12 hours ago, VintageLife said:

I think that building is almost 100% rented. I never see it listed on sites for open spaces. It was remodeled just before the pandemic, if I remember, so it is updated office and is probably one of the only older office buildings that will be fine. 

 

Thanks! I thought that might be the case. I'd still like to possibly see the ground floor commercial spaces change over to a more active use if feasible

 

I think one side is vacant and the other is a law office

 

Edited March 11, 20232 yr by NW24HX

2 hours ago, NW24HX said:

 

Thanks! I thought that might be the case. I'd still like to possibly see the ground floor commercial spaces change over to a more active use if feasible

 

I think one side is vacant and the other is a law office

 

I know they have an Einstein bagels and one line coffee on their first floor. There are also currently 3 retail spots open, so hopefully some stuff goes in. 

26 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

I know they have an Einstein bagels and one line coffee on their first floor. There are also currently 3 retail spots open, so hopefully some stuff goes in. 

 

Ah sorry I wasn't talking about the Huntington Center building, but instead the smaller Huntington Plaza building - SE corner of Broad and Front

 

https://goo.gl/maps/BCQ7VpCaKkULj5TM7

 

Edited March 11, 20232 yr by NW24HX

31 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

 

Ah sorry I wasn't talking about the Huntington Center building, but instead the smaller Huntington Plaza building - SE corner of Broad and Front

 

https://goo.gl/maps/BCQ7VpCaKkULj5TM7

 

Ah okay, yeah that makes sense, that building needs to be completely redone, it doesn’t look good at all. 

Edited March 11, 20232 yr by VintageLife

18 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Ah okay, yeah that makes sense, that building needs to be completely redone, it doesn’t look good at all. 

It needs power washed or something - otherwise I like it!

Yesterday WBNS had a story about the changing landscape of downtown post-COVID, and it included a few shots of the interior demo work at the Continental Centre. I don’t think the lobby rendering they showed had been posted here before either. 
 

 

 

Also included was a look at the 5/3 tower rehab. 
 

Video at the link:

 

https://www.10tv.com/mobile/article/news/local/changes-to-downtown-columbus-3-years-into-covid-19-pandemic/530-13f39459-5ea3-4dfb-8954-bf8dfffb0a84

On 3/10/2023 at 10:33 AM, VintageLife said:

Just saw that the building Ho Toy was located is for sale. Would love to see that redeveloped with a mid rise or higher. It’s a tight little space, but all the buildings next to it, have no windows. 
 

also, just saw that the Millennial Tower project was updated on LoopNet in February. Seems strange to go in and update it, if it isn’t happening. 

Odd that less than a week after you mention the Millennial listing was updated, it seems like the whole listing was pulled from LoopNet. Or, at least, I can’t seem to find it anymore. 
 

Also odd that Construction Journal also updated their listing in February (it’ll break ground this September! 😂). 
 

https://www.constructionjournal.com/projects/details/6bb44b714e6848d7a54b9592d23175f0.html

 

I still think the chances of MT happening are slim to none, but it would be nice to see something go there. 

I'd love to see Arshot bow out and sell the land to someone who can put forward a serious proposal but it seems unlikely

We've waited 30 years for them to do something, what's a couple more? Lol

 

I wanted to have the right year but it looks like Franklin County Auditor is requiring an account to use Map Search now? 

 

WSJ put out a nice little video recently about vacant lots. Looks like Detroit is poised to the biggest city to institute Land Value Taxes to try and help spur that turnover or development.  Let's hope it works and Columbus takes a few lessons.

 

 

47 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

I'd love to see Arshot bow out and sell the land to someone who can put forward a serious proposal but it seems unlikely

Arshot is the bane of construction in Central Ohio. They are poison IMO.

11 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

We've waited 30 years for them to do something, what's a couple more? Lol

 

I wanted to have the right year but it looks like Franklin County Auditor is requiring an account to use Map Search now? 

 

WSJ put out a nice little video recently about vacant lots. Looks like Detroit is poised to the biggest city to institute Land Value Taxes to try and help spur that turnover or development.  Let's hope it works and Columbus takes a few lessons.

 

 

I was in Downtown Detroit last weekend and was super impressed. Had never really done anything other than drive through Detroit before, but the downtown was walkable, relatively clean, has a ton of amazing old architecture, they have trains!!!!, and there was a very serious amount of development going on. Actually felt like a hustling and bustling city on a Sunday afternoon which is not something you can really say about Columbus most of the time.

