December 21, 20222 yr From the reporting, sounds like there’s no other tenants lined up. The urgent care might be all we get 😅
December 21, 20222 yr Continental Centre, Starling Middle School redevelopment projects get historic tax credits Three Central Ohio projects were awarded state historic tax credits on Tuesday. Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon Husted announced state support this week for 54 rehabilitation projects that will restore 57 historic buildings across Ohio. The projects are expected to leverage some $1.01 billion in private investment. ... The redevelopment project of former West High School/Starling Middle School will get $2 million in tax credits. Woda Cooper is renovating the old school at 120 S. Central Ave., which was originally built in 1908 as West High School, into 45 apartments. A new construction portion of the development will have 52 apartments in two, three-story walkup buildings. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/12/21/historic-tax-credits.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 21, 20222 yr 7 hours ago, amped91 said: Second phase of Gravity development prepares to open, sound baths and all ‘"We’ve been very pleased with how it’s come along," said Frank Sasso, president of Kaufman Development, which created the Gravity brand. "We will start delivering our first units in the first quarter. Throughout the spring and early summer, we will have artists painting murals all over the project, with some really exciting announcements including international artists and sculptors adding place-making and activation to the site." Gravity's second phase includes four buildings, all wrapping up: - A 12-story residential tower on West Broad Street, with 17,000-square-feet of ground-floor restaurant space. The building includes 256 studio and one- and two-bedroom apartments, along with several amenities such as a rooftop deck. The building is expected to open in late spring. No restaurant tenant has been identified yet. - A 175,000-square-foot, five-story office building, at Broad and McDowell streets. OhioHealth will soon start to build out half of the first floor with an urgent and primary care unit. Tenants have not been identified for the rest of the building, though some of the space will be used for Gravity programs such as meditation and sound baths, Sasso said. - An 890-space parking garage on McDowell Street. The garage, expected to open in early 2023, will serve Gravity as well as the surrounding neighborhood. - A five-story residential building on McDowell and West State streets. In addition to 56 studio and one-bedroom apartments, the building will feature 36 shared-living apartments, each with four or five bedrooms around common living rooms and kitchens, similar to student apartments. The building will also feature several common spaces, including art studios, meditation rooms and a demonstration kitchen. The shared-living residential building is expected to open in the first three months of 2023, welcoming the first tenants to Gravity's second phase. Sasso said the rest of Gravity will gradually open throughout 2023 and be fully open by late fall. Sasso said Kaufman Development also expects to soon announce plans for the Idea Foundry, the business incubator at West State and Lucas streets, across from the Gravity development, that the company bought in March for $5 million. "Our plan is to tie everything in with the Idea Foundry, to make a cohesive neighborhood experience," Sasso said.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/12/21/gravity-bringing-more-homes-offices-restaurants-to-franklinton/69738807007/ For those without a Dispatch subscription- this rendering of Gravity 2 & 3 (as seen from W Broad) was included:
December 21, 20222 yr Was driving around gravity 2 & Scioto peninsula the other day and I noticed that It doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of retail spaces in the projects. They will still be great for the area/downtown but I don’t know how much a person who lives in Columbus but not in either development will actually want to be over there. I can’t imagine there will be much to do over there other than like tafts brewporium.
December 22, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, 614love said: Was driving around gravity 2 & Scioto peninsula the other day and I noticed that It doesn’t feel like there’s a lot of retail spaces in the projects. They will still be great for the area/downtown but I don’t know how much a person who lives in Columbus but not in either development will actually want to be over there. I can’t imagine there will be much to do over there other than like tafts brewporium. There's a list included in this article of all the food and drink concepts that will be in the Junto Hotel. Again, all of these will be in just the one building... https://614now.com/2022/food-drink/walk-up-poutine-restaurant-and-rooftop-bar-highlight-the-bevy-of-new-food-and-drinks-concepts-coming-to-new-hotel
December 22, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, Luvcbus said: There's a list included in this article of all the food and drink concepts that will be in the Junto Hotel. Again, all of these will be in just the one building... https://614now.com/2022/food-drink/walk-up-poutine-restaurant-and-rooftop-bar-highlight-the-bevy-of-new-food-and-drinks-concepts-coming-to-new-hotel I guess my point is I hope these areas will have lively streets unlike the rest of downtown on a normal day.
December 22, 20222 yr 23 hours ago, Luvcbus said: For those without a Dispatch subscription- this rendering of Gravity 2 & 3 (as seen from W Broad) was included: That looks really cool with phases two and three next to each other along McDowell (plus Scioto Peninsula peaking up in the back!). With phase two wrapping up and three starting soon, the city and Kaufman definitely needs to do something to make crossing Broad safer. The flashing pedestrian lights, a pedestrian island, more traffic calming, something.
