I also noticed they applied the Gravity branding to the crane with the signature G with a dot. nice touch.

There was a fire last night, it appeared from one of the buildings going up on the peninsula. I couldn't see which one from my vantage point, but there was significant smoke and emergency vehicles there. 

41 minutes ago, drtom1234 said:

There was a fire last night, it appeared from one of the buildings going up on the peninsula. I couldn't see which one from my vantage point, but there was significant smoke and emergency vehicles there. 

 

Hopefully it wasn't anything too serious. I scoured the local news sites and social media and haven't seen anything about it.

What time? If you're in River South, the vantage point could make this fire a likely observation. It broke out around 10.30p. 

 

 

I did a quick drive past the Peninsula today and everything looks normal and full speed ahead. I was going to post the same article, the fire was pretty far from this project.

 

 

Edited December 20, 20213 yr by 4N6science
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I was walking my dog by Bicentennial park about 3 AM or so when I saw the smoke. All the emergency equipment I saw was on the peninsula itself. If there is no damage, I have no reasonable explanation. It looked like something was burning directly to the west of the office building. The timing of the house fire doesn't really explain what I saw. 

Maybe this was the culprit 

 

Beautiful night-time/sunset drone photo of the Scioto Peninsula site with bonus Gravity 2.0 and NVMM from RedHawkDrone on reddit:

 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Columbus/comments/rlk1qu/december_sunsets_can_be_enchanting_along_with_the/

 

The Peninsula continues to rise ... crazy how the entire area used to be parking lots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, .justin said:

The Peninsula continues to rise ... crazy how the entire area used to be parking lots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s also an awesome view walking out of cosi. 

From near Miranova 

 

 

Couple of The Peninsula at dusk

 

 

 

 

 

“Earlier this month, the City of Columbus announced that four artists were being tapped to create new public art installations on the Starling Garage, which is currently under construction at the site of The Peninsula development. Those four artists include local muralists Adam Hernandez, Nick Stull and Lucie Shearer, along with architecture and design firm Studio KCA. 

 

The public art was commissioned by the city of Columbus with a budget of $250,000 through the Columbus Art Commission. A total of 81 applications were submitted for the project.

 

Three of the works will take the form of murals while the installation from Studio KCA is a sculpture of bird figures called “Gather and Flow” that will illuminate with LED lighting at night.

 

Installation of the public artwork will take place this spring ahead of the garage opening in June.”

 

https://columbusunderground.com/public-art-commissioned-for-scioto-peninsula-parking-garage-we1/?fbclid=IwAR1i5wnyBZQNhlhIMLUbDczsEbrIzr3FVVJTmLKrlsZCrm8AhIr4Sl6YKIs

Uh, I see whales.  This belongs in the German Village.

10 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

Uh, I see whales.  This belongs in the German Village.

LOL They do look like whales. Just imagine if they were at that site...the burn!

 

If they really look like that people are going to refer to them as whales. The leaping Scioto whales. We have our deer(including one that is apparently slutty-remember?), and a slingshot thing to throw people across the river, and now we will have our river whales. i support it.

Edited March 1, 20223 yr by Toddguy

1 hour ago, Toddguy said:

LOL They do look like whales. Just imagine if they were at that site...the burn!

 

If they really look like that people are going to refer to them as whales. The leaping Scioto whales. We have our deer(including one that is apparently slutty-remember?), and a slingshot thing to throw people across the river, and now we will have our river whales. i support it.

They look a little more like dolphins to me but just my opinion 😛

I want the river cows back 🥲

Edited March 1, 20223 yr by DTCL11

14 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

Uh, I see whales.  This belongs in the German Village.

Studio KCA does have a bit of a history with those, based on their website...

3 hours ago, PrestoKinetic said:

They look a little more like dolphins to me but just my opinion 😛

OK how about blue killer whales? The Scioto blue Orcas!  Now if we can just get our blue serpent bridge canopy to go with them...

1 hour ago, Toddguy said:

OK how about blue killer whales? The Scioto blue Orcas!  Now if we can just get our blue serpent bridge canopy to go with them...

Sounds like the origin story for a new mascot if we ever develop a new sports team!

I agree - it's time to resurrect the blue serpent on the Broad St bridge!!

