May 2, 201510 yr New rendering of the coming Mount Carmel Grove City hospital: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/04/mount-carmel-grove-city-already-fueling-economic.html
July 24, 20159 yr Planning commission signs off on new hospital: In the works are a 210-bed, seven-story hospital, an additional office building and two parking garages http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/west/news/2015/06/15/planning-commission-signs-off-on-new-hospital.html
July 24, 20159 yr RACETRACK PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT: Council approves list of Beulah projects http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2015/06/16/racetrack-property-redevelopment-council-approves-list-of-beulah-projects.html
July 24, 20159 yr NEW GROVE CITY LIBRARY: Site work started, open house July 6 http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2015/06/16/new-grove-city-library-site-work-started-open-house-july-6.html
August 3, 20159 yr LUMBERYARD DEVELOPMENT: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2015/07/07/grove-city-lumberyard-apartment-plan-gets-nod.html
August 3, 20159 yr TOWN CENTER REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT Update: City Hall won't move for 4-5 years 24-year TIF is in the works for Pizzuti's apartment development on the old lumberyard site BY MARK DUBOVEC, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - 7:11 PM The Pizzuti Cos. is just about ready to go with its plan for apartments in the Town Center, but in its latest schedule for the Town Center redevelopment, Grove City Hall won't relocate for another four or five years. In a special meeting Monday, June 29, Grove City's council heard a presentation from Pizzuti representatives about the residential component of its Town Center redevelopment, which also includes the new library at the corner of Broadway and Grant Avenue. The other component of the plan is the construction of apartments in the vacant lumberyard behind City Hall, 4035 Broadway. Previously, the plan Pizzuti presented called for building 120 units in four, two-story buildings and retrofitting City Hall for commercial uses, which Pizzuti officials said ideally would be restaurant space on the first floor with offices on the second. The plan presented Monday now calls for 128 units in three, three-story buildings. The design of the buildings has also been altered to better match the character of the surrounding buildings in the Town Center. Other changes include more brick, enclosed lobbies and corridors and the addition of elevators and carports. ... Long-term the plan would eventually see the City Hall building refitted for commercial development. When that happens, the city's government operations would relocate to a new building on the site of the existing Grove City Library, at 3359 Park Street. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2015/06/30/town-center-redevelopment-project-update-city-hall-wont-move-for-4-5-years.html
August 3, 20159 yr The Lumberyard Development Plan was approved by the Grove City Planning Commission on July 7: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2015/07/07/grove-city-lumberyard-apartment-plan-gets-nod.html Plan approved by the city council on July 20: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2015/07/21/pizzuti-plan-for-city-hall-apartments-approved.html
September 21, 20159 yr Beulah Park lines up three housing developers Developer Joe Ciminello has lined up three homebuilders for his project to revive the shuttered Beulah Park horse track site in Grove City. But a flood plain hurdle has pushed back a construction start on the 213-acre mixed-use project. The development is seen as a key driver in efforts to revive the suburb’s center. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/09/18/beulah-park-lines-up-three-housing-developers.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 23, 20159 yr Pizzuti bringing 120-apartment complex to (Downtown) Grove City Pizzuti Cos. is getting started on a 120-apartment rental complex in Grove City’s historic Town Center, a key project in redevelopment of the suburb’s downtown. The Columbus-based developer’s Broadway Station will include a mix of one- and two-bedroom units in three buildings on the 3.3-acre site of a former lumberyard west of City Hall. The three-story brick buildings also will house a fitness center and club room, and surround an outdoor pavilion. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/12/22/pizzuti-bringing-120-unit-apartment-complex-to.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 12, 20169 yr Photos of the new Grove City Library under construction from https://www.facebook.com/GroveCityLibraryProject/ March 15 - view from Broadway at Grant Avenue: March 15 - view from Broadway at Columbus Street:
