On 5/6/2020 at 4:24 PM, jebleprls22 said:

 

Extents of construction fencing through August this year, according to FOD

Is the interdisciplinary Research Facility alone going to be 305,000 square feet as the article stated or will that include any other buildings like the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center? I guess I am asking if you know whether or not the 305,000 square feet will be for both buildings shown in the red area?

3 hours ago, Toddguy said:

Is the interdisciplinary Research Facility alone going to be 305,000 square feet as the article stated or will that include any other buildings like the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center? I guess I am asking if you know whether or not the 305,000 square feet will be for both buildings shown in the red area?

"The project is an anchor for Ohio State’s future West Campus Innovation District and will house approximately 305,000 new square feet." Looks like just the I.R.F. I, not including the Energy Advancement Center.

Looks like they're already shying away from their rusty red color scheme. Updated render posted on the project website. Construction set to begin next month.

https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/interdisciplinary-research-facility

About TIME.

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- The owners of 1778 North High Street (Building containing Bibibop) has submitted a site compliance plan for a 7 story apartment redevelopment on the site with a parking podium. 

 

On 6/29/2020 at 11:45 AM, ColDayMan said:

Ugh, they better NOT touch that building.  

 

You know they will. Further homogenization of High. 

 

I haven't heard anything more about the proposed project at Norwich and High (Waterbeds N Stuff building). Wonder if the project is dead?

1 hour ago, Pablo said:

You know they will. Further homogenization of High. 

 

I haven't heard anything more about the proposed project at Norwich and High (Waterbeds N Stuff building). Wonder if the project is dead?

I assume the proposal would envelop the "Bullwinkies" complex to the south? That is a pretty significant footprint. I hope they try and incorporate the historic facade but I know that's asking a lot of the Uni District ?

On 6/29/2020 at 2:37 PM, jebleprls22 said:

I assume the proposal would envelop the "Bullwinkies" complex to the south? That is a pretty significant footprint. I hope they try and incorporate the historic facade but I know that's asking a lot of the Uni District ?

 

Totally agree here; however, a parking podium leaves me little hope....

If the site plan for 1778 High goes back to Pearl Alley, it'd be fairly easy to build a 7-story without demolition of the historic building.  Most of the site is a 2-story modern addition that could be replaced while maintaining and incorporating the original structure just like the modern addition already does.  It would be a lot like the Pavey Project in that aspect.  Really no reason to tear it down, even with a parking deck if it can be built on the lower floor/s of the main building, but it seems the university area planners are determined to eliminate all buildings built before 2005.

 

Edited July 2, 20204 yr by jonoh81

Taken on Fri. July 3, 2020:

15th and High "Building A"

 

 

 

WOSU Building on 14th

 

 

Arts District Music Building

 

 

 

 

 

Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex

 

 

 

 

Postle Hall / College of Dentistry 

 

Optometry Clinic 

 

On 7/4/2020 at 3:52 PM, NorthShore647 said:

Taken on Fri. July 3, 2020:

15th and High "Building A"

 

I am so satisfied with the street wall this project is creating along this part of High. It's nice particularly because everything on the campus side is set back a considerable amount, so it really helps to hold the street better and make a nice, cohesive corridor. Also the fact that all of this density will allow for a great public plaza that mirrors what is... not one on the campus side at the Wexner, and you have a real improvement to the public sphere (of course the retail tenants, rents, etc. is a whole different conversation, and I am reacting solely to the physical form of this). Also, this new building seems to have a grand double-height space that fronts the street that will be great for events, so that'll be some nice activation as well.

Edited July 7, 20204 yr by jebleprls22

Looks like applications have been filed for the OSU West Ambulatory Facility and it's construction crane. It appears the building will be 168 feet and the crane will be 270 feet. I'm kinda surprised by the height, but I'll take it. 

 

 

^It's a long building. I’ll bet they need the crane height to be able to reach all four corners. 

22 minutes ago, Pablo said:

^It's a long building. I’ll bet they need the crane height to be able to reach all four corners. 

 

Yea, I guess that makes sense if it's not going to be a tower crane. 

