August 5, 20168 yr Dear Capitol Square Ltd, Please finish what you started and build this: Okthankubye
September 6, 20168 yr Late August 2016 construction photo of the Edwards Gay & High apartment project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-august-2016:
September 6, 20168 yr This project was included in a January 2016 Columbus CEO article that looked at multiple projects planned or on-going near these parking lots along High Street from Long to Gay streets: http://www.columbusceo.com/content/stories/2016/01/vision-2016-high-street-to-develop-downtown-power-center-in-former-forgotten-stretch.html That article included the above map about these projects in the area listed by project developer: A) Citizens Building -- Renovation of the historic 9-story office building at the southwest corner of Gay & High into 65 apartments with ground-floor retail space. A) High Street Parking Lots -- 232 apartment units, three levels of structured parking and ground-floor retail space from Gay Street to Long Street. B) One East Gay -- Renovation of a fire-damaged 4-story building at the southeast corner of Gay & High into new retail and office space. B) Madison's/White-Haines Building -- Renovation of existing buildings into 30 apartments with ground-floor retail space. Possible second phase for a new 12-story building with 100 apartments and parking garage. C) 56 E. Long Street -- Renovation of a condemned 500+ space parking garage. C) 31-55 W. Long Street -- Renovation of three buildings into 34 micro-living apartment units. D) Atlas Building -- Historic 12-story office building at High & Long renovated into 98 apartments with ground-floor retail space. Proposal to add ground-floor retail, 100 apartments and a parking garage on adjoining parking lot is pending. E) 34-38 W. Gay Street -- Renovation of 3-story office building into ground-floor retail and offices of Reagan Purcell Architects.
November 1, 20168 yr ^^ Photo of the Edwards apartment construction site taken during last month's Columbus Marathon by http://www.columbusunderground.com/video-2016-columbus-marathon. The below-grade excavation now extends along the full High Street block from Gay Street to Long Street:
November 8, 20168 yr Capitol Square Ltd. is seeking historic designation for its former Dispatch HQ building at 34 S. 3rd Street - so it can be eligible for state historic tax credits to help finance improvements to the 91-year-old building: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/11/04/former-dispatch-headquarters-seeks-place-on-historic-register.html
November 8, 20168 yr Some other 34 S. 3rd Street building news, according to the article - http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/11/04/former-dispatch-headquarters-seeks-place-on-historic-register.html: The Dispatch Printing Co. sold The Columbus Dispatch to GateHouse Media - which moved the newspaper's offices to 62 E. Broad Street. The Dispatch Printing Co. and Capitol Square Ltd., subsidiary of Dispatch Printing, still maintain their executive and finance offices at 34 S. Third Street and there are currently about 40 people working in the building. Dispatch Printing said it plans to lease the remaining space at 34 S. Third Street for office space. The company’s radio stations – 97.1 TheFan and 1460 ESPN – might move into the building from their current location in the Brewery District. Dispatch Printing said it has no interest in selling the building. It also said it plans to install new heating and air-conditioning systems, plumbing and windows in the building. The company, under Capitol Square Ltd. and 34 South Third Ltd., owns a surface parking lot behind the building and parcels south to State Street. In the article, the company CEO said it plans to develop the property it owns on the block with Nationwide Realty Investors. The city’s Historic Preservation Commission will hear the historic designation request at its Nov. 17 meeting. The designation request for 34 S. 3rd Street would not include the iconic neon "Dispatch" sign atop the building. That sign was sold along with the newspaper and the new owners currently lease space on the building for the sign.
