That's a pretty cool looking proposal! Franklinton is really going to have some crazy architecture with this (if it gets built) and Gravity.

2 minutes ago, cbussoccer said:

if it gets built

CoverMyMeds campus being a short walk from here should definitely help, right?  Hopefully we see a flurry of activity as they move in.

2 hours ago, 17thState said:

Looks like there's a new proposal for an apartment tower in Franklinton at the southwest corner of Broad and Gift streets.  The Columbus Underground article mentions 13 stories with a design inspired by the Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian. Can't say I've heard of him, but I dig the colored glass panels. 

 

 

https://www.columbusunderground.com/proposal-calls-for-apartment-tower-in-franklinton-bw1

 

Wow, this and the Edwards proposal on West Broad St. have come out of left field, in a good way. I really like this proposal as is. As has been mentioned, the artistic twist is fresh and fits well in the area. I really hope this gets built as is (and that Gravity 2.0 gets started soon!).

17 minutes ago, CMHOhio said:

 

Wow, this and the Edwards proposal on West Broad St. have come out of left field, in a good way. I really like this proposal as is. As has been mentioned, the artistic twist is fresh and fits well in the area. I really hope this gets built as is (and that Gravity 2.0 gets started soon!).

The thing I love about Franklinton is that most projects seem to be received well no matter what. I know cover my meds had some opposition, but that is a very different case than these buildings. 

Figured I would add this. 
 

A view of the opposite side of the building

4 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Love this and love Piet Mondrian. I really hope everything that goes up in Franklinton is art related. It will be a great thing for columbus. 

I really want Franklinton to look like wynwood district in Miami Fl. with all the art.

6 minutes ago, 614love said:

I really want Franklinton to look like wynwood district in Miami Fl. with all the art.

That looks awesome, and yeah, from what has been developed so far, it is going more that way.

2 hours ago, CMHOhio said:

Edwards proposal on West Broad

Which one is the Edwards proposal on West Broad?

Edited November 18, 20204 yr by TH3BUDDHA

41 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

Which one is the Edwards proposal on West Broad?

The 13 story proposal from last week. 

1 hour ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

Which one is the Edwards proposal on West Broad?

 

My apologies, I meant East Broad. 

8 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Figured I would add this. 
 

A view of the opposite side of the building

I really like the colored glass, but the more I think about it I'm wondering how practical it would be to live with. Is your apartment going to feel like a strip club if you only get red colored light shining through, I think yellow light be even worse. I wonder if that will change at all before they finalize the design?  Maybe break it up into smaller sections so you'd have more of a mix? I don't think a couple red windows would be bad to have, but I do think only red windows would be a kinda terrible. 

2 hours ago, 17thState said:

I really like the colored glass, but the more I think about it I'm wondering how practical it would be to live with. Is your apartment going to feel like a strip club if you only get red colored light shining through, I think yellow light be even worse. I wonder if that will change at all before they finalize the design?  Maybe break it up into smaller sections so you'd have more of a mix? I don't think a couple red windows would be bad to have, but I do think only red windows would be a kinda terrible. 

 This gives me more hope that Franklinton can get the fun, quirky, modern architecture. I was worried that gravity 2.0 might encourage developers to start heading toward more bland development but this is great. Gravity 2.0 is great but after the precedent they set with 1.0, I wanted more tbh.

 

Lots of hate for it on CU which surprises me. There is merit to maybe comparing it to an oceanside florida building with sharp edges maybe but certainly not hideous IMO. 

 

One of the most exciting parts is I believe they only have 18 parking spots. It's another gamble into the low parking availability. 

1 hour ago, DTCL11 said:

 This gives me more hope that Franklinton can get the fun, quirky, modern architecture. I was worried that gravity 2.0 might encourage developers to start heading toward more bland development but this is great. Gravity 2.0 is great but after the precedent they set with 1.0, I wanted more tbh.

 

Lots of hate for it on CU which surprises me. There is merit to maybe comparing it to an oceanside florida building with sharp edges maybe but certainly not hideous IMO. 

