8th & High 

 

 

 

 

King & High

 

Lowendick is about to claim another victim in Watts Hall.

16 hours ago, DrFrankenmac said:

Lowendick is about to claim another victim in Watts Hall.

I haven't seen an announcement that they were starting on this Phase 2. This article mentions the second phase being wrapped by 2024: https://engineering.osu.edu/news/2021/04/bmec-phase-two-gets-green-light

 

I don't remember if we've seen a view of the College-facing facade, or if it's just been this view showing it in relation to Fontana (aka Phase 1):

 

On 6/23/2022 at 12:40 AM, DrFrankenmac said:

A friend of mine who is in the know about church stuff on the University Area told me a couple of interesting things.

First, that University Baptist is looking to develop their plot into a mixed use building part of which the church will occupy. He said it was gonna be the whole stretch from Lane to Norwich but I don’t know if they own all that land.

Second, this might be public already though I couldn’t find mention of it, that Summit on 16th Methodist Church will be leaving their building on 16th and Waldeck and merging with another Methodist congregation. That leaves a nice plot close to the 15th and High development that I’m sure the vultures are circling over.

The churches are now for sale: https://columbusunderground.com/two-university-district-church-properties-for-sale-bw1/

 

The one at Maynard and Indianola can be yours for $995,000.00

https://www.commercialexchange.com/listing/30155539/2350-Indianola-Ave-Columbus-OH-43202

 

The apartments on E. 7th Ave (across from Kroger) are completely down now

 

 

^That took longer than expected.

 

 Ohio State lacrosse stadium 

 

 

 

 

 

Energy Advancement and Innovation Center

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, CbusOrBust said:

 

Energy Advancement and Innovation Center

 

 

 

 

Does it look like work has resumed since the delay last month?

5 hours ago, amped91 said:

Does it look like work has resumed since the delay last month?

i didn't notice but i didn't have much time to get a pic before all the trees were in the way!  lol

Carmenton, Ohio...

 

 

Ohio State choses school-pride name for Innovation District

By Carrie Ghose  –  Staff reporter, Columbus Business First

Sep 29, 2022

 

Ohio State University's Innovation District has a new name drawing on a 120-year-old school pride tradition.

 

Carmenton, as the district is now known, will concentrate laboratory, computing, faculty offices, outpatient medicine and other university buildings melding many disciplines alongside private science-related businesses and mixed-use development including housing and retail. The goal is to rapidly percolate solutions to global problems like food insecurity, cancer and climate change, and to identify and head off potential future problems.

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/09/29/ohio-state-rename-innovation-district-carmenton.html

 

Meh, doesn’t really roll off the tongue lol

They could've went with Carmen Village...or Buckeye Village (RIP).  Or Carmentine!  Carmentown.  Sloopyland!

Maybe it's a portmanteau combining Carmen and Upper Arlington? Though I love the idea of Sloopyland!

 

 

$15M gift from Austin E. Knowlton Foundation to help transform Ohio State engineering campus

 

"The gift will support construction of the second and final phase of BMEC, located on the corner of Woodruff Avenue and College Road. BMEC’s first phase, named Mars G. Fontana Laboratories, was completed in the summer of 2020. Bringing together the departments of Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering, Fontana Labs showcases teaching and research happening in the heart of Ohio State’s Columbus campus, while inspiring life-saving, unprecedented advances in the rapidly growing field of biomaterials.

 

Referred to as “The Gateway to Engineering,” the second phase of BMEC will reinvent how Ohio State inspires and educates future Buckeye engineers. By the summer of 2025, students and faculty will begin moving into the modernized facility, completing the most significant capital investments in teaching, learning and discovery in the College of Engineering’s history.

 

The $90 million Gateway to Engineering project, funded by state and university investment in addition to philanthropy, includes the demolition of 68-year-old Watts Hall prior to the construction of a new facility that will attach to a renovated structure, formerly known as MacQuigg Laboratories. In total, this second phase of BMEC will be a 136,000-square-foot facility featuring modern, efficient spaces for 21st-century teaching and research. Combined with Fontana Labs, the entire BMEC footprint will be 260,000 square feet."

