October 15, 201212 yr OSU's Student Academic Services Building and Lane Avenue Parking Garage received an Honor Award at the 2012 American Institute of Architects Columbus Design Awards. Below is a photo and project information from Business First and Columbus Underground: Student Academic Services Building and Lane Avenue Parking Garage Where: 281 W. Lane Ave., Columbus Owner: Ohio State University Architect of record: Acock Associates Architects Landscape architect: MSI Cost: $44 million Contractor: Ruscilli/Miles-McClellan Project Description: “The student academic services building is the primary north gateway to The University. Formerly a surface parking lot, the building organization and site at the corner of Lane Avenue and Tuttle Park Place posed numerous design challenges. To maximize the functionality of the site, the design solution was a six-story student services building with a connected nine deck Parking Garage utilizing a shared 230 ft. common wall. This shared common wall eliminates significant solar heat gain at the south wall of the occupied building; the garage decks shading the entire wall surface. Energy use modeling illustrated significant percentage savings in energy consumption with this design.” Juror comments: "Rarely do we see the skin of a building and adjacent parking garage handled with this level of care and inventiveness. The building's brick patterns, echoed in the garage's screen patterns, have a dynamic quality that makes this structure noteworthy,"wrote Thomas Fisher, dean of the University of Minnesota's College of Design. MORE: http://www.aiacolumbus.org/categoryblog/256-2012-aia-columbus-design-awards
October 29, 201212 yr ^If I remember correctly, student loan services were going to go into this buildingn and out of Lincoln Tower. For that alone, it is a huge accomplishment.
November 21, 201212 yr What in God's Hell... The old St. John Arena is gone for... :? Ohio State to build 4,000-seat ‘Covelli Arena’ thanks to $10M gift A $10 million gift from Warren-based Covelli Enterprises Inc. will help pay for a 4,000-seat arena to be built at Ohio State University, the university said Wednesday. The gift from the company headed by Sam Covelli and his wife, Caryn, is the largest in the history of the athletics department, OSU said. Full article below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/11/21/ohio-state-to-build-4000-seat.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 21, 201212 yr yeah it really is horrible. I hope either the rendering is way off or there's still plenty of room for discussion. I mean for 30 million dollars the stroh center in BG seems much more appealing.
November 21, 201212 yr What in God's Hell... The old St. John Arena is gone for... :? Ohio State to build 4,000-seat ‘Covelli Arena’ thanks to $10M gift A $10 million gift from Warren-based Covelli Enterprises Inc. will help pay for a 4,000-seat arena to be built at Ohio State University, the university said Wednesday. The gift from the company headed by Sam Covelli and his wife, Caryn, is the largest in the history of the athletics department, OSU said. Full article below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/11/21/ohio-state-to-build-4000-seat.html 1971 called, OSU...
November 21, 201212 yr The only good thing about this new arena design is that it won't be going at the St. John location. This has been in the works since the new OSU Master Plan came out a few years back, but it's still gonna be painful to lose St. John Arena. It wasn't much to look at on the outside, but it was spectacular on the inside. More about this from the Dispatch (link below) - plus a location map showing where the new arena would be located: Donation will go toward building arena to replace St. John: Donation from Panera franchisee — the single-largest cash gift to the athletic department — will go toward building a 4,000-seat arena that eventually will be home to seven varsity sports
November 21, 201212 yr What in God's Hell... The old St. John Arena is gone for... :? Ohio State to build 4,000-seat ‘Covelli Arena’ thanks to $10M gift A $10 million gift from Warren-based Covelli Enterprises Inc. will help pay for a 4,000-seat arena to be built at Ohio State University, the university said Wednesday. The gift from the company headed by Sam Covelli and his wife, Caryn, is the largest in the history of the athletics department, OSU said. Full article below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/11/21/ohio-state-to-build-4000-seat.html 1971 called, OSU... Looks like a good place to sell Oldsmobiles.
November 21, 201212 yr What in God's Hell... The old St. John Arena is gone for... :? Ohio State to build 4,000-seat ‘Covelli Arena’ thanks to $10M gift A $10 million gift from Warren-based Covelli Enterprises Inc. will help pay for a 4,000-seat arena to be built at Ohio State University, the university said Wednesday. The gift from the company headed by Sam Covelli and his wife, Caryn, is the largest in the history of the athletics department, OSU said. Full article below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/11/21/ohio-state-to-build-4000-seat.html 1971 called, OSU... Looks like a good place to sell Oldsmobiles. You know, I know a lot of people complain about Columbus art and architecture projects being outsourced to other cities/states, and I am usually in agreement about keeping it local. And then projects like this and the new Columbus Commons Apartments renderings come out and then I start rooting for the outsourcing. I just don't get it.