Edited March 16, 20232 yr by TIm

11 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

We've waited 30 years for them to do something, what's a couple more? Lol

 

I wanted to have the right year but it looks like Franklin County Auditor is requiring an account to use Map Search now? 

 

WSJ put out a nice little video recently about vacant lots. Looks like Detroit is poised to the biggest city to institute Land Value Taxes to try and help spur that turnover or development.  Let's hope it works and Columbus takes a few lessons.

 

 

I didn’t have to make an account? Looks like 1996. Getting close to that 30 year mark 😳

 

Also kinda timely that the Dispatch had a story this morning on some of the downtown property tax abatements expiring. 
 

Downtown Columbus property taxes spike for some residents as abatements fade

 

“Property tax abatements are falling off many of Downtown's most exclusive condominiums, creating a leap in taxes and shuffling the neighborhood's real-estate market.

 

For homeowners, the change is dramatic. Annual taxes that for years were in the hundreds suddenly leaped 10 or even 20 times, well into the thousands. As the taxes rose, dozens of Downtown homeowners put out for-sale signs.

 

A condominium in the Burnham Square building in the Arena District, for example, saw its taxes jump from $540 in 2021 to $8,049 last year. Today, the property is on the market for $519,000.
 

At the 8 on the Square condominium tower, on the northeast corner of Broad and High streets, tax breaks fell off last year, the same year four condo owners in the building sold. One three-bedroom unit in the building sold in December after its taxes jumped from $3,521 in 2021 to $18,566 last year. The condo's sale price of $1.465 million was half a million less than what the condo had been listed for a year earlier.“

https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/real-estate/2023/03/16/taxes-jump-after-abatements-fall-off-pricey-downtown-condos/69954548007/

 

Some of those increases are wild. IMO, the abatements are great for incentivizing development, but, of course, it’s really just a bandaid to the larger problem you mentioned. You’re still ultimately disincentivized property improvements. 
 

City leaders keep talking about wanting to disincentivize holding onto vacant lots downtown, which could be done with a LVT, but it’s time to actually put something into practice. 

14 minutes ago, TIm said:

I was in Downtown Detroit last weekend and was super impressed. Had never really done anything other than drive through Detroit before, but the downtown was walkable, relatively clean, has a ton of amazing old architecture, they have trains!!!!, and there was a very serious amount of development going on. Actually felt like a hustling and bustling city on a Sunday afternoon which is not something you can really say about Columbus most of the time.

That’s the benefit of being a huge city that was built when walkability and public transit was popular. 

15 minutes ago, Toddguy said:

Arshot is the bane of construction in Central Ohio. They are poison IMO.

In a way, I’m happy a lot of their proposals never happened. They don’t really put out great stuff, so it not happening is probably better for the city. 

Speaking of those pesky lots, this week’s CBF cover story has quotes from lots (!) of stakeholders and leaders. 
 

Some highlights:

- a parking lot tax could still be coming

- CSCC talks of a new parking garage and redev

- State Auto has shelved any redev of their lots for the time being

- Worry from biz that raising a tax will make parking more expensive, and will lead to discouraging some from visiting downtown

- Convention leader mentions some of their lots could become a sports pavilion or another hotel

 

LOTS AND LOTS OF LOTS

City officials, advocates and developers hope to replace some of the acres of asphalt parking areas downtown

 

 

“In February, a consulting firm hired by the Columbus Downtown Development Corp. began a study of downtown parking.

 

CDDC President Amy Taylor said the study will produce “heat maps” that show where parking is needed based on where people live and work and where it is needed for restaurant and retail customers. 

 

“From that (study), we’re going to be able to figure out how we can continue to provide the necessary parking for all the uses that we want currently happening downtown and that we want in the future,” Taylor said. “And then how we can then figure out the best way to incentivize redevelopment on the surface parking lots?” 

 

In tandem with studying the parking market downtown, the CDDC also will look at best-use strategies for lots. Taylor said a plan should be ready to present to the city by the end of the year.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/16/lots-and-lots-of-lots.html

4 hours ago, amped91 said:

Speaking of those pesky lots, this week’s CBF cover story has quotes from lots (!) of stakeholders and leaders. 
 

