October 23, 2024Oct 23 Snatched a few at Quarry Trails yesterday evening- Second phase of SFH Elevator cores rising at multiple MFH sites Site clearing close to finished at the RockPointe portion of Quarry Trails North, where eight more apartment buildings will soon rise And up on Trabue Rd, early work continues on the bridge widening and multi use path that will connect QT to Riverside Dr
December 4, 2024Dec 4 Historic Dublin Road home being demolished for large apartment complex "An estate set amidst “80-year-old trees” at 4747 Dublin Road near Hayden Run is being razed to make way for an apartment complex. Columbus City Council unanimously passed the rezoning for up to 192 units. Columbus City Council defended the project, pointing to the city’s urgent need for housing. In a statement to NBC4, Dorans said, “We understand that change is often difficult, but the project passed by Council was significantly different than its initial proposals because of community engagement.” https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/historic-dublin-road-home-being-demolished-for-large-apartment-complex/
December 4, 2024Dec 4 2 hours ago, CbusOrBust said: Historic Dublin Road home being demolished for large apartment complex "An estate set amidst “80-year-old trees” at 4747 Dublin Road near Hayden Run is being razed to make way for an apartment complex. Columbus City Council unanimously passed the rezoning for up to 192 units. Columbus City Council defended the project, pointing to the city’s urgent need for housing. In a statement to NBC4, Dorans said, “We understand that change is often difficult, but the project passed by Council was significantly different than its initial proposals because of community engagement.” https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/historic-dublin-road-home-being-demolished-for-large-apartment-complex/ Gotta say I'm not in support of this. Too many mature trees lost. They would need to get creative to make this one work well. Plenty of ugly buildings and parking lots left to knock down before doing something like this.
December 4, 2024Dec 4 17 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Gotta say I'm not in support of this. Too many mature trees lost. They would need to get creative to make this one work well. Plenty of ugly buildings and parking lots left to knock down before doing something like this. Echoing the disdain for seeing mature trees removed. These bad boys take decades to get to a point where they can provide us shade and just look damn awesome. Always hate seeing them go when there really isn't a reason for it.
December 5, 2024Dec 5 I don't mind it, rather develop the innerbelt "relatively" densely rather than turn another cornfield out in Union County into housing.
December 5, 2024Dec 5 You hope it at least got something approaching market rate. It looks like the house was disused for a while or someone that couldn't maintain it lived there.
December 5, 2024Dec 5 1 hour ago, 17thState said: I don't mind it, rather develop the innerbelt "relatively" densely rather than turn another cornfield out in Union County into housing. See prior comment. Plenty of crappy single stories and parking lots left to go.
December 5, 2024Dec 5 I found this comment in the article funny: Dorans highlighted the builder’s commitments to reducing density, preserving green space, and mitigating construction impacts. Losing all of that and not even bothering to replace it with something actually better. The worst of all possible outcomes.
December 6, 2024Dec 6 On 12/4/2024 at 1:05 PM, CbusOrBust said: Historic Dublin Road home being demolished for large apartment complex "An estate set amidst “80-year-old trees” at 4747 Dublin Road near Hayden Run is being razed to make way for an apartment complex. Columbus City Council unanimously passed the rezoning for up to 192 units. Columbus City Council defended the project, pointing to the city’s urgent need for housing. In a statement to NBC4, Dorans said, “We understand that change is often difficult, but the project passed by Council was significantly different than its initial proposals because of community engagement.” https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/historic-dublin-road-home-being-demolished-for-large-apartment-complex/ Historic home on Dublin Road demolished making way for 192 apartments A backhoe clears ground Thursday, December 5th, 2024, for an apartment complex on the west side of Dublin Road, between Hayden Run and Davidson roads, on Columbus' Northwest Side https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/real-estate/2024/12/06/columbus-dublin-road-home-demolished-to-make-way-for-apartments/76799274007/
December 7, 2024Dec 7 On 12/4/2024 at 9:58 PM, columbus17 said: See prior comment. Plenty of crappy single stories and parking lots left to go. OK, whenever someone buys those and converts them I will also support it
December 9, 2024Dec 9 On 12/6/2024 at 3:17 PM, columbus17 said: Idiots. Why? I don't think you could even see this building much from the road before they cleared the land. And just because something is old doesn't make it historic. 50 years as an event center is hardly something worth preserving. Edited December 9, 2024Dec 9 by TIm
December 9, 2024Dec 9 1 hour ago, TIm said: Why? I don't think you could even see this building much from the road before they cleared the land. And just because something is old doesn't make it historic. 50 years as an event center is hardly something worth preserving. I mean, this exact reasoning in some form is used for all demolitions of old buildings. "It's outdated." "It's not historic, just old." "It's in the way of progress." We excuse too much laziness and poor projects from developers far too often and I don't understand the desire to do that. If we were getting a dense, mixed-use development out of this, great, but we're not. It's more suburban crap.