April 12, 20169 yr March 29 construction photos of the new Grove City Library from https://www.facebook.com/GroveCityLibraryProject/ View from Broadway at Grant Avenue: Grant Avenue looking toward Broadway: Library front along Broadway: View from Broadway at Columbus Street: View from Columbus Street looking toward Broadway: Couple of a close-ups at the corner of Broadway & Columbus: Lots more photos at https://www.facebook.com/GroveCityLibraryProject/
July 27, 20168 yr June 21 construction photos of the interior of the new Grove City Library from https://www.facebook.com/GroveCityLibraryProject/ More photos at https://www.facebook.com/GroveCityLibraryProject/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1775075679446783
July 28, 20168 yr Grove City buying pricey tiny plot to allow Promenade project By Kimball Perry, The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 8:09 AM A tiny parking lot might be the most expensive piece of property in Grove City. City officials said they had no choice but to pay the equivalent of $3.5 million per acre for a tiny plot in the 3900 block of North Broadway or risk delaying the in-progress developments they see as essential to downtown revitalization. ( . . . ) Grove City Council voted on May 16 to pay $100,000 for 0.0287 acres - a 1,250 square feet parking lot behind Michael’s Hibachi restaurant at 3985 North Broadway. It is the final plot needed to complete the Promenade, one of several projects totaling more than $34 million being invested to revitalize Grove City’s downtown. ( . . . ) The Promenade is a $300,000 walkway behind businesses on Broadway between Park Street and Grant Avenue. Its goal is to connect Broadway Station — the $10 million, 120-unit apartment development being built behind City Hall — and the new, 46,000-square-foot library to downtown businesses and residents. It’s designed to create a walkable shopping area and to be a spot for downtown events. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/05/24/grove-city-buying-pricey-tiny-plot-to-allow-promenade-project.html
July 28, 20168 yr An update on the mixed-use development of the Beulah Park site north of Grove City's downtown: Grove City eyes walkable, mixed-use development on Beulah Park site By Kimball Perry, The Columbus Dispatch Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 9:11 AM Although horse racing made Beulah Park famous, human legs are driving how a $300 million housing and office development on the site of the former Grove City track will be shaped. ... That means focusing on the “walkability” of the 212-acre project. The key was the park’s size and its location: It’s a half-mile from Grove City’s new library, that is set to open in September, and from a 120-unit apartment project. ( . . . ) Columbus development company Falco Smith and Kelley took over the project in June when the Ciminello development firm’s option to buy the property from Penn National Gaming expired. Falco Smith and Kelley’s project will look much like Ciminello’s proposed project that contained two major subdivisions totaling 450 homes and an additional 350 apartments, condos and cottage houses. It also includes about 60 acres of green space for community events and 12 acres for commercial offices. ( . . . ) Meanwhile, Grove City is spending millions preparing the site for the transformation. That includes $4 million rerouting West Water Run, a creek that crosses both the track and an adjacent neighborhood. The plan is to route the creek out of the neighborhood — getting those houses out of a floodplain — and onto park property. The city also spent $2 million extending Columbus Street to allow the track property to easily tie into the town center. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/07/26/development-planned-for-beulah-park-site-could-remake-grove-citys-downtown.html
August 5, 20168 yr New developer stepping in on Beulah Park project After 90 years of horse racing, Grove City’s Beulah Park is destined for life anew. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/05/new-developer-stepping-in-on-beulah-park-project.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 25, 20168 yr Beulah Park connector on the way BY ALAN FROMAN, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 1:01 PM With a new company looking to redevelop the Beulah Park site, Grove City leaders plan to extend Columbus Street to provide a connection to the project. The EMH&T engineering firm has presented three potential concepts for the project: a traffic circle, a central park and a shared street. The firm has recommended the shared street as the best option, City Administrator Chuck Boso said. "It's the one with the lowest construction cost and with impacting the least number of parcels," he said. The shared-street concept also would provide the most public-use space and make it easier to redevelop adjacent parcels, Boso said. The shared-street concept features a two-lane urban street with the public-use space/plaza flanking the street on either side. The construction cost is estimated at $1.65 million, and it would provide about 0.40 acre of open space and 2.33 acres of potential redevelopment area. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2016/08/09/columbus-street-beulah-park-connector-on-the-way.html
