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More renderings from Columbus Underground at Grandview Yard Apartments Planned for Opening in 2012.

City pleased with Yard a year after opening

By Alan Froman, ThisWeek Community Newspapers

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

 

Sept. 1 marks the one-year anniversary of the community open house that opened the first phase of the Grandview Yard project.  Despite a poor economy, Nationwide Realty Investors continues to proceed with the project.

 

The latest component, a three-building, 154-unit apartment project located on 3.7 acres just north of the Hyatt Place hotel, was approved by the Grandview Heights Planning Commission on Aug. 23.  Work on the apartment project is expected to begin within 30 days, and the first residents are expected to move in by the fall of 2012.

 

"The apartment project is a really exciting addition to Grandview Yard," Mayor Ray DeGraw said. "It really makes it seem like a true mixed-use development now that we are going to have a residential component."

 

The project so far has exceeded the city's expectations, council President Steve Reynolds said. "It's been nothing but pleasant surprises one after another," he said. "Architectural drawings can make anything look nice, but when you actually see what NRI's built in this first phase, it just has a tremendous feel to it."

 

READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2011/08/31/city-pleased-with-yard-a-year-after-opening.html

An excerpt from Columbus Local News' look at Grandview 2012 relating to the Grandview Yard project:

 

Yard evolves further, fiscal trials await city in 2012

By MARK DUBOVEC, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS

Published: Friday, December 30, 2011 - 4:54 PM EST

 

Development at Grandview Yard remains important to Grandview's long-term financial health.  Nationwide Realty Investors has said the apartments currently under construction are expected to welcome residents in the third quarter of the year and be fully occupied by early 2013.  NRI also is expected to submit plans for future projects at the Yard.  By year's end, Yard Street, which NRI intends to be the center of the development, likely will be extended to Third Avenue, Mayor DeGraw said

 

MORE: http://www.columbuslocalnews.com/articles/2012/01/06/tri-village_news/news/tvyearinpr_20111229_1202pm_8.txt

A recap of the Grandview Yard development - one year since the opening of its first phase:

 

DISPATCH: Grandview Yard’s location has been paramount in attracting tenants, patrons in a slow economy

And some speculation from Business First about a future phase of Grandview Yard north of Third Avenue that might include a new Giant Eagle grocery store.  Nationwide Realty is hinting but not confirmed this speculation.  Giant Eagle isn't saying anything.

 

Giant Eagle given perch, if it wants it, with Grandview Yard expansion

By Brian R. Ball, Business First staff reporter

Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 6:00am EST

 

Nationwide Realty Investors is ready to move north with a retail-powered expansion of Grandview Yard after securing more land for the development.  A Nationwide Realty affiliate on Jan. 20 bought 7.3 acres at 834 W. Third Ave. for $6.6 million, squaring off its holdings between Edgehill Road and CSX Corp. tracks west of Olentangy River Road.  The purchase gives the Arena District developer 15 acres to work with to expand Grandview Yard, said Nationwide Realty President Brian Ellis.

 

“We expect the West Third entry into Grandview Yard to bring strong retail offerings,” he said. “We’re working toward that goal.”  Ellis said the identity of tenants could be made public in late winter.  He declined to comment on speculation that Giant Eagle will anchor the expansion with a supermarket.

 

Nationwide Realty expanded its holdings across Third Avenue into Columbus in December 2007 with the $1.9 million purchase of an 2.2-acre property at 814 W. Third.  That deal set off speculation in the real estate industry that Giant Eagle was interested in building a grocery store there to service shoppers from Grandview and the Short North.  The site is about a mile from a 68,000-square-foot Giant Eagle at 1451 Grandview Avenue and a 37,000-square-foot store at 777 Neil Avenue.  Both are leased properties in former Big Bear storefronts.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/01/27/giant-eagle-given-perch.html

Progress photos of the apartment buildings under construction at Grandview Yard:

 

 

Photo from Columbus Underground - January 2012 Construction Roundup - January 29, 2012

 

 

Photo from myurbanhood twitter photo page - February 19, 2012

New renderings of the apartment buildings under construction at Grandview Yard from the Grandview Yard website:

 

 

 

 

Me likey!

A very impressive urban development.  Looks really good!

And some speculation from Business First about a future phase of Grandview Yard north of Third Avenue that might include a new Giant Eagle grocery store.  Nationwide Realty is hinting but not confirmed this speculation.  Giant Eagle isn't saying anything.

