March 8, 20232 yr This sounds like a nice like infill/rehab project. I go by this building all the time, and it’d be nice to see some new life get added here. I dunno how well a restaurant could do here, since it’s tucked away in a highly residential area, but I wish this project success. Google Street view from 2015 (the most recent view that doesn’t have a food truck blocking the building):
March 8, 20232 yr 10 hours ago, amped91 said: This sounds like a nice like infill/rehab project. I go by this building all the time, and it’d be nice to see some new life get added here. I dunno how well a restaurant could do here, since it’s tucked away in a highly residential area, but I wish this project success. Google Street view from 2015 (the most recent view that doesn’t have a food truck blocking the building): I’m happy to see this. Columbus needs more corner restaurant/shops. That is one of the things I dislike about the city. When you go to Cleveland and cinci, both have great little small neighborhood shops or coffee places in each little area. Columbus has the buildings and once had the businesses, but the majority of those are converted to living areas instead.
March 10, 20232 yr On 3/8/2023 at 8:11 AM, VintageLife said: I’m happy to see this. Columbus needs more corner restaurant/shops. That is one of the things I dislike about the city. When you go to Cleveland and cinci, both have great little small neighborhood shops or coffee places in each little area. Columbus has the buildings and once had the businesses, but the majority of those are converted to living areas instead. I love it. Just in the last few years, there’s been several rehabs—and even a new build—on this part of Miller, between Mooberry and Livingston. And the guy who owns the old brick building at the NW corner of Miller and Livingston has been working on rehabbing that building with apartments on top and retail space on the bottom. Idk if he’s signed a retail tenant yet, but it looks like it could be a nice spot for a little corner cafe. And I’d love to see some sort of specialty diner take up space on this Milberry project.
March 27, 20232 yr This is pretty exciting! Middle West Spirits upping production by 10x with new distillery “A Columbus spirts-maker is growing again with plans for a second distillery, 80 new jobs and more. Middle West Spirits is expanding its campus at 1165 Alum Creek Dr. It plans to build a new 75,000-square-foot distillery, a grain recycling center, a packaging and bottling facility and new offices. Future plans also include a possible hospitality component somewhere down the road. When the distillery began moving into the Alum Creek complex in 2020, future expansion potential was part of the appeal. Lang said the new facility will have more than 10 times the production capabilities of the original distillery on Courtland Avenue in the Short North, though it will take time to build up to that figure.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/27/middle-west-spirits-upping-production-by-10x-with.html
March 27, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, amped91 said: This is pretty exciting! Middle West Spirits upping production by 10x with new distillery “A Columbus spirts-maker is growing again with plans for a second distillery, 80 new jobs and more. Middle West Spirits is expanding its campus at 1165 Alum Creek Dr. It plans to build a new 75,000-square-foot distillery, a grain recycling center, a packaging and bottling facility and new offices. Future plans also include a possible hospitality component somewhere down the road. When the distillery began moving into the Alum Creek complex in 2020, future expansion potential was part of the appeal. Lang said the new facility will have more than 10 times the production capabilities of the original distillery on Courtland Avenue in the Short North, though it will take time to build up to that figure.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/27/middle-west-spirits-upping-production-by-10x-with.html This is great, would love for them to make a spiced rum eventually.
March 27, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, VintageLife said: This is great, would love for them to make a spiced rum eventually. Yum! The “hospitality component” is interesting. This could end up becoming something like the spirits version of BrewDog’s CW campus. Would be great for this part of Alum Creek—it’s pretty depressing looking rn.
