Posted March 26, 201510 yr Previously reported in the Columbus: Demolition Watch thread at http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,8521.msg749872.html#msg749872 Apartment building to rise on Downtown pharmaceutical site By Steve Wartenberg, The Columbus Dispatch Thursday, March 26, 2015 - 7:10 AM A vacant Discovery District pharmaceutical factory once filled with toxic materials is slated to be razed and replaced by a seven-story apartment building. The building, at 330 E. Oak St., is owned by Roxane Laboratories, a division of Boehringer Ingelheim, an international pharmaceutical manufacturer based in Germany. Company officials told the Downtown Commission this week that Gahanna-based Stonehenge Co. wants to buy the building and develop 104 apartments and 104 parking spaces. ( . . . ) The building was contaminated with the residue of drugs that were manufactured there as far back as 1914. Roxane purchased the property in 1978 and in 2013 moved the operations to the company’s campus on the West Side. Roxane had previously sought the commission’s approval to demolish the building and turn the site into green space, saying the toxic remains in the walls and vents made it impossible to convert the former factory building into office space or apartments. ... The commission must still approve the specific plans for the apartment project, which will be presented at a future meeting. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/03/26/apartment-building-to-rise-on-factory-site.html
March 27, 201510 yr Author More about the 330 E. Oak Street building proposal from CU: http://www.columbusunderground.com/seven-story-apartment-building-proposed-for-oak-street-downtown-bw1
May 4, 201510 yr Author Stonehenge housing OK’d on Oak Street downtown By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter - Columbus Business First May 1, 2015, 1:38pm EDT Columbus’ Downtown Commission this week gave final clearances for a seven-story, 104-unit apartment building that would be built on the site of a former Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Laboratories production facility at 330 E. Oak Street. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/05/01/stonehenge-housing-ok-d-on-oak-street-downtown.html
May 4, 201510 yr Well...that's...uhhh...colorful. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 4, 201510 yr That sure is a poor rendering. I like buildings that aren't just blue glass or grey concrete. They can add some character to a cityscape. However I'm not really liking this so far.
May 30, 201510 yr Author Stonehenge housing OK’d on Oak Street downtown By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter - Columbus Business First May 1, 2015, 1:38pm EDT Columbus’ Downtown Commission this week gave final clearances for a seven-story, 104-unit apartment building that would be built on the site of a former Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Laboratories production facility at 330 E. Oak Street. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/05/01/stonehenge-housing-ok-d-on-oak-street-downtown.html More about the above reported downtown apartment project from CU. Additional renderings also at http://www.columbusunderground.com/seven-story-apartment-building-moving-forward-on-oak-street
September 21, 20159 yr Author With this new update and design change to the 330 E. Oak Street project, I decided to break it out into its own project thread. Previously a 7-story building, the new proposal is for a 9-story, 93-unit apartment building. The new design moves the structured parking from below-grade to above-grade. The project's signature red color remains (although how red depends upon which rendering view shown below is most accurate): Latest Proposal for Oak Street Apartments Calls for Nine Stories By Brent Warren, Columbus Underground September 19, 2015 - 7:05 pm The Stonehenge Company has made some changes to their plans for 330 East Oak Street downtown. While the signature red exterior of their previous proposal remains, the building has grown by two stories, and two-bedroom units have been added to the unit mix. The new proposal calls for 93 total units (24 two-bedroom units and 69 one-bedrooms), with 93 parking spaces in a garage that would take up most of the first, second and third floors. That’s a switch from the last iteration of the plans – submitted in April – in which two levels of parking were hidden below grade, with seven floors of apartments above. Daniel Thomas, the city’s urban design manager who administers the Downtown Commission, said that commissioners at that meeting expressed concern about the expense of burying that much parking – especially with the stated goal of keeping apartments in the building affordable and geared toward students and workers in the immediate area. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/oak-street-apartments-bw1
September 21, 20159 yr Author More renderings of 330 E. Oak Street at http://www.columbusunderground.com/oak-street-apartments-bw1 Google Aerial of 330 E. Oak Street and surroundings View from Grant Avenue looking northwest: View from Capital Street looking east: The pedestrian entrance to the building is on the Capital Street side of the building, across from Capital Law School - while the entrance for the parking garage is along Oak Street. Also shown fronting Capital Street is a retail space labeled as a cafe on the site plan. In a separate CU thread at http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/330-e-oak-st-demolition/page/4/#post-1094112, the project architect stated: "Capitol St is slated to become pedestrian only. So the pedestrian entrance will be on Capital St directly across from the Capital Law School pedestrian entry, vehicular entry is on Oak."