December 23, 20222 yr 18 hours ago, amped91 said: That looks really cool with phases two and three next to each other along McDowell (plus Scioto Peninsula peaking up in the back!). With phase two wrapping up and three starting soon, the city and Kaufman definitely needs to do something to make crossing Broad safer. The flashing pedestrian lights, a pedestrian island, more traffic calming, something. There is a signalized crossing at May & Broad. At McDowell on the Gravity I side there's a plant bed. This really should be paved since people cross there too despite the BS "no pedestrian crossing" signs. There will be more people crossing here once Gravity II opens. In Ohio, every intersection (signalized or not) is a legal pedestrian crosswalk. This "no ped crossing" signage is such a traffic engineering solution to keeping cars moving at a Level of Service of "A" while inconveniencing pedestrians. You're right - there needs to be an island and pavement markings for a crossing. Maybe this rapidly urbanizing stretch of Broad needs a lower speed limit - but that will never happen as long as we continue to let traffic engineers design out cities.
December 23, 20222 yr 46 minutes ago, Pablo said: There is a signalized crossing at May & Broad. At McDowell on the Gravity I side there's a plant bed. This really should be paved since people cross there too despite the BS "no pedestrian crossing" signs. There will be more people crossing here once Gravity II opens. In Ohio, every intersection (signalized or not) is a legal pedestrian crosswalk. This "no ped crossing" signage is such a traffic engineering solution to keeping cars moving at a Level of Service of "A" while inconveniencing pedestrians. You're right - there needs to be an island and pavement markings for a crossing. Maybe this rapidly urbanizing stretch of Broad needs a lower speed limit - but that will never happen as long as we continue to let traffic engineers design out cities. If they redesign broad for the BRT line, that will help.
December 27, 20222 yr Some framing for one of the first of several SFHs at the MCW redev is up. And it’s hard to see, but the ground work and plumbing has been done for the townhomes at Gravity 2, so we should be seeing those go up soon.
December 28, 20222 yr On 12/23/2022 at 9:38 AM, Pablo said: There is a signalized crossing at May & Broad. At McDowell on the Gravity I side there's a plant bed. This really should be paved since people cross there too despite the BS "no pedestrian crossing" signs. There will be more people crossing here once Gravity II opens. In Ohio, every intersection (signalized or not) is a legal pedestrian crosswalk. This "no ped crossing" signage is such a traffic engineering solution to keeping cars moving at a Level of Service of "A" while inconveniencing pedestrians. You're right - there needs to be an island and pavement markings for a crossing. Maybe this rapidly urbanizing stretch of Broad needs a lower speed limit - but that will never happen as long as we continue to let traffic engineers design out cities. I believe a new traffic signal is going to be installed at Broad & McDowell as part of Gravity II...somewhere I have a copy of the construction plans that I found at one point, though I can't find it now.
January 3, 20232 yr On 12/23/2022 at 10:25 AM, VintageLife said: If they redesign broad for the BRT line, that will help. Unfortunately I’d be surprised if we see much in the way of pedestrian improvements or road dieting because of that. Im guessing the city will just wait until 2028 and address it when they start the Broad/Main BRT (which I believe will remove at least two traffic lanes). The speed limit on Broad drops to 30 (from 35) as soon as you cross the Scioto leaving downtown, but if anything people go faster at that point than they do in DT…. Edited January 3, 20232 yr by FudgeRounds
January 6, 20232 yr On 10/12/2022 at 11:29 AM, VintageLife said: Is that the location of the townhomes? Cannot wait to see how those turn out. Preliminary work has started on the townhomes at Gravity 2
January 6, 20232 yr Just now, CbusOrBust said: Preliminary work has started on the townhomes at Gravity 2 I wish this was something I could afford. I’m going to guess these start in the $750,000 range, but who knows.
January 6, 20232 yr Vertical construction has started next to Mt Carmel (at Mt. Carmel Mall and Souder)
January 6, 20232 yr 15 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I wish this was something I could afford. I’m going to guess these start in the $750,000 range, but who knows. I may be thinking of the Quarry Trails townhouses or the ones in Bridge Park, but I think that's exactly what they are going to cost. The Gravity website is hot trash though I can't even figure out how to navigate it to see if they have prices listed or anything. You would think townhouses would be a more affordable way into homeownership since they're a more compact and space efficient version of a single family home, but here we are. Edited January 6, 20232 yr by TIm
January 6, 20232 yr 27 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I wish this was something I could afford. I’m going to guess these start in the $750,000 range, but who knows. Definitely wouldn’t be under $500,000 I wouldn’t imagine.
