot facility, which has more than 6 million cubic feet of freezer space that can be maintained at temperatures as low as 10 degrees below zero. The 50-foot-clear-height building includes a green refrigeration system, a specialized building envelope with a heated floor, a cold dock for inbound/outbound product and a fire suppression system complete with a 300,000-gallon water tank. Located at 2099 John Glenn Ave., the cold storage center is the first speculative freezer facility built in Ohio in a generation, according to a news release from Crawford Hoying. The company says it developed the property in an effort to provide the Columbus region with a "state-of-the-art, energy-efficient offering that could compete on a national level to attract critical cold-chain end users to the market."’ https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/12/15/sk-food-group-rickenbacker-cold-storage-center.html With this acquisition and the under-construction Pickerington facility, OhioHealth will soon have 14 hospitals in its network. OhioHealth to acquire Appalachian hospital on Jan. 1 “Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center in Cambridge joins the system on Jan. 1 after a six-year arms's length relationship, OhioHealth announced Thursday. The hospital, with its ambulance company and physician practice, is Guernsey County's largest employer, with a headcount of more than 700. Central Ohio's largest health system also is building hospital No. 14, OhioHealth Pickerington Methodist Hospital. It's aiming to open late next year. The two nonprofits announced just over a year ago they would explore the potential union.OhioHealth becomes sole owner in the merger, replacing Guernsey Health Systems as parent. There's no cash exchanged.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/12/15/ohiohealth-seormc-merger.html

Good for new housing in the ‘Bus, but that’s one ugly house rendering 😅 Also, the article misspells “Brice,” just FYI. D.R. Horton plans $215M residential development in southeast Columbus “The housing development, dubbed Landsdowne Farms, will be located at the southwest corner of Bryce and Shannon roads. Its cost is expected to exceed $215 million. D.R. plans to build 94 two-story for-sale duplexes, 320 for-sale townhomes and 502 traditional single-family homes. Of the single-family homes, 338 will be on 50-foot lots and range from 1,500 square feet to 2,800 square feet. The remainder will be narrower, built on 40-foot lots and ranging from 1,500 square feet to 2,600 square feet. The community will include two pools, two clubhouses, a basketball court and walking paths throughout. The first phase of development will include152 single-family homes on the west side of Bryce Road and 80 townhomes on the east side of Bryce Road. Construction on the amenities and other site work is planned to start late summer or early fall 2023. Construction on the first homes is planned to start in 2024. The development will sit on about 250 acres, about 100 of which will be held for open space, Mautino said.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/12/16/d-r-horton-housing-development-southeast-columbus.html

I read a couple articles, including the CBF article I originally linked, that said the LA arena broke ground this past spring, but I still can’t find anything mentioning a specific location 🧐

Abbott picks Bowling Green for new formula plant that will create 450 jobs “Abbott has picked Bowling Green for a new manufacturing plant that will make powder nutritional products. Abbott, which also has a plant in Columbus, will invest $536 million and create 450 jobs at the plant, the latest in what has been a string of announcements by the state of new manufacturing projects including projects from Intel, Honda, Ford and General Motors. “We’re building this plant for additional capacity to produce these important specialty and metabolic formulas that families rely on,” Robert B. Ford, Abbott's chairman and CEO, said in a news release. “Abbott has long been part of Ohio, and we’re proud to become part of the local community in Bowling Green.” Abbott's Bowling Green project is contingent on the approval of state and local incentives. JobsOhio, the state's economic development arm, plans to provide assistance for the project. Those details will be released after a final agreement is executed. Groundbreaking is expected to take place in 2023 and construction should be finished in 2026.“ https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/manufacturing/2022/12/15/new-abbott-nutritional-plant-will-create-450-jobs-in-bowling-green/69731333007/

I don’t see it in there, but thanks!

Anyone happen to know if the utilities work on Neil and Vine here has to do with the transmission line rerouting? I noticed the equipment staged for this behind the Chipotle garage for about a week now. Would be nice to see the ball rolling on the apartments soon.

Update on the Ogden: fencing going up today, and more equipment on site. Looks like it’s officially starting now. And perhaps we’ll see a groundbreaking on Preston Pointe on E Main before the year ends?

That was my thought too, but I really don’t know.

Good to hear! I hope the 75 unit version gets built, but either way, this will look really nice along High St.

New Albany to donate land to Rocky Fork Metro Park “City Council on Dec. 13 approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to purchase two parcels, totaling roughly 74 acres, from Wallaby Properties, LLC. Both properties are located in Plain Township, adjacent to the northwest corner of the intersection of Bevelhymer Road and Walnut Street. The city is to spend $3.85 million cash for the parcel, while the asking price is $4.4 million. The seller intends to declare the $550,000 difference between the purchase price and cash amount as a charitable donation. New Albany will donate some of the acreage to the Rocky Fork Metro Park, although it is unclear how much, McAfee said. The city has reached out to Columbus and Franklin County Metro Parks to see if the system would be interested in purchasing some of the land but no deal has been struck.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/new-albany/2022/12/14/new-albany-to-donate-74-acres-to-rocky-fork-metro-park/69725124007/

I guess, in a way, you could call it a recreation field! Jk. I was half joking with the triangle suggestion, tbh. I would rather, as @TImsuggested, see some surface lots get eaten up if this were, by some miracle, able to land downtown.