December 9, 2024Dec 9 1 hour ago, jonoh81 said: I mean, this exact reasoning in some form is used for all demolitions of old buildings. "It's outdated." "It's not historic, just old." "It's in the way of progress." We excuse too much laziness and poor projects from developers far too often and I don't understand the desire to do that. If we were getting a dense, mixed-use development out of this, great, but we're not. It's more suburban crap. And that suburban crap "needed" dozens of mature trees to be razed. It's maddening that Columbus allows this at every turn. Edited December 9, 2024Dec 9 by aderwent
December 9, 2024Dec 9 6 minutes ago, aderwent said: And that suburban crap "needed" dozens of mature trees to be razed. It's maddening that Columbus allows this at every turn. My point exactly. The developer literally admitted to using architect's stock drawings for the apartments. Nothing original at all. Furthermore, they got yelled at by the commission for not making one effort to meet with residents after they got a no vote the first go-around, and justifiably said the development made no sense there (not major thoroughfare, no proximity to public transportation, no amenities like shopping, office, and other things you could and would easily walk/bike to. This could have made a great park at the very least. Council saying "we need more housing" while letting loads of gravel lots sit vacant is foolish and dangerous, especially with a developer that had so little regard for the residents. It wasn't NIMBYism. There were local residents with design and development experience on projects across the city that came out against it with receipts. It was nothing more than a bad project and a bad idea that council allowed for whatever BS reason.
December 9, 2024Dec 9 2 hours ago, TIm said: Why? I don't think you could even see this building much from the road before they cleared the land. And just because something is old doesn't make it historic. 50 years as an event center is hardly something worth preserving. It was the trees. You could have created something like this there but choose to cut them all down for parking lots and giant grass islands with no use except pet piss spots. These would create new and exciting housing options and opportunities for first time homebuyers and empty nesters to obtain a house they can own at a low cost.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 15 hours ago, aderwent said: And that suburban crap "needed" dozens of mature trees to be razed. It's maddening that Columbus allows this at every turn. I'm infinitely more concerned about the loss of mature trees than some old house most people never looked at or got to go inside of. But pretending every old house lost is some kind of tragedy makes no sense to me. Buildings by nature are essentially temporary, especially single family houses.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 Old farmhouses in unmaintained condition on giant lots are indeed a dime a dozen in Ohio.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 3 hours ago, TIm said: I'm infinitely more concerned about the loss of mature trees than some old house most people never looked at or got to go inside of. But pretending every old house lost is some kind of tragedy makes no sense to me. Buildings by nature are essentially temporary, especially single family houses. Yeah I didn't care that much about the house, more so just saving those beautiful trees. But yk - sustainability and CO2 and all. Let's just build an asphalt pad with a crap ton of cars and cut down the mature trees because we loooove the environment. Smh.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 1 hour ago, columbus17 said: Yeah I didn't care that much about the house, more so just saving those beautiful trees. But yk - sustainability and CO2 and all. Let's just build an asphalt pad with a crap ton of cars and cut down the mature trees because we loooove the environment. Smh. Personally I'd rather lose 100 buildings than 1 mature tree! I am probably technically a tree lover though haha.
December 10, 2024Dec 10 More MFH rising at Quarry Trails Quick look at the RockPointe site at Quarry Trails North
December 12, 2024Dec 12 Construction has started at Westbend on McKinley Ave where hundreds of more units will soon rise The transformation of this site is going to be a fun one to watch!
