February 5, 20223 yr On 2/3/2022 at 3:03 PM, 614love said: Heard Brian Ellis COO of NRI said “let’s ramp up construction in GVY and Arena District”. What that means exactly I’m not sure but any recent NRI proposals might have new life. Would/could this be related to the Intel news? All that property that NRI owns and an impending boom?-no reason not to 'ramp' things up(go higher!).
February 11, 20223 yr On 2/3/2022 at 4:42 PM, cbussoccer said: Ramp up? As in build taller? Sounds good to me Brian! I would love to see something taller here. The cohesiveness of the area is nice, but when you're driving through it most of the buildings & aesthetic just blends together. Would like something more stand-out or focal point material.
February 11, 20223 yr 15 minutes ago, PrestoKinetic said: I would love to see something taller here. The cohesiveness of the area is nice, but when you're driving through it most of the buildings & aesthetic just blends together. Would like something more stand-out or focal point material. Kind of the same problem in the AD. While it is stunning, the 5 story brick just feels monotonous after a block or two, you really have to have some visual breaks or pop. The AD and Grandview Yard were massive wins overall but I just feel like NRI went too conservative and as a result, all these years later with things like Franklinton and the Short North booming, these two areas now feel quite bland.
February 11, 20223 yr 41 minutes ago, DevolsDance said: Kind of the same problem in the AD. While it is stunning, the 5 story brick just feels monotonous after a block or two, you really have to have some visual breaks or pop. The AD and Grandview Yard were massive wins overall but I just feel like NRI went too conservative and as a result, all these years later with things like Franklinton and the Short North booming, these two areas now feel quite bland. True, but even in the Arena District, you have more landmarks, like Huntington Park, Nationwide Arena itself, and the glass North Bank condos and some other towers (1 Nationwide, AC Hotel) backing the edge which helps to diversify the look. Grandview Yard is just solely 5 story brick blocks back to back.
April 5, 20223 yr New apartment building currently under construction at GVY (The Morrison) should have 8 retail spaces on first floor.
April 15, 20223 yr On 4/5/2022 at 12:38 PM, 614love said: New apartment building currently under construction at GVY (The Morrison) should have 8 retail spaces on first floor. Looks like they are moving pretty quick on it now:
May 10, 20223 yr 55 minutes ago, 614love said: The Morrison Such a nice contrast between the buildings, the greenery and the red bricks.
May 13, 20223 yr On 5/10/2022 at 12:38 PM, TIm said: Such a nice contrast between the buildings, the greenery and the red bricks. Agreed - plus it nice to not see more red brick (classic NRI!)
May 13, 20223 yr On 5/10/2022 at 11:41 AM, 614love said: The Morrison And the "Ohio"block design will finally be complete and only enjoyed by those eyes in the skies.
May 13, 20223 yr I still don't like the setbacks. Unless there are patios with seating or something where people can actually spend time and interact at the street/sidewalk level, it's just a waste of space.
May 13, 20223 yr Why do they insist on that? Maybe it's for dogs to take dumps but that can be handled differently.
May 13, 20223 yr Are there residential units on the first floor? If so I know a lot of developers believe that first floor units need the privacy of a setback and landscaped area (whether that's true or not is a different question). If it's commercial then there's no excuse for weird lawn space setback.
May 13, 20223 yr 43 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: Why do they insist on that? Maybe it's for dogs to take dumps but that can be handled differently. Because all of Grandview Yard is a terrible design.
May 13, 20223 yr 24 minutes ago, ucgrady said: Are there residential units on the first floor? If so I know a lot of developers believe that first floor units need the privacy of a setback and landscaped area (whether that's true or not is a different question). If it's commercial then there's no excuse for weird lawn space setback. I used to walk that area on my lunches when I worked in the area and I think most of those residential buildings did have res units on the ground, many with their own door and small patio, so that's probably why. But I think the one completed on the north side of Nationwide had retail on the ground, so maybe those two are outliers.