 

I was also surprised by the height of the building. I had no idea it would be 168 feet tall. That's a pretty solid size. 

On 6/9/2020 at 4:00 PM, ColDayMan said:

Concerns Raised About Proposed Power Plant on OSU Campus

 

Several local environmental organizations are sounding the alarm and trying to raise awareness about a power plant proposed for the campus of The Ohio State University.

 

Officially known as the Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP), the facility would have a capacity of 105.5 megawatts, power that would be generated – for the first decade of its operation, at the very least – through the burning of natural gas. The plant is proposed for a piece of OSU-owned land at the northeast corner of Tharp Street and Herrick Drive, across the street from the OSU Veterinary Hospital and directly south of the Department of Food Science and Technology.

 

The building that would hold the facility would be about 60 feet tall, with two cooling towers extending an additional 27 feet above the roof.

 

The site – which currently holds several green houses – was selected for its proximity to both central campus and the proposed west campus “innovation district,” where early plans call for dozens of new mid-rise buildings and apartments for as many as 4,000 residents. The plant would provide electricity and heating to buildings in both areas, utilizing the heat created by the power-producing turbines to make steam (which is in turn used to heat buildings in the winter and to humidify and regulate temperatures in buildings year-round, and for other tasks in labs and medical facilities).

 

More below:

https://www.columbusunderground.com/concerns-raised-about-proposed-power-plant-on-osu-campus-bw1

 

 

Public hearing was held Tuesday and Wednesday before the Ohio Power Siting Board about this power plant proposal:

https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200716/ohio-state-seeks-approval-for-heat-and-power-plant

 

Second public hearing scheduled for August 4:

https://www.columbusunderground.com/second-public-hearing-planned-for-osu-power-plant

 

Came across this public hearing notice for the August 4 Ohio Power Siting Board meeting in yesterday's Dispatch:

 

New Indoor Tennis Center (Tues. 7-28-20)

 

 

 

Its located just east of the Covelli Center along the extended/realigned Irving Schottenstein Drive

 

Brickwork beginning at the 15th and High "Building A" 

 

WOSU Building on 14th

Building A is going to be a handsome addition. I like the color of brick they're using, too. It compliments the Mershon across the street nicely, and differentiates from the red brick of the Edwards building next door.

 

Also, funny that you just posted these @NorthShore647 because I was just grabbing a shot of the WOSU construction camera - "floating" stairs are in, windows are going in, and the brickwork is going up on there as well. I wonder if they'll go ahead and open 14th when they're substantially finished with this project -- even if future building 'C' (or if the whole block is considered building 'B' now?) is a ways out, there doesn't seem to be a reason to keep the street closed for much longer (though they have had the sidewalk opened there for quite a while since they re-did it).

It is good to see OSU continue with this construction during this pandemic. I agree about the different colored brick next to the (not so great)Edwards building is a good idea and if it matches the brick on the Mershon brick then good-anything to help tie the two sides of the street together in any way is good.

 

*just an idea...but it would be cool if the could find a way to use arches or something to span High like they do in the Short North that would visually tie the two sides together. Maybe something that could be lighted for games, could (at times)have a special OSU theme, etc. It would not have to be arches just like the ones in the Short North either..maybe something a bit different but still cool?

 

They could even have a basic scarlet and gray color scheme-it is the OSU campus and all...

Edited July 29, 20204 yr by Toddguy

From Reddit: Jesse Owens Tennis Center coming down.

 

15th and High "Building A" (Thur. 8-13-20)

 

WOSU Building on 14th

 

Arts District Music Building

 

 

Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex

 

Optometry Clinic 

3 hours ago, NorthShore647 said:

15th and High "Building A" (Thur. 8-13-20)

 

WOSU Building on 14th

 

Arts District Music Building

 

 

Biomedical and Materials Engineering Complex

 

Optometry Clinic 

I don't know if I can say why, but I'm not particularly a fan of those window outlines on the BMEC addition.

24 minutes ago, icheb42 said:

I don't know if I can say why, but I'm not particularly a fan of those window outlines on the BMEC addition.

