September 1, 20231 yr ODOT redeveloping Franklinton facility in $90M project "The Ohio Department of Transportation has undertaken a $90 million project in Franklinton. ODOT is replacing all the buildings at 1600 W. Broad St. that today house the central garage and sign shop with new facilities. When finished the site will be home to 11 buildings, including the new District 6 Franklinton outpost. Materials will stay at the Grove City outpost, but trucks and workers that had been there will move to the new Franklinton location. Demolition work started earlier this year and construction on the new facilities will end in the fall of 2026." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/08/31/odot-franklinton-redevelopment.html
September 1, 20231 yr 17 minutes ago, Luvcbus said: ODOT redeveloping Franklinton facility in $90M project "The Ohio Department of Transportation has undertaken a $90 million project in Franklinton. ODOT is replacing all the buildings at 1600 W. Broad St. that today house the central garage and sign shop with new facilities. When finished the site will be home to 11 buildings, including the new District 6 Franklinton outpost. Materials will stay at the Grove City outpost, but trucks and workers that had been there will move to the new Franklinton location. Demolition work started earlier this year and construction on the new facilities will end in the fall of 2026." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/08/31/odot-franklinton-redevelopment.html Such a catch 22. In a sense, jobs and light industrial near the population is good but also, could have been an opportunity to move such a massive site outside the beltway to free up the land for better land use near downtown.
September 1, 20231 yr 7 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: Such a catch 22. In a sense, jobs and light industrial near the population is good but also, could have been an opportunity to move such a massive site outside the beltway to free up the land for better land use near downtown. I thought that originally, but I feel like that location has such s**tty access it might not be bad to just keep it this. It is massive though, so it could be reworked to allow access if it was residential or something else.
September 1, 20231 yr 46 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I thought that originally, but I feel like that location has such s**tty access it might not be bad to just keep it this. It is massive though, so it could be reworked to allow access if it was residential or something else. I know it would take quite a bit of planning/engineering, but I have always thought it would be awesome to find a way to connect Grandview Ave to Broad Street through this area. Or some way to make an exit from I70 over the railroads to Grandview Ave. The connectivity from Broad/I-70/Franklinton into Grandview would be so convenient and nice IMO. Edited September 1, 20231 yr by Gnoraa
September 1, 20231 yr From the new Columbus Underground construction update, Construction Roundup: August 2023 Edition
September 7, 20231 yr Punch Bowl Social coming to Gravity in Franklinton in 2024 Can’t remember who said it, but someone was right about what was coming. Should be interesting to see how this competes with 16-bit. Denver-based Punch Bowl Social is coming to Central Ohio. The chain, known for its bowling, arcade games, food and drinks, will occupy 20,970 square feet in Kaufman Development's Gravity complex in Franklinton. The Columbus location is expected to open next spring. “Punch Bowl Social has created these incredibly high-energy, enjoyable spaces around the country and we’re thrilled they’re making their next home in Columbus, in Franklinton and at Gravity,” Gravity Founder Brett Kaufman said in a release. “Part of being a conscious community is this idea that we want people to live life to its fullest and having fun, celebrating and laughing is a really important piece of that.” The concept combines a variety of games and social activities such as bowling, darts, billiards, arcade games and karaoke with a restaurant and bar. The menu includes everything from burgers and sandwiches (including a Beyond Burger for vegetarians), ahi tuna tacos, entrees such as chicken and waffles and more. Befitting its name, the drink options include bowls of alcohol-infused punch to serve groups.
September 7, 20231 yr All we need now is a Lucky Strike and we can officially call it the Bowling District. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 7, 20231 yr 4 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: All we need now is a Lucky Strike and we can officially call it the Bowling District. Honestly they do need an awesome antique style bowling alley downtown. No arcade games no corn hole, just a 6-10 lane old school bowling alley.
September 7, 20231 yr 19 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Honestly they do need an awesome antique style bowling alley downtown. No arcade games no corn hole, just a 6-10 lane old school bowling alley. Closest we are getting is the Punch Bowl Social I think
September 7, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: Honestly they do need an awesome antique style bowling alley downtown. No arcade games no corn hole, just a 6-10 lane old school bowling alley. I'm not sure if "need" was the correct word here haha.