March 27, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, amped91 said: This is pretty exciting! Middle West Spirits upping production by 10x with new distillery “A Columbus spirts-maker is growing again with plans for a second distillery, 80 new jobs and more. Middle West Spirits is expanding its campus at 1165 Alum Creek Dr. It plans to build a new 75,000-square-foot distillery, a grain recycling center, a packaging and bottling facility and new offices. Future plans also include a possible hospitality component somewhere down the road. When the distillery began moving into the Alum Creek complex in 2020, future expansion potential was part of the appeal. Lang said the new facility will have more than 10 times the production capabilities of the original distillery on Courtland Avenue in the Short North, though it will take time to build up to that figure.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/27/middle-west-spirits-upping-production-by-10x-with.html I'm pretty sure they already started work on this! If it's where I think it is, it's very noticeable when coming up Alum Creek Dr from 104
March 27, 20232 yr They have. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 27, 20232 yr Old Oberfields production facility… interesting, don’t really remember hearing about that being sold
March 27, 20232 yr 8 minutes ago, wpcc88 said: Old Oberfields production facility… interesting, don’t really remember hearing about that being sold When I lived in Groveport and wanted to avoid 33 I'd stop at that light from 70 to Alum Creek and wonder what that building was, and how it was a pretty cool location. Good to see it's getting new life!
March 27, 20232 yr I remembered it had something to do with concrete. I just thought they were adding on.
April 3, 20232 yr Got a few of the Middle West Spirits expansion on the way out to Intel a little earlier
November 28, 20231 yr Inside the $34M expansion of Columbus' Ronald McDonald House The Columbus Ronald McDonald House has completed the largest expansion in its 41 year history. Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio more than doubled the size of the now 230,000-square-foot facility to provide more accommodations for families whose children are undergoing treatment at nearby Nationwide Children's Hospital and other systems. The nonprofit spent $34 million to add two three-story buildings flanking a playground and courtyard at the 711 E. Livingston Ave. complex. The project added 86 guest rooms, community rooms, an expanded kitchen and dining area, and green space. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/11/27/central-ohio-ronald-mcdonald-house-34m-expansion.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 19, 20241 yr Livingston Avenue Apartment Development Moving Forward Work could start as soon as this spring on a 118-unit affordable apartment complex at 1826 E. Livingston Ave. The complex will consist of one L-shaped building – at the corner of Livingston and Rhoads Avenue – and a second, rectangular building that will extend up Rhoads. The corner building will have about 5,500 square feet of ground floor commercial space. A parking lot will sit between the two buildings and the adjacent railroad tracks. Jonathan D. McKay, VP of Development for Woda Cooper, said that 10 percent of the units in the complex will be market rate, while the rest will be reserved for tenants making between 30 and 80 percent of the Annual Median Income (AMI). “At this time, we anticipate starting construction as soon as the second quarter of 2024,” he said.
January 28, 20241 yr Recent shot of the new Middle West distillery on Alum Creek Dr Edited January 28, 20241 yr by Luvcbus
January 28, 20241 yr https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2024/01/28/a-look-inside-ohios-largest-distillery/72173872007/ Quote The distillery is ramping up production at Alum Creek, while retaining its original distillery on Courtland Avenue in Weinland Park. Middle West plans to use the new distillery for whiskey while keeping the Courtland operation for clear spirits such as vodka and gin. "We're looking at adding some hospitality," Daily said. "What that looks like yet, we don't know." Edited January 28, 20241 yr by Imwalle
February 1, 20241 yr Please take a moment to sign and share my new petition to save the old Farm Crest Bakeries building in Driving Park. This Streamline Moderne building is so cool and could last so much longer, and it's just begging for a cool project to take it on and bring it new life. It's the last significant Streamline building left in Columbus, and it'd be heartbreaking for it to go. Link here: change.org/FarmCrestBakery