I feel like they should have been or should be painted black. And maybe they are going to finish them differently and just haven’t gotten there yet. 

26 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

I feel like they should have been or should be painted black. And maybe they are going to finish them differently and just haven’t gotten there yet. 

I didn't think that they were on the original renderings, but now that I look back at them it looks like they were but less obvious due to the way the windows were lighted:

 

1 hour ago, icheb42 said:

I didn't think that they were on the original renderings, but now that I look back at them it looks like they were but less obvious due to the way the windows were lighted:

 

Yeah those windows look completely different to me. 

The Outpatient Care West Campus website has been updated with new webcams, including a peek at the Interdisciplinary Research Facility in the background.

 

West Campus (Thur. 8-20-20)

Frank Stanton Veterinary Spectrum of Care Clinic

 

Additional Building Details: https://ofcc.ohio.gov/Portals/0/RFQ-OSU-190900 AE - w pre-proposal_1.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

Fencing at Woody Hayes and Kenny for the Outpatient Care West Campus

 

...and for the Interdisciplinary Research Facility at Fred Beekman Park

 

Outpatient Care West Campus from the Carmack lots

 

 

...and from Kenny Road

 

New parking lot north of Mount Hall for the Interdisciplinary Research Facility and the Energy Advancement and Innovation Center

 

Utility work in the courtyard in front of Pressey Hall

 

Proposed site for the Combined Heat and Power Plant. (Its a perfect location for a 5 story fracked gas power plant with 10 story tall steel stacks. Next to the greenhouses, arboretum and one of the worlds largest Ornamental Plant Germplasm Centers, just across the street from the animal hospital. /s) 

 

 

West Campus Corn

 

15th and High (Tues. 8-18-20)

 

 

 

 

 

I wanted to share these plans from the MP review back in Feb (I don't know if they've been shared previously) for reference now that we're seeing the site prep start.

On 7/29/2020 at 1:19 PM, NorthShore647 said:

New Indoor Tennis Center (Tues. 7-28-20)

 

 

 

Its located just east of the Covelli Center along the extended/realigned Irving Schottenstein Drive

 

Update about the new Tennis Center and the status of future projects in the athletics district from the Dispatch:

 

https://www.buckeyextra.com/sports/20200802/construction-of-new-athletic-facilities-at-ohio-state-slowed-by-pandemic

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Construction on the 75,000-square-foot Ty Tucker Tennis Center is nearing completion next month (September), the latest building in the northwest corner of Ohio State’s campus known as the athletics district.  Increased revenues and expanded fundraising efforts over the past two decades have allowed the athletic department to launch a variety of multimillion-dollar facilities projects, including the $23 million future home of the Buckeyes tennis teams.

 

That involved a rapid building pace in recent years.  Last summer, Ohio State opened the Covelli Center, a 3,700-seat arena for the volleyball and wrestling teams.  Six months earlier, it finished the Schumaker Complex, a training center for all Olympic sports athletes.

 

But the looming question is whether the building boom can continue amid the financial challenges confronting college sports due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The early signs point to a slowdown in the months ahead.

 

Athletic director Gene Smith said planned projects, including an ice hockey rink and indoor track, have been put on hold.  Ground won’t be broken on a $21 million lacrosse stadium until at least late next year, delayed from an earlier target date.

 

“I’m not concerned about it down the road,” Smith said.  “It’s easy for me to hit ‘pause’ because we have to focus on the present and deal with the pandemic. But eventually, in one year I don’t know when that is, none of us can predict that we’ll get back to working the plan.”

 

 

Updated rendering for the WMC Outpatient Care West Campus (from https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/west-campus-ambulatory-facilities). This is the view from Kenny and Carmack with the parking garage in the background.

A couple updates from the AUGUST 26, 2020 MASTER PLANNING AND FACILITIES COMMITTEE MEETING:

Dodd Parking Garage (next to the now closed Franklin County Morgue building) is in the design process, with construction expected to begin in October

 

Work has been approved to resume on the following (previously paused due to COVID):

INTERDISCIPLINARY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER (resumed in August)

NEWTON (Nursing) – RENOVATION AND ADDITION (restart TBD)

 

 

On 8/25/2020 at 2:45 PM, jebleprls22 said:

Updated rendering for the WMC Outpatient Care West Campus (from https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/west-campus-ambulatory-facilities). This is the view from Kenny and Carmack with the parking garage in the background.

