July 15, 200915 yr I suspect there's a lack of authenticity that 18-24s kind of expect these days that projects like the Gateway and Easton deliver in spades.
July 23, 200915 yr Creators to vie for rent-free spots in pedestrian area of Gateway Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 3:10 AM By Jeffrey Sheban, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Hard times for the retail industry could be a boon for artists and dancers in need of space to work and perform. In a collaborative effort with the Arts Initiative at Ohio State University, Campus Partners plans to offer rent-free space to emerging artists in its South Campus Gateway complex along N. High Street. The artists will occupy empty retail storefronts amid the Gateway bars and restaurants, with a goal of attracting the energy and excitement of the arts to the still-evolving commercial and residential district. Read more at http://columbusdispatch.com/live/content/arts/stories/2009/07/21/1_ARTS_ALLEY.ART_ART_07-21-09_D1_MSEG4PN.html?sid=101
July 24, 200915 yr I've heard that the more you complain about something from the past, the more likely you are to rip a hole in the space-time continuum and be able to undo what's already been demo'ed! :P Seriously though, I like this arts space initiative. It's going to use the space for a creative endeavor, attract new foot traffic, and provide something functional in those spaces until new rent-paying retailers come along. I hope the program is successful and some other landlords Downtown copy their idea. ;)
August 16, 200915 yr Nor does Easton fit into the streetscape like SGC. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 27, 201114 yr Campus Partners, the non-profit real estate developer supported by Ohio State, is looking to expand its High Street redevelopment efforts beyond the South Campus Gateway project it completed in 2005. Two recent articles have reported on this. First was an article from Columbus Business First, included in the post. The Columbus Dispatch followed up in a Sunday edition article that's in the post following this one. First from Business First: Campus Partners seeking developer input on High Street holdings Business First - by Carrie Ghose Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 11:38am EST Developers are getting their crack at suggestions for rebuilding a section of North High Street near Ohio State University’s campus, including the former Long’s bookstore site and 5½ acres adjacent to the South Campus Gateway complex. Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment, the university’s real estate arm, sent out a long-promised “request for information” soliciting ideas from various developers. It lays out the five zones in which Campus Partners has amassed land and asks for ideas, but warns in an all-caps admonition that any developers thinking of expanding the land parcels by buying out adjacent property owners will be automatically disqualified for development of any Campus Partners sites if they try to make those deals now. The other zones for which its seeking proposals are: • Apartment complexes on just under an acre across the street from Gateway. • The Long’s bookstore site, on 1.4 acres at the corner of High and 15th Avenue, which the university’s master plan envisions as a campus focal point for the arts. Campus Partners says it will lease out the land, but is open to selling the other parcels. • The former Evans Scholars house, just off of High on East 14th Avenue, which Campus Partners bought in March 2009. • Commercial buildings with apartments above north of Long’s, and around the corner on East 16th Avenue. READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2011/02/campus-partners-seeking-developer.html
February 27, 201114 yr Now, today's article from the Columbus Dispatch. Contains link to a map of the redevelopment properties owned by Campus Partners: Gateway’s developer solicits proposals to build on 5 nearby sites OSU-area developer wants proposals for 5 spots on or near N. High Street Sunday, February 27, 2011 By Marla Matzer Rose, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The South Campus Gateway development has had some success, but Doug Aschenbach knows it’s still a work in progress. Gateway opened in 2005 and features 184 apartments, an independent movie theater, a dozen modestly priced restaurants/bars and about 10 mostly student-oriented stores, including the Barnes & Noble-run Ohio State University bookstore. Still, Gateway remains too much of an island, said Aschenbach, president of Campus Partners, Ohio State’s nonprofit development arm. “With Campus Gateway, we wanted to raise the bar in terms of retail and entertainment in the neighborhood,” he said from his office, upstairs from the Gateway Film Center. “We’ve done that. But what’s probably been most surprising and disappointing is the lack of customers coming from surrounding neighborhoods like Clintonville, Grandview (Heights) and the Short North.” Now, Campus Partners is offering five chunks of land for development; they were assembled over the past decade and total about 9 acres in areas surrounding Campus Gateway. A “request for expressions of interest” went out to potential developers about 10 days ago. Interested parties have until April 8 to submit proposals for one or more of the five “project areas,” which range from half an acre to 5.5 acres. The sites include empty lots and older retail buildings that are occupied by tenants on short-term leases. READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2011/02/27/gateways-developer-solicits-proposals-to-build-on-5-nearby-sites.html South Campus Gateway along the east side of N. High Street - viewed from Chittenden and High. The entire South Campus Gateway has 184 apartments, an eight screen movie theater, 12 restaurants/bars, 10 stores and 1,200 structured parking spaces. The five redevelopment zones designated by Campus Partners in its recently released request for proposals