 

Giant Eagle given perch, if it wants it, with Grandview Yard expansion

By Brian R. Ball, Business First staff reporter

Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 6:00am EST

 

Nationwide Realty Investors is ready to move north with a retail-powered expansion of Grandview Yard after securing more land for the development.  A Nationwide Realty affiliate on Jan. 20 bought 7.3 acres at 834 W. Third Ave. for $6.6 million, squaring off its holdings between Edgehill Road and CSX Corp. tracks west of Olentangy River Road.  The purchase gives the Arena District developer 15 acres to work with to expand Grandview Yard, said Nationwide Realty President Brian Ellis.

 

“We expect the West Third entry into Grandview Yard to bring strong retail offerings,” he said. “We’re working toward that goal.”  Ellis said the identity of tenants could be made public in late winter.  He declined to comment on speculation that Giant Eagle will anchor the expansion with a supermarket.

 

Nationwide Realty expanded its holdings across Third Avenue into Columbus in December 2007 with the $1.9 million purchase of an 2.2-acre property at 814 W. Third.  That deal set off speculation in the real estate industry that Giant Eagle was interested in building a grocery store there to service shoppers from Grandview and the Short North.  The site is about a mile from a 68,000-square-foot Giant Eagle at 1451 Grandview Avenue and a 37,000-square-foot store at 777 Neil Avenue.  Both are leased properties in former Big Bear storefronts.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/01/27/giant-eagle-given-perch.html

The Grandview Yard Giant Eagle speculation is no longer speculation.  Nationwide Realty Investors confirmed to Business First that they have signed a 20-year lease agreement with Giant Eagle to locate a new store north of Third Avenue (location map at the article link below).  In the article, Nationwide Realty President Brian Ellis said he considers West Third Avenue the “retail hub” of the 100-acre Grandview Yard redevelopment effort and that the supermarket “will add to the base of amenities for Grandview Yard and the surrounding neighborhoods".

 

According to the Business First article, Nationwide Realty has started to demolish the existing industrial buildings at the Third Avenue site.  They expect to begin work this year on extending Yard Street to Third from Burr Avenue, an east-west street that marks the northern boundary Grandview Yard's first phase of commercial and apartment development off Goodale Boulevard.  Construction of the store could begin before the end of the year and might be complete in the second half of 2013.

 

Nationwide Realty said in the article that the new Giant Eagle would be a 92,000 square foot store.  Giant Eagle did not give any additional store details to Business First.  There was no information about whether this would be a Market District-type store like the one that opened in Upper Arlington or what might happen to the 68,000 square foot Giant Eagle at 1451 Grandview Avenue or their 37,000 square foot store at 777 Neil Avenue that are both within a mile of this Grandview Yard location.  Below is the Business First article link:

 

Business First: Giant Eagle landing at Grandview Yard with new store

Construction of the apartments at Grandview Yard are moving along quickly.  Here's one of the latest construction photos from Columbus Underground.  More photos of the Grandview Yard apartments under construction in their March 2012 Construction Roundup.

 

 

Wow, that is coming along fast.

Yeah, really impressive to see these buildings going up so quickly. It's going to be a great neighborhood in itself when finished. I just wish it didn't feel so disconnected from Downtown from a walking/biking/transit standpoint.

More constructions photos of the Grandview Yard apartments from an April update at Columbus Underground:

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2012/construction-april-23

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2012/construction-april-20

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2012/construction-april-17

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2012/construction-april-18

 

Walker Evans/Columbus Underground interview with the president of Nationwide Realty Investors - Grandview Yard's developer.  They talk about the development's initial mixed-use phase, the current residential phase, and future more retail-oriented phases.

 

Grandview Yard Seeks Retail Anchors for Next Phase of Development

By: Walker Evans, Columbus Underground

Published on May 1, 2012

 

Construction is progressing quickly on the new Grandview Yard Apartments, which includes three four-story buildings that will house 154 rental units.  The first residents of this new development are expected to begin moving in this November to enjoy the existing amenities that Grandview Yard has to offer.

 

The future amenities at Grandview Yard are still in the process of being determined.  We spoke recently with Brian Ellis, President of Nationwide Realty Investors, who explained what lies in store for the retail component of this development, and what national retail trends are driving the next phase of Grandview Yard.