 

One of the most exciting parts is I believe they only have 18 parking spots. It's another gamble into the low parking availability. 

I was also incredibly taken aback by the negative comments on CU (especially in comparison to the overwhelming positive comments on the Edwards proposal on E Broad [which is objectively hideous]). The idea that the architecture in Franklinton should be more colorful and experimental should absolutely proliferate and it will be its own destination for that alone (just like in Wynwood). Especially as the "Short North Arts District" becomes far less about the art.

If you change the color ratios a bit it will be more like Brushstrokes in Flight

1 hour ago, jebleprls22 said:

I was also incredibly taken aback by the negative comments on CU (especially in comparison to the overwhelming positive comments on the Edwards proposal on E Broad [which is objectively hideous]). The idea that the architecture in Franklinton should be more colorful and experimental should absolutely proliferate and it will be its own destination for that alone (just like in Wynwood). Especially as the "Short North Arts District" becomes far less about the art.

Yeah, sadly CU seems to be getting more and more of the negative Facebook type crowd. 

After CU got rid of their forums, the comments gradually became more and more similar to what they are on their Facebook page.   A lot of suburbanites and NIMBYs comment now where before it was much more development enthusiasts similar to here.  I know Walker is definitely not anti-development in any way, so that aspect of things must be somewhat frustrating.

6 minutes ago, jonoh81 said:

After CU got rid of their forums, the comments gradually became more and more similar to what they are on their Facebook page.   A lot of suburbanites and NIMBYs comment now where before it was much more development enthusiasts similar to here.  I know Walker is definitely not anti-development in any way, so that aspect of things must be somewhat frustrating.

Yeah I always love when Walker comments on the Facebook comments. It’s usually a pretty funny interaction. He isn’t anti development at all, so at least they try to keep their page positive. 

Yeah he's basically like, "Dammit... no!" to everything since the comments are so wacky.

12 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Yeah he's basically like, "Dammit... no!" to everything since the comments are so wacky.

He is currently responding to a bunch of negative comments about lack of parking for this project. 
 

let’s be real, there is a ton of on street parking all over the place. There isn’t really any residential housing within a few blocks of this. There will not be a problem with parking. 

Jman approved of the project in the comments.  That's all that really matters, right?

CU has update to include commentary from the developer and I'm very impressed. As much as 2/3 could be below market rate. 

 

 

Fast Forward: The Scioto Peninsula & East Franklinton

 

In 2017, we featured East Franklinton and the Scioto Peninsula in our “Fast Forward” series, and a lot has changed since then. The vision for the Scioto Peninsula master plan has been completely redesigned and ground has broken, while newer projects have been announced.

 

In this update to our “Fast Forward” series, we take a look at what else the near future holds for these urban neighborhoods.

 

More below:

https://www.columbusunderground.com/fast-forward-scioto-peninsula-east-franklinton-we1

 

 

Farrow Harley Davidson dealership expansion (Thur. 11-19-20)

 

 

CoverMyMeds Headquarters

 

Edited November 20, 20204 yr by NorthShore647

^The Byers site is owned by Nationwide and nothing has been announced for that property. 567-575 is next door. Thanks for all your photos!

 

52 minutes ago, Pablo said:

^The Byers site is owned by Nationwide and nothing has been announced for that property. 567-575 is next door. Thanks for all your photos!

 

Yeah I’m curious if nationwide will even do anything with it, or just hold on to it for a few years and make a good chunk of money when they sell.

47 minutes ago, Pablo said:

The Byers site is owned by Nationwide and nothing has been announced for that property. 567-575 is next door

 

Ahh, thanks! My bad, I didn't double check while I was biking around. I knew someone had bought the Beyers property a couple of years ago and figured that it was the likely site of the tower. Hopefully this new tower (along with the 2nd phases of Gravity and River & Rich) close by will encourage NRI to move forward with whatever they have planned for the property. 

 

If this tower does gets built while the Towne Motel is open next door on the same block, it will really emphasize the stark contrast between the old and new Franklinton. 

