It might be time for Johnstown to get its own thread!

 

The New Albany Co. proposes 417-acre, mixed-use development in Johnstown, north of Intel

 

 

"The New Albany Co. proposed to the Johnstown Planning Commission on Tuesday the Johnstown Gateway Planned District, a mixed-use development on 417 acres, just north of the Intel site, bordered by Green Chapel to the south, Clover Valley to the west, Mink Street to the east and north of Duncan Plains to the north.

 

The site includes 286 recently annexed acres and 131 acres already in the city. The proposed development is divided into five areas and allows for manufacturing, commercial, data centers, office, warehouse, parking structures, retail, park land and potentially more than 1,000 housing units."

 

 

• Subarea 1 (187.39 acres): Permitted uses: Office, major institutional, manufacturing, production and industrial, data centers, warehousing, park land. Conditional uses: Parking structures. Located south of Duncan Plains Road and east of Clover Valley Road.
• Subarea 2 (68.38 acres): Permitted uses: Office, manufacturing, production and industrial, data centers, warehousing, park land. Conditional uses: Parking structures. Includes area 2B, owned by the Heath-Newark-Licking County Port Authority. Located north of Duncan Plains Road.
• Subarea 3 (70 acres): Permitted uses: Community institutional, neighborhood commercial, multifamily residential, mixed-use, parking structures, park land. Located midway between Green Chapel and Duncan Plains roads and west of Mink Street.
• Subarea 4 (60 acres): Permitted uses: Office, community institutional, neighborhood commercial, multi-family residential, mixed use, parking structures, park land. Conditional use: Major institutional, auto-related. Located immediately north of Green Chapel Road and west of Mink Street.
• Subarea 5 (32.37 acres): Permitted uses: Office, major institutional (with subarea 1 or 4), community institutional (if under mixed use), manufacturing, production and industrial, data centers, warehousing, neighborhood commercial, regional commercial, multi-family residential (as part of mixed use), mixed use, parking structures, park land. Conditional use: Auto-related, parking structures. Located immediately north of Green Chapel Road, midway between Clover Valley Road and the western edge of subareas 3, 4.

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2023/08/24/the-new-albany-co-seeks-417-acre-mixed-use-development-in-johnstown/70662755007/

Edited August 24, 20231 yr by aderwent

I've been wondering when some big potential development in Johnstown was going to be announced! Something was bound to happen eventually, Johnstown is just too perfectly situated to be a hub for Intel suppliers and a prime area for the employees of Intel and all the other support businesses in the area to live.

More on that...

 

Massive 417-acre, mixed-use district proposed as a gateway to the Intel Corp. site in Johnstown

 

A mixed-use district that could serve as a gateway to the Intel Corp. site was presented to the city of Johnstown this week.

 

Tentatively named the Johnstown Gateway Planned District, the proposed 417-acre site is broken into five subareas featuring industrial, residential and commercial developments, along with parks and open space.

 

The project aims to accommodate future Intel workers, suppliers and other industries that could benefit from the influx of 3,000 direct jobs Intel will initially create with its $20 billion project at the foot of the site.

 

"This is located at the doorstep of the biggest economic development project the state of Ohio has ever seen," Aaron Underhill, attorney for Underhill & Hodge, a law firm representing Johnstown Land Co. – an affiliate of New Albany Co. – told members of the New Albany Planning Commission at a meeting this week.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/08/24/johnstown-gateway-planned-district-near-intel-corp.html

Interesting that the Newark/Heath Licking County Port Authority owns the Subarea 2 and has a contract with Huntington to build some sort of big facility there.  Is there any additional information about that specific part?  Seems like it should be bigger news...

17 minutes ago, OhioFinest said:

Interesting that the Newark/Heath Licking County Port Authority owns the Subarea 2 and has a contract with Huntington to build some sort of big facility there.  Is there any additional information about that specific part?  Seems like it should be bigger news...

Sounds like a data center. 

43 minutes ago, OhioFinest said:

Interesting that the Newark/Heath Licking County Port Authority owns the Subarea 2 and has a contract with Huntington to build some sort of big facility there.  Is there any additional information about that specific part?  Seems like it should be bigger news...

They own a ton of land in the county and have been buying anything they can in recent years. Guy who runs the show over there really knows what he's doing.

I have a hard time believing this will ever live up to an actual well done mixed use development. I love seeing all these suburb towns focus a bit more on walkability, but seems the only one that has been able to do it properly is Dublin. 
 