February 1, 20241 yr Signed, thanks! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 5, 20241 yr Dis you @M? If so, well-written! Opinion: The Farm Crest Bakeries Building is a Building Worth Saving Despite what you might hope, Columbus’s days of tearing down historic buildings is not over. This month, developer Woda Cooper Companies Inc. announced their plans to demolish the Farm Crest Bakeries Building, a beautiful building facing the 24-acre Driving Park. The historic 1949 building housed a cookie factory, supplying supermarkets in the post-World War golden era of midcentury America. In 1950 it was lauded as a benefit to Columbus’s diversified industries, while furthermore correctly predicting Columbus’s relative stability in the following decades, as Rust Belt cities without such an assortment of businesses suffered. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/opinion-the-farm-crest-bakeries-building-is-a-building-worth-saving/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 5, 20241 yr 2 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Dis you @M? If so, well-written! Opinion: The Farm Crest Bakeries Building is a Building Worth Saving Despite what you might hope, Columbus’s days of tearing down historic buildings is not over. This month, developer Woda Cooper Companies Inc. announced their plans to demolish the Farm Crest Bakeries Building, a beautiful building facing the 24-acre Driving Park. The historic 1949 building housed a cookie factory, supplying supermarkets in the post-World War golden era of midcentury America. In 1950 it was lauded as a benefit to Columbus’s diversified industries, while furthermore correctly predicting Columbus’s relative stability in the following decades, as Rust Belt cities without such an assortment of businesses suffered. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/opinion-the-farm-crest-bakeries-building-is-a-building-worth-saving/ Thanks, yep, please share! Glad you like it ❤️
March 1, 20241 yr Demolition permit filed for Farm Crest Bakeries Building "Columbus-based developer Woda Cooper Companies wants to build affordable apartments on the site of a long-closed bakery building in the city's Driving Park neighborhood that the Columbus Landmarks Foundation and others want to save. A demolition company filed on Feb. 16 for a permit to knock down the Farm Crest Bakeries Building at 1826 E. Livingston Ave. Woda Cooper plans to redevelop the site into the Granville Woods Lofts, a $23-million project with 118 apartments and more than 5,000 square feet of retail space on the 3-acre site just west the Norfolk Southern tracks. According to the Franklin County auditor's office, the three-story, 53,616-square-foot building was built in 1949 and is now owned by Lee-Elle Management LLC of Columbus. In his statement, McKay said that Woda Cooper has an agreement to purchase the site and anticipates taking ownership in the spring. The proposed development has been in the works for more than two years." https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/03/01/preservationists-fighting-to-save-old-bakery-building-in-driving-park/72757017007/
March 1, 20241 yr Livingston through Driving Park was our Art Deco district, even if this building was a little late to the party.
March 1, 20241 yr Looks like it should be full of Super Mutants from the Fallout video game series. There is probably some kind of automaton with saw blades for arms lurking just inside the front door guarding the lobby.
March 1, 20241 yr It looks like...a prison? "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 21, 20241 yr Woda Cooper building 118 new apartments in Driving Park Central Ohio's busiest commercial real estate developer is bringing 118 new apartments to the site of an old bakery building along Livingston. Affordable housing developer Woda Cooper plans to build a mixed-income project at 1826 Livingston Ave. in Columbus' Driving Park neighborhood. Most units in the two, four-story buildings will be reserved for people earning 30% to 80% of the area median income. There will be six units at market-rate rents. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/04/19/woda-cooper.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 13, 20241 yr Ronald McDonald house expansion (5-3-24) Cohen's Kossuth street development FWIW the site of the Kossuth Street Garden still hasn't been built on over 3 years after its closure.
August 20, 2024Aug 20 Robert Ellis of Pink Development (the denied tower in Franklinton) is proposing a ten story mixed-use building at 1559 Frebis Ave.
August 20, 2024Aug 20 1 hour ago, aderwent said: Robert Ellis of Pink Development (the denied tower in Franklinton) is proposing a ten story mixed-use building at 1559 Frebis Ave. Picking a somewhat larger road and a random small lot for a tower is just stupid at this point
August 20, 2024Aug 20 5 hours ago, amped91 said: I feel like he is unserious at this point. I found something about the dude and yeah, he's a joke...