 

Full interview: http://www.columbusunderground.com/grandview-yard-seeks-retail-anchors-for-next-phase-of-development

 

The Grandview Yard Giant Eagle speculation is no longer speculation.  Nationwide Realty Investors confirmed to Business First that they have signed a 20-year lease agreement with Giant Eagle to locate a new store north of Third Avenue (location map at the article link below).  In the article, Nationwide Realty President Brian Ellis said he considers West Third Avenue the “retail hub” of the 100-acre Grandview Yard redevelopment effort and that the supermarket “will add to the base of amenities for Grandview Yard and the surrounding neighborhoods".

 

According to the Business First article, Nationwide Realty has started to demolish the existing industrial buildings at the Third Avenue site.  They expect to begin work this year on extending Yard Street to Third from Burr Avenue, an east-west street that marks the northern boundary Grandview Yard's first phase of commercial and apartment development off Goodale Boulevard.  Construction of the store could begin before the end of the year and might be complete in the second half of 2013.

 

Nationwide Realty said in the article that the new Giant Eagle would be a 92,000 square foot store.  Giant Eagle did not give any additional store details to Business First.  There was no information about whether this would be a Market District-type store like the one that opened in Upper Arlington or what might happen to the 68,000 square foot Giant Eagle at 1451 Grandview Avenue or their 37,000 square foot store at 777 Neil Avenue that are both within a mile of this Grandview Yard location.  Below is the Business First article link:

 

Business First: Giant Eagle landing at Grandview Yard with new store

An update on the Giant Eagle part of the Grandview Yard development:

 

Given the mixed-use, high-quality urban way that Phase I of Grandview Yard was built and the equally high-quality urban way that the next phase apartments are proceeding, the news that Grandview Yard was landing a Giant Eagle got many local urbanophiles excited about what an "urban Giant Eagle" might look like.  Well it turns out that the "urban Giant Eagle" proposed for Grandview Yard looks alot like a standard suburban Giant Eagle.  Walker at Columbus Underground posted the submitted Giant Eagle plans for north of Third Avenue.  Below is the cover sheet which summarizes the proposal.  A larger version of this cover sheet and further detailed site plans are available at the Columbus Underground thread: "Grandview Yard Giant Eagle"

 

 

Now - to be fair and to put the proposal in context - the Giant Eagle would be located over 1/2 mile north of Grandview Yard's urban mixed-use Phase I and next phase urban apartments currently under construction.  Giant Eagle would be at the extreme northern terminus of the new Yard Street that starts next to Phase I at Goodale Boulevard.  And the Giant Eagle site is also an industrial brownfield site next to two railroad lines.  But the standard suburban layout proposed for the Giant Eagle store and the four outparcels next to Third Avenue is underwhelming at best.

 

Here's how the GV Giant Eagle proposal compares with the last two inner-city urban grocery stores constructed in Columbus. 

 

- Around 2002, a new Kroger store was built in the Brewery District.  The Brewery District layout is similar to the GV Giant Eagle layout.  Both layouts feature a conventional "big box with a big parking lot" pushed to the rear of the development site and separate development parcels fronting the primary street.  However, the Brewery District development has two multi-story urban buildings along Front Street.  While GV Giant Eagle would have a two free-standing auto-oriented uses (gas station and drive-thru bank) along Third Avenue.

 

- Last year, a new Kroger store was built to replace an older Kroger store on N. High Street between OSU and the Short North.  This "Short North Kroger" is two-stories tall, is built up to High Street, and is generally very urban in its exterior design. 

 

With those two "urban Kroger" stores as recent precedents, much more was expected from the Grandview Yard Giant Eagle.  Additionally, this new GV is likely to result in the closure of an existing GV located in Victorian Village.  The Victorian Village GV, though located in an older strip center, is very accessible by walkers and bikers.  This combination is giving the Grandview Yard Giant Eagle proposal a rough reception from the urban enthusiasts at CU (link posted above).  So far only site plans have been released.  No elevations or renderings yet.

Ugh.