December 13, 2024Dec 13 Snatched a couple peeks of the Guardtower site on Trabue Rd while waiting to turn on Hague Ave
December 13, 2024Dec 13 27 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said: Snatched a couple peeks of the Guardtower site on Trabue Rd while waiting to turn on Hague Ave I am sure it will look good but we just wish they could use more concrete and steel - looks like they whole thing would go up in an hour in a fire. It happened last year in Willoughby to a similar new building about to be occupied. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lake-county/willoughby-fire-mentor-avenue/95-e9192ff1-93ed-4cbd-bf1c-a916a4607542
December 13, 2024Dec 13 32 minutes ago, Willo said: I am sure it will look good but we just wish they could use more concrete and steel - looks like they whole thing would go up in an hour in a fire. It happened last year in Willoughby to a similar new building about to be occupied. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lake-county/willoughby-fire-mentor-avenue/95-e9192ff1-93ed-4cbd-bf1c-a916a4607542 Unless something drastically changes in the costs of those materials and associated labor, concrete and steel will never be nearly as cost-effective as wood frame construction for low-rise multifamily projects.
December 13, 2024Dec 13 1 hour ago, Willo said: I am sure it will look good but we just wish they could use more concrete and steel - looks like they whole thing would go up in an hour in a fire. It happened last year in Willoughby to a similar new building about to be occupied. https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/lake-county/willoughby-fire-mentor-avenue/95-e9192ff1-93ed-4cbd-bf1c-a916a4607542 The wood frame construction is indeed much more likely to catch fire while the building is being built before all fire retardant measures are in place than with concrete and steel. But once the building is completed the chance of fire drops drastically. That's why building industry was allowed to go back to wood-frame after it being banned for decades. The industry really ran with it as soon as the regulation was lifted, that's for sure.
December 24, 2024Dec 24 Snatched a few more from Quarry Trails as wood framing rises on multiple more apartment buildings on site And up on Trabue Rd, work continues on the bridge widening and multi use path that will connect Quarry Trails to Riverside Drive
February 6Feb 6 Had an extra hour at Quarry Trails, so I tried to get a few looks at as many of the ongoing projects as possible- New MFH rising in the South Bank area of QT Work continues to wrap up on the commercial spaces- as seen from the South Bank Numerous MFH and SFH projects continue across central QT A quick look down from the North Bank at SFH's in the central part of QT Infrastructure work continues on the North Bank where eight more apartment buildings will rise Rehab work continues on what will be another pedestrian connector Pieces of the new pedestrian bridge can be seen next to one of the bridges on Trabue Rd. This project is part of the new multi use path that will connect QT to Riverside Dr
February 7Feb 7 Early infrastructure work continues at the Westbend site at McKinley Ave and Fisher Rd, as crews have started installing fire hydrants
February 20Feb 20 Author New Development on Trabue Road Lands Approval The Columbus Development Commission signed off on a plan to add more housing to a densifying section of Trabue Road. The proposal, from Upland Development, calls for 280 residential units spread over eight buildings. The 18-acre development is proposed for 3775 Trabue Rd., across from the Raymond Memorial Golf Course. Two of the apartment buildings would face Trabue, along with a stand-alone, 5,300-square-foot restaurant with an outdoor patio. The other six apartment buildings, a clubhouse and a pool would fill the rest of the site, along with surface parking lots with space for 492 cars. The project would require the demolition of several single family homes as well as the building containing Fairweathers Cafe. Immediately to the west of the site is a single family subdivision and to the east are several businesses. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/new-development-on-trabue-road-lands-approval-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 1Mar 1 Pieces of the new pedestrian bridges that will help form a new multi-use path connecting QT to Riverside Dr can be seen rising next to the easternmost bridge on Trabue Rd.
