As promised, Hofbrauhaus opened on Tuesday.  Small sampling of opening night photos from their facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hofbrauhaus-Columbus/177088352496547 - BEER FOR EVERYONE!!!

And if the opening of Hofbrauhaus wasn't enough for Grandview Yard on Tuesday, Panera's also opened.  BREAD FOR EVERYONE!!!

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/10/paneras-joining-hofbrauhaus-at-grandview-yard-next.html

Late November 2014 pics of the Keystone Building at Grandview Yard: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2014-part-1

 

 

 

Late November 2014 pics of the new office building at Grandview Yard from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2014-part-2

 

View of the new office building with the Keystone Building in the background:

 

View of the new office building from the new parking garage across the street:

 

Ground level view of the new office building:

Single-family homes planned at Grandview Yard

 

Homeowners may be moving into Grandview Yard under a plan by Wagenbrenner Development Inc.

 

The urban developer, best known for projects in the Short North, wants to build 20 detached homes and 25 townhomes on 3 acres between Burr and William avenues, according to plans filed this week with the city's planning commission.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/12/single-family-homes-planned-at-grandview-yard.html

Shot of the completed Keystone apartments.

Single-family homes planned at Grandview Yard

 

Homeowners may be moving into Grandview Yard under a plan by Wagenbrenner Development Inc.  The urban developer, best known for projects in the Short North, wants to build 20 detached homes and 25 townhomes on 3 acres between Burr and William avenues, according to plans filed this week with the city's planning commission.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/12/single-family-homes-planned-at-grandview-yard.html

 

More news about this single-family and townhome development phase in Grandview Yard:

 

-- First for-sale residential project approved for Grandview Yard: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/02/26/first-for-sale-residential-project-approved-for.html

 

-- New Homes and Townhomes Planned for Grandview Heights: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-homes-and-townhomes-planned-for-grandview-heights

Here is an update to a previous Grandview Yard development map posted on August 2014.  I added the two green blocks between Burr Avenue and Williams Avenue to indicate where the recently approved Wagenbrenner 20 single-family houses and 25 townhomes units would be built.

 

Neither the Business First or Columbus Underground articles contained a site plan for this newest phase.  But from the renderings published by CU (next post), it looks like the single-family homes would be located next to the existing Grandview Heights residences that face Northwest Boulevard, and that the larger townhome buildings would be on the block facing the existing Grandview Yard development.

Columbus Underground's article included some renderings of the approved Wagenbrenner 20 single-family houses and 25 townhomes units.  Here are a few from http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-homes-and-townhomes-planned-for-grandview-heights:

 

 

 

 

 

The last two renderings show the single-family homes facing a mid-block street with a previous built 4-story apartment building in the background.  More renderings at http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-homes-and-townhomes-planned-for-grandview-heights

Lookin' good.

Harrison West-West

I don't have any photos but I was shopping at the Market District today and saw steel is starting to go up on one of the Nationwide buildings.

I think one office building and one parking structure are starting to rise.

 

I broke out my drone for a photo today. The picture is taken about 85' up and facing north towards the Giant Eagle. To the right is probably the parking garage and in the middle is first building in the Nationwide campus.

 

I would've have gone higher, but it was a windy day and I'm still building my confidence my phantom 2 vision ;)

 

http://1drv.ms/1ENrO0L (the link from onedrive for the picture)

A little more steel

 

 

I got a new lens for my camera. I used Grandview Yard to test it out on Sunday.

 

 

Announcement of a new project in Grandview Yard at the northeast corner of Goodale Boulevard and Yard Street.  Actually, more of a confirmation of a previously mentioned project (the footprint of which can be seen as building #16 in this previous post).  The Grandview Yard project is as follows:

 

- 4-story, 135-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel to be located between a recently completed office building and the Hofbrauhaus;

 

- 12,440 sq. ft. conference and event center to be located between the new hotel and the Hofbrauhaus along Goodale.

Here is the news from Business First:

 

- Grandview Yard getting 2nd hotel under Nationwide Realty’s latest plan: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/04/09/grandview-yard-getting-2nd-hotel-under-nationwide.html

 

- Grandview Yard event center to complement pair of hotels:  http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/04/09/grandview-yard-event-center-to-complement-pair-of.html

 

 

Here is the news from Columbus Underground:

 

- Grandview Yard adding second hotel with Courtyard by Mariott:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/grandview-yard-adding-second-hotel-with-courtyard-by-marriott

 

- The Grand Event Center announced at Grandview Yard:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-grand-event-center-announced-at-grandview-yard

The first building of the massive Nationwide Insurance office complex is under construction at Grandview Yard.  Late April photos from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2015-part-1:

 

One shot I took a week ago.