Some highlights:

- a parking lot tax could still be coming

- CSCC talks of a new parking garage and redev

- State Auto has shelved any redev of their lots for the time being

- Worry from biz that raising a tax will make parking more expensive, and will lead to discouraging some from visiting downtown

- Convention leader mentions some of their lots could become a sports pavilion or another hotel

 

LOTS AND LOTS OF LOTS

City officials, advocates and developers hope to replace some of the acres of asphalt parking areas downtown

 

 

“In February, a consulting firm hired by the Columbus Downtown Development Corp. began a study of downtown parking.

 

CDDC President Amy Taylor said the study will produce “heat maps” that show where parking is needed based on where people live and work and where it is needed for restaurant and retail customers. 

 

“From that (study), we’re going to be able to figure out how we can continue to provide the necessary parking for all the uses that we want currently happening downtown and that we want in the future,” Taylor said. “And then how we can then figure out the best way to incentivize redevelopment on the surface parking lots?” 

 

In tandem with studying the parking market downtown, the CDDC also will look at best-use strategies for lots. Taylor said a plan should be ready to present to the city by the end of the year.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/16/lots-and-lots-of-lots.html

Speaking as someone who sits in the CSCC lot every week, they don't need a new parking garage. The entire lot East of the garage is never used, and most of the garage isn't even utilized. 

5 minutes ago, columbus17 said:

Speaking as someone who sits in the CSCC lot every week, they don't need a new parking garage. The entire lot East of the garage is never used, and most of the garage isn't even utilized. 

But people will freak out if they see parking lots going away without a garage going up! 😂

 

I am interested to see this comprehensive study. 

 

It is fun though to hear the same thing for 60 years.  And just roll your eyes at people who have no concept of the fact that parking rates in Columbus are ridiculously low as is. 

 

Edit: I just hate that State Auto isn't doing anything. I know I preach collaboration alot but there is so much potential for a garage on State Autos property to unlock a really cool art campus master plan on Gay Street.  

Edited March 16, 20232 yr by DTCL11

14 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

 

I am interested to see this comprehensive study. 

 

It is fun though to hear the same thing for 60 years.  And just roll your eyes at people who have no concept of the fact that parking rates in Columbus are ridiculously low as is. 

 

Edit: I just hate that State Auto isn't doing anything. I know I preach collaboration alot but there is so much potential for a garage on State Autos property to unlock a really cool art campus master plan on Gay Street.  

 

It's like some of these people are completely unaware that Downtown functioned just fine without abundant, cheap parking lots, and that providing them is what killed businesses and vibrancy, not the lack of them.  

14 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

 

I am interested to see this comprehensive study. 

 

It is fun though to hear the same thing for 60 years.  And just roll your eyes at people who have no concept of the fact that parking rates in Columbus are ridiculously low as is. 

 

Edit: I just hate that State Auto isn't doing anything. I know I preach collaboration alot but there is so much potential for a garage on State Autos property to unlock a really cool art campus master plan on Gay Street.  

State Auto owns sooo much property on the east end of DT. 
 

Imagine how many Bridge Parks you could fit if SA, CSCC, and CCAD collaborated! :p

7 minutes ago, amped91 said:

State Auto owns sooo much property on the east end of DT. 
 

Imagine how many Bridge Parks you could fit if SA, CSCC, and CCAD collaborated! :p

 

My brain still only functions in Jeffrey Parks. I Haven't converted to Brige Parks fully yet. 

4 hours ago, jonoh81 said:

 

It's like some of these people are completely unaware that Downtown functioned just fine without abundant, cheap parking lots, and that providing them is what killed businesses and vibrancy, not the lack of them.  

Not to mention it makes you feel a lot less safe when you're the only car (or one of a few) in a massive lot with no businesses or residents anywhere near you. I'd love more walkable and vibrant areas to walk downtown instead of having to walk a block or two to the next point of interest. Streets should be lined with commercial/dining/shopping not garage doors, lots, and random residential units.

But, in all seriousness, watch this space. State Auto merged with Liberty Insurance. The acquisition was completed last March so there may be a shake up given the nature of mergers and acquisitions. FWIW, I have no underlying knowledge of anything specific but there are potentially more factors that could impact land use now. 

29 minutes ago, jonoh81 said:

 

It's like some of these people are completely unaware that Downtown functioned just fine without abundant, cheap parking lots, and that providing them is what killed businesses and vibrancy, not the lack of them.  

Most of them come from the era of when those historic buildings got destroyed and don’t realize that is what screwed it all up. They have never known a world without parking lots and subdivisions and it terrifies them. Put in a couple decent sized city owned garages in various areas, and build some freaking height and density. Sick of the older generations destroying what is best for future generations. 