March 11Mar 11 Few more from the old Guardtower site on Trabue *With all the developments from Riverside Dr to Wilson Rd., this stretch of Trabue Rd will soon be virtually unrecognizable from just a few years ago
March 19Mar 19 Had a chance to get a few from Quarry Trails earlier today- MFH rises in central Quarry Trails Second phase of SFH continues to march west toward phase one Site prep continues at RockPointe in Quarry Trails North, where eight more apartment buildings will rise. If I had to guess, I'd say we could see construction go vertical here within 60 days
April 7Apr 7 Few more looks at the ever changing Quarry Trails MFH rising in Central QT (The apartments above can be seen in the rendering below. The 21 apartment buildings are stacked together in the upper right of the rendering- next to the SFH's) Work has started on yet another phase of housing as progress continues to move north across CQT Couple quick looks at the pedestrian bridges being built along Trabue that will help form a new multi-use path connecting QT to Riverside Dr
April 7Apr 7 Author 280-unit apartment complex planned for Trabue Road A mixed-use development along Trabue Road is moving forward after receiving a zoning variance from Columbus City Council. Located at 3775 Trabue Road across from the Raymond Memorial Golf Course, Upland Development Co.'s proposal includes a 280-unit apartment complex plus a restaurant space. In documents filed with the city, the 18.3-acre Fairweather development is made up of nine parcels. Four are currently developed with single-unit dwellings and another four are undeveloped. The final parcel is the site of Fairweathers Cafe. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/04/07/trabue-road-upland-development.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 7Apr 7 4 hours ago, CbusOrBust said: Few more looks at the ever changing Quarry Trails MFH rising in Central QT (The apartments above can be seen in the rendering below. The 21 apartment buildings are stacked together in the upper right of the rendering- next to the SFH's) Work has started on yet another phase of housing as progress continues to move north across CQT Couple quick looks at the pedestrian bridges being built along Trabue that will help form a new multi-use path connecting QT to Riverside Dr Does anyone know how many units/houses will be in this development when it's all built out? It looks massive while driving down Trabue, I noticed another large 4 story apartment building going up at the entrance.
April 7Apr 7 7 minutes ago, sono4315 said: Does anyone know how many units/houses will be in this development when it's all built out? It looks massive while driving down Trabue, I noticed another large 4 story apartment building going up at the entrance. According to Google’s AI search it will have around 1,000 apartment units, 280 single family and about 100 townhomes and flats
April 7Apr 7 1 hour ago, ColDayMan said: 280-unit apartment complex planned for Trabue Road A mixed-use development along Trabue Road is moving forward after receiving a zoning variance from Columbus City Council. Located at 3775 Trabue Road across from the Raymond Memorial Golf Course, Upland Development Co.'s proposal includes a 280-unit apartment complex plus a restaurant space. In documents filed with the city, the 18.3-acre Fairweather development is made up of nine parcels. Four are currently developed with single-unit dwellings and another four are undeveloped. The final parcel is the site of Fairweathers Cafe. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/04/07/trabue-road-upland-development.html Council ought to be ashamed. Parroting sustainability while chopping down all those trees.
April 8Apr 8 2 hours ago, sono4315 said: Does anyone know how many units/houses will be in this development when it's all built out? It looks massive while driving down Trabue, I noticed another large 4 story apartment building going up at the entrance. It looks even bigger from Dublin Road! (especially right now because the trees along Dublin Road were recently trimmed)
April 8Apr 8 5 hours ago, VintageLife said: According to Google’s AI search it will have around 1,000 apartment units, 280 single family and about 100 townhomes and flats This will potentially add almost 2k new residents. Pretty much the size of a small town!
April 22Apr 22 Ramping up at the Westbend site on McKinley Ave- where phase one will add 463 housing units Got a chance to get a closer look at the entire site a couple hours ago And a couple looks at the northern edge of the site
April 22Apr 22 51 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said: Ramping up at the Westbend site on McKinley Ave- where phase one will add 463 housing units Got a chance to get a closer look at the entire site a couple hours ago And a couple looks at the northern edge of the site This won’t be terrible, but I feel like the entire 55 acres is going to be super underutilized. This is at least designed in some sort of way that they could add more buildings in the future. The small parking on the lake side of the buildings is also dumb. The units on that side should just be able to look out at the water, instead they feel the need to put parking on that side. It sucks there is no train in Columbus, this area would be an incredible spot for a stop and it goes right into downtown. Such a bummer that the city was small during the heyday of trains, and didn’t have the density for light rail. Obviously the tracks aren’t owned by the city, but damn what a miss.
April 22Apr 22 First building at the RockPointe site portion of Quarry Trails North is vertical! This particular project will add eight more apartment buildings just off Old Dublin Rd
April 23Apr 23 Ramping up on yet another housing project on Trabue Rd... This one at Trabue and Mckinley Ave For reference- it's the light purple portion (marked Phase lll) on the map below
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