September 18, 20177 yr ^There's granite curbs on 17th as well. There sure are a lot of wires, aren't there?
September 19, 20177 yr ^ Columbus has been doing a good job from what I've seen with adapting new construction into an urban form. This is maybe because I only usually visit the more urban parts of Columbus. Has Columbus instituted a form-based code of some sort? Not necessarily a form-based code. But the Downtown, the Short North and the University Area projects all must pass some form of design-review approval.
September 29, 20177 yr OSU Construction Update: New Arena, Cannon Drive Relocation and More Construction never stops on Ohio State University’s main campus. Here’s an update on some of the latest projects. Construction of the Covelli Center began in July and is scheduled to be finished in May of 2019. Although the arena was originally planned for the corner of Fred Taylor Drive and Ackerman Road, its new location is just north of Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/osu-construction-update-new-arena-cannon-drive-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 31, 20177 yr Ohio State to demolish Adriatico’s, University Flower Shop, build office space By Summer Cartwright: [email protected] October 31, 2017 https://www.thelantern.com/2017/10/ohio-state-to-demolish-adriaticos-university-flower-shop-build-office-space/
October 31, 20177 yr Why wouldn't they build ground floor retail in the office building, and give the current tenants a chance to rent the new spaces? A single use office building deep inside campus seems like a total waste of property.
October 31, 20177 yr This says there will be ground floor retail including an eyeware shop for the optometry clinic. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/10/31/adriaticos-and-others-may-be-displaced-by-new-ohio.html
October 31, 20177 yr Just a moderator note to all posters: To post a link in this updated forum, you need to click and use the "insert hyperlink" icon for it to be live. The "insert hyperlink" icon is just below the I on the reply page.
October 31, 20177 yr 1. Sorry about the hyperlink. 2. Glad that they're working with the businesses(although I'm not an Adriatico's fan). 3. Can someone share where I can find information on the MasterPlan for this area? I thought recently I read that they were going to try and redevelop the entire area from High to Neil between 10th & 11th with both University and private investments.
November 6, 20177 yr Ohio State seeking designers for research, arts and health construction projects Ohio State University is ready to hire consultants, engineers and architects to help realize ambitious plans for five major additions to the Columbus campus called for in its master plan. Trustees on Friday approved spending up to $45 million on professional services contracts to design three of the projects: Research facilities on current sports fields and parking lots along the Olentangy River, the arts district at 15th Avenue and High Street, and an interdisciplinary complex for health sciences such as optometry. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/06/ohio-state-seeking-designers-for-research-arts.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 7, 20177 yr 1. Sorry about the hyperlink. 2. Glad that they're working with the businesses(although I'm not an Adriatico's fan). 3. Can someone share where I can find information on the MasterPlan for this area? I thought recently I read that they were going to try and redevelop the entire area from High to Neil between 10th & 11th with both University and private investments. 1. Looks like the hyperlink function has returned to this updated forum. So no need to use that "insert hyperlink" step anymore. Just posting the URL should make the link live now. 3. Below is the link to a pdf of OSU's latest masterplan, called Framework 2.0. On page 25 & 26 they get to the Health Sciences/WMC (Wexner Medical Center) Campus, which includes the Neil & 11th intersection where Adriatico's is located. On page 28 they have a very conceptual graphic and description of the 'High to Neil between 10th & 11th' redevelopment you were asking about. https://pare.osu.edu/sites/default/files/framework2.0_presentation.pdf
November 7, 20177 yr This is the link to the FINAL framework (this one is dated January 2017, the other is November 2016): https://pare.osu.edu/sites/default/files/framework2.0_final_plan_presentation.pdf 1. Sorry about the hyperlink. 2. Glad that they're working with the businesses(although I'm not an Adriatico's fan). 3. Can someone share where I can find information on the MasterPlan for this area? I thought recently I read that they were going to try and redevelop the entire area from High to Neil between 10th & 11th with both University and private investments. 1. Looks like the hyperlink function has returned to this updated forum. So no need to use that "insert hyperlink" step anymore. Just posting the URL should make the link live now. 3. Below is the link to a pdf of OSU's latest masterplan, called Framework 2.0. On page 25 & 26 they get to the Health Sciences/WMC (Wexner Medical Center) Campus, which includes the Neil & 11th intersection where Adriatico's is located. On page 28 they have a very conceptual graphic and description of the 'High to Neil between 10th & 11th' redevelopment you were asking about. https://pare.osu.edu/sites/default/files/framework2.0_presentation.pdf
November 7, 20177 yr This is the link to the FINAL framework (this one is dated January 2017, the other is November 2016): https://pare.osu.edu/sites/default/files/framework2.0_final_plan_presentation.pdf Thanks! I didn't have that final version.