September 21, 20159 yr It'll stand out. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 21, 20159 yr The quality of those renderings leaves a lot to be desired and masks any detail about the quality of the material selection so it's hard to say if those will turn out nicely, but I'm happy to see some color. Ohio's cities are riddled with brown/beige/tan/etc. and some pops of color like this will help distinguish a building like this from the rest of Downtown.
September 22, 20159 yr The color is a welcome change. Brown/beige/tan is the worst. I'd like to see more interaction at sidewalk level however. Hope the future renderings show more.
March 9, 20169 yr Author The Roxane Labs building has been demo'd for the new nine-story apartment project at 330 E. Oak Street. Late January photo from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-update-downtown:
November 3, 20168 yr I was a little worried about this project because we hadn't heard anything in a while, but when looking it up in the city's online system, it actually has been diligently making its way through the permitting process all year. Stormwater engineering and building permits for the structure were just issued ~2 weeks ago. So just in case anyone else was curious/concerned as well, it appears to be moving right along - albeit rather slowly.
November 3, 20168 yr I was a little worried about this project because we hadn't heard anything in a while, but when looking it up in the city's online system, it actually has been diligently making its way through the permitting process all year. Stormwater engineering and building permits for the structure were just issued ~2 weeks ago. So just in case anyone else was curious/concerned as well, it appears to be moving right along - albeit rather slowly. There was construction activity on the site a couple of days ago.
May 6, 20178 yr We have liftoff! 8-) http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-grandview-yard-we1
June 21, 20177 yr Author Another view of the 330 E. Oak Street construction posted on May 31 from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-may-2017-we1
June 21, 20177 yr I'm a little bit confused about what the final height will be for this project. The latest CU article I've seen puts it at 9-stories tall but the developer's website and the latest BizFirst article I've seen put the building at 7-stories tall. Does anyone have any more info on this?
June 22, 20177 yr Author I'm a little bit confused about what the final height will be for this project. The latest CU article I've seen puts it at 9-stories tall but the developer's website and the latest BizFirst article I've seen put the building at 7-stories tall. Does anyone have any more info on this? The project was originally proposed as a 7-story above-ground building. But it was later revised to move the structured parking from below-ground to above-ground. This added two above-ground levels and made the final approved design a 9-story above-ground building with 93 apartments. Some older articles probably refer to 330 E. Oak Street as having 7-stories and maybe the developer's website just hasn't been updated.
June 22, 20177 yr I'm a little bit confused about what the final height will be for this project. The latest CU article I've seen puts it at 9-stories tall but the developer's website and the latest BizFirst article I've seen put the building at 7-stories tall. Does anyone have any more info on this? The project was originally proposed as a 7-story above-ground building. But it was later revised to move the structured parking from below-ground to above-ground. This added two above-ground levels and made the final approved design a 9-story above-ground building with 93 apartments. Some older articles probably refer to 330 E. Oak Street as having 7-stories and maybe the developer's website just hasn't been updated. Yes, I understand the timeline, but it doesn't all add up. It was reported, by multiple different sites, to have been approved at 7-stories. Then, CU came out with the article a couple posts back saying a proposal was being made for some changes to the project which involved raising it to 9-stories. What is odd to me is that the article on the developers website (posted on February 12, 2016) was posted after the CU article regarding the revised proposal (posted on September 19, 2015). If the revised proposal from the CU article was approved, why would the developer subsequently post outdated information about their own project? In addition, I have not been able to find any evidence that the subsequent proposal was actually approved as it does not confirm approval in the CU article. Here is the article from the developers website:http://stonehenge-company.com/2016/02/12/stonehenge-housing-okd-on-oak-street-downtown/