November 8, 20168 yr Good news, overall! I'm also glad to see NRI involved. Excited to see what they come up with as far as proposals
December 5, 20168 yr Michael B. Coleman government building rising downtown An addition to Columbus’ downtown skyline is taking shape. The Michael B. Coleman Governmental Center being constructed at 111 N. Front St. is on schedule to be completed in November, say construction and design professionals working on the $74 million project. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/12/05/first-look-michael-b-coleman-government-building.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 14, 20168 yr Pricing Released for Rehabbed Units in Citizens Building at Gay and High Pricing and floor plans have been released for the Edwards Companies’ 63-unit renovation of the Citizens Building on the southwest corner of Gay and High streets Downtown. Prices for the apartments range from $1,120 for a studio to just over $3,000 for a three-bedroom unit on the ninth floor. Kim Ulle of Edwards said that the plan is finish up interior work on the building in early 2017, but no exact timeline has been released in terms of the first residents moving in or new businesses opening up. Representatives from Veritas Tavern in Delaware have confirmed plans to relocate the restaurant to the Citizens Building, but no further details have yet been made available. http://www.columbusunderground.com/pricing-released-for-rehabbed-units-in-citizens-building-at-gay-and-high-bw1
January 24, 20178 yr Renovations to the 37-story Huntington Center office tower facing Capitol Square downtown: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/09/02/huntington-center-renovations-to-include-rooftop-patio-bike-storage.html
February 17, 20178 yr Construction activity has picked up at Gay & High. A pedestrian tunnel is underway beneath W Gay St. and the crane arrived this week. The weather certainly isn't slowing anything down... I've mentioned it in other threads but watching this worker at the tip of the crane made me nauseous!
February 17, 20178 yr Construction activity has picked up at Gay & High. Um, okay I'll risk the reprimand... http://images.popmatters.com/news_art/d/david_hodo-splash-650x400.jpg
February 17, 20178 yr Construction activity has picked up at Gay & High. Um, okay I'll risk the reprimand... http://images.popmatters.com/news_art/d/david_hodo-splash-650x400.jpg :-D :-D :-D I feel the same way about this project and its progress, FWIW...
February 23, 20178 yr New 28-Unit Condo Development Proposed Downtown The build-out continues of Neighborhood Launch, the Edwards Companies’ seven-and-a-half-acre residential development in Downtown Columbus. With construction wrapping up on the first phase of Sixth Street Mews — a 13-unit condo project that sits just south of The Welsh community center — plans for phase two have been submitted to the Downtown Commission. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-28-unit-condo-development-proposed-downtown-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 18, 20178 yr Recent photo of the on-going renovation of Citizens Building at the southwest corner of Gay & High. The historic 9-story office building is being renovated into 65 apartments with ground-floor retail space: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus
March 18, 20178 yr The Citizens Building renovation is being done by the Edwards Companies. This is the same company that has been building the Neighborhood Launch development along Gay / Long Streets east of 4th. Edwards is also building a mixed-use development across Gay Street from the Citizens Building that will stretch along High Street to Long Street (85-111 N. High Street). This 85-111 N. High Street development will contain 164 apartments on four floors above ground-floor retail storefronts and an underground parking garage. The Citizens Building will eventually have access to that underground parking garage via a tunnel being installed under Gay Street. Below is a day-time / night-time photo of that tunnel construction from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2017:
March 18, 20178 yr One more note about the Citizens Building at the southwest corner of Gay & High. When Columbus Monthly named their Top 10 restaurants in Nov. 2016, the top rated restaurant was a relative newcomer, Veritas Tavern: http://www.columbusmonthly.com/content/stories/2016/11/best-restaurants-no-1-veritas-tavern.html Veritas Tavern has only been open a few years in Downtown Delaware. But it has gained a reputation for its molecular gastronomy razzle-dazzle and other kitchen wizardry during its brief existence. In the Columbus Monthly article (linked above), Veritas confirmed that it will relocating from its Delaware location to the ground floor of the Citizens Building. The restaurant would double in size from its current 1,300 square feet to 2,700 square feet in the ground floor of the Citizens Building. A Spring 2017 opening was mentioned in the article:
March 20, 20178 yr More photos of the Michael B. Coleman Governmental Center going up at Front & Long: November 2016 - View from Long Street looking west toward Front Street - http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-photos-downtown-columbus January 2017 - View from Front Street looking north toward Long Street - http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus February 2017 - Same view along Front Street with parking garage under construction at northwest corner of Front & Long more visible - http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2017
March 20, 20178 yr Two recent views of the Gay & High-to-High & Long construction site from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-short-north-university-district-more. Foundation work for the underground parking garage and the mixed-use project (164 apartments on four floors above ground-floor retail) is underway:
March 25, 20178 yr Progress photos for the five-story 130-unit Neilston apartment building under construction along E. Long Street. The Neilston is being built next to the recently completed twin 130-unit Normandy apartment building in the Neighborhood Launch development: January 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus February 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2017 March 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-italian-village-downtown-more
March 25, 20178 yr For those who enjoy history and old photos of the area, I ran across this photo below of the Normandie Hotel at 259 E. Long St. The comments from the facebook group are as follows - "The Normandie Hotel originally opened in 1891 but suffered a large fire on September 4, 1907. The rebuilt hotel opened on April 1, 1908 and closed on September 29, 1970 and was razed. The old hotel was considered haunted by some". The New Normandy Apartment building now resides on that location.
April 25, 20178 yr Not directly related (but not enough for a new thread) this elusive development may be getting a midrise neighbor soon. Overall details are sparse but I am liking what they are hinting at.... New Midrise Planned Near Statehouse http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-high-rise-building-planned-near-ohio-statehouse-we1 14-16 stories Mixed-use Working with city for Parking concerns Unique Design Renderings TBA
May 15, 20178 yr If at first you don't succeed, try again... http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-owner-plans-renovation-of-historic-broad-street-buildings-bw1
May 22, 20178 yr Dispatch building to be renovated for new tenants The longtime home of the Columbus Dispatch is in line for renovations as its owner seeks new tenants. Capitol Square Ltd. is planning to add new windows on the south side of the historic building at 34 S. 3rd St., across from the Statehouse, according to an application with the city’s Downtown Commission. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/05/22/dispatch-building-to-be-renovated-for-new-tenants.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 1, 20178 yr More about the new plans for 16 E. Broad and 20 E. Broad Street from the Dispatch and Business First. The new owner plans to renovate both buildings into office space. 16 E. Broad Street is a 12-story building that opened in 1901 and was designed by prominent local architect Frank Packard; 20 E. Broad Street is a four-story building which opened in 1869, is known as the Hayden building and is the oldest building facing Capitol Square. For some idea of the scope of the 16 & 20 E. Broad Street office renovations, look at 145 E. Rich Street. This historic four-story building at Fourth & Rich was also purchased by this new owner and recently completed a renovation into new office space. The exterior is unchanged, but the interior was opened up to highlight the historic features of the building: https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,419.msg854996.html#msg854996 http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170601/two-historic-buildings-on-capitol-square-to-become-office-space http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/05/30/photos-inside-a-developers-vision-for-two-historic.html
July 2, 20177 yr Historic tax credits approved for revamp of former Dispatch building By Mark Ferenchik and Marla Rose, The Columbus Dispatch Updated: June 28, 2017 at 9:05 PM The owner of the former Columbus Dispatch building has been awarded $2.2 million in Ohio Historic Preservation Tax Credits. The award, announced along with others around the state on Wednesday, will help finance a $29 million office and mixed-use renovation of the landmark at 34 S. 3rd Street. ( . . . ) Capitol Square Ltd., the owner of the building that long housed The Columbus Dispatch, wants to convert it into offices with restaurant space on the first floor. ... Chris Ruess, Capitol Square’s president and CEO, said the gutting of the six-story 3rd Street building and the demolition of a one-story addition that has been used for storage and as a garage are expected to begin in August. Plans include installing new windows and new mechanical equipment on the roof. The 36 employees of Capitol Square and the Dispatch Printing Co. (former owner of the newspaper and the parent company of Capitol Square) will temporarily move to other offices, with plans to return to the building once the work is completed by March 2018. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170628/historic-tax-credits-approved-for-revamp-of-former-dispatch-building