December 10, 201212 yr Below is a link to an August article from OSU's 'The Lantern' about the completion of two big South Campus Residential Dorm projects for the 2012 academic year: The Lantern: Revamped residence halls ‘very appealing’ for campus dwellers The two completed dorm projects for 2012: 1) Park-Stradley Hall: The renovation of two 11-story dorms built in the 1950's - Park Hall and Stradley Hall. The two 11-story buildings became one building with an 11-story addition that links the two original dorm buildings. The new addition increases Park-Stradley from 932 beds to 1292 beds. This is part of a $172 million renovation of the South Campus Residential Dorms located between 11th & 12th Avenues. The neighboring 11-story Smith Hall and Steeb Hall are now undergoing a renovation and connecting addition similar to Park-Stradley. 2) The Residences on Tenth: Construction of a new six-story, 510-bed residence hall at the northwest corner of Tenth Avenue and Worthington Street. This new construction is located on a former parking lot immediately south of the 11th Avenue Parking Garage. During its construction it was also known as the William Hall Residential Complex Phase Two.
December 10, 201212 yr Some photos of the Park-Stradley project Park-Stradley Hall: The renovation of two 11-story dorms built in the 1950's - Park Hall and Stradley Hall. The two 11-story buildings became one building with an 11-story addition that links the two original dorm buildings. The new addition increases Park-Stradley from 932 beds to 1292 beds. This is part of a $172 million renovation of the South Campus Residential Dorms located between 11th & 12th Avenues. The neighboring 11-story Smith Hall and Steeb Hall are now undergoing a renovation and connecting addition similar to Park-Stradley. Park-Stradley under construction in 2011 Park-Stradley - 2012 finished view from the southern 11th Avenue side Drop-off courtyard during 2012 move-in day - - - Close-up of new building entry View of the finished building from the northern courtyard side ADDITIONAL PHOTOS LINK: MORE FINISHED EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR PHOTOS AT PEASE PHOTOGRAPHY
December 10, 201212 yr Some photos of the Residences on Tenth project The Residences on Tenth: Construction of a new six-story, 510-bed residence hall at the northwest corner of Tenth Avenue and Worthington Street. This new construction is located on a former parking lot immediately south of the 11th Avenue Parking Garage. During its construction it was also known as the William Hall Residential Complex Phase Two. Two views of the project under construction in 2011. Left view is from 10th & Neil -- Right view is from 10th & Worthington Aerial view of the new Residences on Tenth Building nearly completed except for landscaping in 2012. View of finished building from 10th & Neil View of finished building further east on 10th Avenue View of 10th Avenue entry courtyard ADDITIONAL PHOTOS LINK: MORE FINISHED EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR PHOTOS AT FEINKNOPF PHOTOGRAPHY
December 10, 201212 yr Thanks, Columbo, for the #417-418 updates on these OSU resident-halls. No big deal, but I just wanted to mention that I began my own freshman school-year in 1963-64 living on Stradley's 7th floor. A wild place, a fun place, and a residence hall that housed a number of football players. (Stradley was also the first place I learned what happened to our president, as I strode back from class on that fateful and awful afternoon of November 22, 1963. Need I say more?)
February 15, 201312 yr ^ Yeah that's the Chiller Plant at the OSU Medical Center - see previous post about it here. Jaymillah posted about another chiller plant going in the northern part of the Main Campus here. Apparently chiller plants are the new green thing to do.