 

 

https://columbusunderground.com/never-built-columbus-serpent-mound-canopy-bw1/

Since we're no longer flooded with Orca imagery from Sea World commercials like we were in the '80s and '90s there is a hunger for them.

1 hour ago, Pablo said:

I agree - it's time to resurrect the blue serpent on the Broad St bridge!!

 

 

https://columbusunderground.com/never-built-columbus-serpent-mound-canopy-bw1/

Remember the giant statue of Christopher Columbus? Looks like it landed in Puerto Rico but boy what a missed opportunity. The snake and Chris would have put us on the map.

 

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-12-26-1993360009-story.html

I haven’t seen a ton of pics from the south side of the Peninsula, so I snapped this one today. 
 

The street wall along Dorrian Green/Belle St is going to look pretty nice when this is all built out.

Rockbridge CEO Jim Merkel talks Scioto Peninsula, North Market projects

 

 

Rockbridge CEO Jim Merkel has a big year ahead, as his firm's two most meaningful local projects ever take significant steps forward.

 

The Junto Hotel, at 77 Belle St. on the Scioto Peninsula, is about a year away from opening, Merkel told Columbus Business First. It's part of the Columbus Downtown Development Corp.'s sprawling Peninsula project, a $500 million multi-phase project that will extend downtown's reach with new offices, retail and residential space and Rockbridge's hotel.

 

"Things are rocking and rolling," Merkel said.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/03/17/jim-merkel-on-scioto-peninsula-north-market-tower.html

 

15 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

Rockbridge CEO Jim Merkel talks Scioto Peninsula, North Market projects

 

 

Rockbridge CEO Jim Merkel has a big year ahead, as his firm's two most meaningful local projects ever take significant steps forward.

 

The Junto Hotel, at 77 Belle St. on the Scioto Peninsula, is about a year away from opening, Merkel told Columbus Business First. It's part of the Columbus Downtown Development Corp.'s sprawling Peninsula project, a $500 million multi-phase project that will extend downtown's reach with new offices, retail and residential space and Rockbridge's hotel.

 

"Things are rocking and rolling," Merkel said.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/03/17/jim-merkel-on-scioto-peninsula-north-market-tower.html

 

Is there any good new information in there about the North Market Tower as well?

29 minutes ago, TIm said:

Is there any good new information in there about the North Market Tower as well?

Not really. I was disappointed they didn’t talk more about it. Just this:

 

”Construction on the 31-story tower is expected to begin sometime this year. It's expected to take 36 months, Merkel said.”

 

And they are going to reapply for the next round of TMUD credits. 

I'm lucky to be able travel to similar size cities to Columbus and all I see are thriving downtowns with seemingly dozens of hi-rise offices and apartment/condos. I don't know how they do it because getting anything significant built in downtown Columbus is like pulling teeth. Didn't the convention authority finance the Hilton project? Other announced projects need credits or outright grants to build. Nothing is ever easy for Columbus.

1 minute ago, John7165 said:

I'm lucky to be able travel to similar size cities to Columbus and all I see are thriving downtowns with seemingly dozens of hi-rise offices and apartment/condos. I don't know how they do it because getting anything significant built in downtown Columbus is like pulling teeth. Didn't the convention authority finance the Hilton project? Other announced projects need credits or outright grants to build. Nothing is ever easy for Columbus.

 

They didn't say NMT needs the TMUD to get built. They said they will begin construction this year, but apply for the next round of TMUD (because they project meets the requirements so why wouldn't they) which won't be issued until next year.

22 minutes ago, John7165 said:

I'm lucky to be able travel to similar size cities to Columbus and all I see are thriving downtowns with seemingly dozens of hi-rise offices and apartment/condos. I don't know how they do it because getting anything significant built in downtown Columbus is like pulling teeth. Didn't the convention authority finance the Hilton project? Other announced projects need credits or outright grants to build. Nothing is ever easy for Columbus.

Part of the problem is how much easier and cheaper it is here to keep sprawling further and further out rather than building up in the CBD. We don’t have a big body of water or any other geographical feature to really stop it. 

It might not end up being that much cheaper if Intel and warehouses make a "moat" around the city.

18 minutes ago, amped91 said:

Part of the problem is how much easier and cheaper it is here to keep sprawling further and further out rather than building up in the CBD. We don’t have a big body of water or any other geographical feature to really stop it. 