State Auto had a plan approved to build a garage, but that was pre-covid. With so many work from home employees, the parking lots look even worse empty. Definitely could be redeveloped if there was a desire by State Auto - like Encova across the street.

 

The CSCC lot bounded by Cleveland, Spring, Long and Washington was the Borden Dairy for years. 1975 looking south. That's Spring St along the bottom of the photo. Lots of parking....

 

My Sim City dreaming but the State Auto garage is an important piece. I had at one time also thought they should move the plans for the eastern half of the lot and allow even more green space.

 

Orange is priority redevelop for better, more aestetic facilities for CCAD. Ideally including exhibit space. 

 

Expand CMA even more (teal). 

 

And redo 9th and Washington to match Gay. 

 

Edit. And  work with the church to do a similar pocket park along gay like they did on Broad with the Justice Park

 

I feel like this is a reasonable size appropriate concept plan for Columbus without dreaming up or expecting some major, massive expansion and plan. 

 

And still waiting to see where all Wexner's art goes... I'm a bit of an art museum junkie and a collection like his, (purportedly one of the largest piccasso collections in the world, among the many other modern art) has the potential to result in wings dedicated to these collections in other places. We shall see where it goes though... OSU, CMA, its own facility, or another institution, etc...anywho...

 

Edited March 17, 20232 yr by DTCL11

1 hour ago, Pablo said:

State Auto had a plan approved to build a garage, but that was pre-covid. With so many work from home employees, the parking lots look even worse empty. Definitely could be redeveloped if there was a desire by State Auto - like Encova across the street.

 

The CSCC lot bounded by Cleveland, Spring, Long and Washington was the Borden Dairy for years. 1975 looking south. That's Spring St along the bottom of the photo. Lots of parking....

 

 

I'm still intrigued by Motorist's choice to build their tower so far removed from others downtown

 

Maybe they expected more to follow, but they're just as lonely out there today as in this photo 

 

Edited March 16, 20232 yr by NW24HX

6 hours ago, Pablo said:

State Auto had a plan approved to build a garage, but that was pre-covid. With so many work from home employees, the parking lots look even worse empty. Definitely could be redeveloped if there was a desire by State Auto - like Encova across the street.

 

The CSCC lot bounded by Cleveland, Spring, Long and Washington was the Borden Dairy for years. 1975 looking south. That's Spring St along the bottom of the photo. Lots of parking....

 

Ok I'll take a parking lot over a factory.

Lots of interesting nuggets of information in this one. Some of the highlights:

 

CDDC lays out next steps for implementing 2022 downtown strategic plan
 

“Madison Cole of the CDDC laid out what's next nat [sic] the Ohio Construction Convention this week now that the strategic plan has been completed.
 

Cole said accomplishing these goals will follow several more studies, including:

 

- A parking study and addressing the more than 200 acres of surface parking lots. Analyzing how parking is used in a post-pandemic world will allow the city and CDDC to identify areas ripe for redevelopment. The parking study will wrap up later this year. 

 

- A retail support study to look at how to cultivate a more diverse and dense retail environment downtown. 

 

- A traffic study looking at how one-way streets can be converted to two-way streets that are more pedestrian-friendly.”

 

And my favorite quote of the article:

 

”’There are definitely challenges to developing downtown, namely cost," Cole said. "But there's also a lot of opportunities. Unlike some suburbs or other bedroom communities, we do not think density is a dirty word. We like density. We want to build large, tall buildings downtown."’

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/17/downtown.html

18 minutes ago, amped91 said:

Lots of interesting nuggets of information in this one. Some of the highlights:

 

CDDC lays out next steps for implementing 2022 downtown strategic plan
 

“Madison Cole of the CDDC laid out what's next nat [sic] the Ohio Construction Convention this week now that the strategic plan has been completed.
 

Cole said accomplishing these goals will follow several more studies, including:

 

- A parking study and addressing the more than 200 acres of surface parking lots. Analyzing how parking is used in a post-pandemic world will allow the city and CDDC to identify areas ripe for redevelopment. The parking study will wrap up later this year. 

 

- A retail support study to look at how to cultivate a more diverse and dense retail environment downtown. 

 

- A traffic study looking at how one-way streets can be converted to two-way streets that are more pedestrian-friendly.”