May 23, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, 614love said: The Morrison Wherever they have the retail they should have outdoor seating and patios up to the sidewalk, or maybe some planters and public art if the retail is not a restaurant or something. No excuse for those grasspatch/dogdumps where retail is facing the street. Otherwise thank God for no red brick.
May 27, 20223 yr New Building Under Construction at Grandview Yard Construction work is well underway on a new, five-story building at Grandview Yard. Located at the northeast corner of Yard Street and Williams Avenue, the building will hold 40,000 square feet of office space on its ground floor, with 132 apartments above. Called the Morrison, the new building sits next door to an existing, four-level parking garage, and just south of offices occupied by Nationwide. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/new-building-under-construction-at-grandview-yard-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 27, 20223 yr 14 hours ago, ColDayMan said: New Building Under Construction at Grandview Yard Construction work is well underway on a new, five-story building at Grandview Yard. Located at the northeast corner of Yard Street and Williams Avenue, the building will hold 40,000 square feet of office space on its ground floor, with 132 apartments above. Called the Morrison, the new building sits next door to an existing, four-level parking garage, and just south of offices occupied by Nationwide. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/new-building-under-construction-at-grandview-yard-bw1/ Nice. And nice view of the new Hilton tower as well.
May 27, 20223 yr It's wild how stark the difference is between Gowdy Field and Grandview Yard literally just across the railroad tracks. While GV Yard isn't the most exciting development, I appreciate what NRI has done with what was literally nothing. I have always wondered if NRI is holding back a few of these plots for some taller (maybe 7-10 stories) condo buildings to capitalize on the skyline views. Seems like such an easy sell, but time will tell.
May 27, 20223 yr 37 minutes ago, DevolsDance said: It's wild how stark the difference is between Gowdy Field and Grandview Yard literally just across the railroad tracks. While GV Yard isn't the most exciting development, I appreciate what NRI has done with what was literally nothing. I have always wondered if NRI is holding back a few of these plots for some taller (maybe 7-10 stories) condo buildings to capitalize on the skyline views. Seems like such an easy sell, but time will tell. I really hope so, but with it being NRI I am not holding my breath.
May 27, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, DevolsDance said: It's wild how stark the difference is between Gowdy Field and Grandview Yard literally just across the railroad tracks. While GV Yard isn't the most exciting development, I appreciate what NRI has done with what was literally nothing. I have always wondered if NRI is holding back a few of these plots for some taller (maybe 7-10 stories) condo buildings to capitalize on the skyline views. Seems like such an easy sell, but time will tell. Yeah I guess they did the best they could with Gowdy being an old dump-making it difficult to construct anything extensive over it, resulting in the rather small footprints of the buildings and the massive parking lots. No excuse for what they did with the Giant Eagle site however.
May 27, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, DevolsDance said: It's wild how stark the difference is between Gowdy Field and Grandview Yard literally just across the railroad tracks. While GV Yard isn't the most exciting development, I appreciate what NRI has done with what was literally nothing. I have always wondered if NRI is holding back a few of these plots for some taller (maybe 7-10 stories) condo buildings to capitalize on the skyline views. Seems like such an easy sell, but time will tell. The original plans for Grandview Yard had it looking like a big box store area with stores like home depot, bed bath & beyond, etc.
May 27, 20223 yr 4 minutes ago, 614love said: The original plans for Grandview Yard had it looking like a big box store area with stores like home depot, bed bath & beyond, etc. You mean sort of like the Lennox Center, but worse? Thank God they scrapped those ideas. *I still miss Big Bear though.
May 28, 20223 yr 5 hours ago, Toddguy said: Yeah I guess they did the best they could with Gowdy being an old dump-making it difficult to construct anything extensive over it, resulting in the rather small footprints of the buildings and the massive parking lots. No excuse for what they did with the Giant Eagle site however. As I recall the Time Warmer (now Spectrum) building needed 80’ caissons to penetrate through the landfill. That’s expensive foundation work for a 5 story building. While I like the repurposed land, mixed use and density, I find Grandview Yard as a whole kind of boring.