Yeah we don't have that geography which forces density but it does seem people are starting to realize that it's in the best interest of the city to get more dense, especially in the urban core.

9 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

It might not end up being that much cheaper if Intel and warehouses make a "moat" around the city.

Hopefully that is exactly what happens. The west side still has a ton of room to spread though.

33 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

It might not end up being that much cheaper if Intel and warehouses make a "moat" around the city.

If that’s what it takes, moat away! 😆

23 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

Hopefully that is exactly what happens. The west side still has a ton of room to spread though.

Sort of... those Big Darby Accord restrictions are not set in stone but some will still be enforced after they are relaxed.

2 hours ago, GCrites80s said:

Sort of... those Big Darby Accord restrictions are not set in stone but some will still be enforced after they are relaxed.

 

Construction is going to eventually pollute the Big Darby without very strict guidelines.  If it were up to developers, they would build sprawl right up to the river's edge.

7 hours ago, John7165 said:

I'm lucky to be able travel to similar size cities to Columbus and all I see are thriving downtowns with seemingly dozens of hi-rise offices and apartment/condos. I don't know how they do it because getting anything significant built in downtown Columbus is like pulling teeth. Didn't the convention authority finance the Hilton project? Other announced projects need credits or outright grants to build. Nothing is ever easy for Columbus.

 

I think its because developers and banks still see us a cow town even though we're not anymore. So they're afraid to build something too tall here.

37 minutes ago, jcw92 said:

 

I think its because developers and banks still see us a cow town even though we're not anymore. So they're afraid to build something too tall here.

We currently have a 360’ tower that just topped out, a 410’ tower under construction, a 380’ tower close to breaking ground, and a 350’+ tower coming soon. The notion that people don’t want to build tall here seems to be going by the wayside. 

34 minutes ago, cbussoccer said:

We currently have a 360’ tower that just topped out, a 410’ tower under construction, a 380’ tower close to breaking ground, and a 350’+ tower coming soon. The notion that people don’t want to build tall here seems to be going by the wayside. 

 

I hope so.

19 hours ago, GCrites80s said:

Sort of... those Big Darby Accord restrictions are not set in stone but some will still be enforced after they are relaxed.

People out here will fight developments that encroach too much on the creeks or primary tributaries. Also they are against "density" the same way people used to be against "urban" things.  Density is the new urban. and Columbus is not annexing anything really too far out on the west side. The far west side is sort of like a Calgary or some other city-the development just suddenly drops off around a certain line-anything beyond that is super sprawlish due to the impact on the creeks. 

 

They can go northwest past Dublin or southwest past Grove City though.  

From Broad

 

 

 

 

From Town St bridge

 

 

 

From State St 

 

 

 

 

^^ the parts of the garage not facing the tracks look much better than what I was expecting. 

 

Overall great pics and progress here.

Edited April 22, 20223 yr by Toddguy

 

I never noticed the inclusion of this caveat on the Columbus DDC website, "Assuming this project receives tax credit funding..." I would imagine that since this project didnt receive any funding through TMUD,  this tower is dead in the water. Such a shame because the design (and obviously the height) were amazing. 

1 hour ago, Toddguy said:

^^ the parts of the garage not facing the tracks look much better than what I was expecting. 

 

Overall great pics and progress here.

Yeah, for parking garages they actually look pretty sharp.

12 minutes ago, Mogilny89 said:

 

I never noticed the inclusion of this caveat on the Columbus DDC website, "Assuming this project receives tax credit funding..." I would imagine that since this project didnt receive any funding through TMUD,  this tower is dead in the water. Such a shame because the design (and obviously the height) were amazing. 

Hopefully they can reapply next round and it wasn't exclusively contingent on getting accepted in the first ever round of TMUD funding.

12 minutes ago, Mogilny89 said:

 

I never noticed the inclusion of this caveat on the Columbus DDC website, "Assuming this project receives tax credit funding..." I would imagine that since this project didnt receive any funding through TMUD,  this tower is dead in the water. Such a shame because the design (and obviously the height) were amazing. 

That part had always been there. I’m sure they’ll reapply for the next round of funding later this year. That’s what the North Market is doing. If the last round showed anything, it’s that you have a better chance if your project has already started 🤷🏼‍♂️

Does anyone know when this was scheduled to break ground?