 

And my favorite quote of the article:

 

”’There are definitely challenges to developing downtown, namely cost," Cole said. "But there's also a lot of opportunities. Unlike some suburbs or other bedroom communities, we do not think density is a dirty word. We like density. We want to build large, tall buildings downtown."’

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/17/downtown.html

Good, now let's have commercial at the first floor of every building. 

22 minutes ago, amped91 said:

A retail support study to look at how to cultivate a more diverse and dense retail environment downtown. 

Make it affordable for small businesses. I’ve looked at some retail spots and it is all insane, even the buildings away from the core of people. I get it, it’s expensive to develop, but most small businesses cannot afford $5000 a month rent. 
 

Some of the retail space needs to be smaller also. Everything is massive and not everyone needs 5000+ sqft of space. 

35 minutes ago, columbus17 said:

Good, now let's have commercial at the first floor of every building. 

Not every building needs ground floor commercial, there isn't a city in the world where that is a thing. We can let some residential and office buildings have nice lobbies and amenities for their residents and office tenants instead of a 14th Starbucks on the block.

19 minutes ago, TIm said:

Not every building needs ground floor commercial, there isn't a city in the world where that is a thing. We can let some residential and office buildings have nice lobbies and amenities for their residents and office tenants instead of a 14th Starbucks on the block.

And more pocket parks and art installs!

53 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

Make it affordable for small businesses. I’ve looked at some retail spots and it is all insane, even the buildings away from the core of people. I get it, it’s expensive to develop, but most small businesses cannot afford $5000 a month rent. 
 

Some of the retail space needs to be smaller also. Everything is massive and not everyone needs 5000+ sqft of space. 

I’m looking forward to the downtown retail incubator program the city council is working on. Although I believe that might be limited to women, POC, veterans. 

27 minutes ago, TIm said:

Not every building needs ground floor commercial, there isn't a city in the world where that is a thing. We can let some residential and office buildings have nice lobbies and amenities for their residents and office tenants instead of a 14th Starbucks on the block.

 

Exactly. Every street doesn't need to be lined with retail. I think it's good to have some residential focused areas, like Gay Street east of 4th. It's a pleasant area to walk through and provides a different downtown living environment option. 

 

With that said, I do think all new parking garages should be required to have some sort of useful ground floor space, be it office, commercial, or residential. 

1 hour ago, VintageLife said:

Make it affordable for small businesses. I’ve looked at some retail spots and it is all insane, even the buildings away from the core of people. I get it, it’s expensive to develop, but most small businesses cannot afford $5000 a month rent. 
 

Some of the retail space needs to be smaller also. Everything is massive and not everyone needs 5000+ sqft of space. 

 

Today's specialty shops like 1200-2000 square feet. I realize it's aspirational to design everything around a microbrewery or a pharmacy but that's not realistic. Luckily flexible floor plans exist.

1 hour ago, cbussoccer said:

 

Exactly. Every street doesn't need to be lined with retail. I think it's good to have some residential focused areas, like Gay Street east of 4th. It's a pleasant area to walk through and provides a different downtown living environment option. 

 

With that said, I do think all new parking garages should be required to have some sort of useful ground floor space, be it office, commercial, or residential. 

If you pop down random side streets in Manhattan, you'll notice there are 0 businesses on some of them. Some places are for people to live, not for them to shop and spend money. It would be absolutely awful if ground floor retail was mandatory, there would be nowhere to live quietly.

Large Public Art Installation Coming Downtown This Summer
 

 

“A 229-foot-long suspended sculpture created by artist Janet Echelman will be installed above the intersection of Gay Street and High Street this summer. The project, which was first announced in late 2021, was commissioned and funded by local developer Jeff Edwards of Edwards Companies, and is being touted as the largest private contribution to public art in the city’s history.

 

The project’s official title is “Current”.

 

“With Current, we’re reaching into history to redefine our future,” stated Edwards. “This piece will be the north star for Columbus’ new culture-centric compass. I envision this to be the first drop in the pond, sending waves throughout the Gay Street District.”

 

Once completed, Current will be donated to the Columbus Museum of Art, which will oversee the care and maintenance of the sculpture. Echelman’s inspiration for the piece comes from the history of Downtown as a place of innovation, and the early use of gas-lit lights on its original street arches.“

 

https://columbusunderground.com/large-public-art-installation-coming-downtown-this-summer-we1/

51 minutes ago, amped91 said:

Large Public Art Installation Coming Downtown This Summer
 

 

“A 229-foot-long suspended sculpture created by artist Janet Echelman will be installed above the intersection of Gay Street and High Street this summer. The project, which was first announced in late 2021, was commissioned and funded by local developer Jeff Edwards of Edwards Companies, and is being touted as the largest private contribution to public art in the city’s history.