October 25, 20168 yr GroveCity2050 will map growth BY ALAN FROMAN, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, June 29, 2016 - 11:58 AM The GroveCity2050 initiative is an effort to update the city's plans and policies to help officials make decisions regarding future growth in the city, said Kim Shields, community development manager. "We want to collect the appropriate analytical information as to what kind of development from the taxpayers and citizens standpoint makes the most sense," Mayor Ike Stage said. The city's last land-use plan was completed in 1999. A lot has changed since then, and the challenge is to make sure the city is well positioned to address future growth and demographic change in the region. "Our effort will build upon the MORPC (Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission) Insight 2050 which looked at how the larger region may change over the next few decades and how local communities can impact that change," said Kyle Rauch, economic-development director. The GroveCity2050 initiative will result in the creation of a new land use and thoroughfare plan, he said. The 30-member steering committee will serve as the liaison between the city and the community. More information is available at http://grovecity2050.org/ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2016/06/28/grovecity2050-will-map-growth.html
October 25, 20168 yr OhioHealth submits building plans for Grove City hospital and surgery center By Carrie Ghose, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First August 10, 2016, 1:49pm EDT OhioHealth Corp. has submitted site and building plans for a hospital and attached surgery center in Grove City. Columbus-based OhioHealth will own the three-story, 79,000-square-foot hospital with 20 inpatient rooms and six beds designated for "observation" stays of less than 24 hours. The building will include three operating rooms for inpatients. OhioHealth has said the hospital would cost $46.5 million. Columbus-based Daimler Inc. will develop an adjoining two-story, 40,000-square-foot surgery center and medical office building. OhioHealth and affiliated physicians have invested $2 million in that project (for which a total project cost estimate has not been released). MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/10/ohiohealth-submits-building-plans-for-grove-city.html
October 25, 20168 yr The new Grove City Library is now finished and open: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2016/10/18/new-grove-city-library-opens-to-fanfare.html
October 25, 20168 yr Here are a few images of the finished library. More photos from the library's grand opening are available at https://www.facebook.com/GroveCityLibraryProject/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1829343417353342
October 28, 20168 yr The library looks great. I happened to drive by a few evenings ago and it looks terrific at night.
November 23, 20168 yr Trivium building new Veterans Administration clinic in Grove City, with more space available A Columbus developer has landed a pair of tenants for a long-planned medical office building in Grove City, as designs are finalized and a spring groundbreaking is eyed. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/11/23/trivium-building-new-veterans-administration.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 9, 20178 yr Redeveloper of the 212-acre Beulah Park site is looking to break ground in 2017: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2016/12/06/beulah-park-work-should-start-in-2017.html
March 9, 20178 yr Mayor gave updates on many other development projects in Grove City: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grovecity/news/2017/01/03/mayor-says-developers-recognize-grove-city-as-ripe-for-opportunity.html - The 120-unit Broadway Station apartment complex, under construction behind City Hall, should open later in 2017. - A new Courtyard by Marriott under construction at I-71 & Stringtown Road announced a May 2017 opening date. - Columbus Jack will move its headquarters into a new 75,000 sq. ft. building on the northeast corner of Gantz Road and Southpark Place. - Mount Carmel's new $355 million 210-room inpatient hospital and 120,000 sq. ft. medical office building, currently under construction, are scheduled to open in 2018. - A nearby 40,700 sq. ft. medical office building that will include a VA clinic is scheduled to break ground this spring with a late 2017/early 2018 completion date.