Another new view of the west campus WMC facility under construction. This view is from the corner of Kenny and a new roadway to be constructed (to align with the Martha Morehouse entrance)

An updated rendering of the new Music building that's currently under construction along College Ave -- the biggest changes seem to be where the new building meets existing Weigel and some simplifications with the roof. While it's unfortunate that the new department of theatre building remains on-hold, hopefully [substantially] finishing this building before starting the other will allow them to make some changes to improve the theatre building based on lessons from the music building. (the rendering is taken from the south edge of the oval looking NE)

Edited September 3, 20204 yr by jebleprls22

48 minutes ago, jebleprls22 said:

An updated rendering of the new Music building that's currently under construction -- the biggest changes seem to be where the new building meets existing Weigel and some simplifications with the roof. While it's unfortunate that the new department of theatre building remains on-hold, hopefully [substantially] finishing this building before starting the other will allow them to make some changes to improve the theatre building based on lessons from the music building.

I can never seem to figure where these are located. What streets are they on? 

22 minutes ago, VintageLife said:

I can never seem to figure where these are located. What streets are they on? 

The street in front of it is College Ave. The building will be on the corner of College Ave. and Annie and John Glenn Ave and the camera is positioned over the Oval. you can kind of see the edge of it on the bottom of the picture. 

It's a bad picture, but here's a photo of the progress on the WOSU building on 14th and High I took on the way home today. The brick is pretty much all up.

3 hours ago, Dblcut3 said:

It's a bad picture

 

Hey, we'll take an allegedly bad picture over nothing, since the recent storm seems to have taken out their construction camera and no one's apparently bothered to go fix it.

7 minutes ago, icheb42 said:

 

Hey, we'll take an allegedly bad picture over nothing, since the recent storm seems to have taken out their construction camera and no one's apparently bothered to go fix it.

I wasn't aware of that! I can try to get more pictures tomorrow if I remember. The building closer to Target is also coming along quite well.

Edited September 13, 20204 yr by Dblcut3

15th and High (Sat. 9-12-20)

 

Work at the Coffery Road Intramurals 

 

Frank Stanton Veterinary Spectrum of Care Clinic

 

 

Drilling at Outpatient Care West Campus

Loving all these updates!

27 minutes ago, ColDayMan said:

Loving all these updates!

 

Definitely.  That is some great work with all these updates.

On 6/9/2020 at 4:00 PM, ColDayMan said:

Concerns Raised About Proposed Power Plant on OSU Campus

 

Several local environmental organizations are sounding the alarm and trying to raise awareness about a power plant proposed for the campus of The Ohio State University.

 

Officially known as the Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP), the facility would have a capacity of 105.5 megawatts, power that would be generated – for the first decade of its operation, at the very least – through the burning of natural gas. The plant is proposed for a piece of OSU-owned land at the northeast corner of Tharp Street and Herrick Drive, across the street from the OSU Veterinary Hospital and directly south of the Department of Food Science and Technology.

 

The building that would hold the facility would be about 60 feet tall, with two cooling towers extending an additional 27 feet above the roof.

 

The site – which currently holds several green houses – was selected for its proximity to both central campus and the proposed west campus “innovation district,” where early plans call for dozens of new mid-rise buildings and apartments for as many as 4,000 residents. The plant would provide electricity and heating to buildings in both areas, utilizing the heat created by the power-producing turbines to make steam (which is in turn used to heat buildings in the winter and to humidify and regulate temperatures in buildings year-round, and for other tasks in labs and medical facilities).

 

More below:

https://www.columbusunderground.com/concerns-raised-about-proposed-power-plant-on-osu-campus-bw1

 

 

On 7/19/2020 at 4:53 PM, Columbo said:

Came across this public hearing notice for the August 4 Ohio Power Siting Board meeting in yesterday's Dispatch:

 

^ Update on the OSU Power Plant project:

 

Planned Ohio State power plant gets regulatory approval

 

A combined heat and power plant at Ohio State University can move forward, following approval by the Ohio Power Siting Board this week.  The board approved the facility, which the university has said will be the primary source of electricity and heating for its Columbus campus, Thursday afternoon.