 

https://news.osu.edu/15m-gift-from-austin-e-knowlton-foundation-to-help-transform-ohio-state-engineering-campus/

 

 

 

 

Edited September 30, 20222 yr by Luvcbus

 

Awwww, my first post from historic Carmenton! 😉

 

 

Andelyn Biosciences 

 

 

 

OSU Announces New Name for West Campus Innovation District

 

There’s a new name for the 270-acre district currently taking shape on the western edge of Ohio State University’s campus: Carmenton.

 

OSU President Kristina Johnson announced the name at an event held yesterday near the intersection of Lane Avenue and Kenny Road, where three of the first new buildings to be built in the district are currently under construction.

 

Work on each of those three buildings is scheduled to wrap up next year:

• The Energy Advancement and Innovation Center, now rising closest to the corner of Lane and Kenny, is scheduled to open in fall of 2023.
• OSU’s Interdisciplinary Research Facility, which sits immediately to the south, is on track to open in summer 2023.
• The eight-story Wexner Medical Center Outpatient Care building, located closer to the intersection of Kenny and Carmack, will be complete by the end of 2023.

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/osu-announces-new-name-for-west-campus-innovation-district-bw1/

 

On 9/29/2022 at 1:37 PM, amped91 said:

Meh, doesn’t really roll off the tongue lol

 

Most people will call it West Campus.

Ohio State's $90M next phase of engineering complex lands $15M donation

 

The $90 million second phase of renovation and construction to remake Ohio State University's engineering "gateway" is closer to construction after landing a $15 million donation from frequent donor, the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation.

 

The Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex will strengthen the engineering college's programs and help drive economic development statewide, OSU President Kristina Johnson said in a news release.

 

For example, some of the new labs will house research and education on semiconductors and electronics materials, according to the materials science department, so the BMEC is part of the university's commitment to fuel the workforce for Intel Corp.'s New Albany chip factories.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/10/03/ohio-state-bmec-knowlton.html

 

On 9/1/2022 at 7:47 PM, jonoh81 said:

 

Yeah, I'll still take the Soviet housing over a 1960s-era IHop and parking lot.  

Let me clarify my stance.  I'm not concerned about the structure, I'm concerned about the use and the retention of small businesses along the corridor near OSU. 

 

Crews began tearing Buckeye Village down today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

King and High

 

 

Stadium lights are now up at Ohio State's new lacrosse stadium.

 

Today crews were installing the new turf.

 

 

 

 

On 10/3/2022 at 8:45 AM, Pablo said:

 

Most people will call it West Campus.

Have to make it a bit more "hip' than that WeCa maybe? lol.  Maybe a SoCa and a NoCa to go with it?

 

Carmenton is so bland and banal sounding. Like a subdivision of ugly tract homes.

Edited October 13, 20222 yr by Toddguy

5 hours ago, Toddguy said:

Most people will call it West Campus.

 

This is probably accurate for now, but I would venture to guess that as time passes and people hear "Carmenton" used more and more, it will slowly become part of the local terminology.

18 minutes ago, Luvcbus said:

 

This is probably accurate for now, but I would venture to guess that as time passes and people hear "Carmenton" used more and more, it will slowly become part of the local terminology.

Pretty sure people will end up calling it carmentown, because it rolls off the tongue better.  

13 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

Pretty sure people will end up calling it carmentown, because it rolls off the tongue better.  

Which will slowly yet surely eventually be elided to the even easier to pronounce “Cowtown.” 😱

Should've went with Sloopyland...

So the proposal at 2180 N High is back this month for conceptual review. Overall the buildings look great and the mix of materials feels nice. Sadly the commission seems to have complained enough and now it is only 11 stories. Better than getting knocked below 10, but nothing like the 17 originally. This is becoming a disgrace and the review board some feel ashamed. 

Edited October 20, 20222 yr by VintageLife

I think they did a good job architecturally, but it's ridiculous the commission won't allow the southern portion of the building to be taller. Regardless, 11 stories will still provide a good presence from the street level.

All of that pushback and they lost the most unique element of the block being the courtyard apartments. Congratulations, you kept an early 1900s brick box retail front. 

 

Being so fundamental over a 17 story building ruining the historic nature of an area but resulting in tearing down half a block of the historic nature of the area they pretend to protect. Seems logical to me. /s

It does look good! So frustrating the commission was so difficult on the height, though. Any word on the nine story buildings on the other side of High?

8 minutes ago, amped91 said:

It does look good! So frustrating the commission was so difficult on the height, though. Any word on the nine story buildings on the other side of High?

It was tabled last month I believe, so who knows when it will come back. 