My thoughts on this phase 2 retail section is that the developer has basically admitted that the economy for retail is just not there, and they're not interested in waiting for the urban development that they originally planned for.  Instead, they're likely going to end up building anything from anyone interested in the site, and it won't matter if the development is urban or suburban, so long as something gets built.  It's a huge wasted opportunity for this development and extremely disappointing that the developer has no interest in keeping to the original plans.  It just seems like they've become tired of the project and want to move on as quickly as possible.  The Giant Eagle might as well be at Hilliard-Rome Road with that layout.  You have a large box store, a huge surface lot and a few fast-food drive-thrus on one end.  The fact that they keep referring to this as a dense urban development is a joke. 

This "Short North Kroger" is two-stories tall, is built up to High Street, and is generally very urban in its exterior design.

 

Bwa? Two-stories? It's a tall building with standard high-celings that most grocery stores have, but as far as I'm aware, there's no second story.

This "Short North Kroger" is two-stories tall, is built up to High Street, and is generally very urban in its exterior design.

 

Bwa? Two-stories? It's a tall building with standard high-celings that most grocery stores have, but as far as I'm aware, there's no second story.

All I meant was that the "Short North Kroger" was two-stories in overall height.  Plus it was built up to High Street and had fenestration along High Street to appeared like a traditional two-story building.  (See photos here in the Weinland Park thread.)

 

If I wanted to get really technical, I could count the store managers office in the upper story loft space. :wink: But I do agree that internally the "Short North Kroger" is a standard high-ceiling grocery store.  It's just that the portion facing High Street gives the appearance of a more traditional two-story building.

Walker posted a photo of the future Giant Eagle location being cleared at the north of Third / Grandview Yard site at Columbus Underground.  Interesting view of the downtown skyline about a mile and half in the background.  You can also see the Time Warner office building on the Gowdy Field redevelopment site in the foreground in front of the downtown skyline.

 

More constructions photos of the Grandview Yard apartments:

 

This is from a June Dispatch article about the area apartment market

 

 

 

These are from a June construction update at Columbus Underground

 

 

No renderings or plans released with this announcement of a 42-bed rehabilitation hospital proposed for the Grandview Yard development.  But from the description, it looks like the hospital facility would be located along Goodale Boulevard next to the previously constructed Phase I portion of the project.

 

HealthSouth rehab hospital set for Grandview Yard

Business First by Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter

Date: Friday, July 27, 2012, 6:00am EDT

 

An Alabama-based operator of rehabilitation hospitals wants to build a 42-bed center at Grandview Yard.  Documents filed with the city of Grandview Heights identify HealthSouth Corp. as the proposed owner of a planned two-story, 62,800-square-foot building at Northwest and Goodale Boulevards.  The Grandview Heights Planning Commission has scheduled a meeting Aug. 2 to consider the proposal.

 

Patrik Bowman, the city’s director of administration, said the project would employ 120 workers over three shifts.  The bulk of the those jobs would be high-paying physicians, nurses, physical therapists and occupational therapists.

 

Plans show patient rooms and nursing facilities on the second floor, with administrative offices, physician offices, exam rooms, therapy rooms and a dining room on the first floor along with 16 covered staff parking spots.  The facility would share a surface parking lot with a nearby apartment complex under construction.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/07/27/rehab-center-eyes-grandview-yard.html

 

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There's also a non-paywall blog post from Business First looking at this new hospital facility as part of the overall Grandview Yard development at the link below:

 

HealthSouth interest in Grandview Yard may lead to more medical projects

More about the HealthSouth rehab hospital previously announced for Grandview Yard.  Below is a rendering of the two-story, 42-bed hospital building proposed to be built on an undeveloped parcel along Goodale Boulevard.  Below the HealthSouth rendering is a County Auditor GIS map showing this part of Grandview Yard:

 

 

 

I've annotated the County GIS map to show the development in this part of the Grandview Yard development as follows: 

 

- Green shows the Phase I construction in Grandview Yard

- Red shows the area currently under construction as apartments

- Blue shows the area owned by HealthSouth

- The rest of the buildings on the map are existing buildings surrounding Grandview Yard

 

The HealthSouth building would occupy the full length of Goodale Boulevard frontage from Northwest Boulevard to Bobcat Avenue. (Northwest Boulevard is not labeled on the GIS map - but this is the medianed road immediately west of the HealthSouth property.)  The HealthSouth building would continue north along Bobcat Avenue and stop at an existing parking lot north of the building.  That parking lot would remain to be a shared use lot for the HealthSouth Hospital and the Grandview Yard Apartments.