 

The project’s official title is “Current”.

 

“With Current, we’re reaching into history to redefine our future,” stated Edwards. “This piece will be the north star for Columbus’ new culture-centric compass. I envision this to be the first drop in the pond, sending waves throughout the Gay Street District.”

 

Once completed, Current will be donated to the Columbus Museum of Art, which will oversee the care and maintenance of the sculpture. Echelman’s inspiration for the piece comes from the history of Downtown as a place of innovation, and the early use of gas-lit lights on its original street arches.“

 

https://columbusunderground.com/large-public-art-installation-coming-downtown-this-summer-we1/

I'm worried that this will end up looking as bad as that moving wall on the convention center parking garage.  It just seems possible based on renderings.

Edited April 4, 20232 yr by TH3BUDDHA

6 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

I'm worried that this will end up looking as bad as that moving wall on the convention center parking garage.  It just seems possible based on renderings.

I agree, but I will say photos of her previous work from Google look pretty cool.

6 minutes ago, smjjms said:

I agree, but I will say photos of her previous work from Google look pretty cool.

Yeah, I think it will be pretty nice looking. The only difference I see is that a lot of those other works are brighter colors and bigger, so hopefully it still works and looks good. 

Just saw that the Hills Market downtown sold to Edwards Grant Ave LLC. Curious to see what happens here. Would love to see developments that still includes Hills but adds a bunch more housing. 

Maybe a little bit of musical chairs. The current Hills Location is great. But to build, they'll have to close so do they wait it out or move to another Edward's location temporarily or permanently. 

 

Good scoop!

23 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

Maybe a little bit of musical chairs. The current Hills Location is great. But to build, they'll have to close so do they wait it out or move to another Edward's location temporarily or permanently. 

 

Good scoop!

Can’t take credit, someone posted it on Reddit. 

49 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

Maybe a little bit of musical chairs. The current Hills Location is great. But to build, they'll have to close so do they wait it out or move to another Edward's location temporarily or permanently. 

 

Good scoop!

Hmm I wonder if they could move them into the ground floor of the Nicholas? Hasn’t it been said Edwards originally wanted Trader Joe’s to move in there? Opening up a grocer on High would be great, then you could go a lot more dense with this parcel. 
 

Edit: Would be nice if Edwards or someone else were able to buy the parking lot at Grant and Long and develop that too. 

Micro Apartments Proposed for Small Downtown Parking Lot

 

The project, from local company SHYFT Collective, calls for a seven-story building to be constructed on a 0.13-acre site located at 204 E. Main St. The narrow parcel currently holds about 20 parking spaces and is bordered by parking lots on three sides. 

It’s not just the size and shape of the lot that makes the proposal unusual, though; the building would hold between 50 and 60 micro-sized apartments spread across floors two through seven, and no parking spaces.
 

 

16 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

Micro Apartments Proposed for Small Downtown Parking Lot

 

The project, from local company SHYFT Collective, calls for a seven-story building to be constructed on a 0.13-acre site located at 204 E. Main St. The narrow parcel currently holds about 20 parking spaces and is bordered by parking lots on three sides. 

It’s not just the size and shape of the lot that makes the proposal unusual, though; the building would hold between 50 and 60 micro-sized apartments spread across floors two through seven, and no parking spaces.
 

 

That building logo looks like a logo for a little child’s toy or something. Very infantile. 

Wow, I don't think any of us expected either of these proposals. Happy to have them but these are some very odd sites

 

Agree the logo on the micro apartments looks terrible, but otherwise Option 2 isn't too bad 

1 hour ago, Gnoraa said:

Pretty sure we are going to see like 10-20 of these over the next decade as they push for 40,000+ residents and the obvious population boom in the pipeline for Columbus.  Just getting started...

Light rail please 🥲

31 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

Wow, I don't think any of us expected either of these proposals. Happy to have them but these are some very odd sites

 

Agree the logo on the micro apartments looks terrible, but otherwise Option 2 isn't too bad 

Infill anywhere is a positive so I’m good with it. Having the 19 story behind the old buildings is also great, because there will be less incentive for those to redevelop ever. This just adds to the possibility of the red brick district having great walkability.