May 30, 20223 yr My opinion is that Grandview Yard has been really well done from a quality and landscaping standpoint. None of those buildings look like they're starting to fall apart or have random miscolored dryer vent pockets sticking out all over. It also feels like a park driving through there. My complaint has just been the lack of architectural diversity. It's just a 3/4 mile of rectangular 4 and 5 story brick buildings. Again well done brick buildings (and not all red). I just think a few 7-8 story buildings or even some "stacked boxes" buildings with some height variations, or a couple more buildings that are clad in mostly glass (I'll give them partial credit for the building on yard and w first) would really take it from a B to an A+.
June 3, 20223 yr On 5/30/2022 at 9:01 AM, 17thState said: My opinion is that Grandview Yard has been really well done from a quality and landscaping standpoint. None of those buildings look like they're starting to fall apart or have random miscolored dryer vent pockets sticking out all over. It also feels like a park driving through there. My complaint has just been the lack of architectural diversity. It's just a 3/4 mile of rectangular 4 and 5 story brick buildings. Again well done brick buildings (and not all red). I just think a few 7-8 story buildings or even some "stacked boxes" buildings with some height variations, or a couple more buildings that are clad in mostly glass (I'll give them partial credit for the building on yard and w first) would really take it from a B to an A+. I think it could help if they could get a large and dynamic retail/dining option near the middle too. Most of the commercial that's come to the area has been on the north and south extremities and mixed in with medical offices or salons, so I think even something like a pharmacy would go a long way.
August 2, 20222 yr Couldnt grab a photo but I noticed in passing that some site prep has begun at the corner lot across from wright patt CU on third in Grandview. I don't remember seeing any updates from NRI or grandview but will likely see something soon.
August 2, 20222 yr 17 minutes ago, NightNectar said: Couldnt grab a photo but I noticed in passing that some site prep has begun at the corner lot across from wright patt CU on third in Grandview. I don't remember seeing any updates from NRI or grandview but will likely see something soon. I saw that too. Looks like it’s gonna be a Bank of America branch and restaurant space.
October 28, 20222 yr The Morrison apartment building (10-23-22) The ~35 M/I Homes at Grandview under construction along Bobcat and Edgehill are the last of the dethatched homes to be built in the development. ~12 years after the start of construction, the only large lot left in the ~110 acre development in the one north of West 1st
March 21, 20232 yr Not great pics, but snapped a couple while I was over here today. Outlot build (I believe a BoA branch and restaurant space): Progress on the newest apartment building: Anyone know if something is planned here, the empty space next to the parking garage at the corner of Bobcat and First? The site had been cleared as if it were being prepped for construction.
March 21, 20232 yr 49 minutes ago, amped91 said: Not great pics, but snapped a couple while I was over here today. Outlot build (I believe a BoA branch and restaurant space): Progress on the newest apartment building: Anyone know if something is planned here, the empty space next to the parking garage at the corner of Bobcat and First? The site had been cleared as if it were being prepped for construction. Haven’t seen anything about what it could be, but a pretty good guess that it will look and be exactly the same as every other building in grandview yard.
April 17, 20232 yr 35 minutes ago, PrestoKinetic said: Here are some updated pictures of the Morrison: And...Another dirt lot! I really like it (it is not red brick!)but I do wish it was not so dark...it is a bit brooding...but then again the weather does not help. I also wish they had planted shrubs along the other side of that stretch with the path and all between the other two buildings. landscaping and plants can be so much more human pleasing than just a stretch of grass. They started at the front but did not continue down. The red brick in front of the building does kind of "pop" now compared to the darkness of the building. There is always and upside.