53 minutes ago, NorthShore647 said:

 

Ahh, thanks! My bad, I didn't double check while I was biking around. I knew someone had bought the Beyers property a couple of years ago and figured that it was the likely site of the tower. Hopefully this new tower (along with the 2nd phases of Gravity and River & Rich) close by will encourage NRI to move forward with whatever they have planned for the property. 

 

If this tower does gets built while the Towne Motel is open next door on the same block, it will really emphasize the stark contrast between the old and new Franklinton. 

I love that Towne Motel. Whenever my wife and I drive by, I always tell her it would be awesome to fix up into a boutique hotel. 

Haven't seen it posted here yet, but Gravity 1.0 has recently seen two new tenants. On the retail side is Axon, a new fitness facility:

 

https://www.trainaxon.com/

 

And on the office side, Switch Insurance is moving into the 3rd floor of the office building:

 

https://insswitch.com/columbus

 

Hopefully as these spaces continue to fill, it will be more motivation to get started on 2.0...

2 hours ago, amped91 said:

Haven't seen it posted here yet, but Gravity 1.0 has recently seen two new tenants. On the retail side is Axon, a new fitness facility:

 

https://www.trainaxon.com/

 

And on the office side, Switch Insurance is moving into the 3rd floor of the office building:

 

https://insswitch.com/columbus

 

Hopefully as these spaces continue to fill, it will be more motivation to get started on 2.0...

2.0 😢

On 12/18/2020 at 7:37 PM, 614love said:

2.0 😢

Didn't we just have a couple people confirm that they're still planning on building this?

9 minutes ago, Zyrokai said:

Didn't we just have a couple people confirm that they're still planning on building this?

 

Yea, I think we were all just hoping it would be under construction by now.

I drove through the downtown area yesterday for the first time in a while and I noticed there are now 2 tower cranes up at the CoverMyMeds construction site. Kind of surprising for a relatively short building. 

^It probably has more to do with how tight the site is and the need to reach all corners of a long building.

On 8/18/2020 at 2:11 PM, Columbo said:

The Columbus Board of Education voted in January to sell five Columbus City Schools properties.  The former Starling Middle School, built in 1910 at 120 S. Central Avenue in Franklinton was the only one of these five to reach the public auction stage.

 

https://www.columbusunderground.com/city-to-buy-douglas-elementary-starling-middle-to-be-auctioned-bw1

 

The CU article (linked above) reports that this property will be auctioned off by Columbus City Schools on August 27.

• The CCS "Properties For Sale" page is at https://www.ccsoh.us/domain/224
• The info page for the former Starling Middle School is https://www.ccsoh.us/Page/2331

Although this historic school and property is located in West Franklinton - a bit away from the red-hot redeveloping East Franklinton - it is also located near I-70 and across the street from the new Starling Middle School property.  It will be interesting to see if a developer bids for this property with the idea of turning it into another Barrett-style renovation/redevelopment project.

 

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/education/2020/12/16/columbus-state-housing-developer-buy-former-columbus-school-buildings/3897742001/

 

According to the above linked article, Woda Cooper Development Inc., a Columbus-based affordable-housing developer and property management company, plans to purchase the former Starling Middle School in Franklinton for $1.23 million.  The three-story, 58,500-square-foot building at 120 S. Central Ave. and West State Street sits on 3.1 acres.  The school opened in 1910 as the original West High School.

 

More info about the former Starling Middle School at https://forum.urbanohio.com/topic/21-columbus-franklinton-developments-and-news/page/16/?tab=comments#comment-936803

 

A few cool pics of the new Buddhist center going up in East Franklinton. 

 

Above is a really nice aerial photo of the cleared Mount Carmel West property from this wikipedia page created about Mount Carmel West - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carmel_West

 

According to the flickr page linked to the image at the wikipedia page, the aerial is from October 2020.

 

Below is a redevelopment map of the cleared Mount Carmel West property:

3 hours ago, Columbo said:

 

Above is a really nice aerial photo of the cleared Mount Carmel West property from this wikipedia page created about Mount Carmel West - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Carmel_West

 

According to the flickr page linked to the image at the wikipedia page, the aerial is from October 2020.