July 12, 201311 yr MODERATOR NOTE: Reposting articles wiped out by the server crash Mixed-use Development Proposed at Site of Campus Wendy’s By: Brent Warren, Columbus Underground Published on February 28, 2013 - 2:15 pm Two local developers are interested in constructing a five-story mixed-use building at the current site of the Wendy’s restaurant at 18th and High. Solove Real Estate, in partnership with Celmark Development, will present the project for conceptual review at a meeting of the University Area Review Board tonight. According to the proposal, Wendy’s would remain a tenant on the first floor, while the upper four stories would hold 62 (mostly two-bedroom) apartments units. Two additional storefronts would bring the total retail space to just over 3,100 square feet. Parking for 143 cars would be provided in a multi-level parking garage, which would be entered from 18th Avenue on the side of the building. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/mixed-use-development-proposed-at-site-of-campus-wendys-bw1 EXISTING VIEW FROM HIGH STREET NEW HIGH STREET VIEW WITH PROPOSED PROJECT COMPLETED
July 12, 201311 yr Ohio State picks Messer Construction to lead $370M dorm project along Lane Avenue By Carrie Ghose, Staff reporter Business First - May 10, 2013, 6:43pm EDT Messer Construction Co. will lead the team of construction and design firms building a $370 million dorm complex for Ohio State University at the corner of Lane Avenue and High Street. Construction on the 3,200-bed North Residential Area, which also includes dining and recreation facilities, is supposed to start this summer and finish in time for fall 2016 as the university starts requiring sophomores as well as freshmen to live on campus. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/04/18/ohio-state-picks-messer-construction.html
July 17, 201311 yr Columbus Underground had a recent report about some of the current construction projects on the OSU Campus. The $25 million East Regional Chilled Water Plant at 18th and High is profiled. It is scheduled to be completed in early 2014. The $126 million Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry (CBEC) Building was also profiled. The CBEC is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2014. Below is a link to the report from Columbus Underground and renderings of the CBEC Building being built between Woodruff Avenue and 19th Avenue: OSU Construction Update – New Buildings, 18th Avenue Being Extended
August 28, 201311 yr Ohio State’s Lane & High dorm project gets new look as construction begins Construction starts this week on Ohio State University’s $370 million student housing complex at Lane Avenue and High Street. The Columbus office of Cincinnati-based Messer Construction Co. is leading the crew filling in gaps between existing high-rise dorms with more housing plus dining and student gathering spaces. When the North Residential District is finished in fall 2016, it will add 3,200 beds to accommodate a policy that sophomores as well as freshmen live on campus. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2013/08/slideshow-ohio-states-lane-high.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 3, 201311 yr ^ More about the transformation of OSU's North Residential District. Ohio State has a PDF of their presentation to stakeholders showing what's going to happen to the north dorms over the next three years at http://fod.osu.edu/projects/n_res/files/2013_6-21_TownHall.pdf. Here are a few of the most pertinent slides from that presentation that show the coming construction:
September 3, 201311 yr And as the North Dorms project starts up, OSU's South Dorms renovation project finishes up. More below from OSU's student newspaper, The Lantern: Smith-Steeb, Siebert halls updated over the summer By Brooke Sayre, The Lantern Published: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 After a year of renovations, Smith-Steeb and Siebert halls opened this academic year with a facelift. Smith-Steeb and Siebert halls, built in the late 1950s, are home to a combined roughly 1,400 students, mostly freshmen. Before the renovation, there was a total of 1,096 beds in the three halls, according to The Lantern archives. ... The halls were renovated as part of the $171 million South Campus High Rise Renovation and Addition Project, which also included the renovation of Park-Stradley Hall that opened last academic year. (. . .) With the new South Campus renovations, the university kept sustainability in mind, Isaacs said, by reusing the buildings and getting the heating and cooling from the geothermal wells under the South Oval. ... The South Oval has been closed since 2010 due to the installation of the geothermal wells. The project was completed this summer after ineffective drilling method delayed the project end date by more than a year. MORE: http://www.thelantern.com/campus/smith-steeb-siebert-halls-updated-over-the-summer-1.3051304?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffera296e&utm_medium=twitter Smith-Steeb Hall (left) and Siebert Hall (right)
October 14, 201311 yr More about the 6-story, $126 million Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry (CBEC) Building being built between Woodruff Avenue and 19th Avenue from the OSU Student Newspaper, The Lantern. Previous update about the CBEC Building is located here in this thread with multiple renderings of the building: Ohio State campus construction project about 3 months ahead of schedule By Cameron Roda, The Lantern September 24, 2013 The under-construction Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry Building is set for a grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony on Oct. 1, 2014, about three months before its original estimated completion date, said Stuart Cooper, chair of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department. Construction began on the $126 million project, located between 19th and Woodruff avenues, in June 2012. MORE: http://thelantern.com/2013/09/ohio-state-campus-construction-project-3-months-ahead-schedule/