April 26, 20232 yr There appears to be some new construction going on over at GY yard, but not sure if it's a building or just utility work - any ideas? They closed the street on 1st between bobcat/yard as well as covered up the sidewalks (likely to protect them). I also snagged a couple photos of the new mixed use building wrapping up. Edited April 26, 20232 yr by futureman
April 26, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, futureman said: There appears to be some new construction going on over at GY yard, but not sure if it's a building or just utility work - any ideas? They closed the street on 1st between bobcat/yard as well as covered up the sidewalks (likely to protect them). I also snagged a couple photos of the new mixed use building wrapping up. I know that people have complained about the "brickness" of it all, but it really helps here on the walks to really balance out the non-brick building in these pics. And the balconies are mostly inset ❤️
April 26, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Toddguy said: I know that people have complained about the "brickness" of it all, but it really helps here on the walks to really balance out the non-brick building in these pics. And the balconies are mostly inset ❤️ I personally love brick crosswalks too. Yes they are a pain to maintain, but it's a very obvious visual queue to drivers that this is a pedestrian area and you need to be looking out for people crossing the street.
May 9, 20232 yr The Morrison apartment building (5-6-23) The ~35 M/I Homes at Grandview under construction along Bobcat and Edgehill View along Edgehill SW corner of Bobcat and West 1st Single story commercial building at Yard and West 3rd
May 10, 20232 yr For single family homes these are impressively dense. It's also kind of an odd layout, when they are this tight you get these odd decisions when they don't build on a grid. Like why does the alley connect to Hudson Crossing and not continue to Bobcat? I also think everything between Pullman and Bobcat is odd. It's like the couldn't decide which street to make the houses face since they didn't have room for 2 rows so decided neither and wound up with these units facing each other with these odd parking courtyards for the garages. It's bizarre they should have made Pullman the front and Bobcat the back. That way you'd have a nice residential street that everything faces and Bobcat which abuts a parking lot could be the garage access.
May 10, 20232 yr 34 minutes ago, 17thState said: For single family homes these are impressively dense. It's also kind of an odd layout, when they are this tight you get these odd decisions when they don't build on a grid. Like why does the alley connect to Hudson Crossing and not continue to Bobcat? I also think everything between Pullman and Bobcat is odd. It's like the couldn't decide which street to make the houses face since they didn't have room for 2 rows so decided neither and wound up with these units facing each other with these odd parking courtyards for the garages. It's bizarre they should have made Pullman the front and Bobcat the back. That way you'd have a nice residential street that everything faces and Bobcat which abuts a parking lot could be the garage access. They don’t look that much closer than older dense neighborhoods, i think it just looks weirder because they all look basically exactly alike, so the roofline looks really strange. I think the garages make it look weird also, because they are basically attached so there is no yard at all. The layout is really weird and I would guess it was a way they could get a few more jammed in there for more profit. Those houses are selling for $1 million or close, so they said why not shove some more. here is one of them from trulia: Edited May 10, 20232 yr by VintageLife
May 10, 20232 yr No offense to anyone who lives in one but I wouldn't go near an M/I home for a million. We were fortunate enough to build our last home with a semi custom builder and even that wasn’t worth it after a couple of years(and we got in before covid and inflation). If I had a million bucks at my disposal I’m out of town on a $150k lot with a full custom home and outbuilding or in a barndo(mainly because I want toys and my wife wants more dogs). But you could also find a pretty nice “urban” spot in Grandview or Victorian Village for that or less with a yard and possibly functional garage. I personally wouldn’t be in a glorified suburban track home with zero yard(see the aforementioned dogs). Edited May 10, 20232 yr by wpcc88
May 10, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, wpcc88 said: No offense to anyone who lives in one but I wouldn't go near an M/I home for a million. We were fortunate enough to build our last home with a semi custom builder and even that wasn’t worth it after a couple of years(and we got in before covid and inflation). If I had a million bucks at my disposal I’m out of town on a $150k lot with a full custom home and outbuilding or in a barndo(mainly because I want toys and my wife wants more dogs). But you could also find a pretty nice “urban” spot in Grandview or Victorian Village for that or less with a yard and possibly functional garage. I personally wouldn’t be in a glorified suburban track home with zero yard(see the aforementioned dogs). I don’t mind the zero yard and would hate a lot of land, but yeah these houses are probably s**t. It’s insane what people will pay a million for. I would rather go to German village and find a house over 100 years old.
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