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Children’s currently trying to compete with OSU for the title of “Crane City.” (There are a couple more I couldn’t fit in the frame. Unfortunately, the tower crane was taken down a couple weeks ago, though.) There isn’t much you can see from the road yet, but on the left side of the image is where the ACS will be located, on top of what is now a parking lot. On the right, a parking garage will sit between the BHP and the conference center. Not included in the photo, but just a bit further to the east, most of the exterior cladding has gone up on Research Building IV, and the ground is currently being prepped for Research Building V.

I noticed this little infill project coming up a short while ago, so I decided to get some pictures and find out more about it today. It’s located between 9th and Lathrop, so it’s right on the Schumacher Place side of the SP/GV border. It’s a project from Roby Development called Jackson Mews, and once it’s completed next year it will feature four townhome units. Below is a rendering of the final product: https://www.jacksonmews.com

IIRC, it’ll by independently operated by Rockbridge. Also, gotta love some of the public comments on this announcement. Especially the ones talking about gentrification. Yes, I would hate for this parking lot to become gentrified… 🙄

It was on a construction blog I had read about a month ago. I’ll see if I can find it again… ETA: So far, the only thing I can find is this information page listing the project status as abandoned. I’ll have to keep looking to see if I can find the full post. https://www.constructionjournal.com/projects/details/3d63b4bf20c040189f1d18498466064e.html

The way I understood the text was if parking was one of the uses, then it must have at least three uses. I have no clue how CMM would qualify, unless they have additional plans for the site. Hopefully this bodes well for the projects, like Peninsula 2, to receive the funding.

I remember reading somewhere that Harmony is officially dead. And AFAIK, nothing has been released publicly regarding the Graham Ford site. But this proposal seems like it would be a shoe-in for the credit. It definitely checks all the boxes. Also, anyone else noticed on the updated site map that the second hotel building went from being included in phase one to now being marked as “future phases“?

Lol apparently it’s going to be completed before Peninsula Phase One is done 😂 I remember that this phase was one of the TMUD proposals. I wonder how dependent on the tax breaks the height and density of this tower are?

It’ll definitely be something to see if we have this, the North Market Tower, and the OSUWMC tower all coming up at the same time!

New enterprise zone agreements will help redevelop former rail yard “A former rail yard near Hilliard and the Hilltop will be redeveloped, thanks to several newly approved tax incentives. Eight 75%, 10-year abatements, or enterprise zone agreements, were recently approved by Columbus City Council for speculative industrial warehouses, which would improve the former Norfolk Southern Buckeye rail yard. Buckeye XO LLC plans to build several warehouses at the site. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/11/29/warehouse.html

This proposal sounds beautiful—30 story tower!—and it adds a lot more housing units. Fingers crossed this doesn’t get watered down before final approval. The Peninsula's $211M second phase: Here's what's planned “The project's second phase will feature about 400 new residential units and 245,000 square feet of Class A office space. The 2-acre second phase will wrap around Daimler’s phase one office building at Belle and West Capitol streets with a 950-space, four-story parking garage topped by a seven-story office building and a 30-story residential tower. The development will be filled out with 9,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. Flaherty & Collins’ plans include approximately 400 apartments. Flaherty & Collins will continue their commitment to providing affordability, with 20% of the units meeting those requirements. The developers hope to begin construction of phase two in 2022, finishing up by 2025. Daimler’s new phase complements the 233,000 square feet of Class A office space the firm currently has under construction at the development. “This second phase on The Peninsula creates the prospect of exponential growth and transformation by raising Columbus’ profile both physically and metaphorically as a highly desired downtown destination for work and residence,” Daimler CEO Robert C. White Jr. said in the release. This second phase will bring more than 1,000 new permanent jobs, in addition to 1,800 construction jobs.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/11/29/second-phase-of-the-peninsula.html

Demo work for the future King and High development appears to have completed, and the digging has begun here as well.