December 14, 20177 yr They're going vertical and pouring today at the old Taco Bell site. *Also of note, they were removing one of the tower cranes at the Wellington project this morning.
December 14, 20177 yr They're going vertical and pouring today at the old Taco Bell site. *Also of note, they were removing one of the tower cranes at the Wellington project this morning. It's about time they go vertical! Can't wait to see the finished product!
December 15, 20177 yr The Wilson at Lane and High. There's a nice view of the project when traveling east on Lane towards High.
December 15, 20177 yr Lane and Tuttle. The tower crane has been removed. Hopefully the exterior finished will look better than the most recent rendering. North side:
December 18, 20177 yr ^ I just noticed that! I've been messing around with it to distract myself from work haha.
December 18, 20177 yr North High Google streetview is updated as of October 2017! Thanks for the heads up on that - I've been waiting for awhile :) Someday they'll also update the 3d imagery again
December 18, 20177 yr North High Google streetview is updated as of October 2017! Thanks for the heads up on that - I've been waiting for awhile :) Someday they'll also update the 3d imagery again The 3D imagery is like 4 years outdated haha
December 26, 20177 yr Nov. 30 view of the Wilson at Lane & High looking southward: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2017-part-2
December 26, 20177 yr Nov. 30 view of the Wellington at 17th & High looking southward: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2017-part-2
December 29, 20177 yr Campus Partners has released an RFP for the design of WOSU's new HQ in the 15+High development (relocating radio and television studios from the aging Fawcett Center). Included is a proposed timeline of the development, with design ongoing through 2018, construction starting in March 2019, and completion in December 2020. The proposed site is at the corner of Pearl Alley and 14th St, one block south of the new University Square. A conceptual rendering shows how the new building could look from that intersection, approximately from the viewpoint of the entrance to Starbucks.
January 30, 20187 yr Update on the below quoted 15+High development from today's Dispatch: Columbus council OKs $2 million in street upgrades beside Ohio State Columbus will pay for about $2 million in road construction and utility upgrades around a planned development linking Ohio State University with the surrounding neighborhood. The Columbus City Council approved an agreement on Monday with Campus Partners, Ohio State’s development arm, to reimburse it for the construction. Half of the $2 million will be used for sanitary-sewer improvements, while the other half will go to road upgrades. ( . . . ) Ultimately, a new University Plaza reconnecting 14th and 16th avenues is to accompany a private apartment complex. Edwards Companies is building a six-story, mixed-use development with ground-floor retail, apartments and a parking garage as part of a $28.2 million first phase, expected to be finished this summer. The project also includes infrastructure changes, such as realigning 15th Avenue to meet High Street at a right angle and opening 16th to High. Infrastructure improvements in the first phase of the project are to cost a total of $11.8 million. The city will reimburse about $2 million of that, with the rest being funded by Campus Partners. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180129/columbus-council-oks-2-million-in-street-upgrades-beside-ohio-state Campus Partners has released an RFP for the design of WOSU's new HQ in the 15+High development (relocating radio and television studios from the aging Fawcett Center). Included is a proposed timeline of the development, with design ongoing through 2018, construction starting in March 2019, and completion in December 2020. The proposed site is at the corner of Pearl Alley and 14th St, one block south of the new University Square. A conceptual rendering shows how the new building could look from that intersection, approximately from the viewpoint of the entrance to Starbucks.
February 7, 20187 yr Five University District Developments Set to Open this Summer Five major developments are scheduled to come online this August in the University District, bringing an additional 531 apartments, 705 parking spaces and a significant amount of new retail space to the High Street and Lane Avenue corridors. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/five-university-district-developments-set-to-open-this-summer-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 12, 20187 yr ^I don't see how the Taco Bell project will be finished this fall unless it's mostly pre-fab. They are just beginning to construct walls on the elevated slab.