February 27, 201114 yr Author Now, today's article from the Columbus Dispatch. Contains link to a map of the redevelopment properties owned by Campus Partners: Gateway’s developer solicits proposals to build on 5 nearby sites OSU-area developer wants proposals for 5 spots on or near N. High Street Sunday, February 27, 2011 By Marla Matzer Rose, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The South Campus Gateway development has had some success, but Doug Aschenbach knows it’s still a work in progress. Gateway opened in 2005 and features 184 apartments, an independent movie theater, a dozen modestly priced restaurants/bars and about 10 mostly student-oriented stores, including the Barnes & Noble-run Ohio State University bookstore. Still, Gateway remains too much of an island, said Aschenbach, president of Campus Partners, Ohio State’s nonprofit development arm. “With Campus Gateway, we wanted to raise the bar in terms of retail and entertainment in the neighborhood,” he said from his office, upstairs from the Gateway Film Center. “We’ve done that. But what’s probably been most surprising and disappointing is the lack of customers coming from surrounding neighborhoods like Clintonville, Grandview (Heights) and the Short North.” Now, Campus Partners is offering five chunks of land for development; they were assembled over the past decade and total about 9 acres in areas surrounding Campus Gateway. A “request for expressions of interest” went out to potential developers about 10 days ago. Interested parties have until April 8 to submit proposals for one or more of the five “project areas,” which range from half an acre to 5.5 acres. The sites include empty lots and older retail buildings that are occupied by tenants on short-term leases. READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2011/02/27/gateways-developer-solicits-proposals-to-build-on-5-nearby-sites.html Dispatch Photo: South Campus Gateway along the east side of N. High Street - viewed from Chittenden and High. The entire South Campus Gateway has 184 apartments, an eight screen movie theater, 12 restaurants/bars, 10 stores and 1,200 structured parking spaces. Dispatch Map: The five redevelopment zones designated by Campus Partners in its recently released request for proposals to the development community Could be that McFadden's, Ugly Tuna Saloona, et al, are a deterrent to visitors from Clintonville, Grandview, and the Short North. Why wouldn't they want to be around belligerent, obnoxious drunk college students? (hint: speaking as one, we don't). And it's not like it offers much to those visitors anyway. Each of the neighborhoods listed already have a movie theater nearby, hamburger and ice cream joints that are better than Five Guys or Cold Stone. I used to shop at Sunflower Market and sometimes hang out at Caribou Coffee, but now there aren't many reasons for me to stop.
April 13, 201114 yr Hello, Just stumbled upon the site while doing some research concerning the Campus Partner initiative for a graduate school project. Since I'm located in Washington, DC can someone confirm whether or not the Evans Scholar building has been demolished? Per the REI, it notes Zone 2 is primarily vacant land, yet per any and all satellite imagery, it appears to exist. Thanks in advance!
April 13, 201114 yr Hello, Just stumbled upon the site while doing some research concerning the Campus Partner initiative for a graduate school project. Since I'm located in Washington, DC can someone confirm whether or not the Evans Scholar building has been demolished? Per the REI, it notes Zone 2 is primarily vacant land, yet per any and all satellite imagery, it appears to exist. Thanks in advance! No, the Evans building has not been demolished yet. I found another Business First article from March 2009 that talks about the future plans for the site. Below is an excerpt from the article: A major piece fell into place this month for a parking garage envisioned across North High Street from Ohio State University’s main campus. Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment, the university’s real estate affiliate, bought the former Evans Scholars house on 14th Avenue for $1.5 million on March 6. The caddy scholarship students moved in January to the $8 million Hamilton House on 16th Avenue, built by the suburban Chicago-based Western Golf Association and Evans Scholars Foundation. The association had planned to sell the 14th Avenue old house to defray construction costs. The site is marked for a 160- to 300-space parking garage behind a proposed showpiece retail development on the 15th Avenue site of the closed Long’s Bookstore in Campus Partners’ 2000 plan for High Street. That would mean demolition of the 1960 three-story brown-and-cream structure that looks like a Lego fortress.
May 13, 201114 yr Ohio State request for project ideas draws in developers About 8 acres on the busiest street edging one of the nation's largest universities in the 15-th largest city proved to be an irresistible canvas for a crowd of developers who responded to a call for ideas on redeveloping High Street along the Ohio State University campus. Full article below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/05/13/osu-bid-draws-crowd-of-developers.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 28, 201114 yr Ohio State request for project ideas draws in developers About 8 acres on the busiest street edging one of the nation's largest universities in the 15-th largest city proved to be an irresistible canvas for a crowd of developers who responded to a call for ideas on redeveloping High Street along the Ohio State University campus. Full article below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/05/13/osu-bid-draws-crowd-of-developers.html Do they plan on doing more urban renewal with the use of eminent domain?