 

The facility is part of a $278 million project that also will include district heating and cooling loop infrastructure and a new pedestrian bridge across the Olentangy River.  Ohio State has said the facility is the “cornerstone” of its energy plan and private energy partnership, and is needed to support its new inpatient hospital and buildings that will make up Ohio State’s West Campus innovation district.

 

The facility is planned for a corner of John H. Herrick Drive and Vernon L. Tharp Street near the Galbreath Equine Center.  The plant would generate electricity with combustion turbines and then use exhaust heat to produce steam and heat water, which would be used to heat campus buildings.

 

The Sierra Club formally intervened in the case in March and criticized the proposed plant for relying on natural gas extracted through fracking. ... The university will now finalize a project timeline, Ohio State spokesman Dan Hedman said in a written statement.

 

MORE:  https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200919/planned-ohio-state-power-plant-gets-regulatory-approval

A new proposal calls for a six-story, 68-unit apartment building at 1778 N. High St. in the University District.

 

https://www.columbusunderground.com/new-building-proposed-for-high-street-across-from-osu-bw1

 

Edited September 23, 20204 yr by Ted
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I'm glad the zoning committee pushed back on this. There is plenty of room to replace the Bullwinkle's single story and add density without demolishing the century old BiBiBop building, which is very nice and perfectly compliments the two buildings to the south of it.

1 hour ago, Ted said:

I'm glad the zoning committee pushed back on this. There is plenty of room to replace the Bullwinkle's single story and add density without demolishing the century old BiBiBop building, which is very nice and perfectly compliments the two buildings to the south of it.

Agree, I’m glad they said that. I have no problem tearing down Bullwinkle’s but that 3 story building looks great. 
 

I feel like it could look great to build over the 3 story building. Something like the discovery district building, View on Grant.

Tower crane is going up for the West Campus Outpatient Care building.

 

Here's the view from the Crew Stadium construction cam:

 

 

Here's the view from the project's own webcam:

 

 

A second tower crane will be added on the opposite end of the construction area:

 

Edited October 8, 20204 yr by cbussoccer
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^ Looks like the second crane will be going up later today/tomorrow. Sections are currently being delivered. 

 

Second crane going up right now. https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/west-campus-ambulatory-facilities

 

 

Here's the completed first crane as seen from the Crew Stadium construction cam. https://public.earthcam.net/tJ90CoLmq7TzrY396Yd88LfYWPyQxkt0K3IoDnSqPq4!/downtown_stadium/stadium/panorama_-_ultrahd

 

 

I believe this now brings the total number of tower cranes to 10. It will be 11 once the Children's Hospital tower crane goes up here soon. Good to see all this construction continuing even during the pandemic!

 

 

Having grown up not all that far from West Campus, the amount of activity happening in the area is mind-blowing. 

On 10/9/2020 at 8:06 AM, cbussoccer said:

Second crane going up right now. https://buildingthefuture.osu.edu/projects/west-campus-ambulatory-facilities

 

 

Here's the completed first crane as seen from the Crew Stadium construction cam. https://public.earthcam.net/tJ90CoLmq7TzrY396Yd88LfYWPyQxkt0K3IoDnSqPq4!/downtown_stadium/stadium/panorama_-_ultrahd

 

 

I believe this now brings the total number of tower cranes to 10. It will be 11 once the Children's Hospital tower crane goes up here soon. Good to see all this construction continuing even during the pandemic!

 

 

Another one going up at the Lane and Kenny site today.  So, there's 3 over there, now.  You can see them all in this shot I grabbed.

 

2 hours ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

Another one going up at the Lane and Kenny site today.  So, there's 3 over there, now.  You can see them all in this shot I grabbed.

 

So much erecting!

 

What is this third one for? I can’t keep all of OSU’s projects straight. There’s too many!