After seeing their success, it is still shocking to me how many of these places don’t just copy and paste it. They all still focus way to much on parking lots and not building as dense as possible. 

Edited August 24, 20231 yr by VintageLife

Just now, VintageLife said:

I have a hard time believe this will ever live up to an actual well done mixed use development. I love seeing all these suburb towns focus a bit more on walkability, but seems the only one that has been able to do it properly is Dublin. 
 

After seeing their success, it is still shocking to me how many of these places don’t just copy and paste it. They all still focus way to much on parking lots and not building as dense as possible. 

Johnstown is a city that likes to do it right though. They are one of the few towns in Licking County that has been proactive about development and planning for the future well before the arrival of Intel. There massive projects in recent years was building all new schools so it's def a sore spot for them that they JUST built all of these school and they might be over capacity 5 years later. It was a massive project for them.

2 hours ago, TIm said:

Johnstown is a city that likes to do it right though. They are one of the few towns in Licking County that has been proactive about development and planning for the future well before the arrival of Intel. There massive projects in recent years was building all new schools so it's def a sore spot for them that they JUST built all of these school and they might be over capacity 5 years later. It was a massive project for them.

Agree...i don't think people are TRULY wrapping their heads around the growth that is coming.  Licking County is exactly where Delaware County was 20 years ago...only this growth is going to be 5x that growth.  I simply don't think many people are honestly thinking big enough. In 2000, Olentangy had one Division 4 school.  Now Olentangy has FOUR Division 1 High Schools with the 5th and final school coming soon (I believe?).  I think we all should be expanding our thoughts about the impact on schooling.  I think Johnstown could end up with 2-3 schools...Licking Heights with 4-5 schools...Watkins with 4-5 schools...Northridge becoming D1...Granville becoming D1...Heath becoming D1.   I mean think about it, the Chase facility is the anchor that lead to the explosion of the growth in Delaware County...this Intel development and subsequent indirect development is easily going to be 5x that amount.  So these communities need to be planning for this growth with a much much larger vision.  Johnstown could easily get to 30-50k residents over the next 20 years.  This development alone could be enough to put Johnstown right back to square one with its current High School facility not being nearly big enough. 

Edited August 24, 20231 yr by OhioFinest

57 minutes ago, OhioFinest said:

Agree...i don't think people are TRULY wrapping their heads around the growth that is coming.  Licking County is exactly where Delaware County was 20 years ago...only this growth is going to be 5x that growth.  I simply don't think many people are honestly thinking big enough. In 2000, Olentangy had one Division 4 school.  Now Olentangy has FOUR Division 1 High Schools with the 5th and final school coming school (I believe?).  I think we all should be expanding our thoughts about the impact on schooling.  I think Johnstown could end up with 2-3 schools...Licking Heights with 4-5 schools...Watkins with 4-5 schools...Northridge becoming D1...Granville becoming D1...Heath becoming D1.   I mean think about it, the Chase facility is the anchor that lead to the explosion of the growth in Delaware County...this Intel development and subsequent indirect development is easily going to be 5x that amount.  So these communities need to be planning for this growth with a much much larger vision.  Johnstown could easily get to 30-50k residents over the next 20 years.  This development alone could be enough to put Johnstown right back to square one with its current High School facility not being nearly big enough. 

Exactly. Aggressive plans to properly account for the rapid growth are needed. If the powers that be sit on their thumbs and do nothing, they'll have some really pissed off locals sooner rather than later when there's now 35min of traffic getting in and out of Johnstown because they never wanted to upgrade the infrastructure or something.

3 minutes ago, TIm said:

Exactly. Aggressive plans to properly account for the rapid growth are needed. If the powers that be sit on their thumbs and do nothing, they'll have some really pissed off locals sooner rather than later when there's now 35min of traffic getting in and out of Johnstown because they never wanted to upgrade the infrastructure or something.

Olentangy planned accordingly with a 10-20 year vision that specifically called out additional high schools.  They were honest in that initial assessment, so when the time came to build Liberty, then Orange and then Berlin...nobody was surprised...and nobody will be surprised when Berkshire breaks ground.  I think these communities just need to be upfront and honest about what is coming and what the plans are.  Put together a well thought out 20 year vision...and for Johnstown, that could very well easily be a 2nd or 3rd high school by then.  But just be honest with your constituents...don't nickel and dime them, just tell them what the ultimate reality will be.  A housing development like this one alone could push Johnstown close to D1...

