August 25, 20177 yr ^It was mostly Pennsylvania Railroad and C&O yards. The key to the photo is here: http://www.columbusrailroads.com/new/utility/display_html.php?color_primary=99&color_secondary=176&color_text=173+%28should+often+be+173+WHITE+or+176+BLACK%29&header_photo=w_cbls_aerial-150.jpg&htmltitle=Spruce+Street&file=.%2Flive%2F05Steam_Railroads%2F21Aerial_Photos%2Faerial_spruce_st.htm
November 28, 20177 yr Well, this proposal didn't last long... Hopefully someone else steps up and does something with the land. Plans for Grand Central project near the Arena District abandoned The Schottenstein Real Estate Group has killed plans for its huge Grand Central mixed-use project west of the Arena District. "After months of meetings with city and state officials, prospective users, and neighboring owners, Schottenstein Real Estate Group has decided not to move forward in the purchase of the proposed development in downtown Columbus known as Grand Central," SRE President Brian Schottenstein said in a statement. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/28/plans-for-grand-central-project-near-the-arena.html
November 28, 20177 yr ^ Pretty sure there's no way it would fit on these parcels. Not to get too far off track, but IMO the Abbott site or Mt Carmel West are the only places that really make sense. The former casino/NRI parcel next door could fit it, but logistics might be an issue and I think that's much better suited for dense residential development.
November 28, 20177 yr Well, this proposal didn't last long... Hopefully someone else steps up and does something with the land. Plans for Grand Central project near the Arena District abandoned The Schottenstein Real Estate Group has killed plans for its huge Grand Central mixed-use project west of the Arena District. "After months of meetings with city and state officials, prospective users, and neighboring owners, Schottenstein Real Estate Group has decided not to move forward in the purchase of the proposed development in downtown Columbus known as Grand Central," SRE President Brian Schottenstein said in a statement. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/28/plans-for-grand-central-project-near-the-arena.html This is unfortunate. It was not that bad of a plan (just needed a bit of tweaking for the southern triangle part) and it took care of both of those troublesome parcels. This was the first real proposal I know of for that area and when will we ever get another one like it? It just does not sound good for the development future of those parcels-especially the problematic southern triangular one. Just depressing news.
November 28, 20177 yr ^ Pretty sure there's no way it would fit on these parcels. Not to get too far off track, but IMO the Abbott site or Mt Carmel West are the only places that really make sense. The former casino/NRI parcel next door could fit it, but logistics might be an issue and I think that's much better suited for dense residential development. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/28/plans-for-grand-central-project-near-the-arena.html At the same time, Schottenstein said that the company had offered the site as a potential stadium site to Columbus Crew SC. He said the company met with "an officer of the Columbus Crew and initially offered free land to the sports franchise, indicating that the company would work a deal with municipal governments for a discounted and fair reimbursement plan. This was a bold offer of free land to gauge the Crew’s interest and 'Save the Crew,' but was not pursued by the Crew." Crew SC officials responded in an email to Business First with images of text messages that they said were sent between Andy Loughnane, president of business operations for Crew SC, and Brian Schottenstein suggesting the Crew was in fact interested. Very Stable Genius
November 30, 20177 yr This is utterly disappointing, my guess is they received some push back from property owners and folded. The Schottensteins could've left a very significant mark on the city with this project and yet again they have failed us.
July 2, 20213 yr Nothing is actually happening, but the current owner did have a proposed rendering - "Marty Savko, whose family bought the Arena District property in 1995, also believes the access issues can be resolved to allow his property and the CSX property to be developed. We’ve owned our property there for an awful long time," he said. "We've been planning something on that site for a while, and sooner or later will do something there." Savko even had renderings drawn up showing high-rise developments on the site, called The Baseball District. " From https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/07/02/arena-district-office-and-residential-development-far-done/7795014002/ (paywall)
August 10, 20213 yr On 7/2/2021 at 10:55 AM, futureman said: Nothing is actually happening, but the current owner did have a proposed rendering - "Marty Savko, whose family bought the Arena District property in 1995, also believes the access issues can be resolved to allow his property and the CSX property to be developed. We’ve owned our property there for an awful long time," he said. "We've been planning something on that site for a while, and sooner or later will do something there." Savko even had renderings drawn up showing high-rise developments on the site, called The Baseball District. " From https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/07/02/arena-district-office-and-residential-development-far-done/7795014002/ (paywall) That looks decent, but doesn’t seem dense enough for being downtown. Hopefully something happens there, and with the new stadium and the development around that, I’m sure it will happen sooner rather than later.
August 13, 20213 yr On 8/10/2021 at 10:14 AM, GCrites80s said: Good point, it's a little too Thurber Village right now. It looks even more "tower in the park" than Thurber Village. The Nationwide condo tower complex looks much more dense and 'city like' than those.
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