 

NRI announced another apartment building for Grandview Yard.  166 units in a four-story building - to be called the Brooks Building - across the street from the recently completed 800 Yard Street office building:

 

Grandview Yard getting more apartments to meet surging demand

By Brian R. Ball, Columbus Business First

June 24, 2015, 2:25pm EDT

 

Nationwide Realty Investors Ltd. has another round of rental housing on tap.  The developer of Grandview Yard plans to build 166 apartments on a 2.2-acre site next to the 800 Yard Street office property that just opened.  It’s the latest phase of residential development within the former industrial district of Grandview Heights, where the bulk of the 115-acre mixed-used project is located.

 

The new Brooks building will be part of the scattered Apartments at Grandview Yard development and will have a 128-slot underground parking garage serving the mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments within the four-story, Sullivan Bruck Architects-designed complex.  The apartments will range in size from 722 to 1,219 square feet of living space.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/06/24/grandview-yard-getting-more-apartments-to-meet.html

More about the next four-story apartment building to be built at Grandview Yard from CU:

 

ARTICLE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/next-grandview-yard-apartment-building-announced-bw1

 

THREAD: http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/166-new-apartments-planned-for-grandview-yard

 

And some renderings and location map for the new 166-unit, four-story apartment building:

 

STREET SIDE RENDERING:

 

BACK SIDE RENDERING:

 

LOCATION MAP: (This is from the Grandview Yard website.  I highlighted the new apartment building in red for clarity.)

A couple from last week

 

A couple more

Not much to see but it looks last week work began on both the second hotel and the new apartment building.

Last Friday

I give NRI credit as always being the fastest developer to go from announcement of a project to construction. They really know how to get things done (paging LC...).

I give NRI credit as always being the fastest developer to go from announcement of a project to construction. They really know how to get things done (paging LC...).

 

I know! When the announced that new apartment building the news was "construction could start within a week," which I did not believe. A week later and they were working on the site.

NRI has a constant capital source from Nationwide. They know what they are doing, sure, but it is a little different than a general private developer who must finder a willing lender and this satisfy everything their conservation counsel wants to see.

Cross-posted in the 5xNW development thread - which also includes the Columbus 5xNW Commission's invitation to the City of Columbus public meeting about these Third Avenue improvements described in the below linked Dispatch article:

 

Columbus hopeful for state funds to rebuild 3rd Avenue railroad bridge:  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/09/04/columbus-expects-to-get-state-funds-for-3rd-avenue-railroad-bridge-work.html

 

Grandview Yard residents getting a clubhouse with pool and fitness center

 

 

Grandview Yard's developer plans to pump up the amenity package for its apartment tenants as it continues to build more rental units.

 

Nationwide Realty Investors Ltd. is planning a 13,000-square-foot clubhouse to help keep the 275 or so existing apartments fully occupied and make the 166 apartments under construction even more attractive.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/11/20/grandview-yard-residents-getting-a-clubhouse-with.html

More about the clubhouse/pool development at Grandview Yard from http://www.columbusunderground.com/grandview-yard-pool-and-clubhouse-bw1:

 

Photo of the 135-room Courtyard by Marriott at Grandview Yard going up:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/tourism-generates-record-setting-40-million-in-bed-tax-revenue

 

Eddie George's Grille helps Grandview Yard by keeping connection to Ohio State

 

The above linked Business First article about the Eddie George's restaurant moving from South Campus Gateway and replacing the Buckeye Hall of Fame restaurant at Grandview Yard also contained the following development updates for Grandview Yard:

• Nationwide Insurance and its 3,400 employees will be moving into their new Grandview Yard offices this summer.

• Also currently construction is an event center and a 135-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel, a 166-unit apartment complex (to go with the 274 apartments already open) and a new 13,000-square-foot clubhouse with a pool, spa and fitness center for those residents.

• Construction on another apartment complex should begin this year.  Also planned are some condominiums and single-family homes similar to what Wagenbrenner Development has under construction at the Yard.

• Nationwide Realty's President also said there are ongoing discussions with retail, restaurant and service businesses for the corridor along West Third Avenue and expects some announcements this year.