February 13, 20187 yr ^I don't see how the Taco Bell project will be finished this fall unless it's mostly pre-fab. They are just beginning to construct walls on the elevated slab. Posted a photo update on this project over in the South Campus Gateway thread: https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,9206.msg895004.html#msg895004 The new website for this project says "Move In August 2018", which I agree seems overly optimistic.
February 13, 20187 yr The Wellington building along High Street between 16th & 17th avenues (and is scheduled to receive an urban Target store) is getting nearly complete on the exterior in this photo posted 2/11/18 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-short-north-university-district-more-we1:
March 12, 20187 yr Does anyone else not remember this project? https://jbadusa.com/project/st-stevens-apartments/
March 12, 20187 yr Does anyone else not remember this project? https://jbadusa.com/project/st-stevens-apartments/ Yeah Ohio State paid them not to build it. Wish they would have paid them to move so OSU could build a better use there.
March 18, 20187 yr The Dispatch had big Sunday spread about five new off-campus student apartments being built around the Ohio State University - or as the article calls them "swanky student apartments". The Dispatch Drone makes another appearance to document the new developments in the video below. The five student apartment projects shown are: The Wellington: Six-story, 447-bed project at High & 17th with a parking garage and ground floor retail featuring an urban-sized Target store. Wilson Place: Five-story, 153-bed project at Lane & High that replaced a Shell gas station. Ground floor retail tenants will include White Castle, Starbucks, Chipotle and CoreLife Eatery. The Point on Lane: Seven-story, 90-bed project at Lane Avenue and Tuttle Park Place next to the Variety Club with parking and ground-floor retail. Luxe Belle (South Campus Gateway): Six-story, 95-unit project being built near 9th & High across from the South Campus Gateway on the site of a former Taco Bell. One of the new ground-floor tenants will be a new Taco Bell. Uncommon Columbus (Weinland Park): Six-story, 288-bed project being built at 7th & High across a new Columbus Metro Libraries University branch and just north of an urban-style Kroger store. http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180318/swanky-student-apartments-near-ohio-state-flood-market
March 18, 20187 yr Here are a few drone views of The Wellington at High & 17th - a six-story, 447-bed project with a parking garage and ground floor retail featuring an urban-sized Target store. View showing The Wellington along High Street across from the OSU Campus. The Wellington is directly across from the Wexner Center and Mershon Auditorium. North along High Street in this image, The View on High that replaced a suburban-style Wendy's is visible. North of that, the under-construction Wilson Place is visible across from the OSU North Residential District: Closer view along High Street looking southward: Overhead view showing the two interior courtyards:
March 18, 20187 yr Drone view of the Wilson Place project at the southeast corner of Lane & High. This five-story, 153-bed project replaced a Shell gas station at this corner. Ground floor retail tenants will include White Castle, Starbucks, Chipotle and CoreLife Eatery. Wilson Place is across from the recently rebuilt OSU North Residential District: Looking south down High Street toward downtown:
March 18, 20187 yr Drone view of The Point on Lane - a seven-story, 90-bed project with parking and ground-floor retail located at Lane Avenue and Tuttle Park Place next to the Variety Club:
March 19, 20187 yr Loving these drone photos! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 19, 20187 yr Ohio State shifts renovation focus to 17th and College Ohio State University is shifting its attention to 17th Avenue and College Road from 15th Avenue and High Street, planning to renovate the aging buildings around the intersection to better match the campus’ increasingly modern development. On Friday, Ohio State sent out a request for contractors to study the area, where buildings include the College of Education and Human Ecology, Office of Academic Affairs and College of Arts and Sciences. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/03/19/ohio-state-shifts-renovation-focus-to-17th-and.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 19, 20187 yr God they are just killing High Streets character with all this new construction. And I must be wrong or they wouldn't be building all these new apartments but is the demand really there for these? They already made sophomores live on campus so that's an entire grade of underclassmen not able to live in these apartments. On top of that I don't really know why college guys would want to live in these nice new expensive apartments over a normal off campus house. I graduated from OSU in 2010 and can't imagine wanting to live there. Give me a house that is cheaper where I can live with multiple friends and host parties over some apartment. These type of apartments are where I'd want to live post college but not while in undergrad.