July 24, 201113 yr Development update from The Dispatch: South Campus Gateway Sunday, July 24, 2011 03:14 AM By Marla Matzer Rose THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH In the Ohio State University area, Campus Partners recently asked for expressions of interest from those who wish to redevelop the area around South Campus Gateway. NEW URL: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2011/07/24/parks-success-inspires-neighbor.html
July 31, 201113 yr Does anybody have or can point me in the direction to pictures or videos of what the now South Campus Gateway looked like before it was built or what the area looked like when they tore down all the businesses there?
August 1, 201113 yr Does anybody have or can point me in the direction to pictures or videos of what the now South Campus Gateway looked like before it was built or what the area looked like when they tore down all the businesses there? There's a video from 1988 on YouTube of High Street that starts at OSU and shows the pre-South Campus Gateway area: One pre-South Campus Gateway photo at this blog. And a neat before and after photo taken at 11th and High from UWeekly.
August 2, 201113 yr Thanks for those. I have heard a lot about what was there but never could imagine what it was like. Now I know. I like the Gateway better and hope that that style continues on down the line of High St., slowly tearing out the old and what I personally consider decrepit and replacing with newer more student entertainment oriented. Granted some of the places should stay, such as The Newport or some of the buildings that have been kept in good condition but some, man, they just need to go.
August 2, 201113 yr The blight of South Campus was manufactured by Campus Partners, but Im tired of arguing that point. I lived, and worked, on South Campus before Papa Joes burned down.
August 2, 201113 yr My old barber shop was in that Toronto-esque bi-level structure south of Chittenden before they tore it down. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 2, 201113 yr Yes. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 2, 201213 yr Huntington-OSU deal bodes well for Gateway, University District Huntington National Bank ’s $100 million economic development commitment as part of its deal to become the exclusive consumer-focused bank of Ohio State University could be good news for developers interested in building the next phase of the off-campus Gateway development. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2012/02/huntington-osu-deal-bodes-well-for.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 12, 201411 yr Ohio State to rezone 7 acres south of South Campus Gateway for retail, office, residential development Private-sector developers will get a shot at redeveloping nearly 7 acres of land immediately south of the South Campus Gateway project by year’s end. In July, Ohio State University plans to start rezoning properties its Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment has assembled in the past several years between East Eight and Ninth avenues. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/06/12/ohio-state-to-rezone-7-acres-south-of-south-campus.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 13, 201411 yr That area seems like a good place for development, helping bridge the area between campus and the Short North. From reading this forum though I thought the South Campus Gateway has been having trouble keeping its retail space full. I do think new residential projects would be in demand though. I'd love to see the buildings in Summit Street's posting be renovated instead of replaced. That Zane building is cool.
June 23, 201410 yr Columbus Underground also has a recap of the recent news that Campus Partners will be seeking rezoning for 7 acres they assembled just south of their previous South Campus Gateway development. Their recap also contained a detailed map showing the assembled properties. Below a link to the CU article and the map: http://www.columbusunderground.com/campus-partners-planning-expansion-of-south-campus-gateway-bw1 The Dispatch also had a map showing the 7 acres near High Street that Campus Partners is asking to have rezoned plus 24 scattered site properties in the neighboring Weinland Park neighborhood (including the two recently purchased problem carryouts) owned by Campus Partners. These sites are the next phase of housing construction and rehabilitation in the neighborhood - posted here in the Weinland Park neighborhood thread. The Dispatch's article about those sites in the Weinland Park neighborhood - http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/06/19/housing-next-phase-for-weinland-park.html - also contained the following information about the next phase of South Campus Gateway: "In the meantime, Campus Partners plans to go to Columbus City Council to ask it to rezone about 7 acres it owns south of the South Campus Gateway for redevelopment. There are no specific plans yet, said Keith Myers, chairman of Campus Partners’ board and Ohio State’s vice president for physical planning and real estate. But officials plan to ask for zoning modeled after the South Gateway area, which has a mix of shops, restaurants, offices and residences."
June 23, 201410 yr I thought that long and narrow piece of property in the upper right-hand corner looked crazy so I looked on Google Streetview to see what was there. Nothing is there. It is pretty much all gravel that people drive across to go from 10th Avenue to the rear of their houses. I would have never guessed it was a separate piece of property.