Early March 2016 photos of Grandview Yard construction from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-update-grandview-heights-fifth-by-northwest:

 

135-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel:

 

 

The Brooks - four-story 166-unit apartment building:

 

 

Two views of the Homes on Pullman Way, which will add 20 new single-family homes and 25 for-sale townhomes:

 

 

Additional construction photos at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-update-grandview-heights-fifth-by-northwest

Some early March 2016 photos of the Nationwide Insurance Offices under construction in Grandview Yard from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-update-grandview-heights-fifth-by-northwest:

 

Nationwide is building over 500,000 sq. ft. of office space and two parking garages as part of this development.  Nationwide Insurance will be relocating nearly 3,000 workers from existing outerbelt locations into Grandview Yard beginning in 2016, as construction phases are completed:

 

 

Nationwide Realty adding condos at Grandview Yard for the 1st time

 

 

Nationwide Realty Investors Ltd. is giving people a chance to buy into Grandview Yard.

 

The Columbus developer has outlined plans for a five-story, 35-unit condominium building at the northeast corner of Burr and Bobcat avenues, joining multiple apartment buildings in the master-planned development.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/05/19/nationwide-realty-adding-condos-at-grandview-yard.html

With Nationwide moving 3,000 jobs downtown, I have to wonder if the infrastructure on 315 N and S will be updated. I assume people will be exiting primarily at either Goodale/ORR from the north and Goodale from the south. On 315 North the onramp from 670 and exit ramp to Goodale already create a significant bottleneck during morning rush. And from the north on 315 South, somewhat ameliorated by the fact that the exit ramp occurs before the onramp, but complicated by the fact that the exit ramp is quite short at that point. I could see that becoming a cluster...

 

Goodale doesn't seem well-equipped to handle that much traffic at this point.

http://www.columbusunderground.com/sidewalks-third-avenue-bw1

 

Sidewalks may finally be going in on 3rd Ave - along the NE border of the GV Yard site.

 

Employees started working at one of the new Nationwide buildings last week I believe.

Couple of older saved articles about office space leasing at Grandview Yard:

 

-- http://www.columbusunderground.com/office-space-leasing-rapidly-at-grandview-yard

 

-- http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/02/04/grandview-yard-lands-8-new-office-tenants.html

An April CU article about who are buying the single-family homes and townhomes being built at the Homes on Pullman Way in Grandview Yard:

 

-- Empty Nesters, Young Families Driving Market for Grandview Yard Homes:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-grandview-yard-homes-bw1

 

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And here's an update on the Homes on Pullman Way construction from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-may-edition:

 

 

More Grandview Yard construction updates from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-may-edition:

 

The Brooks - four-story 166-unit apartment building:

 

The 135-room Courtyard by Marriott hotel (with The Grand event center in background):

 

Close-up of The Grand event center at Grandview Yard.  The Grand is being built in-between the Marriott Hotel and the Hofbräuhaus.  More about The Grand at http://www.grandviewyard.com/hotelseventcenter/thegrandeventcenter.aspx:

And Grandview Yard's big daddy construction project - the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. offices:

 

SLIDESHOW:  Nationwide moving first of 3,000-plus employees into Grandview Yard offices in late May:  http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/05/26/first-look-nationwide-moving-first-of-3-000-plus.html

 

 

Also from http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/05/26/first-look-nationwide-moving-first-of-3-000-plus.html - a recap of the four buildings being built for Nationwide Insurance at Grandview Yard:

 

Four-story “H” building at 1000 Yard St.

- Size: 320,000 square feet

- Status: Completed in May

 

Four-story “I” building at 1050 Yard St.

- Size: 160,000 square feet

- Status: Expected completion by year-end

 

South "O" garage

- Size: 1,400 spaces

- Status: Completed in May

 

North "O" garage

- Size: 1,100 spaces

- Status: Late 2016, coinciding with building “I”

It's on fire!

Jams it in!

wow that is great news from nationwide. moving all those jobs from the sprawl back into town. and look at all this insurance business campus and spinoff housing development. jeepers -- they really are on our side!

Ran across information for a new mixed use building in the Grandview Yard. It's going to be called the Manchester and it will be 5 stories, have 123 apartment units, 14,000sf ground floor retail, and half of that expected to be restaurants with space for patios.

 

 

Here's the PDF leasing information as well - http://www.grandviewyard.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Manchester-Leasing-Sheet-2016.pdf

 

It will be located along Yard St in front of the new northern Nationwide parking garage. This is the type of building they should have started with!

Also, an interesting PDF about Grandview Yard created by the Finance Department in Grandview Heights - http://www.grandviewheights.org/DocumentCenter/View/1713

 

In particularly the following stats are interesting -

 

For all built/announced buildings:

 

Total Square Footage: 952,012 sq sf

Total No. Residential Units: 643 units

Total No. Hotel Rooms: 261 rooms

Total Employee Count: 2,009  - as of July 31st 2016

Prayers for 3rd Ave and Goodale traffic.