May 2, 20178 yr Looking for an apartment in Grove City? Pizzuti opens Broadway Station on former lumberyard A Columbus developer has completed an apartment project in Grove City, seen as key to boosting the suburb’s historic commercial corridor. Pizzuti Cos. is welcoming its first tenants to Broadway Station, a 120-unit community built on the site of a former lumberyard west of City Hall. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/05/02/looking-for-an-apartment-in-grove-city-pizzuti.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 3, 20177 yr Indus Hotels has a dual-branded hotel in the works in Grove City Indus Hotels is bringing a dual-branded hotel to Grove City. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/06/30/indus-hotels-has-a-dual-branded-hotel-in-the-works.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 24, 20177 yr 'New Urbanism' at heart of plans for Beulah site in Grove City "No other community in Central Ohio or beyond has 212 acres of readily developable land connected to an existing town center.” More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/07/24/new-urbanism-at-heart-of-plans-for-beulah-site.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 27, 20177 yr New renderings revealed for Beulah Park redevelopment Memorial gardens, a huge central park and lots of connectivity to surrounding neighborhoods. That's what new, preliminary renderings reveal as plans for the redevelopment of Beulah Park take shape. The new renderings reveal an emphasis on walkable neighborhoods and lots of green space in a community park. They were presented by G2 Planning & Design at Columbus Business First's inaugural Power Hour+ Thursday in Grove City. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/07/27/first-look-new-renderings-revealed-for-beulah-park.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 2, 20177 yr Grove City seeks developers for former library site in fast-growing downtown area Grove City is looking for developers to take on a site in the middle of a $150 million makeover. City council will vote Nov. 6 to send out a request for proposals from developers for a 4-acre site where the former library used to sit at the southwest corner of Park Street and 1st Street downtown. The land is part of the second phase of the city's Town Center redevelopment effort, said development director Kyle Rauch. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/01/grove-city-seeks-developers-for-former-librarysite.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 30, 20187 yr 535-unit development by Fischer Homes planned on 210 acres: https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/05/30/greater-cincinnatis-largest-homebuilder-plans-535.html Here is the location: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Hibbs+Rd,+Lockbourne,+OH+43137/@39.8367066,-83.0416261,1875m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x883883970886df63:0x63f02e2548915df5!8m2!3d39.8363466!4d-83.0241335
May 30, 20187 yr I wonder how they are financing the construction of the houses. IDK. That site looks really easy to develop compared to the typical situation in Cincinnati, and especially the hilly Fischer Homes developments on the west side and in N Kentucky. Not only is there grading but also all sorts of sewer and retention pond situations. This site doesn't even have woods on it, so no exotic site prep.
May 30, 20187 yr Oh it's going to be retention pond city at this site, trust me. I went to high school with a guy who works at Fischer Homes, which is why I tend to read their news stories. I recall him telling me that they usually buy all this farmland with options many years before they build. If that was the case with this development, I hope this farmer is getting some good money here at the closing. The whole options thing is a way that pros swindle sellers, and every family farmer has just one farm to sell.
May 30, 20187 yr I wish the Grove City development was denser but hey we are a region that is experiencing fast growth with something of a housing shortage so we need everything that we can get-including stuff from the suburbs so build away.