January 6, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, TIm said: I may be thinking of the Quarry Trails townhouses or the ones in Bridge Park, but I think that's exactly what they are going to cost. The Gravity website is hot trash though I can't even figure out how to navigate it to see if they have prices listed or anything. You would think townhouses would be a more affordable way into homeownership since they're a more compact and space efficient version of a single family home, but here we are. Location and amenities.
January 6, 20232 yr 53 minutes ago, TIm said: I may be thinking of the Quarry Trails townhouses or the ones in Bridge Park, but I think that's exactly what they are going to cost. The Gravity website is hot trash though I can't even figure out how to navigate it to see if they have prices listed or anything. You would think townhouses would be a more affordable way into homeownership since they're a more compact and space efficient version of a single family home, but here we are. These also seem like they will be pretty big townhouses. From the renderings it seems they will be 4 stories, unless they have them split, which would be strange to me. The townhouses on gay st are mostly all over $500,000 and those are not in a hip busy area.
January 8, 20232 yr This lil fella at McKinley Manor shot up pretty quick. The NCR senior living center should be opening soon. Framing for the first two of an eventual 14 SFHs (plus a four unit building) is now up at Mount Carmel. And this portion of the MC site should be going vertical any day now too. I can’t remember if Brian Higgins’s apartment building proposal for W Town has received final approval yet, but the convenience store that was on the property has been Loewendicked, so maybe we’ll see this project get started this year too. And a few shots of the progress at McDowell Place.
January 26, 20232 yr On 7/25/2022 at 11:13 PM, ColDayMan said: Seven-Story Building Proposed for West Broad Street A local company has submitted plans to build a seven-story mixed-use development at 630 W. Broad St., next door to Holy Family Church in Franklinton. The proposal, from Marker Development, calls for five floors of apartments over a two-story parking garage. The bottom two levels would also hold a lobby and about 4,400 square feet of commercial space (on the Broad Street side of the building), and six townhomes on the Gay Street side of the building. Plans and renderings for the project were submitted to the city in advance of this week’s East Franklinton Review Board meeting. The proposal was also discussed by the board in April, when a less fleshed-out design was brought before them for an initial discussion of the site. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/seven-story-building-proposed-for-west-broad-street-bw1/ Spotted these guys a little bit ago. Not sure if they have anything to do with the upcoming Marker development, but they appeared to be doing infrastructure work directly behind the buildings that are there now.
January 26, 20232 yr ^I saw an application for a demo permit within the last couple weeks, so it should be soon!
January 28, 20232 yr Noticed this new record today for 430 W. Rich and wondered if this may be some movement on the long-awaited Lucas Lofts project.
January 28, 20232 yr 52 minutes ago, jonoh81 said: Are these new? These were initially proposed last April: ”245 S. Skidmore St. and 638 Sullivant Ave. – Scheduled for a conceptual review, this proposal from the Finance Fund calls for two, 10-unit townhome buildings. The units would be affordable and built on parcels controlled by the Central Ohio Community Land Trust, so that some degree of affordability could be maintained even if surrounding land values skyrocket.” https://columbusunderground.com/proposals-pile-up-in-franklinton-as-development-activity-continues-bw1/ Glad to see they’re still working towards building those. Also glad to see the Lucas Lofts might still actually happen.
January 30, 20232 yr On 1/6/2023 at 11:23 AM, CbusOrBust said: Preliminary work has started on the townhomes at Gravity 2 Vertical construction started on the townhomes at Gravity 2 today
January 30, 20232 yr On 3/25/2022 at 11:03 AM, amped91 said: Too bad. This building could have been quite handsome again. Historic Building in Franklinton to be Demolished “A local developer with a track record of restoring historic structures is making plans to demolish a 138-year-old building in Franklinton. The building, at 555 W. Town St., has been vacant for over 30 years and is beyond saving, said Brad DeHays of Connect Realty. “We have worked with Columbus Landmarks on the demolition discussion because we do not typically desire to demolish any contributing historic structure,” he said. “However, the wood support columns without footers, dirt basement floor, and crumbling structural brick walls do make this building a hazard to the public…the entire building is structurally unstable.” The building will likely come down within the next 90 days, according to DeHays. As for what might replace it on the site, he said that it will likely be housing, but it is too early to share specific plans.“ https://columbusunderground.com/historic-building-in-franklinton-to-be-demolished-bw1/ Noticed today that this building is gone now :/ From the looks of the soil, I’d say it came down fairly recently.