 

Meanwhile, the Grandview Yard Apartments construction keeps chugging right along.  And keeps looking better and better the closer the three-building, 154-unit project gets to completion.  Below are some late July photos of the three apartment buildings from Columbus Underground - Construction Roundup — July 2012:

 

 

 

More photos at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-july-2012

Hell, I wish Columbus Commons' latest rendering looked like that!

There's a little bit of Grandview Heights infrastructure work is this report - but the majority is related to the next phase of NRI's Grandview Yard development.  So it seemed more appropriate to file it in this thread.  Below is the ThisWeekNews article excerpt:

 

City to submit applications for 2 projects

By ALAN FROMAN, ThisWeek Community News

Tuesday,  September 11, 2012 - 8:47 PM

 

The city of Grandview Heights will submit applications seeking financial assistance from the Ohio Public Works Commission for two separate proposed infrastructure projects. ... The city will be applying on behalf of Nationwide Realty Investors for improvements on the east end of Goodale from Northwest Boulevard to the city corporation line, including portions of the Grandview Yard project.

 

The second application will be for the Grandview's proposed project to upgrade existing infrastructure and build new infrastructure on the west end of Goodale from Grandview Avenue to Lincoln Road.  Details of the two projects were presented during a public meeting held just before the council meeting.

 

The NRI project will include a number of improvements that need to be done in support of the Yard, said Jim Rost, NRI's vice president of development and construction.  The project would include:

 

- Widening Goodale to include a westbound right-turn lane onto Northwest Boulevard. The improvements would include a sidewalk, curb and gutter, miscellaneous drainage and an overlay of the existing street.

- Improvements to the alleys near the HealthSouth medical center that will be built at the northeast corner of Northwest and Goodale.

- Adding a westbound right-turn lane on Burr Avenue and adding sidewalks to Burr between the alley and Northwest.

- Improvements to Northwest Boulevard at Burr, including sidewalk and curb ramp upgrades to promote pedestrian crossings and traffic control enhancements, including signage and pavement markings.

- Reconstruction and relocation of Williams Avenue between Bobcat and Yard Street.

- Extension of Bobcat Street from the residential drive to Williams Avenue and street improvements, including new lighting, storm sewer and sidewalk along the east side of Bobcat.

- Extending Yard Street to Williams Avenue; street, storm and sanitary sewer and water line improvements and a streetscape completed along the west side of Yard Street.

- Lining the existing sanitary sewer on Goodale between the railroad bridge and Northwest Boulevard.

 

READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2012/09/11/opwc-funding-city-to-submit-applications-for-2-projects.html

Columbus Business First took some recent photos of the Grandview Yard development showing its initial finished hotel-office-retail phase, its almost finished phase of three four-story apartment buildings, and its just-started phases of the HealthSouth rehab hospital and the Giant Eagle supermarket.  Below is a link to a brief article and slideshow:

 

Business First Photo Slideshow: Phase 2 raising dirt at Nationwide Realty’s Grandview Yard project

Recap and reposting time for Grandview Yard:

 

Phase 2 of Grandview Yard finished up over the first half of 2013.  The three four-story apartment buildings with 154 units saw residents move in over the past year.  More about this from Columbus Underground at First Residents Moving into Grandview Yard.  These apartments also have their own website now at http://www.grandviewyardapartments.com/.  Below are a few photos of the finished buildings from both websites:

 

 

 

 

 

In April, Business First reported that the construction start of the Giant Eagle approved to be built north of West Third Avenue has been delayed.  The site had been cleared of its former industrial buildings in anticipation of a March 2013 construction start.  However, March came and went with no activity on the site.  In their report - Start on Giant Eagle store at Grandview Yard delayed; 2014 debut now likely - Business First confirmed that construction had indeed been delayed.  Instead of a Fall 2013 opening date, a "mid to late 2014" opening date is now expected by Giant Eagle officials.

 

Giant Eagle did not say why construction was being delayed.  (See previously approved design posted here in this thread.)  The approved design was one of their standard suburban store types.  Since that approval, Giant Eagle has developed an urban version of its upscale Market District store.  Some have speculated that Giant Eagle might be rethinking the Grandview Yard design with the intent to build this more urban version of their store.  That speculation grew louder when Giant Eagle announced their intention to build one of those stores in Bexley in May.  Though so far there has been no additional news about the Grandview Yard location.