March 19, 20187 yr God they are just killing High Streets character with all this new construction. And I must be wrong or they wouldn't be building all these new apartments but is the demand really there for these? They already made sophomores live on campus so that's an entire grade of underclassmen not able to live in these apartments. On top of that I don't really know why college guys would want to live in these nice new expensive apartments over a normal off campus house. I graduated from OSU in 2010 and can't imagine wanting to live there. Give me a house that is cheaper where I can live with multiple friends and host parties over some apartment. These type of apartments are where I'd want to live post college but not while in undergrad. It is really only happening along High or a block or two east at most. There is still a good quarter mile/half a mile stretch of houses and small apartment buildings stretching east to the railroad tracks. People who want the experience you had or appreciate can still have that, especially with the sophomores living on campus. It is not like much actual housing is being replaced with this new construction on High. Yes the character of High is changing, just like the character of the city is changing. Change sucks, but this is apparently what quite a number of people want, including the university itself. Not that much different from those who miss the old south campus bar area, or how I miss the Short North being kind of slummy and the Greystone being full of cheap rundown apartments.
March 20, 20187 yr God they are just killing High Streets character with all this new construction. And I must be wrong or they wouldn't be building all these new apartments but is the demand really there for these? They already made sophomores live on campus so that's an entire grade of underclassmen not able to live in these apartments. On top of that I don't really know why college guys would want to live in these nice new expensive apartments over a normal off campus house. I graduated from OSU in 2010 and can't imagine wanting to live there. Give me a house that is cheaper where I can live with multiple friends and host parties over some apartment. These type of apartments are where I'd want to live post college but not while in undergrad. It is really only happening along High or a block or two east at most. There is still a good quarter mile/half a mile stretch of houses and small apartment buildings stretching east to the railroad tracks. People who want the experience you had or appreciate can still have that, especially with the sophomores living on campus. It is not like much actual housing is being replaced with this new construction on High. Yes the character of High is changing, just like the character of the city is changing. Change sucks, but this is apparently what quite a number of people want, including the university itself. Not that much different from those who miss the old south campus bar area, or how I miss the Short North being kind of slummy and the Greystone being full of cheap rundown apartments. Also, these developments for the most part are replacing suburban-style fast food restaurants, gas stations, run-down buildings or parcels with inefficient land use. It's not like they're creating a solid wall along High Street (yet...). Plus we are only now catching up to the other universities of similar sizes in terms of offering these style of apartments with these kinds of amenities. Remember there are a lot more than undergrads at Ohio State -- any grad students, med students, etc. who want a nicer place close to campus with all these amenities will definitely be flocking to these apartments. Plus the kids with money whose parents think the University District is unsafe -- guess where they're housing their kid? It is change, but it is necessary and a long time coming. What I will agree on is I hope the local retailers will continue to thrive in the market as it becomes more flooded with national chains that will most definitely fill all of these newer developments.
March 20, 20187 yr God they are just killing High Streets character with all this new construction. And I must be wrong or they wouldn't be building all these new apartments but is the demand really there for these? They already made sophomores live on campus so that's an entire grade of underclassmen not able to live in these apartments. On top of that I don't really know why college guys would want to live in these nice new expensive apartments over a normal off campus house. I graduated from OSU in 2010 and can't imagine wanting to live there. Give me a house that is cheaper where I can live with multiple friends and host parties over some apartment. These type of apartments are where I'd want to live post college but not while in undergrad. It is really only happening along High or a block or two east at most. There is still a good quarter mile/half a mile stretch of houses and small apartment buildings stretching east to the railroad tracks. People who want the experience you had or appreciate can still have that, especially with the sophomores living on campus. It is not like much actual housing is being replaced with this new construction on High. Yes the character of High is changing, just like the character of the city is changing. Change sucks, but this is apparently what quite a number of people want, including the university itself. Not that much different from those who miss the old south campus bar area, or how I miss the Short North being kind of slummy and the Greystone being full of cheap rundown apartments. Also, these developments for the most part are replacing suburban-style fast food restaurants, gas stations, run-down buildings or parcels with inefficient land use. It's not like they're creating a solid wall along High Street (yet...). Plus we are only now catching up to the other universities of similar sizes in terms of offering these style of apartments with these kinds of amenities. Remember there are a lot more than undergrads at Ohio State -- any grad students, med students, etc. who want a nicer place close to campus with all these amenities will definitely be flocking to these apartments. Plus the kids with money whose parents think the University District is unsafe -- guess where they're housing their kid? It is change, but it is necessary and a long time coming. What I will agree on is I hope the local retailers will continue to thrive in the market as it becomes more flooded with national chains that will most definitely fill all of these newer developments. I do understand his concerns about the character of the area. They could do a bit better than giant generic brick boxes like The Wellington. And yes it would be nice to keep or add some local businesses and not just chain stuff. But in another way I kind of think the giant box Wellington is worth it if only for the Urban Target. If only we could get one of those downtown. This is also part of the whole densification of the old "High Five" idea-building up High from Arcadia down to Greenlawn. If it keeps up through the whole length(especially the northern part) it could lead to some kind of actual mass transit besides a Cota Bus. There are down sides to all of this, but there are upsides as well.