Foundation is getting dug out and steel has started to arrive on site for the former Cousin’s redevelopment. Hopefully This means we’ll see it go vertical before long.

The Advance Auto Parts starting to go up on the corner of 5th and Cleveland. Now I’d like to see Rogue do something with their building that sits next to it. Last I heard they were considering a restaurant?

Lots of progress on NCR’s senior living center on Broad St.

I was under the impression they were still waiting on approval for the Sheetz, but I went by yesterday, and they’ve started on some foundation work, so maybe it’s already been granted.

Senior living facility to replace vacant Presbyterian church on Livingston Avenue “The longtime site of the Brookwood Presbyterian Church on East Livingston Avenue on Columbus' Near East Side will soon become home to a 103-unit independent senior living facility. Now that the Franklin County Hospital Commission has approved $27 million in bond financing, plans are underway to construct the facility with one- and-two-bedroom rental units at 2685 E. Livingston Ave. in Columbus' Berwick neighborhood near Bexley. When it is likely opens in fall 2023, Traditions at Brookwood will be managed by National Church Residences, one of the country's largest nonprofit owners and operators of senior affordable housing, with campuses in 25 states. Traditions at Brookwood will be a mixed-income facility for those age 55 and older, with 26 affordable housing units and 77 market-rate units. The Brookwood Presbyterian Church, which has been located at the site for decades, is expected to be demolished before the end of the year so construction can begin. But National Church Residences plans to save and incorporate into the facility several architectural features of the church — including the cross from its chapel and stained glass windows — to pay homage to its long history within the community, Wollenberg said.“ https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/11/29/site-former-livingston-avenue-church-home-senior/6373871001/?fbclid=IwAR3v3i2zw5_S11C5MSqoFqG9OQs2qyol8a1mr72oO2M1m3sp48Ddy-ZrI9k

Worthington developer plans hotel on historic John Snow House property “Worthington-based New England Development Co. wants to build a boutique hotel on the historic John Snow House property in Old Worthington. The Snow House hotel would include about 50 rooms, Kevin Rohyans, a partner at the New England Development Company, said in an email. The restaurant space at the Worthington Inn, another New England Development Company project, would serve as the food and construction at the property, and they would be run together as one business. The hotel will be an L-shaped building that wrapping around the Snow House building, Rohyans told Columbus Business First. The developer plans to incorporate the historic building in some form, though exact details have yet to be determined. The first floor and lower level of the Worthington Inn at 649 N. High St. will serve as bar and restaurant space for the hotel. The developer wants to receive a 10-year, 75% tax abatement to build the hotel, but currently cannot because the property falls outside of the area where the city can grant them. It has asked Worthington City Council to change the boundaries in order to bring the concept online. David McCorkle, Worthington's economic development director, said city staff are working on those changes. After the boundaries are amended, the company still has to apply for the abatement and then go through the planning process.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/11/29/hotel-planned-for-historic-worthington-property.html

Posting this here since I believe nothing has been reported before about this Preferred Living dev. Sounds like the council is upset it’s not low-density enough for them. Proposed apartments on Sinclair Road not welcome, Northland Community Council official says “A local developer wants to build a 144-unit apartment complex along Sinclair Road in the midst of a mostly residential area. Preferred Living, which has built numerous apartment buildings across central Ohio, wants to raze three houses and put up the apartment building on 6.7 acres on the west side of Sinclair Road essentially between Worthington Forest Place and Shore Drive. The development would require a rezoning from suburban residential to AR-1, or apartment residential district, according to the site plan filed with the city of Columbus. Bill Logan, vice chairperson of the committee and a member of the Northland Community Council, said the Preferred Living proposal is not welcome in the area based on the Northland 1 Area Plan and concerns from the neighboring Salem Village Civic Association. “It’s our responsibility to defend the Northland plan,” he said. “We developed it.” “Northland is replete with parcels that are ripe for redevelopment. Yet, here we are eating into a prime single-family residential environment.” The Northland I Area Plan recommends that anything at the location bounded by Interstate 270 should be low-to-medium density residential. The plan notes a typical density of four to six units per acre that may be characterized by lower density townhouses and condominiums, according to the planning staff. The issue was expected to go before the NCC's development committee, which acts only in an advisory capacity, on Dec. 1. Columbus City Council will have the ultimate say on the variances and rezoning.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/northland/2021/11/27/proposed-apartments-sinclair-road-not-welcome-northland-community-council-official-says/8735513002/?utm_source=dispatch-Daily Briefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily_briefing&utm_term=list_article_headline&utm_content=OHIO-COLUMBUS-NLETTER65

