January 20, 20214 yr Looks like some administrative work is still being done for Gravity 2.0. https://columbusohdev.app.box.com/s/firjze10qnl4r4411ngwvabi1z3ymeac/file/766269713067
January 20, 20214 yr 17 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: Looks like some administrative work is still being done for Gravity 2.0. https://columbusohdev.app.box.com/s/firjze10qnl4r4411ngwvabi1z3ymeac/file/766269713067 That's some more good news that Gravity 2.0 is gearing up for a construction start.
January 22, 20214 yr Walkthrough of CoverMyMeds building I couldn’t figure out if videos could be uploaded, but the link goes to it. Pretty cool looking so far. Excited to see these finished.
January 24, 20214 yr On 1/22/2021 at 3:48 PM, VintageLife said: Walkthrough of CoverMyMeds building I couldn’t figure out if videos could be uploaded, but the link goes to it. Pretty cool looking so far. Excited to see these finished. Fascinating building. Appreciate the tour link. Business First also reported on this new tour video, with a little background on the growth of the company, at the below linked article: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/01/22/covermymeds-releases-video-tour-of-new-franklinton.html
January 24, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Columbo said: Fascinating building. Appreciate the tour link. Business First also reported on this new tour video, with a little background on the growth of the company, at the below linked article: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/01/22/covermymeds-releases-video-tour-of-new-franklinton.html Yeah I actually really like these buildings, and think they can go a long way in helping Columbus pull some bigger tech businesses.
January 29, 20214 yr On 1/11/2021 at 1:16 PM, NorthShore647 said: They have had machinery on site (which would later be removed) in the past, but this is the first I've seen any building materials on site. It did just appear to be sewer pipes though. The equipment on the Gravity 2.0 site mentioned a couple of weeks ago has (so far) just been used for additional sewer/utility links to the site. State has been torn up east of Mc Dowel (Thur. 1-21-21) The new utility connections are now making there way down State and onto the site (Wed. 1-27-21)
February 8, 20214 yr Downtown Farrow Harley-Davidson dealership to close Farrow Harley-Davidson is moving across town after 80 years of business on West Broad Street. The brand’s 491 W. Broad St. dealership will close Feb. 28. Its business and employees will relocate to the Farrow East location at 5840 Scarborough Road. The motorcycle dealership has been open at that West Broad Street space since 1941.
February 8, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: Downtown Farrow Harley-Davidson dealership to close Farrow Harley-Davidson is moving across town after 80 years of business on West Broad Street. The brand’s 491 W. Broad St. dealership will close Feb. 28. Its business and employees will relocate to the Farrow East location at 5840 Scarborough Road. The motorcycle dealership has been open at that West Broad Street space since 1941. Right after they completed their new addition. So odd.
February 8, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, amped91 said: Right after they completed their new addition. So odd. Sorry, here is more info from the article, the building is owned by a different group. “The West Broad Street site is owned by FTON Property Partners, which traces back to Bob Althoff, the previous owner of the dealership who also held on to a minority stake in the business. Ricart is not part of that group. It is a prime piece of property in the growing Franklinton area, across from the Gravity development and near the redeveloping Mount Carmel West site and the Scioto Peninsula project.” Still seems odd they would go through with the new build. Seems like that building would be better sold off and something built out there. Who knows what they plan on doing with it.
February 9, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, VintageLife said: Sorry, here is more info from the article, the building is owned by a different group. “The West Broad Street site is owned by FTON Property Partners, which traces back to Bob Althoff, the previous owner of the dealership who also held on to a minority stake in the business. Ricart is not part of that group. It is a prime piece of property in the growing Franklinton area, across from the Gravity development and near the redeveloping Mount Carmel West site and the Scioto Peninsula project.” Still seems odd they would go through with the new build. Seems like that building would be better sold off and something built out there. Who knows what they plan on doing with it. Thanks for the extra info. Makes sense for them to move otherwise. HD doesn’t really fit in with where the rest of the neighborhood is heading.
February 9, 20214 yr Ha, that's like when I lived in 5XNW and one resident had a Harley. I was like "Is someone's dad visiting?" when it fired up since all the other bikes around were 250s or 350s. Including mine.
February 11, 20214 yr No. Looks like the Ricarts wanted it to be close to ASK and MotoOhio plus have more freeway visibility. Bike dealers tend to cluster like how all the ones in Lancaster are close to each other on 33. I remember there was an Easyriders catty corner from the Franklinton A.D. Farrow for quite a while in the '90s and 2000s when those big bikes were hot. Edited February 11, 20214 yr by GCrites80s
February 11, 20214 yr 33 minutes ago, NightNectar said: Wow. Can’t say I expected that. Is the renovation even complete? Drove by about 2 weeks ago and saw bikes sitting in the new part, so maybe.