September 7, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: Honestly they do need an awesome antique style bowling alley downtown. No arcade games no corn hole, just a 6-10 lane old school bowling alley. There is one...it's exclusive to ACC members though: https://columbusunderground.com/100-year-old-underground-bowling-alley-reopens-downtown/
September 7, 20231 yr 26 minutes ago, .justin said: There is one...it's exclusive to ACC members though: https://columbusunderground.com/100-year-old-underground-bowling-alley-reopens-downtown/ Well, I meant one that is accessible by normal people haha
September 8, 20231 yr 11 hours ago, VintageLife said: Honestly they do need an awesome antique style bowling alley downtown. No arcade games no corn hole, just a 6-10 lane old school bowling alley. There's another existing bowling alley in the former Knights of Columbus / Salesian Boys & Girls Club building at State and 6th Not currently operating, but the building was bought by Connect. Would love to see them reopen it to the public as part of its redevelopment Edited September 8, 20231 yr by NW24HX
September 8, 20231 yr 2 minutes ago, NW24HX said: There's another existing bowling alley in the former Knights of Columbus / Salesian Boys & Girls Club building at State and 6th Not currently operating, but the building was bought by Connect. Would love to see them reopen it to the public as part of its redevelopment I hope connect goes under and is forced to sell all their properties. s**t company and a s**tty person. They would ruin it and make it something boring like all their other places. Dude needs to focus on his housing block stuff and sell everything else.
September 8, 20231 yr 12 hours ago, VintageLife said: I hope connect goes under and is forced to sell all their properties. s**t company and a s**tty person. They would ruin it and make it something boring like all their other places. Dude needs to focus on his housing block stuff and sell everything else. He'll faceplant with the housing blocks - he's in way over his head. I personally think he should open a hotdog stand based on his past comments...
September 13, 20231 yr 200-Unit Apartment Building Under Construction on Mount Carmel Site After years of planning and a significant demolition job, new housing is now under construction on the former Mount Carmel West campus in Franklinton. A four-story, 200-unit apartment building is on track to be completed in late 2024, according to Matt Negron, Director of Development for Thrive Companies. And on South Hartford Avenue, work is ongoing on several new single family homes. A total of 37 residential units (mostly single family homes, with some townhomes mixed in), will be built on the west side of Hartford, north of State Street. Two of those homes will be sold at below-market prices and will become part of the Central Ohio Community Land Trust, helping to ensure their long term affordability. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/200-unit-apartment-building-under-construction-on-mount-carmel-site-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 20, 20231 yr On 9/12/2023 at 9:18 PM, ColDayMan said: 200-Unit Apartment Building Under Construction on Mount Carmel Site After years of planning and a significant demolition job, new housing is now under construction on the former Mount Carmel West campus in Franklinton. A four-story, 200-unit apartment building is on track to be completed in late 2024, according to Matt Negron, Director of Development for Thrive Companies. And on South Hartford Avenue, work is ongoing on several new single family homes. A total of 37 residential units (mostly single family homes, with some townhomes mixed in), will be built on the west side of Hartford, north of State Street. Two of those homes will be sold at below-market prices and will become part of the Central Ohio Community Land Trust, helping to ensure their long term affordability. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/200-unit-apartment-building-under-construction-on-mount-carmel-site-bw1/ New apartment building at MCW rising at a nice pace
September 20, 20231 yr Prep work continues next to the Souder Ave bridge ahead of construction on a new pedestrian bridge- Looks like construction on the bridge itself could start soon!
September 20, 20231 yr 36 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Next phase of Gravity is breaking ground within 2-3 weeks. Good to hear, any knowledge of how the second phase is renting out? Is it filling up or are there a lot of empty units?
September 21, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, columbus17 said: Next phase of Gravity is breaking ground within 2-3 weeks. This area of Franklinton is going to be so special in like 3 years. Is the development on the old church site still making progress?
September 21, 20231 yr 59 minutes ago, 614love said: This area of Franklinton is going to be so special in like 3 years. Is the development on the old church site still making progress? I'll ask and see - what's the name of that one again?
September 21, 20231 yr 25 minutes ago, columbus17 said: I'll ask and see - what's the name of that one again? McDowell Place
September 21, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, 614love said: This area of Franklinton is going to be so special in like 3 years. Is the development on the old church site still making progress? Here's one of McDowell Place from about ten days ago
September 21, 20231 yr Has anyone heard of City Goods in CLE? I think they’d be perfect in Franklinton. I’m a crazy and decided to tag Kauffman in a post they made on Instagram and he liked my tag and City Goods responded to Kauffman and said “Let’s talk” sooooooooo if by the grace of the gods they appear in in Franklinton in 4 years I’m never going to shut up about how I helped. Edited September 21, 20231 yr by smjjms Changed “City Pods” to “City Goods”
September 21, 20231 yr Can you post a link? I wasn't able to find anything on them. Curious about what they are. Gather in Greenville SC is another great example of a really cool public space that would be of great scale for shipping container use but unfortunately, as Mikey's found out the hard way, our local laws on shipping container use actually inhibits functional uses of them that could add to this and other projects.