October 26, 2024Oct 26 Workforce housing project in southeast Columbus awarded state funding A workforce housing project in southeast Columbus has been awarded state funding. Bellevue, Washington-based developer Devco Residential Group will receive $56.5 million in multifamily housing bonds for its Havens Edge project at 2677 Weyburn Road. The award, which was recently authorized by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA), also includes $4.4 million in low-income housing tax credits. The $83.8 million project consists of 246 two-, three- and four-bedroom units within multiple buildings constructed on two contiguous sites. The majority (56%) will be two-bedroom units and the remaining 44% will have three and four bedrooms. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/10/25/columbus-workforce-housing-havens-edge-apartments.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 10, 2024Dec 10 On 4/21/2024 at 5:53 PM, ColDayMan said: Woda Cooper building 118 new apartments in Driving Park Central Ohio's busiest commercial real estate developer is bringing 118 new apartments to the site of an old bakery building along Livingston. Affordable housing developer Woda Cooper plans to build a mixed-income project at 1826 Livingston Ave. in Columbus' Driving Park neighborhood. Most units in the two, four-story buildings will be reserved for people earning 30% to 80% of the area median income. There will be six units at market-rate rents. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/04/19/woda-cooper.html Elevator cores rising at Grandview Woods Lofts on Livingston
February 11Feb 11 Photos & Renderings: Trolley Pulled from Spaghetti Warehouse as Demolition Continues The Rickenbacker Woods Foundation, which operates a campus in Driving Park that includes the boyhood home of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, has posted plans for the trolley and a fundraiser to pay for it on the GoFundMe website. “This trolley isn’t just a cool old piece of décor from a beloved restaurant; it’s a bridge to our city’s rich past and a chance to spotlight one of our most innovative minds, Granville T. Woods,” reads an explanation on the fundraising site that was signed by Franklin County Clerk of Courts Maryellen O’Shaughnessy, who is listed as Chairwoman of the Trolley Rescue & Restoration Committee. Part of the mission of the Rickenbacker Woods Foundation is to highlight and honor the accomplishments of Woods, an African American inventor and Columbus native. Woods held over 60 patents and was the inventor of the third rail, which still powers subways and streetcars around the world. Renderings show the trolley installed as part of a new park that would be located on the organization’s property at 1330 E. Livingston Ave.
February 12Feb 12 8 hours ago, VintageLife said: Photos & Renderings: Trolley Pulled from Spaghetti Warehouse as Demolition Continues The Rickenbacker Woods Foundation, which operates a campus in Driving Park that includes the boyhood home of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, has posted plans for the trolley and a fundraiser to pay for it on the GoFundMe website. “This trolley isn’t just a cool old piece of décor from a beloved restaurant; it’s a bridge to our city’s rich past and a chance to spotlight one of our most innovative minds, Granville T. Woods,” reads an explanation on the fundraising site that was signed by Franklin County Clerk of Courts Maryellen O’Shaughnessy, who is listed as Chairwoman of the Trolley Rescue & Restoration Committee. Part of the mission of the Rickenbacker Woods Foundation is to highlight and honor the accomplishments of Woods, an African American inventor and Columbus native. Woods held over 60 patents and was the inventor of the third rail, which still powers subways and streetcars around the world. Renderings show the trolley installed as part of a new park that would be located on the organization’s property at 1330 E. Livingston Ave. Now if we could real working trains on the streets of Columbus 😉
February 12Feb 12 11 hours ago, sono4315 said: Now if we could real working trains on the streets of Columbus 😉 Livingston would be an excellent street to run a trolley/street car down.
February 25Feb 25 Not exactly sure where this one goes... Work continues on the new CML Barnett Branch on Livingston
February 25Feb 25 4 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said: Not exactly sure where this one goes... Work continues on the new CML Barnett Branch on Livingston It could go here:
February 25Feb 25 48 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said: Berwyn East Place on Livingston will add 103 more units to the stock Is this the location of the old bakery factory near Livingston and 71?
February 25Feb 25 6 minutes ago, sono4315 said: Is this the location of the old bakery factory near Livingston and 71? This one's at 3341 Livingston -pretty close to Bishop Hartley HS
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