 

 

11 minutes ago, OhioFinest said:

Olentangy planned accordingly with a 10-20 year vision that specifically called out additional high schools.  They were honest in that initial assessment, so when the time came to build Liberty, then Orange and then Berlin...nobody was surprised...and nobody will be surprised when Berkshire breaks ground.  I think these communities just need to be upfront and honest about what is coming and what the plans are.  Put together a well thought out 20 year vision...and for Johnstown, that could very well easily be a 2nd or 3rd high school by then.  But just be honest with your constituents...don't nickel and dime them, just tell them what the ultimate reality will be.  A housing development like this one alone could push Johnstown close to D1...

 

 

You got it! And it stinks when the local officials think of 20 years as "the distant future". In planning terms, that's basically tomorrow.

3 hours ago, OhioFinest said:

Olentangy planned accordingly with a 10-20 year vision that specifically called out additional high schools.  They were honest in that initial assessment, so when the time came to build Liberty, then Orange and then Berlin...nobody was surprised...and nobody will be surprised when Berkshire breaks ground.  I think these communities just need to be upfront and honest about what is coming and what the plans are.  Put together a well thought out 20 year vision...and for Johnstown, that could very well easily be a 2nd or 3rd high school by then.  But just be honest with your constituents...don't nickel and dime them, just tell them what the ultimate reality will be.  A housing development like this one alone could push Johnstown close to D1...

 

 

Johnstown may be thinking Northridge will absorb some of the blow. Also I know New Albany is similar to the Olentangy district in that they are now planning to build self standing buildings (away from their campus model) to support the expected growth.

New Albany Co. reveals more details about proposed Intel gateway project in Johnstown

 

As Intel Corp. continues to construct its $20 billion semiconductor campus in Licking County, a major player in the region's real estate market is revealing new details about its plans to develop more than 400 acres of open land at the entrance to the site.

 

On Thursday, Columbus Business First reported on the Johnstown Gateway Planned District — a proposed mixed-use development featuring industrial, residential and commercial developments directly across from the Intel campus, which is slated for completion in 2025.

 

The district, proposed by the New Albany Co., would be broken into five subareas containing a variety of different uses the developer believes will generate substantial economic benefits for Johnstown and the broader region, while accommodating future Intel workers, suppliers and other industries.

 

A major component of Johnstown Gateway is housing. New Albany Co. is proposing three multifamily units per gross acre, which would yield a maximum of 1,220 units constructed in phases over the course of the eight-to-10-year buildout.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/08/25/new-albany-co-johnstown-gateway-planned-district.html

 

Mixed-Use Development Part of Larger Proposal for 400 Acres North of Intel Site

 

 

A proposal to develop about 400 acres of land directly north of the Intel site is starting to work its way through the approval process.

 

Representatives of the New Albany Company – the firm behind the New Albany International Business Park, where the Intel factory will be located, and much of New Albany itself – presented an outline of the plan to the Johnstown Planning and Zoning Committee earlier this month.

 

The project is divided into subareas that would be developed in phases. The two subareas that sit directly across from the Intel site would be home to a mixed-use development featuring apartments over ground-floor retail and restaurant uses, as well as additional multifamily housing, including a possible senior housing facility.

 

Those two subareas together contain more than 100 acres, and maps presented to the committee show multi-story buildings arranged around several pedestrian-oriented streets. A central greenspace would preserve two streams that currently run through small ravines on the property.

 

Other subareas would be developed with a mix of data centers, warehouses, factories and offices.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/mixed-use-development-part-of-larger-proposal-for-400-acres-north-of-intel-site-bw1/

 

 

I heard that the New Albany Company is creating or has created a new subsidiary called The Johnstown Company to make themselves appear as if they are local to the area and not one of the dozens and dozens of companies owned by a billionaire.

 

KANSAI HELIOS coming to Johnstown

 

KANSAI HELIOS Coatings GmbH, a global leader in industrial coatings, is expanding its North American operations with a new manufacturing facility in Johnstown. The European company's overall investment is expected to exceed $20 million, and they are set to add 48 full-time positions by 2030. Employees will receive specialized education and training at the company's production facilities in Germany, according to a news release from One Columbus.

 

KANSAI HELIOS' annual payroll at the Licking County site, which will be company's largest U.S. facility, will exceed $2.4 million. The tax credit authority signed off on a 1.166%, six-year Job Creation Tax Credit for the project. 

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/employment/2025/02/24/new-companies-coming-london-groveport-johnstown-ohio-jobs/80047819007/