September 21, 20231 yr 3 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: Can you post a link? I wasn't able to find anything on them. Curious about what they are. Gather in Greenville SC is another great example of a really cool public space that would be of great scale for shipping container use but unfortunately, as Mikey's found out the hard way, our local laws on shipping container use actually inhibits functional uses of them that could add to this and other projects. Same, I found this which could be what they are talking about. https://localloveandwanderlust.com/city-goods-ohio-city/
September 21, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: Same, I found this which could be what they are talking about. https://localloveandwanderlust.com/city-goods-ohio-city/ Oops sorry! Yes, it’s actually called City Goods - I just think the shops look like Pods so I think it got stuck in my head lol. https://www.citygoodscle.com https://instagram.com/citygoodscle?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
September 21, 20231 yr 2 minutes ago, smjjms said: Oops sorry! Yes, it’s actually called City Goods - I just think the shops look like Pods so I think it got stuck in my head lol. https://www.citygoodscle.com https://instagram.com/citygoodscle?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== I think those little shops would be cooler to do in the actual downtown area. Maybe the commons area or something.
September 27, 20231 yr Land Grant submitted plans to convert the building with Manifest painted on it, into a bar space. It was approved by the commission today.
September 27, 20231 yr 35 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Land Grant submitted plans to convert the building with Manifest painted on it, into a bar space. It was approved by the commission today. Awesome! I wonder what vibe the bar will be.
September 27, 20231 yr 29 minutes ago, 614love said: Awesome! I wonder what vibe the bar will be. I would guess similar to their current bar.
September 28, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, VintageLife said: I would guess similar to their current bar. Could see them doing something very different considering Land Grant is so close to this
September 28, 20231 yr 14 minutes ago, 614love said: Could see them doing something very different considering Land Grant is so close to this Hopefully it’s a new type of concept. They might have said it during the presentation, but I didn’t hear it.
September 28, 20231 yr Local Restaurant Group Bringing New Concept to Gravity this article is about a new restaurant, but it is going into the rundown building at state and McDowell, at least that’s my understanding, so that is awesome news.
September 28, 20231 yr Excellent. I’d always wished there was a lunch option at Gravity when I lived there.
September 28, 20231 yr I wish the city, in all their love for public art, would get a program together with the rail lines to do some cool murals on the old, rusty bridges.
September 28, 20231 yr The city needs to revive the Franklinton Gateways plans, especially with the explosion of growth on both sides of the tracks.
September 28, 20231 yr Dead or alive? https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/04/27/developers-propose-15-story-tower-west-broad-street-franklinton/7396813002/
September 28, 20231 yr 17 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Dead or alive? https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/04/27/developers-propose-15-story-tower-west-broad-street-franklinton/7396813002/ That one is dead dead. The last thing I saw proposed for that site is a renovation of the one story building into a charter school. That has been a bit, so hopefully that plan fell apart also.
September 28, 20231 yr 16 minutes ago, VintageLife said: That one is dead dead. The last thing I saw proposed for that site is a renovation of the one story building into a charter school. That has been a bit, so hopefully that plan fell apart also. That’s already happened/happening.
September 28, 20231 yr 15 minutes ago, amped91 said: That’s already happened/happening. Really? I never saw it come back to the commission after it initially proposed. Must have missed it, but was hoping it was dead.
September 28, 20231 yr 23 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Really? I never saw it come back to the commission after it initially proposed. Must have missed it, but was hoping it was dead. Yeah it looks like it’s nearly complete. I’ll try to remember to grab a pic next time I’m by.
September 29, 20231 yr 12 hours ago, columbus17 said: I wish the city, in all their love for public art, would get a program together with the rail lines to do some cool murals on the old, rusty bridges. Murals were added to the railroad bridge on Nationwide between the AD and new Crew stadium, and look great. So it seems like the railroad isn't opposed to the idea - Franklinton should definitely get the same treatment
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