July 21, 20177 yr :clap: Six-story apartment building planned Downtown Plans for a new six-story residential and retail building will be presented to the Downtown Commission next week. Few details are available on the project, which would be built on an empty lot on the northeast corner of E. Long and N. Fifth streets, across Long Street from two other new apartment buildings, the Normandy and the Neilston. The new 260,000-square-foot building would include up to 225 apartments above 2,500 square feet of retail and 180 parking spaces. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170721/six-story-apartment-building-planned-downtown
July 25, 20177 yr Another construction photo of the Michael B. Coleman Governmental Center. This one was posted May 31 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-may-2017-we1 and is a view from Front Street looking northwest:
July 25, 20177 yr Another construction photo of the five-story 130-unit Neilston apartment building under construction along E. Long Street. This was posted May 31 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-may-2017-we1:
August 10, 20177 yr Conceptual plans filed for six-story retail, apartment building on E. Long Conceptual plans filed with the city of Columbus for a six-story mixed use building on East Long Street show a block-O type structure that will open up from the outside in. The design is preliminary and the applicant is asking for feedback from the Downtown Commission. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/08/10/first-look-conceptual-plans-filed-for-six-story.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 10, 20177 yr ^ It looks like these conceptual plans for a six-story mixed use building on East Long Street is this same project that casey posted about: Six-story apartment building planned Downtown Plans for a new six-story residential and retail building will be presented to the Downtown Commission next week. Few details are available on the project, which would be built on an empty lot on the northeast corner of E. Long and N. Fifth streets, across Long Street from two other new apartment buildings, the Normandy and the Neilston. The new 260,000-square-foot building would include up to 225 apartments above 2,500 square feet of retail and 180 parking spaces. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170721/six-story-apartment-building-planned-downtown ^ Here are a couple of location maps for this proposal:
September 4, 20177 yr Looks like the Michael B. Coleman Governmental Center is getting closer to opening. Two more views from Front Street: Posted on July 31, 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus-july-2017 Posted on Sept. 3, 2017: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-cranes-dot-the-skyline-in-downtown-columbus
September 4, 20177 yr Two more views of the Gay & High-to-High & Long construction site from CU. Looks like foundation work for the underground parking garage is finished and the above-ground part of this mixed-use project (164 apartments on four floors above ground-floor retail) is underway. Corner of Gay & High - posted July 31, 2017 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus-july-2017 Corner of High & Long - posted Sept. 3, 2017 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-cranes-dot-the-skyline-in-downtown-columbus
September 20, 20177 yr Below is a link to a CU article about part of the Long Street corridor in Downtown. The article - and the map posted below - document the on-going and planned projects within that corridor. Some of these projects within this Long Street corridor have also been documented here at UrbanOhio in various other threads: 3 & 4 (Coleman Gov't Center and City Parking Garage projects) in the City Downtown Campus Developments and News thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,10219.0.html 6 (Edwards - Long & High project) in the Gay Street Developments thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,14074.msg872417.html#msg872417 7 (The Atlas project) in the Atlas Building renovation thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,28483.0.html 16, 17, 22, 23 (Neilston, Normandy, The Welsh & Brioso projects) in the Neighborhood Launch Development thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,8471.0.html 19 & 26 (DeVere and Rosenfeld projects) in the Discovery District developments thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,13250.msg804111.html#msg804111 and https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,13250.msg729613.html#msg729613 Fast Forward: The Long Street Corridor In terms of popularity and importance, the crossroads of High Street and Broad Street are top of mind when it comes to Downtown Columbus. And while the changes and evolution of places like Gay Street and Nationwide Boulevard have been well documented, there’s also a stretch of Long Street that is rapidly transforming from sleepy to bustling.