July 25, 20186 yr Grove City's codes could drive up costs in Beulah Park's revival, developer says A developer is finding out that fixes Grove City might require for its mixed-use project at Beulah Park could drive up costs and drive away younger tenants. Developer Pat Kelley and his team from Falco, Smith & Kelley Ltd. appeared before Grove City's planning commission this week to gain approval on the first major portions of the project: a set of roadways that will run through the 60-acre development and two of the first housing projects – 104 condos and a 384-unit apartment complex. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/07/25/grove-citys-codes-could-drive-up-costs-in-beulah.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 3, 20186 yr First big development in Beulah Park gets a green light The first phases of the massive Beulah Park redevelopment have a green light to break ground. Developer Pat Kelley has received final approval for the first big construction at the former racetrack in Grove City – a 93-unit Danbury Senior Living Community, set for the northwest corner of the development. Construction starts this fall. "It's been a long process so it's particularly exciting to get this part of the development going," he said by phone. "But we'll have a few more pieces behind it." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/08/31/first-big-development-in-beulah-park-gets-a-green.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 8, 20186 yr OhioHealth opening 'new type of hospital' in Grove City, seen as template for expansion OhioHealth Grove City Methodist Hospital – offering most services of a community hospital in a smaller footprint close to a growing population center – could become a template for how the Columbus health system expands its territory beyond Central Ohio. The $46.5 million, 26-bed, 80,000-square-foot hospital opened Oct. 3 as the 11th in the Columbus health system. Grove City Methodist has more services than a for-profit "microhospital," such as cardiac stress testing and a full pathology laboratory, but it's not a full community hospital with a trauma center or maternity unit. Surgeries would include joint replacement but not open heart, for example. ... The 22-acre property has room to add a wing if more capacity is needed. One mile south, rival Mount Carmel Health System is building a much larger 210-bed hospital next to its freestanding emergency department. Mount Carmel Grove City opens in a few months and will replace Mount Carmel West in Franklinton. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/09/30/photos-ohiohealth-opening-new-type-of-hospital-in.html
October 11, 20186 yr ^ Business First had this updated photo of the $355 million, 210-bed Mount Carmel Grove City hospital still under construction and scheduled to open early 2019: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/10/08/mount-carmel-sets-record-revenue-widens-margin-in.html Below are some aerial views of the $355 million project's construction throughout 2018. Currently under construction is a 500,000 sq. ft., 210-room full-service hospital and a 120,000 sq. ft. medical office building focusing on outpatient services. Previously at this site, Mount Carmel built a 36,775 sq. ft. emergency room facility and a 68,500 sq. ft. medical office building: ^ That last aerial view shows I-71 in the background. Below is one final view of the main hospital building under construction - with sunnier conditions than the more recent Business First pic. It shows the emergency room and medical office building previously built on the Mount Carmel Grove City site in the foreground:
October 23, 20186 yr https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/10/22/mount-carmel-grove-city-opening-later-to-increase.html Mount Carmel announced that their new 210-bed hospital in Grove City will be opening is two months later than planned in January 2019. The hospital said this was due to weather delays that built up over the three years of construction, a tight labor market among contractors, and the decision to complete and open all 210 patient rooms instead of leaving 24 as unfinished "shell space".
February 17, 20196 yr Mount Carmel Grove City hospital opening delayed again The opening of the Mount Carmel Grove City hospital has been pushed back again — this time until late spring — because of construction delays, officials said Friday. ... Last fall, the health system pushed back the Grove City hospital’s projected November 2018 opening because of weather interruptions and to complete and open all 210 patient rooms instead of leaving 24 to be completed as needed. In addition to the expanded emergency department, the new hospital will include a new patient tower, medical office building and surgical suite and intensive care, maternity, oncology and palliative-care services. The facility’s new targeted opening is now late April or early May. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190208/mount-carmel-grove-city-hospital-opening-delayed-again
April 23, 20196 yr https://www.thisweeknews.com/business/20190418/five-years-after-last-horse-race-there-work-to-begin-on-300m-beulah-park-complex Work will begin on Beulah Park Living, the $300 million housing, retail and office complex on the site of the former Beulah Park horse racing track in Grove City. The project developers, Falco, Smith & Kelley of Columbus, on Thursday included details of the project in an announcement of a May 3 groundbreaking, five years to the day that horses last raced round the track. The first phase of the 212-acre project is scheduled to include 264 apartments, 104 ranch-style homes, 80 townhome condominiums, a 94-unit assisted living facility and 216 single-family home lots. Plans eventually call for up to 972 apartments, condominiums and homes. Developers plan to include new urbanist design elements, including shops and restaurants within walking distance, and alleys behind the community’s 84 estate home lots. The homes will be built around a 45-acre park with trails, a pond, gardens and a pavilion. Plans eventually include a community center on the site. The apartments will rise on the east side of the development and could eventually grow to include 415 units. Behind the apartments, Epcon Communities will build the Courtyard at Beulah Park, 104 patio-home condominiums. In addition to Epcon, a host of builders have committed to the project including Pulte Homes, Schottenstein Homes, Townsend Construction, Danbury Senior Living by Brookwood Development, and Oakwood Management Company. The Beulah Park development will be connected to downtown Grove City by the extension of Columbus Street from Broadway Street. A sculpture of the Beulah Park racetrack starting gate will greet visitors to the development. Future phases of the development will include offices, shops and restaurants in several buildings along Southwest Boulevard. In addition to Falco, Smith & Kelley, the development team includes Townsend Construction, G2 Land Planning & Design, Craig Murdick Architect Ltd., and Kimley Horn Engineering.