Now, for some new Grandview Yard news.  Last week, a new development phase was announced.  This phase would consist of 120 apartments to be built north of the recently completed phase of 154 apartments.  The new phase of 120 apartment units would be in three interconnected four-story buildings lining Yard Street.  28,000 square feet of commercial space would also be included on the ground floor of the buildings.

 

More about this project from Columbus Underground and Business First at the links below.  Below that is a rendering of the proposed new buildings as viewed from Yard Street:

 

Columbus Underground: NRI Announces Next Phase of Grandview Yard Apartments

 

Business First: New phase of Grandview Yard apartments will have street-level office, retail space

 

 

The only downside to this next Grandview Yard development phase is that Nationwide Realty Investors (NRI) had to work around an existing business that refused to move.  Below is a modified site plan from the Columbus Underground report linked in the previous post.  The map is turned so north faces up and the three interconnected four-story buildings containing 120 apartments plus 28,000 square feet of commercial space facing Yard Street is hi-lighted in blue.

 

 

The Capital Wholesale Drug Company is the building with the parking lot directly west of the new Grandview Yard apartment buildings.  Capital refused to sell to NRI.  Apparently the only way for this next Grandview Yard phase to move forward was for NRI to do a land swap with Capital.  The land swap creates a parking lot west of the existing Capital building and gives NRI enough land for the new apartment buildings.  ThisWeekNews has more about this at http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2013/06/04/land-exchange-will-lead-up-to-third-phase-of-grandview-yard.html.  Here is a link to a Google Map of the existing conditions: http://goo.gl/maps/3vquB

 

ThisWeekNews reported on last week's approval from the Grandview Heights Planning Commission for the next phase of Grandview Yard - 120 apartments plus 28,000 square feet of commercial space in three interconnected four-story buildings.  NRI's presentation to the planning commission also looked back at the last 2 1/2 years of Grandview Yard development.  NRI President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Ellis also updated the planning commission on the status of the Giant Eagle project, as follows:

 

"The projected opening of a new Giant Eagle store has been pushed back to the middle of next year, because Giant Eagle has decided to "slow down a bit to go through a redesign and upgrade" of its plans for the outlet, Ellis said."

 

ThisWeekNews: Grandview Yard update: Giant Eagle stalls, but 'overall vision' remains intact

Another part of Grandview Yard seems to be stalled.  Below is a report from Business First that includes a slideshow of the HealthSouth rehab hospital project approved last year by Grandview Heights.

 

HealthSouth’s Grandview Yard plans in limbo, with no construction date set

By Carrie Ghose, Staff reporter

Business First - August 22, 2013, 4:16pm EDT

 

One year after buying land and announcing plans for a 50-bed rehabilitation hospital in Grandview Yard, HealthSouth Corp. is not ready to start construction.  “Unfortunately, at this time, there are no updates to the plans,” spokeswoman Casey Talley Lassiter said in an email to Columbus Business First.

 

Birmingham, Ala.-based HealthSouth, the largest U.S. operator of rehabilitation inpatient hospitals, got approval from Grandview Heights for its plan for the $25 million facility it said would bring 120 jobs.  The company said last August that construction would start soon thereafter.  HealthSouth has not yet sought a building permit, said Patrik Bowman, the city’s economic development director.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2013/08/healthsouths-grandview-yard-plans-in.html

Meanwhile, plans for north of Third Avenue keep moving along.  NRI completes a small land purchase for the Giant Eagle project which, according to this report from Business First, is set to begin construction this fall.

 

Nationwide Realty buys more land for Grandview Yard

By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter

Business First - Sept. 12, 2013, 3:23pm EDT

 

Nationwide Realty Investors Ltd. has filled in the last notch of its land assemblage along Edgehill Road for the north section of its Grandview Yard redevelopment.  Records show the real estate affiliate of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. bought a 0.39-acre property at 1300 Edgehill Road for $925,000 in late August.

 

The purchase comes more than 5½ years after the developer first extended the boundaries of its mixed-use redevelopment into the Columbus industrial district from its Grandview Heights base with the purchase of 2.2 acres at 814 W. Third for $1.9 million.  It now owns 15.5 acres north of West Third.