 

Below is a redevelopment map of the cleared Mount Carmel West property:

The amount of potential for this area is like sitting on a powder keg.  What I feel is usually and after thought connector street, you have Souder Road getting much more future attention with the addition of the Covermymeds headquarters/campus also leading over to the new Crew Stadium site.  Then you have Broad and Town Streets going East to West into The Peninsula which is already beginning to take off.  I'm very excited to see what this area in East Franklinton becomes over the next decade or so!!!

Yes this site has a lot of talent. It already has decent urbanism built in really.

49 minutes ago, GCrites80s said:

Yes this site has a lot of talent. It already has decent urbanism built in really.

Yep, hopefully they can figure out something decent. With covermymeds so close, you would think there is plenty of potential for people who want to easily bike to work. 

9 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Yep, hopefully they can figure out something decent. With covermymeds so close, you would think there is plenty of potential for people who want to easily bike to work. 

One of the problems already, is that the "cat is out of the bag".  Franklinton, The Peninsula area, although not very developed yet, but already is slated for a lot of development.  In terms of affordable housing and just normal pricing, given the current state, it's still hard to come by.  I have a friend, in his late 20's, ready to buy his first home, wiling for it to be a bit of a fixer upper, who wanted to buy a house in the area, and literally a burned out tear down home was going for $90k.....and I MEAN BURNED tear down.  The market in Columbus is hot real estate wise, and this neighborhood although not even close to fully developed or converted yet, is already expensive....

Uh oh, this next property tax reassessment might be tough on current residents. 

8 hours ago, Gnoraa said:

One of the problems already, is that the "cat is out of the bag".  Franklinton, The Peninsula area, although not very developed yet, but already is slated for a lot of development.  In terms of affordable housing and just normal pricing, given the current state, it's still hard to come by.  I have a friend, in his late 20's, ready to buy his first home, wiling for it to be a bit of a fixer upper, who wanted to buy a house in the area, and literally a burned out tear down home was going for $90k.....and I MEAN BURNED tear down.  The market in Columbus is hot real estate wise, and this neighborhood although not even close to fully developed or converted yet, is already expensive....

Yeah I consistently check house prices in the area, always interested in buying and since the middle of summer prices in Franklinton have gone up $100,000 it seems. Even for worthless destroyed properties. It is nuts. 

No pictures yet, but it looks like they've restarted work on Gravity 2.

55 minutes ago, Imwalle said:

No pictures yet, but it looks like they've restarted work on Gravity 2.

 

Pics or it didn't happen(!) 😉

 

j/k - that's outstanding news

5 hours ago, Imwalle said:

No pictures yet, but it looks like they've restarted work on Gravity 2.

What makes you think that? Are they moving dirt? Is there heavy machinery on site? I’m just trying to gauge how excited I should let myself get lol

7 minutes ago, cbussoccer said:

What makes you think that? Are they moving dirt? Is there heavy machinery on site? I’m just trying to gauge how excited I should let myself get lol

There’s machinery on site. I couldn’t tell if it was for Gravity 2.0 or the work on  State St. Fingers crossed we see things happening this week. 

16 hours ago, amped91 said:

There’s machinery on site. I couldn’t tell if it was for Gravity 2.0 or the work on  State St. Fingers crossed we see things happening this week. 

 

There has been machinery on site previously but it was removed.  Hopefully they aren't just using it to stage.

Gravity 2.0 site (Sat. 1-9-21)

 

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. 

 

CoverMyMeds Headquarters (Sat. 1-9-21)

 

 

 

 

Warner Junction (3 story affordable housing apartment building) at the SE corner of Rich and Green streets

 

Warner Junction Development Rendering 

 

The new Columbus KTC (Karma Thegsum Choling) Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Center at the SW corner of Rich and Grubb Streets 

 

Meditation Center Rendering

 

Farrow Harley Davidson dealership expansion