January 30, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, CbusOrBust said: Vertical construction started on the townhomes at Gravity 2 today Gravity has finally updated their website (thank the gods!), and it’s showing the townhomes should be available fall of this year, which I believe is updated. It also has a rendering showing a new building on the Idea Foundry gravel lot. I’ve figured for awhile now that Gravity Phase 4, whether or not it’s officially called that, will involve building out the IF property. This rendering might be pointing towards that as a possibility. https://gravityproject.com/building-e/
February 16, 20232 yr Kaufman is proposing a “Gravity Park” space on what is currently the gravel parking lot for the Idea Foundry.
February 16, 20232 yr Looks like they're looking for a way to spruce things but also keep costs down, my guess is a placeholder for a future dev.
February 16, 20232 yr Agree it's definitely a placeholder, and probably made possible now by the completion of the Gravity II garage Hopefully we might see an actual proposal for this land after Gravity III gets underway
February 17, 20232 yr Like... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 17, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Like... I don’t think this will happen, sadly. I hope I am proven wrong.
February 17, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, DevolsDance said: Looks like they're looking for a way to spruce things but also keep costs down, my guess is a placeholder for a future dev. Yeah, especially since it’s all made of stuff that could fairly easily be moved to a different location later on.
February 18, 20232 yr On 2/16/2023 at 5:44 PM, Kriegs said: Seems odd to have an electrical pole in the middle of the park. It's an art piece...
February 23, 20232 yr Kaufman Development plans park, new commercial building in Franklinton Kaufman Development wants to create a new park and revive a commercial building in Franklinton. The East Franklinton Review Board approved two Kaufman Development projects on Wednesday; one would turn the Idea Foundry parking lot into a park and the other would renovate the Prieto building at 68-70 McDowell St. The proposed park is in the early stages. Kaufman was requesting to explore options for a park on the lot, located at 459 W. State St. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/02/23/kaufman-idea-foundry.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 23, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, ColDayMan said: Kaufman Development plans park, new commercial building in Franklinton Kaufman Development wants to create a new park and revive a commercial building in Franklinton. The East Franklinton Review Board approved two Kaufman Development projects on Wednesday; one would turn the Idea Foundry parking lot into a park and the other would renovate the Prieto building at 68-70 McDowell St. The proposed park is in the early stages. Kaufman was requesting to explore options for a park on the lot, located at 459 W. State St. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/02/23/kaufman-idea-foundry.html This is awesome. They could've easily mowed this building down but instead they chose to preserve it and make it part of the overall neighborhood. This quote from the article says it all: Quote “The Prieto building is an older building that adds character to the Franklinton neighborhood, so it’s important for us to preserve that character while giving it new life," Kaufman said. I love what Kaufman continues to do with the Gravity development.
February 23, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, CMHOhio said: This is awesome. They could've easily mowed this building down but instead they chose to preserve it and make it part of the overall neighborhood. This quote from the article says it all: I love what Kaufman continues to do with the Gravity development. I think the building to the right is also getting renovated eventually. Kaufman is probably my favorite developer currently, and I am glad he got so much of the property in Franklinton.
February 23, 20232 yr Agree it's amazing what Kaufman has done and continues to plan for in the neighborhood Meanwhile NRI, likely the deepest-pocketed developer in the city, who was also the first to acquire a large amount of Franklinton land has done absolutely zilch with it... with no visible movement or plans on the horizon to do anything in the foreseeable future
February 26, 20232 yr Big G is up on the co-living building, or “Building D” as they’re calling it, and the plaza is coming together. Glad this one has a real tree instead of plastic ones :p
February 26, 20232 yr Some neat drone pics of the progress on Thrive’s Mount Carmel East redev from the Facebook account Vivid Columbus. The top is ground work for the 4-story, 200 unit apt building, and the bottom is the nearby 18 SFHs and townhomes. https://www.facebook.com/vividcolumbus?mibextid=LQQJ4d
February 26, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, amped91 said: Big G is up on the co-living building, or “Building D” as they’re calling it, and the plaza is coming together. Glad this one has a real tree instead of plastic ones :p Hopefully they start renovations on the building to the left soon.
March 2, 20232 yr Speaking of more properly Kaufman should buy…. Homes for Families selling its Franklinton office building on Grubb Street Columbus nonprofit Home for Families is selling its headquarters at 33 N. Grubb St. in Franklinton. The organization has issued a request for proposals as it hunts for a buyer, a process that will be guided by NAI Ohio Equities' Matt Gregory, Andy Dutcher and Philip Bird. (The firm itself was selected by a different RFP in 2021.) The organization is using the RFP to ensure it finds a buyer that will be flexible as it finds a new space for all its services. The RFP includes request for prospective purchasers to outline their amenability to a delayed closing and potential for a leaseback scenario not to extend beyond the end of 2024.
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