February 11, 20214 yr So if it holds bikes that means the roof isn't leaking. Which means the interior may not be finished but a new tenant would probably want it done at least somewhat differently than planned.
February 11, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: So if it holds bikes that means the roof isn't leaking. Which means the interior may not be finished but a new tenant would probably want it done at least somewhat differently than planned. If I was the owner I would either sell, or try to develop it into a larger and taller building.
February 12, 20214 yr City could change parking requirements for Franklinton development "We all know this is becoming kind of a hot little pocket area so we want to make sure those businesses are able to thrive." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/02/12/city-could-tighten-parking-requirements-for-frankl.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 15, 20214 yr 57 minutes ago, Zyrokai said: Please. PLEASE. PLEAASSEEE get rid of parking minimums. That is about the only way any type of good public transit will happen, so yes please.
February 20, 20214 yr On 2/15/2021 at 1:43 PM, Zyrokai said: Please. PLEASE. PLEAASSEEE get rid of parking minimums. Right. That's the last thing we need is an influx of people from the suburbs coming to old neighborhoods and creating the problems they left Hilliard because of.
February 22, 20214 yr here are the proposed heights for gravity 2.0. Link has more info and site layout More info Edited February 22, 20214 yr by VintageLife
February 22, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, VintageLife said: here are the proposed heights for gravity 2.0. Link has more info and site layout More info That height looks like it's just for the 5 story Murphy building. The 12 story building will probably be in the range of 150-180 feet tall.
February 22, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: That height looks like it's just for the 5 story Murphy building. The 12 story building will probably be in the range of 150-180 feet tall. It does say just down a bit, that the height of the mixed use tower is 154 feet. Maybe it was already approved and they didn’t need to discuss it this round. Edited February 22, 20214 yr by VintageLife
February 23, 20214 yr Sorry if this has been discussed before, but do we know if they're planning on burying the utilities? I'm assuming yes?
February 23, 20214 yr 4 minutes ago, Zyrokai said: Sorry if this has been discussed before, but do we know if they're planning on burying the utilities? I'm assuming yes? From photos and memory, I think they are already buried along here.
February 23, 20214 yr On 1/29/2021 at 2:25 PM, NorthShore647 said: 2 minutes ago, VintageLife said: From photos and memory, I think they are already buried along here. I think I did a weird quote-within-quote but I actually had this picture in mind when I asked this. Those poles and wires are legit insane! haha
February 23, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, Zyrokai said: I think I did a weird quote-within-quote but I actually had this picture in mind when I asked this. Those poles and wires are legit insane! haha Ah the other streets, yeah I have no idea. They are doing a lot of road work on town and rich street so maybe that is happening.
March 7, 20214 yr Looks like some movement on the Gravity 2.0 site. There is some new equipment there in the middle of the site that doesn't appear to be for the nearby road work. Also, this week, an influencer posted about the views of downtown from Gravity 1 and tagged the Gravity Instagram account. The Gravity account replied saying that more views are coming. Edited March 7, 20214 yr by TH3BUDDHA
March 8, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Looks like some movement on the Gravity 2.0 site. There is some new equipment there in the middle of the site that doesn't appear to be for the nearby road work. Also, this week, an influencer posted about the views of downtown from Gravity 1 and tagged the Gravity Instagram account. The Gravity account replied saying that more views are coming. They also have open retail spaces available on some commercial rental pages, so that’s a good sign.
March 8, 20214 yr I feel like it’s flat enough now can they start building up please lol I’m arguable more excited for gravity 2.0 and scioto pen. than I am for any other developments.
March 8, 20214 yr 22 minutes ago, 614love said: I feel like it’s flat enough now can they start building up please lol I’m arguable more excited for gravity 2.0 and scioto pen. than I am for any other developments. I'll definitely take this over the complete inactivity, though. The single porta potty that has been the only thing on site for months finally has a purpose. Edited March 8, 20214 yr by TH3BUDDHA
March 9, 20214 yr 21 hours ago, 614love said: I feel like it’s flat enough now can they start building up please lol I’m arguable more excited for gravity 2.0 and scioto pen. than I am for any other developments. Agree, the scioto peninsula is so exciting because it nearly completes the puzzle. However, we still need a way for visitors and locals to quickly get around the core city. Some sort of transportation between franklinton, german village, franklin park, airport, italian village, short north, campus, grandview yard, arena district, and downtown would make it more of a destination city and one that could start landing more large events - which of course adds more interest and value to those areas... Buses aren't an attractive option, nor are driverless cars. Need something permanent that entices development around it. Rail obviously would be great but it takes a long time to stand up and costs a lot. I may be missing something big here, or just a little off my rocker, but I think elevated cable cars (e.g. gondolas) would be cheap-ish to stand up, expandable based on demand, wouldn't affect existing infrastructure, and could add a uniqueness that would attract interest. I know this isn't the transportation thread, so I'll just leave it at that.