Driving through the Short North recently, I noticed signage up for a new restaurant named Parlay at 570 N High, where the steakhouse Black Point used to be, until it shut down last year. I found their website, and it sounds like they’ll have a mix of food, drinks, TVs, and event space. No opening date posted yet, however. https://parlaycolumbus.com

Riverside. The neuro building offers a nice panorama from the UA crane over to the Italian Village crane, with everything in between.

Love it! There’sa great view from one of the buildings at my work where you can see almost every crane in the city. I’ve tried taking pictures to post here but they always look too blurry.

Kelley Cos. renovating Brewery District motel “An old motel in the Brewery District is getting a retro makeover from developer Kelley Cos. The new and improved South Wind Motel is scheduled to open this winter. The motel, built in 1959, fell into disrepair in the 1980s and 1990s and was known to charge hourly rates, according to a news release. The Kelley family purchased the building earlier this year and has been working on an extensive renovation since June. They marked their progress this week with the installation of a new sign, designed by Andrew Kern of Flat Black. Kern took inspiration from local iconic mid-century signs, including Plank’s Café on Parsons, Planter’s Peanuts on State Street and the former Rife’s Market sign on 5th Street, according to the release.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/11/23/south-end-motel.html

Mount Carmel proposes new Dublin hospital “Mount Carmel Health System wants to build a 30-bed hospital off I-270 in Dublin, which would make it the last of three competing Columbus hospital systems to establish a major campus in the growing suburb. The 190,000-square-foot complex would include an emergency department, outpatient and specialty clinics, according to a conceptual plan submitted to the city Planning and Zoning Department. Mount Carmel would need to seek rezoning for the 35-acre site, southeast of Bright Road and Emerald Parkway, before submitting a development plan. Mount Carmel first presented the idea to the East Dublin Civic Association in August, which "generally ... indicated support for the proposed facility," according to a planning report. A hospital and medical offices fits the city's land use plan that calls for either office or institutional use by a major employer on the site, it said.“ https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/11/23/mount-carmel-proposes-new-hospital-in-dublin.html

Last week, CBF ran an article in the supply chain doomsday genre about OSU’s projects. Some of the biggest highlights I noticed: - Construction on Ohio State's new lacrosse stadium is scheduled to start in January, a delay from its initial start date. The stadium will include home and visiting game day locker rooms, a 6,700-square-foot concourse level grandstand, and an indoor shooting room and other event space. The facility is scheduled to open January 2023 [This was initially supposed to start this fall.]. - The timeline for the Interdisciplinary Research Facility is being tracked. The full building enclosure is expected to be completed in December. The Innovation District is expected to generate $3 billion in direct and indirect economic impact, we previously reported, while bringing startups and Fortune 500 companies to the region - Structural steel construction is underway for Wexner Medical Center's new tower. The north and south elevator shafts are up to level 14. The inpatient facility is scheduled to open in early 2026. The report given to the board stated the project was being monitored for time because of supply chain delays [It appears to be higher than 14 at this point. To me, it looks closer to 18/19, but it’s really hard to tell.]. More updates can be found in the full article: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/11/19/ohio-state-projects.html

Oh that looks pretty. Lots of lights!