 

Nationwide Realty last purchased land north of Third in early 2012 after closing on land along Third east of Edgehill.  That purchase gave the developer the land it needed for the Giant Eagle-anchored retail center now set for construction later this fall.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2013/09/nationwide-realty-buys-more-land-for.html

The Atlanta-based HealthSouth hospital project in Grandview Yard might be stalled, but a locally-based OhioHealth urgent care center is being planned for a medical office building on the south side of Third Avenue.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/09/18/ohiohealth-planning-urgent-care-center.html

The Atlanta-based HealthSouth hospital project in Grandview Yard might be stalled, but a locally-based OhioHealth urgent care center is being planned for a medical office building on the south side of Third Avenue.

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/09/18/ohiohealth-planning-urgent-care-center.html

 

A little more about this development from the Dispatch:

 

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/09/21/grandview-yard-plans-brewery-apartments.html

Medical building awaits nod from Columbus leaders

Building will straddle border between cities; work on area's infrastructure nearly complete

By ALAN FROMAN, ThisWeek Community News

Wednesday, October 2, 2013 - 9:49 AM

 

The Grandview Heights Planning Commission last month granted a certificate of appropriateness review and approval of a proposed new medical building in the Grandview Yard development.  Because the building site on West Third Avenue straddles the border between Grandview and Columbus, the plan also must be approved by Columbus city officials.  As part of its vote at its Sept. 18 meeting, the planning commission encouraged Columbus to approve the plan and grant a variance to allow the building site to be extended into the public right of way.

(. . .)

OhioHealth has signed a 10-year lease to operate an urgent-care center in the new building, NRI President and COO Brian Ellis said.  The developer hopes to attract another medical use to the 10,000-square-foot building.  The building will be located adjacent to the planned Giant Eagle store, Ellis said.  "We expect to do another building in this location and expect it to be a high-end, sit-down restaurant," he said.  The restaurant would provide the kind of retail that will be attractive to people living and working in the Yard development, Ellis said.

 

"We're very pleased with the progress we're making along Third Avenue.  The infrastructure improvements should be complete before the end of October, Ellis said.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2013/10/01/grandview-yard-development-medical-building-awaits-nod-from-columbus-leaders.html

ThisWeekNews reported on last week's approval from the Grandview Heights Planning Commission for the next phase of Grandview Yard - 120 apartments plus 28,000 square feet of commercial space in three interconnected four-story buildings.  NRI's presentation to the planning commission also looked back at the last 2 1/2 years of Grandview Yard development.  NRI President and Chief Operating Officer Brian Ellis also updated the planning commission on the status of the Giant Eagle project, as follows:

 

"The projected opening of a new Giant Eagle store has been pushed back to the middle of next year, because Giant Eagle has decided to "slow down a bit to go through a redesign and upgrade" of its plans for the outlet, Ellis said."

 

ThisWeekNews: Grandview Yard update: Giant Eagle stalls, but 'overall vision' remains intact

 

The Giant Eagle at Grandview Yard has begun construction:

 

Giant Eagle gets started on Grandview Yard store with Market District-style mezzanine

By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter

Business First - Nov 13, 2013, 6:04pm EST

 

So just what is Giant Eagle building at Grandview Yard?  The Pittsburgh-based grocer finally started construction on its latest store at 840 W. Third Ave. in recent weeks after delaying construction earlier this year.

 

Columbus building permits show the store will have 90,970 square feet on the main floor and 9,120 square feet on a mezzanine.  That mezzanine space may indicate the store will join the growing list of upscale Market Districts in Columbus.  The Market District in Upper Arlington ... has seating and communal space on a second level.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2013/11/giant-eagle-gets-started-on-grandview.html

 

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There was a photo of the under-construction Giant Eagle at the above linked Business First article.  Columbus Underground also has some photos of the Giant Eagle construction (as well as some other Grandview Yard construction) in their November 2013: Part 1 Construction Roundup at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2013-part-1

Offices, parking and Hofbrauhaus coming to Grandview Yard

 

 

Nationwide Realty Investors Ltd. has filed plans for a 78,000-square-foot office building and a 505-slot parking garage for the next phase of Grandview Yard.

 

The Grandview Heights Planning Commission also will consider final development plans for the Hofbrauhaus restaurant my colleague Dan Eaton wrote about in September.

 

The Columbus-based developer filed applications for the three projects on the Goodale Boulevard end of Grandview Yard on Tuesday, but declined to comment ahead of the Dec. 18 planning commission meeting.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2013/12/more-offices-parking-and-hofbrauhaus.html

What what WHAT? Hofbrau? I CAN HAVE SAURKRAUT BALLS IN COLUMBUS!