June 22, 20177 yr Author I'm a little bit confused about what the final height will be for this project. The latest CU article I've seen puts it at 9-stories tall but the developer's website and the latest BizFirst article I've seen put the building at 7-stories tall. Does anyone have any more info on this? The project was originally proposed as a 7-story above-ground building. But it was later revised to move the structured parking from below-ground to above-ground. This added two above-ground levels and made the final approved design a 9-story above-ground building with 93 apartments. Some older articles probably refer to 330 E. Oak Street as having 7-stories and maybe the developer's website just hasn't been updated. Yes, I understand the timeline, but it doesn't all add up. It was reported, by multiple different sites, to have been approved at 7-stories. Then, CU came out with the article a couple posts back saying a proposal was being made for some changes to the project which involved raising it to 9-stories. What is odd to me is that the article on the developers website (posted on February 12, 2016) was posted after the CU article regarding the revised proposal (posted on September 19, 2015). If the revised proposal from the CU article was approved, why would the developer subsequently post outdated information about their own project? In addition, I have not been able to find any evidence that the subsequent proposal was actually approved as it does not confirm approval in the CU article. Here is the article from the developers website: http://stonehenge-company.com/2016/02/12/stonehenge-housing-okd-on-oak-street-downtown/ I noticed that. But the article on the Stonehenge website they have listed as "February 12, 2016" is actually this Business First article - http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/05/01/stonehenge-housing-ok-d-on-oak-street-downtown.html - which was written on May 1, 2015. This is when the project was still a 7-story above-ground building. (Actually, the link on the Stonehenge site goes to http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2014/09/03/micro-units-ideal-for-short-north-builder-says.html - which is a completely different project!) So the info on the Stonehenge site is old info and not up to date.
June 23, 20177 yr Yea, I'm sure you are right about the developers website being a bit out of date although that still seems odd to me. The main reason I was questioning the 9-story height was because the CU article said it was a proposed change, but I never saw a report saying the proposal was accepted. I'm not sure how that proposal process works because they had already had the 7-story proposal approved. Regardless it's under construction right now and I'm excited to see the finished project, especially that red exterior!
September 4, 20177 yr Author Two more construction photos for the 93-unit apartment project at 330 E. Oak Street: View from Oak Street, posted on July 31, 2017 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus-july-2017 View from a neighboring parking lot, posted on Sept. 3, 2017 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-cranes-dot-the-skyline-in-downtown-columbus Not the most flattering angle, but the openings in the completed elevator towers do confirm that the building will be nine-stories above-ground:
December 18, 20177 yr Author Speaking of Stonehenge projects taking forever... It almost looks like they're building Stonehenge here!
December 18, 20177 yr A lot of projects are moving slowly around town due to a lack of labor supply in the skilled trades. It's not unique to this area, either.
January 29, 20187 yr Update from today, ssslllooowwwlllyyy going up, This building is moving at a snail's pace. I think the shortage of construction workers is really hurting some of these projects.
January 29, 20187 yr Update from today, ssslllooowwwlllyyy going up, This building is moving at a snail's pace. I think the shortage of construction workers is really hurting some of these projects. Well they're using a TON of concrete and steel for these buildings. You have two large concrete companies, two large concrete contractors and two or three minimally sized steel erectors trying to do this all at once. It took me a year to figure out that it's not the lack of laborers(even though yes technically there is a shortage) but rather a lack of businesses to handle all of this in Columbus. I work in the industry and needless to say we're busy as ever right now. Equipment rental companies, suppliers, sub contractors all had record numbers last year and it didn't stop in the normal "slow" months. We should enjoy this while we can because Ohio's economy as a whole right now is better than it's ever been in the 2000's.
January 29, 20187 yr ^ Huh, interesting. Thanks for the insight. I wonder if these companies will start to expand or if new companies will come into the market. If not, I could foresee this stifling future developments.
January 29, 20187 yr ^ Huh, interesting. Thanks for the insight. I wonder if these companies will start to expand or if new companies will come into the market. If not, I could foresee this stifling future developments. Well considering the amount of development going on in even some of the mid-sized Ohio cities I'm not sure. But if I were a steel erector in Toledo, Akron, Canton, etc I would be opening a satellite office in Central Ohio. The concrete contractors do have them here, two of the biggest in the country are headquartered in Cincinnati. The one I work with regularly to sell my product is working on Facebook in New Albany, Nationwide, Woods and two of the Short North projects(about to start a third and fourth). The other was working on this project, Edwards, campus and a few others. Where I have found the numbers effecting production are in the classical trades, HVAC, plumbing and electrical. That is where I have seen the most out of town poaching because the in town guys can't find help.