September 23, 20177 yr More Long Street stuff - Long & Fifth is returning to the Downtown Commission for another conceptual review next Tuesday according to Business First: FIRST LOOK: New six-story downtown tower has 234 apartments: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/22/first-look-new-six-story-downtown-tower-has234.html
September 23, 20177 yr ^ From https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/22/first-look-new-six-story-downtown-tower-has234.html: -- Plans for the "Long & 5th" project show a 266,415-square-foot, six-story building with 234 residential units plus 2,800 square-feet of retail and 165 parking spaces at the ground level. Conceptual renderings submitted for Tuesday's meeting are below: LOCATION MAP: LONG STREET ELEVATION: VIEW FROM FIFTH & LONG: UPPER LEVEL FLOOR PLAN:
September 26, 20177 yr Long-time downtown pawn shop building to be converted to apartments An old, three-story downtown building could be renovated with new apartments. Lev Kucherski, who owns Lev's Pawn Shop at 220 E. Main St., said he wants to see the top two floors of the building at the northwest corner of Main and 5th streets renovated with new apartments. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/26/long-time-downtown-building-to-be-converted-to.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 26, 20177 yr Inside the dramatic transformation of the historic Mercantile Building downtown When Eli Adahan bought the Mercantile office building Columbus in 2014, he wasn’t just buying into a historic property that could be renovated to make a profit; he was buying into a vision for an emerging area of downtown. “We just love this area. 4th Street is becoming a go-to place with new restaurants and a dramatic increase in residential in this part of downtown,” he said. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/26/first-look-inside-the-dramatic-transformation-of.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 26, 20177 yr 234-unit Long & 5th development looking at ways to reduce parking in the future A planned six-story residential tower in downtown is to transform itself by demand in coming years, developers say. Plans for the tentatively named "Long & 5th" project show a 266,415-square-foot building with 234-unit apartments, 2,800 square feet of retail and 165 parking spaces at the ground level. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/26/234-unit-long-5th-development-looking-at-ways-to.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 26, 20177 yr Proposal for Long Street Downtown Calls for 234 Apartments A new proposal presented to the Downtown Commission this morning would bring an additional 234 residential units to the East Long Street corridor downtown. The six-story building would take the place of a large surface parking lot at 230 E. Long St., between North Fifth and Neilston streets. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/proposal-for-long-street-downtown-calls-for-234-apartments-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 26, 20177 yr It ain't new! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 26, 20177 yr "Red Brick District"... Hmmm... What is this. Lol Hey, I'm just the messenger! http://www.columbusunderground.com/tag/red-brick-district https://redbrickdistrict.wordpress.com/ Blah blah blah! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 27, 20177 yr https://redbrickdistrict.wordpress.com/ Blah blah blah! Not sure if we should trust a blog that had a lifespan of April 2008 to June 2009 :wink: However, I seem to remember that a property owner (or owners) back then tried using this "Red Brick District" name to see if it would stick. Looks like it didn't. But now that UO is using it ... well we'll see. I've got no problem using it. It's not within the Discovery District, RiverSouth or any other established downtown district. And it beats posting these projects in the Random Projects thread!
September 27, 20177 yr And speaking of projects, this Lev's apartment project would be great to see happen: Long-time downtown pawn shop building to be converted to apartments An old, three-story downtown building could be renovated with new apartments. Lev Kucherski, who owns Lev's Pawn Shop at 220 E. Main St., said he wants to see the top two floors of the building at the northwest corner of Main and 5th streets renovated with new apartments. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/26/long-time-downtown-building-to-be-converted-to.html It's a nice old building with potential to look better. Here's a 12/15/2016 photo of Lev's at the northwest corner of Main & Fifth:
November 14, 20177 yr The Neilston - five-story, 130-unit apartment building on East Long Street that is the twin of the previously completed Normandy apartment building next door - is nearing completion. Photo posted October 15 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-downtown-columbus-east-franklinton
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