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A parking garage over there will be really awesome. That way you can park by Nationwide and have to deal with way less people all trying to leave at the same time! Let the anti-walkers have the close garage and sit in traffic after the game!

I was at the game Saturday and it still looked like they were using the area as staging for parking and what not. Ground looks levels out though so I'm sure it's an "any day now" type situation. Think it's possible they wait until after the MLS season?

I said it in a different thread the other day, but I think Columbus will see a height boom in the 2020s equivalent, or hopefully at least somewhat close to, the height boom Nashville, TN and Austin, TX saw in the 2010s. Those two cities shot up, I highly recommend checking out their "tallest building" Wikipedia pages to see what I'm talking about. The amount of height those cities gained in a short time is insane and I'm hopeful we are next!

It's so exciting that these tall buildings are finally moving forward. I have a feeling the 2020s in Columbus are going to be like the 2010s in Austin and Nashville in regards to a lot of tall buildings being built. Both of those cities really shot up in height this past decade, it's honestly really impressive.

I can't think of anyone more qualified than the person who was able to list off a dozen or so 10+ story approved buildings and developments!

And things are moving way faster these days, so it'll see that same level of growth but at a higher rate from what I can tell. So much more room in Licking County compared to Delaware as well, will be really interesting to see what happens over the course of this next decade.

Okay but most importantly, when is the Disc Golf Course going to open back up?! Place was such a fun challenge and I fear they just let nature ruin it over these past two years. They closed it down during this project, although I'm entirely unsure why as it's fully in the forest not near the construction site. Probably just so they wouldn't have to maintain it during construction or something.

Multiple armed robberies have happened in the Short North where the perpetrator rapidly approached the victims on a scooter and then scooted their way off into the sunset. This isn't going to solve the problem but it should sure help a bit.

Pretty awesome this thing is starting to become visible from just about any direction. Just noticed how prominent it is driving on 315 yesterday.

Wasn't there a bunch of office space? That is what I was referring to.

Disappointing to see it scaled down from 12 stores, but it's still forward progress and they are leaving some part of the parcel empty hopefully for a future 12 story development once it's easier to forecast the market. I have to imagine they did not feel like they could fill up the previously proposed plan in the current market, it's really the only explanation there. They didn't think it would turn a quick enough profit.

I'm guessing at this early stage it's just way too early to have any idea of what type of jobs it could generate. Could be anything from one big or multiple small warehousing or manufacturing operations, redevelop the indoors for pop up shops, an indoor market, a shopping center with unique destinations, another giant food hall, one of those indoor adventure places, co working or permanent office space, museum or art installations etc. There's a lot of possibilities!

They grow up so fast...

Got fed up with battling for single job openings against 1000 other people in the Boston, MA area and after a year of working terrible jobs and struggling to find decent work after graduating with multiple degrees I got fed up with it and decided to go somewhere it would be a lot easier to find work in my field so I can get that much needed experience. Worked out great! Worked there for 3 years, got a ton of incredibly useful certifications and then used that experience to find myself an even better paying job which just so happened to be in Columbus, although I was open to going anywhere at that point just got lucky something I was interested in and qualified for popped up 45min away.

No problem! Feel like I'm in an incredibly small minority of people who aren't from Ohio, moved here as an adult and ended up moving to Newark as the first place they ever lived in Ohio haha. Definitely a different perspective since the locals seem to either hate it so much that they would prefer to move to Florida and are constantly insulting the place or love it so much they rarely even leave the city limits but also never talk about how great Newark can be.

I was not specifically talking about population density, more so the size of the city. It's small and compact which means it's dense. Everything you could ever need is packed into that 20sq miles.

Yes, this can be seen by my theoretical population being 300,000 less than Columbus.

It is the second largest city in Central Ohio only behind Columbus. It's also only about 20sq miles so it's very dense compared to the 240 sq miles Columbus covers. So theoretically if Newark was the same size as Columbus and kept its' current density it would have 600,000 people in it.

Wasn't able to snap pictures since I was driving but the crane looks to be fully constructed and operational at the Arlington Gateway site and there has already been a lot of work done down in the giant hole they dug. The new community center at the old Lazarus building site also isn't just an empty lot anymore. Looks like they are in the early stages of getting the site ready to start on the new buildings so should be seeing some big progress at both these sites this Fall.

Most of those neighborhoods immediately bordering Downtown are the lowest income neighborhoods in the entire city. Old run down places rented out by slum lords. There are way nicer places to live in Newark, my personal favorite is the North Newark area where you can be on 21st street in under 10 minutes but live far enough away from all the hustle and bustle of the major shopping areas and not be in an area people travel thorough unless they live there. Opossum Hollow might be my favorite residential street in the city.

My major gripe with considering Downtown Newark as a potential place to live is the parking situation. If you lived here you would likely need to leave your car in that garage which is a decent walk away. I also got to tour the apartments above the new cornerstone/Subway on the reverse side of this when they were almost done. They honestly might be even cooler than these ones and these are pretty cool. There were talks about an old bank building getting demolished and building another parking garage right around the corner from here as well which would make living in this area more accessible.

I might be able to provide a completely different perspective here. I moved to the Newark area in 2016 from the east coast. Was sick of battling for work in the most expensive part of the country to only get paid a wage which wouldn't allow me to live my life so I uprooted everything and got a job with Licking County. My job there had me basically driving around the streets of Newark every single day so I'm intimately familiar with the entire city as well as a major portion of Licking County as a whole. Newark is like a mini melting pot city. You've got your rural Ohio types who are their own breed (this is not meant in a negative way either), you've got your lower class riding the poverty line types (city has a decent drug/homeless problem but they're working on it) and then you have a ton of middle class+ people who are just living average lives and probably work in Columbus. There are some really nice areas, some really rough areas and a lot of areas that are just alright. The city itself has improved immensely in recent years. The amount of change and positive improvements I've seen in just 5 years is astounding and not something you ever witness on the east coast. Areas people use to avoid are now destinations. The downtown square is absolutely beautiful and only getting better. There's a great variety of good food, you have easy access to Columbus and easy access to the Hocking Hills area (aka best city in the state and most scenic part of the state imo). And it's just improving month in month out with no signs of stopping. It's certainly a very interesting place to live and absolutely has its' own flavor, but as far as I'm concerned that's a positive. People complain that Columbus doesn't have culture or character, well I can say with certainty Newark has its' own special version of both which make It a very unique part of the state. Overall, Newark is what you make of it. If you're living next to the homeless shelter in a run down old house on the east side you'll probably have a bad opinion. If you're living in one of the nice new neighborhoods, you'll probably have a good opinion. I would absolutely consider the Newark area if I was looking to buy a house.

Well of course more residential would make the most sense from an outside perspective, that's what we really need here in Columbus. I'm under the assumption they are adding in this office space as a "taking the path of least resistance" method so Abbot or whoever it is doesn't even have an avenue to start complaining or have a leg to stand on to combat this development and make the approval fo this process as difficult as possible. This decision might make this a much quicker approval process.

So many cool old buildings like this in Downtown Newark. Has been awesome to see them renovated and repurposed over the years.

I wouldn't say it's uncertain. There are plenty of businesses that want offices and plenty of employees who prefer working out of an office, or at least part time working out of an office. I've met way more people who hate working from home compared to people who love it. I personally plan to never step foot in an office again and any future job choices will likely reflect that preference as well, just like I'm sure a lot of people will be looking for "hybrid" type jobs as their preference. If anything it should hopefully lower the price of office rent a bit and employers can invest that money in other things.