 

(And not the ones from Barleys, they aren't nearly as delicious as they used to be.)

Hot off the interwebs.  Columbus Underground has renderings and more information on the latest phase of the Grandview Yard development (Block D on the above posted update from 12/3).  The renderings show the three-story office building and the two-story Hofbrauhaus restaurant, which also features a large outdoor beer garden.

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/nri-releases-renderings-new-details-on-latest-grandview-yard-phase-bw1

 

Quite a bit of news about Grandview Yard this week.  The first news was about Panera Bread Company moving its Grandview location from Grandview Avenue to a Third Avenue location next to the Giant Eagle supermarket under construction in the Grandview Yard development - more about this here in the Columbus Restaurants thread:

 

Columbus Underground: Panera Relocating from Grandview Avenue to Grandview Yard

There was confirmation that the Giant Eagle supermarket under construction will indeed be a Market District type supermarket, as was built in Upper Arlington recently and was suspected earlier by Business First:

 

Business First: Giant Eagle confirms Market District concept for Grandview Yard store

The final bit of news was a Business First interview with the Grandview Yard developer about the future of the development.  Below is the link to the full article with the interview. 

 

In the interview, it is said that the next key step is the extension of Yard Street to West Third Avenue.  This is expected to occur in the next 24 months and would open up development in the middle of the almost 100-acre Grandview Yard footprint.  The developer also has plans also for more than 600 residential units in this part of development.  Currently there are 154 apartments open now and another 120 under construction in Grandview Yard:

 

Business First: Grandview Yard developer eyes project’s next phase after Panera, Giant Eagle deals finalized

City of Grandview Heights received bids for the 500-car parking garage to be built as part of the next phase of the Grandview Yard development.  According to ThisWeekNews (article linked below) the city accepted seven bids that ranged from $4,579,000 to $5,376,000.  The garage will be privately owned and maintained by the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority

 

Grandview Heights also considered the public improvements listed below estimated to be about $2.7 million.  Those projects -- as well as planned work to construct a right-turn lane along the north side of Goodale between Bobcat Avenue and Northwest Boulevard, widen Burr Avenue at Northwest, and create streetscape plans for the third phase of Grandview Yard -- are expected to go to bid later:

 

- Baldwin Street from Yard Street to Rail Street (streets, utilities, sidewalks and street trees).

 

- Rail Street from Goodale Boulevard to Baldwin Street (streets, utilities, sidewalks and street trees).

 

- East side of Yard Street and south side of Goodale Boulevard (sidewalks and street trees).

 

- Private drive around the parking garage (street and utilities).

 

Full article about this at http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2014/02/04/grandview-yard-board-accepts-bid-for-parking-garage-construction.html

Construction photos of the next phase of apartments being built at Grandview Yard - initial project news posted here in this thread in July 2013.  This next phase consists of 120 apartments north of the recently completed phase of 154 apartments.  This new phase of 120 apartment units would be in three interconnected four-story buildings lining Yard Street.  28,000 square feet of commercial space would also be included on the ground floor of the buildings.

 

From late February 2014 - http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2014-part-2

 

From late March 2014 - http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-march-2014-part-2

Some beautiful renderings of this next phase of apartments being built at Grandview Yard plus an aerial fly-by video of this apartment phase and everthing else built at Grandview Yard are at http://www.demczyk.com/apartments-at-the-yard-phase-two/

 

Grandview Yard Gets LEED Neighborhood Certification

By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground

March 27, 2014 - 1:20 pm

 

Only a small fraction of the 100+ acres of the Grandview Yard development footprint has been complete, but the project just landed a major feather in its cap with one of the first LEED-ND (Neighborhood Development) designations in the Midwest.  As recognized by the United States Green Building Counsel (USGBC), LEED-ND means that Grandview Yard adheres to the smart growth, urbanism and green building principles that make for sustainable neighborhood design.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/grandview-yard-gets-leed-neighborhood-certification

Some pictures from 4-20

 

The first 2 are of the apartments. The 3rd is of the office building. The 4th is of Hofbrauhaus with the parking structure and office building construction in the background.

 

My only question is where is Giant Eagle? I didn't see it at all. Is it further north?