July 14, 20186 yr Author The nine-story apartment project now up to its top floor. Early July photo taken from Grant Avenue by https://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-july-2018-edition-we1:
September 30, 20186 yr Author Late August view of the nine-story 330 E. Oak Street apartment building under construction: https://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-august-2018-part-1
October 17, 20186 yr They're starting the cladding soon you can see the panels they're going to attach it to being installed between two windows. Can't wait to see how red this is.
February 7, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, cityscapes said: RED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't wait for this. It's either gonna be great or it's gonna be awful, but I'm excited regardless
February 7, 20196 yr Well we all knew for years now it was going to be red...it was just what kind of red. This red looks ok as long as the quality is good(not like that six floor one on High where up close it looks very poorly put together and all.) Looks close to the color of the crane-not too bad at all especially when you compare it to what was posted in the renderings earlier in this thread. Hopefully it will be put together well and add a nice patch of color to a drabbish (is that a word?) area.
June 19, 20195 yr This project is giving LC a run for its money in the "how long can it possibly take to build a 8-10 story apartment building" competition.
June 30, 20195 yr Redder. I hope they go back and fix some of the red panels, they're looking pretty warped. I'm not impressed with the build quality of a lot of Columbus projects. It seems like the contractors have very poor quality control or skill in installing anything other than brick. The orange terra-cotta panels on the Valencia building in the Short North are all off kilter, the EIFS on the Edwards project on High Street between Gay & Long looking all warped, and now this with the metal panels looking all wavy. I love outside of the box designs such as this but the commission should be giving some of these materials more scrutiny if they don't turn out nicely in reality. They get way too wooed by a pretty rendering.
August 5, 20195 yr Author Another view of the 330 S. Oak apartment building posted 7/23 at https://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-columbus-ohio-we1 Looks like they're just starting the red siding installation on the Grant Avenue side of the building.
October 8, 20195 yr On 10/4/2019 at 11:32 AM, aderwent said: The red is looking so much better than I thought it would. Is the bare concrete going to be covered with something? The concrete garage lower part and the upper concrete-will that have a covering? Gray would look nice.
October 9, 20195 yr Author 22 hours ago, Toddguy said: The red is looking so much better than I thought it would. Is the bare concrete going to be covered with something? The concrete garage lower part and the upper concrete-will that have a covering? Gray would look nice. Below is a photo from CU at https://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus-we1 showing the building from a different angle. This angle shows some of the metal mesh panels covering the concrete garage portion that have been installed.: Here is the most recent rendering showing the metal mesh on the building from 2015(!) Different angle from the CU photo above, but same angle as one of aderwent photos (note the Subway building). It appears that the metal mesh might extend from ground level to just below the red siding level, leaving a slight gap that exposes the structural concrete columns:
October 24, 20195 yr Author An artsy photo of the red panel installation at 330 E. Oak Street in today's Dispatch:
October 24, 20195 yr I hope the white areas are going to remain white. I think it looks better than in the rendering.
February 24, 20205 yr Author CU has a photo-tour of 330 E. Oak Street (now called The Pierce) that is nearly completed: https://www.columbusunderground.com/first-look-the-pierce-bw1 The Pierce will have 93 units and is currently pre-leasing with rents set between $1,300 and $2,000 per month for one- or two-bedroom apartments that range in size from 749 to 979 square feet. For more information, see http://thepiercecolumbus.com/
February 24, 20205 yr 14 minutes ago, Columbo said: CU has a photo-tour of 330 E. Oak Street (now called The Pierce) that is nearly completed: https://www.columbusunderground.com/first-look-the-pierce-bw1 The Pierce will have 93 units and is currently pre-leasing with rents set between $1,300 and $2,000 per month for one- or two-bedroom apartments that range in size from 749 to 979 square feet. For more information, see http://thepiercecolumbus.com/ Didn’t realize this was going to have that many units, a potential to have 200 or so people move into downtown is always a plus. It also looks great and is something different for once.
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