August 30, 201410 yr World of Beer will be opening next year at the end of this pedestrian alley in South Campus Gateway. This alley has seen retail venture after retail venture fail for lack of visibility from High Street and low pedestrian traffic. Because of this, OSU's Campus Partners is trying a different approach with World of Beer. As part of this approach, they are letting World of Beer turn the back part of this pedestrian alley into a massive outdoor patio/beer garden. http://www.columbusunderground.com/world-of-beer-opening-south-campus-gateway-location http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/08/gateway-s-forsaken-alley-to-be-reborn-as-giant.html
October 17, 201410 yr An interesting Campus Partners development proposal is being reported by Columbus Underground at West Ninth Avenue and High Street. CU is reporting that Campus Partners - the private real estate entity for OSU and developer of South Campus Gateway - is partnering with Buckeye Real Estate to renovate two buildings at the northwest corner of Ninth & High. A few years ago, Campus Partners purchased a three-story brick apartment building at this corner of Ninth & High plus a two-story brick rowhouse facing West Ninth Avenue behind that apartment building. They are now partnering with Buckeye Real Estate on a redevelopment of this block that would include keeping and renovating these two buildings. The plans are still in the preliminary stages, but CU is reporting that the two existing buildings would contain an unspecified number of one and two-bedroom units. While the open land behind both buildings would get a one or two-level parking structure that would be concealed behind new row houses, which would front both Ninth Avenue and the Wall Street alley. More about this proposal from CU at http://www.columbusunderground.com/proposal-would-redevelop-two-long-vacant-campus-apartment-buildings-bw1
October 17, 201410 yr Here are some images of the Campus Partners / Buckeye Real Estate proposal for Ninth & High and some visuals of the existing buildings to be renovated and the existing context (originally reported at http://www.columbusunderground.com/proposal-would-redevelop-two-long-vacant-campus-apartment-buildings-bw1): A google maps aerial of the northwest corner of West Ninth Avenue and High Street - wider aerial showing more surrounding context at http://goo.gl/maps/3u2en. The redevelopment block is located immediately south of a Taco Bell which is not controlled by Campus Partners and across High Street from a Wendy's which is controlled by Campus Partners. It is also one block south of the previous South Campus Gateway development and across High Street from additional land controlled by Campus Partners. This is a view from High Street of the three-story apartment building at the corner of Ninth & High. The two-story rowhouse facing W. Ninth Avenue is in the shadows immediately left of the apartment building. The Wendy's controlled by Campus Partners is to the right across High Street. And the previously developed South Campus Gateway is further north on both sides of High Street. 2010 view of the two-story rowhouse facing W. Ninth Avenue from the Auditor's web site. Conceptual rendering of the three-story apartment building as seen from High Street. Parking structure with new row houses proposed to be built behind the apartment building is also visible. Conceptual elevation of West Ninth Avenue. The proposed parking structure with new row houses is visible behind the two-story rowhouse and the three-story apartment building. More about this proposal from CU at http://www.columbusunderground.com/proposal-would-redevelop-two-long-vacant-campus-apartment-buildings-bw1
October 17, 201410 yr I really like that corner building and was afraid it would be demolished eventually. I'm glad it may be saved. I think we are seeing the merger of the Short North and the Campus Gateway.
October 17, 201410 yr Me too. They need to get rid of that damn former 7-11/Taco Bell and I'll be pleased. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 17, 201410 yr Three blocks west of my new home. This is good news. And I wholeheartedly agree with ColDayMan that the 7/11 and Taco Bell are the real urban blight.
November 12, 201410 yr Campus Partners picks partner to work on High Street development plan Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment will work with Edwards Communities to create a plan for residential and commercial development on 7.3 acres the Ohio State University affiliate owns along High Street. The land is directly south of the mixed-use South Campus Gateway development that marked a major foray into urban revitalization for the university, on the east side of North High Street by Eighth and Ninth avenues. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/11/12/campus-partners-picks-partner-to-work-on-high.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 13, 201410 yr More about Edwards Communities being chosen by Campus Partners to developer the South Campus Gateway expansion from CU: http://www.columbusunderground.com/edwards-communities-to-develop-south-campus-gateway-expansion
January 8, 201510 yr Hot off the interwebs from CU: http://www.columbusunderground.com/edwards-submits-plans-for-seven-acre-south-campus-development-bw1 More project renderings and full article at http://www.columbusunderground.com/edwards-submits-plans-for-seven-acre-south-campus-development-bw1
January 8, 201510 yr I hope that's a side elevation. It'd be nice to have retail on the first floor along High Street. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 8, 201510 yr Hmm. Honestly, I was hoping for something modern, but I realize Edwards has never really been into that. Plus, these are only the elevations for the portions along 8th and 9th, so there still might be hope for High St. In the end though, I think it will all come down to build quality and materials. Are they going to do this more along the lines of Neighborhood Launch ( :angel: good Edwards), or Tribeca on 3rd ( :evil: bad Edwards)?
January 9, 201510 yr I hope that's a side elevation. It'd be nice to have retail on the first floor along High Street. Yep. High Street retail. The block between 8th and 9th along high (gray in the aerial rendering) says "student housing above retail & parking." It looks like some of the retail may extends to the side streets. This is 2-3 blocks from my new old house.
January 9, 201510 yr :clap: "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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