March 20, 20187 yr Interesting Opinion Piece in OSU's Student Newspaper. I have mixed feelings, I really love the density building up along High Street, it is turning into an urban corridor that is unrivaled anywhere in the Midwest except for Chicago. But the high rents for the new construction is destroying any chance for a thriving neighborhood of independent businesses and it will take decades for these buildings to age enough, be paid off, and become more affordable. They need to have some kind of plan to save at least some of the older buildings. I don't live in the area anymore so I haven't yet seen the extent of the changes of the past 2-3 years with my own eyes and how much has really been lost. I was in town a couple weeks ago but didn't make it North of Fifth Ave. All Jokes Aside: Ohio State is turning High Street into a suburban shopping plaza By Ricky Mulvey and Seth Shanley | March 19, 2018 You might have noticed a sprinkle of intensive construction and small-business closures on High Street in the past few years. Well that’s no coincidence, a lot of it is the doing of Campus Partners, the “urban revitalization” fist of The Ohio State University. Campus Partners aims to create “distinct sense of place” across Ohio State’s campus by gutting student favorites like The O Patio & Pub and Too’s Spirits Under High to make room for a number of expensive apartments, parking garages and chain stores. Ohio State is basically claiming that another Chipotle, Starbucks and a White Castle will give High Street a “distinct sense of place.” That’s like claiming that “The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift,” “Fast & Furious” and “Fast & Furious 6” have distinct senses of cinema. These are just a few of the establishments that will make Ohio State’s campus Columbus’ next Tuttle Mall. MORE: https://www.thelantern.com/2018/03/all-jokes-aside-ohio-state-is-turning-high-street-into-a-suburban-shopping-plaza/
March 20, 20187 yr ^I can't say I disagree. I commute to work on High St. through campus and over the past 5 years or so most independent retailers have been wiped out. That said, independents have filled in vacant space in Old North Columbus on High as well as Summit and Hudson where rents are lower. I'm hoping 4th St. between 11th and Chittenden will fill in too.
March 20, 20187 yr ^Yeah I posted something to this effect on this board 10 years ago and was hissed at. Not only for the Gateway at OSU, but for the wiping of McMillan and Calhoun streets at UC. All of the big college campuses across America are surrounded by the same mix of national retailers. The companies who built and own the apartments are often the same, too.
March 20, 20187 yr From the article: "Campus Partners is modernizing High Street without regard for the small businesses that create campus culture, and that’s a shame for future students." This is shame. They really should try to have a bit of diversity among the businesses. Why does the university not get this?
March 20, 20187 yr If you guys have ever read Jane Jacobs she talked about when neighborhood became a victim of its own success, rents went up too much, and only "banks" and other corporate establishments could afford to be there. Then all the funky fun stuff that made the neighborhood popular in the first place all goes away. She also talked about old buildings as essential for a diverse neighborhood. It's amazing she predicted this stuff in 1960s New York, because it has played out almost exactly like she said it would across many cities, decades later. OSU's student body at least will guarantee the neighborhood will continue to have some level of socioeconomic diversity in its residents, which is disappearing in Manhattan and other highly gentrified places. ^I can't say I disagree. I commute to work on High St. through campus and over the past 5 years or so most independent retailers have been wiped out. That said, independents have filled in vacant space in Old North Columbus on High as well as Summit and Hudson where rents are lower. I'm hoping 4th St. between 11th and Chittenden will fill in too. Yes, the area would do well to develop other retail corridors besides High Street, 4th being the most promising. Old North is great too.
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