Maybe the triangle could finally get another shot at development! Would be nice if this arena brought another hotel in as well.

Bumping this d/t the discussion in the GV thread. Looks like this project was originally approved by city council in June at 67 units and 68 on site parking spots. Schiff returned to the BD Commission in August to amend that to 75 units and 44 on site parking spots (with the deficit made up somewhere off site). Not sure where it’s gone since then—whether it’s received a vote or is still just hanging out. I would definitely like to see this get built, though.

IIRC, City Council gave the project its variance approvals this summer, but then almost immediately after, Schiff went back to the BD commission after slightly increasing the proposed units and slightly decreasing the proposed parking. So now we prob won’t see this and the Livingston Ave project start until at least a few months into next year, instead of the originally intended Fall ‘22.

Some renderings from the graphics approval package for the first phase of the Peninsula residences at next week’s Downtown Commission meeting. Unfortunately, the only other item of note on the agenda is a proposed demolition of the single story, vacant building at 480 E Main. The building looks to be in pretty bad shape from the outside, but it sucks seeing another demo request without plans for a better replacement :/

If the pedestrian infrastructure were improved at Easton Way, those apartments might not be too bad. But I’m talking about the apartments at the opposite end of the mall that have been stalled for like 2+ years. If those are ever finished, then you have nearly everything you need within walking distance within the boundaries of Easton Way, Morse, Stelzer, and Morse Xing—all along streets that are pedestrian friendly. Who knows if those will ever get completed though. May have gone the way of the 20 story Easton towers 🙄

That’s why I’m only talking about Easton proper, hence the reference to the stalled residential development…… Of course Morse Rd isn’t a pleasant walk lmao

Meh, if work ever resumes on the residential portion, then Easton has grocery, retail, restaurants, jobs and entertainment all within a short walk on pedestrian-centric streets.

Especially if the residential component keeps getting built up over there—continue to make it a nice, walkable neighborhood.

I’d forgotten about Easton. I could see it going there too. Out of all the non-urban possibilities, Easton is prob where I’d like to see it go the most.

Any guesses for where this might get built? I think somewhere near the Arena District would be a good fit, but it’ll probably just end up somewhere in the burbs… Gaming startup Glytch names Columbus area as second location for pro esports arena “The Columbus region has jumped ahead of locations including Chicago and Atlanta for the second professional esports stadium from a startup founded by video game developer and former GameWorks owner Michael Williams. Glytch Inc. plans to open the more than 100,000-square-foot venue within three years, following its first location in Los Angeles. Overall it plans 32 locations over the next seven years, each home to a pro gaming team. Besides the 2,000-seat competition arena (which can double as a theater for things like Ted Talks), the stadium will feature entertainment including arcade games and multi-level laser tag, an esports team training studio and tournament center, a broadcast studio, and several dining and beverage options, according to a promotional video on the Glytch website. LA will have a neon-filled nightclub and very analog-looking old-school Irish pub. Each location will cost about $54 million to build, according to the website. Columbus was not on the list of the first four locations the company announced in April. The company said it will specify the precise Central Ohio location when construction starts in the spring. Williams cited an active esports and gaming community in metro Columbus – including game publishers, developers, producers and collegiate organizations – in a written response to Columbus Business First questions. Local support and esports market size are among site selection factors.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/12/14/glytch-esports-columbus-arena.html

Two Long-Planned Development Projects Moving Forward in Harrison West “The former APCO Siding Company building at 815 Michigan Avenue has been demolished and will be replaced with a 33-unit apartment complex. The development was first proposed back in 2016; it was presented to the Harrison West Society that summer and approved by Columbus City Council in November. Tim Price, President of the Harrison West Society, said that he also expects work to resume soon on a long-stalled project just up the street, at 840 Michigan Avenue. Construction work started at that site in 2017 but stopped due to financial issues after two stairwells and some framing had been completed. The fenced-off parcel has sat frozen in time ever since, but a different developer (JDS Companies) received council approval in 2021 to resume construction at the site. The approved design now calls for a 54-unit apartment building with a first floor lobby and parking for 41 cars.” https://columbusunderground.com/two-long-planned-development-projects-moving-forward-in-harrison-west-bw1/

Looks like @DTCL11was right. Ohio GA moved pretty quickly to try to stop this: Columbus' new ban on flavored tobacco products faces challenge from Ohio lawmakers “Just hours after the legislation passed, state lawmakers launched an effort to prohibit bans like the one Columbus leaders approved. The Senate Ways and Means Committee voted late Tuesday on an amendment added to another tobacco bill that would prohibit cities and other jurisdictions like Columbus from passing bans on flavored tobacco products. The amendment says “The regulation of tobacco products and alternative nicotine products is a matter of general statewide concern that requires statewide regulation.” House Bill 513 would need to pass through the Ohio Senate and House Wednesday as lawmakers hold their final sessions before the end of the current General Assembly. Any legislation not passed by the end of the year is dead and could return next year.“ https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2022/12/12/columbus-bans-sale-of-menthol-cigarettes-other-flavored-tobacco/69721864007/