April 23, 20196 yr https://www.thisweeknews.com/business/20190418/five-years-after-last-horse-race-there-work-to-begin-on-300m-beulah-park-complex Here is the site plan for Beulah Park development and the renderings released by the developers:
April 27, 20196 yr The Mount Carmel Grove City Hospital will finally open tomorrow. This 7-story, 210-bed full-service inpatient hospital is the centerpiece of a nearly $400 million project for the Mount Carmel Medical System near the State Route 665 interchange with I-71. A five-story, 120,000-square-foot medical office building was also constructed on this Grove City campus at the same time as the main hospital building. Previously at this campus, Mount Carmel built a 36,775 sq. ft. emergency room facility and a two-story, 68,500 sq. ft. medical office building: https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190425/new-mount-carmel-grove-city-hospital-opens-sunday https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20190408/mount-carmel-complex-scheduled-to-open-april-28 https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/04/26/slideshow-take-a-tour-of-the-new-mount-carmel.html
April 29, 20196 yr Beulah Park revival getting under way, bringing hundreds of new homes to Grove City Years in the works, the redevelopment will include hundreds of new housing units and replace the 220-acre hose racing track. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/04/29/beulah-park-revival-getting-under-way-bringing.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 6, 20195 yr Developer pitches $64M mixed-use project near new Grove City hospital "When we looked at this area and the new Mount Carmel, we saw the housing stock was not meeting the criteria of the consumer." A developer proposes a new mixed-use project on what is today the equestrian barn of the Buckeye Ranch Foundation. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/08/06/developer-pitches-64m-mixed-use-project-near-new.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 7, 20195 yr 13 minutes ago, Pablo said: ^Not really mixed use. Looks like a '90s suburban office development. I've notice a lot of developers are playing it fast and loose with the term "mixed-use" anymore. It's an attempt to make all the junk developments still seem cool and forward thinking when its still just a suburban office building next to a suburban apartment building.
February 12, 20205 yr The Building Industry Association of Central Ohio announced last week they were cancelling the 2020 Parade of Homes: https://www.dispatch.com/business/20200203/parade-of-homes-canceled-this-year-first-time-in-47-years https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/02/03/the-2020-parade-of-homes-is-canceled-heres-why.html The 2020 Parade of Homes was scheduled to be held in September at Grove City's 220-acre Beulah Park development. However, the cancellation had alot more to do with the direction that the Parade of Homes has taken and the overhang of unsold homes from last year's Parade of Homes in Delaware County's Evans Farm, then this year's Beulah Park site. Only three of the 14 homes from the 2019 Parade of Homes in Evans Farm site have sold, and two of those were pre-sold. This amount of very expensive unsold homes from last year’s event caused a lot of builders to be reluctant to commit for 2020. This is somewhat of a culmination of how the Parade of Homes has morphed into a showcase for ever more expensive and elaborate custom homes over the past two decades. The homes in last year’s event ranged from $725,000 to $1.3 million, illustrating how the Parade has grown far beyond the reach of most buyers. In a news release, the BIA said the Parade will return in 2021 after being reformatted “to meet the needs of both its members as well as consumers" and "as Central Ohio and the building industry evolve, so too will the Parade.” Speculation is that multiple sites involving more affordable homes might be a part of the 2021 format.
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