March 11, 20214 yr Gravity 2 - I'm not sure what's happening here, but it's new. A few more trucks hanging out today
March 11, 20214 yr ^That black tubing is an erosion control measure - it's a wattle with a filter sock. Construction sites are protected this way to avoid silt runoff to the storm sewers. It could mean construction is starting or it might mean the City cracked down and demanded the site be protected.
March 11, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Pablo said: ^That black tubing is an erosion control measure - it's a wattle with a filter sock. Construction sites are protected this way to avoid silt runoff to the storm sewers. It could mean construction is starting or it might mean the City cracked down and demanded the site be protected. Hoping for the former!
March 18, 20214 yr This week in slightly incremental gravity 2 news.... Survey Crews? A new dumpster (and some flags(?))
March 18, 20214 yr 28 minutes ago, Imwalle said: This week in slightly incremental gravity 2 news.... Survey Crews? A new dumpster (and some flags(?))
March 18, 20214 yr I don't know. It's going to be hard to beat the initial (lack of?) pace of the LC buildings downtown. The daily crew of 6 people or less for what felt like yearsssssssss.
March 18, 20214 yr 58 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: I don't know. It's going to be hard to beat the initial (lack of?) pace of the LC buildings downtown. The daily crew of 6 people or less for what felt like yearsssssssss. That project was ridiculous. What made it even crazier was how fast the larger Kaufman projects went up nearby. May 2014, both 250 High and LC are starting site prep/foundation work: June 2014, 250 High is working on their 3rd floor, LC has done nothing more than move some machinery around: August 2015, 250 is completely done, LC has installed a tower crane and poured a little bit of concrete: August 2017, LC has finally topped out and Kaufman's second project, 80 on the Commons, is close to being topped out: October 2018, 80 on the Commons is done while LC is mostly done except for it's courtyard area which is supposed to contain a pool: November 2019, the pool/courtyard still isn't finished, and for some reason the railing area has been completely redone: November 2020, the pool/courtyard is finally done...I think, 6 years after the project first broke ground: Although, to their credit, the second LC building only took five years to complete.... August 2015, demolition is done and site prep has started: November 2020, finally done....I think: Let's hope Gravity 2.0 does follow this same trajectory.
March 18, 20214 yr The Gravity II site looks like its been prepped to build a parking lot, not a building....
March 19, 20214 yr Triad Architects is proposing a new 3-story home office in Franklinton at 491 W Town St. Not a crazy build tall or anything but, I am excited for more infill and continued architectural diversity in the neighborhood. Exciting stuff. Edited March 19, 20214 yr by DevolsDance
March 19, 20214 yr Yeah, really hoping Franklinton can become the area that has diverse and interesting architecture. This looks pretty cool, and 3 stories in this area isn’t bad.
March 22, 20214 yr On 3/19/2021 at 5:20 PM, DevolsDance said: Triad Architects is proposing a new 3-story home office in Franklinton at 491 W Town St. Not a crazy build tall or anything but, I am excited for more infill and continued architectural diversity in the neighborhood. Exciting stuff. I'm just confused why they are calling it a home office.
March 22, 20214 yr I assume they just mean their main office -- they may have other offices in other cities, with Columbus as primary
March 29, 20214 yr I wasn’t quick enough to snap a pic, but there’s now several pieces of equipment on the Gravity 2 site. It’s finally happening, guys!
March 30, 20214 yr Couldn't get a pic driving by, but things actually started today. Even more equipment on site and two drills were working. One of the drills was right at the corner of Broad and the tracks. So, where the 12 story building is set to go. Feels like things are really getting set to heat up this summer around Columbus. Edited March 30, 20214 yr by TH3BUDDHA
March 30, 20214 yr 37 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Couldn't get a pic driving by, but things actually started today. Even more equipment on site and two drills were working. One of the drills was right at the corner of Broad and the tracks. So, where the 12 story building is set to go. Feels like things are really getting set to heat up this summer around Columbus. Even though the original design of this building was better, this one will still be amazing. The whole complex will look great together.
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