A little more info from CU:

 

Renderings Submitted for Latest Lane and High Proposal

 

 

“Landmark Properties will be back before the University Impact District Review Board this week with another iteration of its proposal to redevelop the northeast corner of High Street and Lane Avenue. 

 

The new design calls for an 11-story building with 173 apartments (containing a total of 574 beds), and a 259-space parking garage. That’s down from the previous proposal for the corner, which called for a 15-story building with 215 apartments and a 287-space garage.

 

The project has been before the review board multiple times since last fall, and board members have provided feedback on several different design iterations. After initially proposing to demolish five existing buildings on the site and replace them with a single, six-story building, the Georgia-based developer came back with two different proposals which would have preserved a portion of the Alhambra Court buildings (two brick row houses that face each other across a shared courtyard). The second of those two proposals called for a 17-story building, and was not well-received by the board.

 

The latest proposal would require the demolition of four existing buildings – a one-story CVS pharmacy, the Alhambra Court buildings, and a row house on Norwich Avenue – because a single family house at the corner of Norwich and Pearl Street that had been a part of the project’s footprint is now not included. The two-story brick building at the corner of High and Norwich has never been a part of the project.”

 

https://columbusunderground.com/renderings-submitted-for-latest-lane-and-high-proposal/

Maybe the commission will say, "you know what, maybe we don't want those buildings demolished so go ahead and build the 17-story plan." 

 

One can only hope.

 

King & High (from Courtland Ave)

 

 

 

 

quick one from the alley behind 8th & High 

 

 

 

Installation continued today on another piece of art along Olentangy River Rd across from Ohio State's athletic campus

 

 

 

 

12 hours ago, CbusOrBust said:

 

Installation continued today on another piece of art along Olentangy River Rd across from Ohio State's athletic campus

 

 

 

 

As much as I enjoy public art, I can't say I like the looks of this one. Just looks like some painted scaffolding fell over.

9 minutes ago, TIm said:

As much as I enjoy public art, I can't say I like the looks of this one. Just looks like some painted scaffolding fell over.

It’s the CCAD Art  statue post-apocalypse. 

So just got an email from the UIBRD that said a project was withdrawn from the October agenda. It appears it is the lane and high project. Wonder what the issue is and why they pulled it. 

I'm never sure where the King and High project should be posted. It's in the University District but is also part of Dennison Place sub-neighborhood and thereby the Harrison West/Dennison Place thread.

1 hour ago, VintageLife said:

So just got an email from the UIBRD that said a project was withdrawn from the October agenda. It appears it is the lane and high project. Wonder what the issue is and why they pulled it. 

 

Tired of dealing with the commision's regressive crap about height? 

17 minutes ago, jonoh81 said:

 

Tired of dealing with the commision's regressive crap about height? 

Wonder if the company saw all the negative comments in articles about the height reduction? Hopefully they are reworking it again and bringing the height back 

41 minutes ago, Pablo said:

I'm never sure where the King and High project should be posted. It's in the University District but is also part of Dennison Place sub-neighborhood and thereby the Harrison West/Dennison Place thread.

 

Generally the HW/DP thread is where it should go.  Parts of Old Columbus are also in the University District but we have a separate thread for that as well.

1 hour ago, VintageLife said:

So just got an email from the UIBRD that said a project was withdrawn from the October agenda. It appears it is the lane and high project. Wonder what the issue is and why they pulled it. 

Best case scenario they're going back to the drawing board again, worst case they're giving up on the development altogether?

17 minutes ago, CMHOhio said:

Best case scenario they're going back to the drawing board again, worst case they're giving up on the development altogether?

I don’t think they would give up entirely. The commission overall seems to support something going in there, just depends on what they continue to present. Hopefully they go 20+ and just renovate the historic buildings that the commission is so hell bent on. 

55 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

Wonder if the company saw all the negative comments in articles about the height reduction? Hopefully they are reworking it again and bringing the height back 

 

There's some precedent. We all remember what happened with the 2nd and High project. 

10 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

I don’t think they would give up entirely. The commission overall seems to support something going in there, just depends on what they continue to present. Hopefully they go 20+ and just renovate the historic buildings that the commission is so hell bent on. 

 

The historic buildings were only really in danger because the commission didn't like the density/height of earlier iterations, so it forced the project to spread out to be feasible.

Edited October 26, 20222 yr by jonoh81