October 14, 201311 yr The $25 million East Regional Chilled Water Plant at 18th and High is scheduled to be completed in early 2014. A September 2012 update located here in this thread has a model rendering of the project. Below is a late September 2013 photo of the construction of this plant from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-september-2013-part-2
October 14, 201311 yr The beautiful neo-classic Sullivant Hall along High Street at 15th Avenue is being renovated as the new home for Ohio State's Cartoon Research Library. The renovated Sullivant Hall will also house OSU's Department of Dance and a Music & Dance Library. An August 2012 update located here in this thread contains a construction photo and a pdf file detailing the Sullivant Hall renovation project. Below is a late September 2013 photo of the Sullivant Hall renovation project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-september-2013-part-2 Also below is a link to a Columbus Dispatch article about the Cartoon Research Library which will occupy 40,000 square feet in the renovated Sullivant Hall and is scheduled to open on November 14, 2013. More information about the Cartoon Research Library and its grand opening is available at http://cartoons.osu.edu/ Columbus Dispatch: Expansion allows for better display of classic comic panels
October 21, 201311 yr Now for some off-campus projects in the University District. First a 3-story, 17-unit apartment infill in the neighborhood north of the OSU campus. An aerial rendering of the apartment project is at the Columbus Underground link: Apartments to Replace Demolished Houses in University District By: Brent Warren, Columbus Underground August 16, 2013 - 6:00 am If you’ve found yourself on Neil Avenue north of OSU recently you’ve probably noticed the large empty lot left by the demolition of six houses at the southeast corner of Neil and Tompkins Street. The houses were recently taken down to make room for a 17-unit apartment complex being built by Breco Building and Development, the development arm of Buckeye Real Estate. The complex will feature four two-bedroom townhomes along Tompkins, eight along Neil and two three-bedroom townhomes facing Bucks Alley. There will also be a three story building oriented towards the corner of Neil and Tompkins that will contain one two-bedroom flat on each floor. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/apartments-to-replace-demolished-houses-in-university-district-bw1
November 12, 201311 yr Four story mixed use development proposed for the gasoline-drive-thru at SE corner of Lane and High.
November 12, 201311 yr ^ Yes indeed. This would be another big improvement to this part of High Street to go along with OSU’s North Residential District redo and the similar View on High mixed-use project being built at the former Wendy’s location. Elford Proposes Four-Story Mixed-Use Project for Lane and High By: Brent Warren Published on November 11, 2013 - 4:00 pm Elford Development has proposed a four-story, mixed-use development for the southeast corner of Lane Avenue and High Streets – currently the site of a Shell gas station. The proposal, which was presented to the University Area Commission zoning committee last week, calls for 27 apartments over about 6,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/elford-proposes-four-story-mixed-use-project-for-lane-and-high-bw1
November 12, 201311 yr Now THAT is much-needed! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 13, 201311 yr I always thought Columbus had some awkwardly placed gas stations. Like this one and the old Short North Shell. Like people couldn't go another mile to get gas. Oh well, market forces have fixed it. And there's a long history of gas stations Downtown, too.
January 18, 201411 yr More about the View of High development going up at previous Wendy's location of High Street - previously updated here in this thread. Columbus Underground had an update on two similar mixed-use developments by the same developer featuring apartments, retail and structured parking targeting the upscale student market near OSU. Below are the updates about the View on High project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/project-update-view-on-high-and-view-on-fifth-bw1: Project Update: View on High Developer Jerry Solove is developing the project with Mike Balakrishnan under the name of JSDI Celmark. The View on High is located at 2020 North High Street on campus. The View on High Street project will not open until late 2014, with prospective residents moving in January of 2015 for spring semester after the building is completed. Rents will probably range from $1,400 to $1,700 for a one-bedroom apartment and from $920 to $980 per bedroom for a five-bedroom unit.
January 18, 201411 yr More information about the View on High project can be found at www.theviewonhigh.com. Below is a rendering of the project as seen from High Street. More renderings are available at the website:
January 18, 201411 yr ^That is a sharp rendering. I'm looking forward to seeing the finished product.
