April 10Apr 10 @CbusOrBust, You must rake in some decent mileage reimbursement writeoffs or dollars annually. 😉
April 10Apr 10 I really have got to get down soon and see this construction in person soon. Short North is one of my very favorite places and it's changing so fast (to be clear, in a good way).
April 10Apr 10 1 hour ago, cbussoccer said: Looks like we are coming up on a crane jump here pretty soon. It’s only about half way in height right? It’s crazy how prominent it already is.
April 11Apr 11 I love posting pictures of the construction! View from Park street next to Goodale Park. Third picture from the 6th floor of the Russell Street parking garage in the Short North. Edited April 11Apr 11 by sono4315
April 11Apr 11 And I love seeing all the pics you all post. Thank you. it’s amazing what nature adds. That middle pic is awesome. That top pic is also great and imagine how much nicer it’d be minus all those wires.
April 11Apr 11 10 hours ago, Bryan2Cbus said: And I love seeing all the pics you all post. Thank you. it’s amazing what nature adds. That middle pic is awesome. That top pic is also great and imagine how much nicer it’d be minus all those wires. The residents will either have a great view of Goodale Park/Short North or of the downtown skyline. Whichever the apartment faces.
April 13Apr 13 Is the facade modular brick panels? I haven't noticed any signs of masonry work. Just seems like everything it soon squared up every time I'm down there.
April 13Apr 13 45 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: Is the facade modular brick panels? I haven't noticed any signs of masonry work. Just seems like everything it soon squared up every time I'm down there. It is. They look great!
April 13Apr 13 32 minutes ago, columbus17 said: It is. They look great! I watched them hoisting one up today! It's pretty incredible
April 14Apr 14 On 4/12/2025 at 10:36 PM, sono4315 said: I watched them hoisting one up today! It's pretty incredible They are staging some of them in the convention center's east parking lot off Nationwide and Fourth, like they did with the Hilton's precast facade panels. The Merchant's panels are preglazed with the windows installed already, unlike Hilton which just had the concrete panels and openings for future window installation.
April 19Apr 19 19 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said: More from the Merchant My only complaint is that the brick should have matched the north market a little more.
April 19Apr 19 I saw the same thing on the facade matching the market, but wondered if that might be too much orange in the skyline since the Hilton is nearly the same color as the market.
April 19Apr 19 33 minutes ago, Bryan2Cbus said: I saw the same thing on the facade matching the market, but wondered if that might be too much orange in the skyline since the Hilton is nearly the same color as the market. That’s a good point actually and for that reason probably best it doesn’t match
April 20Apr 20 Closeup of the brickwork. Also a picture coming south on 71 to 670 west. Its starting to rise into the rest of the skyline! Edited April 20Apr 20 by sono4315
April 20Apr 20 12 hours ago, sono4315 said: Closeup of the brickwork. Also a picture coming south on 71 to 670 west. Its starting to rise into the rest of the skyline! I love those corner windows!!
April 26Apr 26 You can just make out the concrete pump from Riverside Hospital (I’m OK, just visiting a relative) and the tower crane in front of the Nationwide tower.
April 28Apr 28 The tower making its way into the downtown skyline, as seen from Historic Crew Stadium.
April 29Apr 29 The Merchant from a few different spots along 4th...Bridges over 6704th & GoodaleFew from Jeffrey Park
May 4May 4 View heading west on 670. The middle height portion has topped out with the elevator shaft. Picture another 14 stories added on and this will be the height of the building.
May 10May 10 The efficiency of this build seems incredible to me. As it continues to rise, I do wish there was a mesh screen on each of the parking deck windows. That's something that keeps sticking out to me is the future visibility of the cars from the new Plaza.
May 11May 11 1 hour ago, DTCL11 said:The efficiency of this build seems incredible to me.As it continues to rise, I do wish there was a mesh screen on each of the parking deck windows. That's something that keeps sticking out to me is the future visibility of the cars from the new Plaza.I think the addition to the north market will cover the parking garage, at least on the plaza side. You can see it’s covered in this.
May 11May 11 The west facing wall will also be covered, it’s just a shame the east facing and south facing are pretty lame. I don’t know why they couldn’t just wrap the art around the south facing wall. The east should also be covered with someone more than mesh, but whatever I guess.I love all of the projects Edwards has been involved with, but they all seem only partially complete. There’s always something that doesn’t look good in each project.
May 11May 11 13 hours ago, VintageLife said:I think the addition to the north market will cover the parking garage, at least on the plaza side.You can see it’s covered in this.It won't. This is all parking garage windows.