January 20, 201411 yr Agreed. It'd also be nice to see a CoGo station there. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 31, 201411 yr From ColumbusUnderground... Transformation of OSU’s North Campus Begins Construction fencing is up and trees have been cut down along Lane Avenue and North High Street – the first visible signs of a coming transformation for OSU’s north campus. Although not quite in the same league as the recent $1 billion Wexner Medical Center Expansion, the university’s plans for the North Residential District are ambitious by any measure. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/transformation-of-osus-north-campus-begins-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 31, 201411 yr Glad streetwalls are happening on both High and Lane. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 31, 201411 yr ^^I think this will be more impactful than the Wexner Medical Center expansion. That was a new tower, this is a completely reborn district. The timeline is pretty impressive.
April 7, 201411 yr The transformation of OSU’s North Campus Residential District is underway. After finishing work on the South Campus Residential District last year, the first phase of the North Campus work has now begun. This first phase involves the demolition of the low-rise dorms, while keeping the high-rise dorms in the residential district. The full demolition and construction phasing was posted here in this thread. Below is a really good aerial from one of the demo contractors at https://twitter.com/impactbros/status/434039986900324352/photo/1
April 7, 201411 yr And here are some ground level views of the North Campus Residential District demo work taken by Columbus Underground at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2014-part-2
April 7, 201411 yr The $126 million Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry (CBEC) Building across Woodruff Avenue from the North Campus Residential District looks nearly finished on the outside. But according to this Lantern report, isn't scheduled to be opened until October 1, 2014. Although this is 3 months ahead of their original schedule to open, also according to that report in the Lantern. More about the CBEC Building was posted here in this thread. Columbus Underground had a couple of views of the CBEC Building at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2014-part-2. Below is a view from Woodruff looking at the CBEC Building. Demo work for the North Campus Residential District is being done across the street from the building: And below is another view of the CBEC Building, this time from the North Campus Residential District:
April 7, 201411 yr Construction is also underway at the View on High project site across High Street from OSU's North Campus Residential District. More about this five-story mixed-use development that replaced the campus Wendy's was posted here in this thread. Columbus Underground has a couple of views of the View on High construction from late February and late March. Below is the construction crane on the site in late February from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2014-part-2. Below is a late March photo showing foundation work underway at the View on High construction site from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-march-2014-part-2
April 7, 201411 yr Late March construction photo of Norwich Flats - an Edwards Communities student housing project at 250 W. Norwich Avenue - from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-march-2014-part-2. The project is located one block north of Lane Avnue and overlooks Tuttle Park. The apartment building will feature 56 units with 156 beds and includes an internal garage with parking for 140 cars.
April 7, 201411 yr Columbus Underground has much more about Norwich Flats at http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/norwich-flats - including renderings of the project at the Edwards Communities websites of http://www.livenorwichflats.com/ and https://www.facebook.com/norwichflats.
May 1, 201411 yr ^ Thanks for the update. I had a couple of posts here and here in the random projects thread from 2012 when the 5th Avenue Dam removal was just beginning. It's great to see this Olentangy River restoration project. This project next to OSU and the Scioto River restoration project downtown are going to be huge improvements for both rivers. It's really great to see them moving forward.
May 1, 201411 yr And for a different type of water restoration. Mirror Lake on the OSU campus is in line for a makeover: Ohio State’s Mirror Lake may get vintage look By Collin Binkley, The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday, March 26, 2014 - 8:00 AM Mirror Lake could regain the island and bridges that it had more than a century ago once Ohio State University finishes renovating it. The university is exploring three design concepts, including a throwback to the lake of the late 1800s, when it was more serpentine and spanned by a bridge. The other concepts either would make the surrounding area more like a grassy park or like a plaza with sprawling pavement and more seating. Ohio State released drawings of the concepts this month and is asking students and staff members to weigh in online before the university moves ahead. Renovation started late last year when workers emptied the lake as part of a study to make it less of a fiscal and environmental drain. Ohio State replenished the lake at a rate of about 50,000 gallons of water per day, bought from the city. The study will determine whether OSU can supply the lake from groundwater. Along with the environmental study, OSU wants to give the lake a makeover. … Once they gather feedback, they plan to combine some of the most-popular ideas into a final plan. At the same time, workers will drill near the lake to test whether groundwater in the area can be used to fill the lake. If not, they will look for more-efficient ways to use city water. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/03/26/osu-may-give-mirror-lake-vintage-look.html
May 13, 201411 yr It's so awesome to see so many large cranes up around town. Loving all of this construction activity!
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