May 11May 11 1 hour ago, DTCL11 said:It won't. This is all parking garage windows.Ah, I do see that now. Hopefully it is hidden well enough that it isn’t super noticeable
May 12May 12 22 hours ago, VintageLife said:Ah, I do see that now. Hopefully it is hidden well enough that it isn’t super noticeableThey may not use vision glass in those openings, but use one that's opaque or translucent. There are ways of approaching those openings to not show a bunch of vehicles.
May 12May 12 1 minute ago, PizzaScissors said:They may not use vision glass in those openings, but use one that's opaque or translucent. There are ways of approaching those openings to not show a bunch of vehicles.This is a snapshot of how these openings were called out in their downtown commission materials, which gives some indication (if it hasn't changed since). The same submission called for an "architectural expanded metal mesh" on the south and east facades of the garage.
May 12May 12 Do you think there will be additional refining on the facade? Because the brick seems to be more layered/accented in the renderings too.
May 13May 13 At its current height, it would have been a massive improvement. But to think it has a ways to go top out still is such a nice change of pace for this city.
May 13May 13 1 hour ago, clippersandyank said:At its current height, it would have been a massive improvement. But to think it has a ways to go top out still is such a nice change of pace for this city.At it's final height of 382 feet it will surpass the Hilton Tower Downtown to become the tallest building built since 1991 with the completion of the Franklin County Courthouse and become the 11th tallest building (12th once James Cancer Hospital is finished). With more infill on the way, hopefully that includes taller buildings to be built in the 2030's.
May 13May 13 13 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said:At it's final height of 382 feet it will surpass the Hilton Tower Downtown to become the tallest building built since 1991 with the completion of the Franklin County Courthouse and become the 11th tallest building (12th once James Cancer Hospital is finished). With more infill on the way, hopefully that includes taller buildings to be built in the 2030's.The Wexner tower topped out quite a while ago so it's already the 10th tallest building in the city, meaning the Merchant will be 12th once topping out. I would love to see more 15-25 story buildings pop up in the next decade. We have a good crop of tall (400'+) towers, but we lack towers in the 200-300' range to fill in the gaps. We currently have 11 towers that are over 400' tall, including the Wexner Inpatient tower, and another 8 (soon to be 9 with Merchant Tower) over 300'. Here is where we rank among some of our "peer" cities have:Total over 300':Cleveland: 22Columbus: 19 (20 including Merchant Tower)Cincinnati: 18 (+1 approved)Milwaukee: 16 (+1 approved)St Louis: 16 (+3 approved)Kansas City: 15Louisville: 14Indianapolis: 12 (+2 under construction and 2 approved)Total over 200':Milwaukee: 57Cleveland: 51 (+1 under construction)Kansas City: 45Indianapolis: 38 (+1 approved)St Louis: 37+ (wikipedia list stops at 250')Columbus; 35 (36 with Merchant Tower) (+1 approved)Cincinnati: 28+ (wikipedia list stops at 230')Louisville: 26As you can see we perform quite well when it comes to taller buildings, but we really fall when you move down to the mid-size towers.
May 13May 13 1 hour ago, cbussoccer said:The Wexner tower topped out quite a while ago so it's already the 10th tallest building in the city, meaning the Merchant will be 12th once topping out.I would love to see more 15-25 story buildings pop up in the next decade. We have a good crop of tall (400'+) towers, but we lack towers in the 200-300' range to fill in the gaps. We currently have 11 towers that are over 400' tall, including the Wexner Inpatient tower, and another 8 (soon to be 9 with Merchant Tower) over 300'. Here is where we rank among some of our "peer" cities have:Total over 300':Cleveland: 22Columbus: 19 (20 including Merchant Tower)Cincinnati: 18 (+1 approved)Milwaukee: 16 (+1 approved)St Louis: 16 (+3 approved)Kansas City: 15Louisville: 14Indianapolis: 12 (+2 under construction and 2 approved)Total over 200':Milwaukee: 57Cleveland: 51 (+1 under construction)Kansas City: 45Indianapolis: 38 (+1 approved)St Louis: 37+ (wikipedia list stops at 250')Columbus; 35 (36 with Merchant Tower) (+1 approved)Cincinnati: 28+ (wikipedia list stops at 230')Louisville: 26As you can see we perform quite well when it comes to taller buildings, but we really fall when you move down to the mid-size towers.The 15-25 story are what help make the skyline look good. I have a feeling that is mostly the size we will be seeing in the next decade or so, depending on how cost and the craziness of everything right now goes.
May 19May 19 Construction crew have started installing the glass panels on the tower portion of the building. Sorry for the second blury picture, I was trying to take one being a passenger driving along 670.
May 19May 19 The glass on the tower will definitely look great!You can see it pretty well in this pic from about a week ago...
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