September 22, 20222 yr Maybe they'll rip out what they've started and go with something much bigger. The area can certainly support it, and that's what the zoning change was for.
September 22, 20222 yr Homeport, Georgetown Cos. hope Easton affordable housing project will make the area more inclusive Work has started on an affordable housing project near Easton Town Center. Easton developer Georgetown Company and nonprofit affordable housing developer Homeport are partnering on the three-phase project, which will have 200 units in total and is expected to cost more than $50 million. "We're excited to put dedicated affordable housing in Easton close to employment centers like 31 (Gifts headquarters), Chase and the retail jobs at Easton," said Leah Evans, president and CEO of Homeport. "This is about opportunity and location." Evans said the development will provide an opportunity for people to live close to where they work, cutting down transportation costs. The project is headed to about 4 acres on the corner corner of Easton Loop West and Easton Commons. The project's first phase will have 50 units, including townhomes and flats, and is expected to wrap up in the fourth quarter of 2023. Its second phase will have 100 units and be financed with a 4% low income housing tax credit. That phase will be divided into 25 one-bedroom, 59 two-bedroom and 17-three bedroom units.
September 22, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: Homeport, Georgetown Cos. hope Easton affordable housing project will make the area more inclusive Work has started on an affordable housing project near Easton Town Center. Easton developer Georgetown Company and nonprofit affordable housing developer Homeport are partnering on the three-phase project, which will have 200 units in total and is expected to cost more than $50 million. "We're excited to put dedicated affordable housing in Easton close to employment centers like 31 (Gifts headquarters), Chase and the retail jobs at Easton," said Leah Evans, president and CEO of Homeport. "This is about opportunity and location." Evans said the development will provide an opportunity for people to live close to where they work, cutting down transportation costs. The project is headed to about 4 acres on the corner corner of Easton Loop West and Easton Commons. The project's first phase will have 50 units, including townhomes and flats, and is expected to wrap up in the fourth quarter of 2023. Its second phase will have 100 units and be financed with a 4% low income housing tax credit. That phase will be divided into 25 one-bedroom, 59 two-bedroom and 17-three bedroom units. The Easton area doesn't seem all that exclusive, though. Outside of the immediate complex, the area is pretty middle class with some of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city. It's not like it's Bexley. Affordable housing is always welcome, just a weird headline to me.
September 22, 20222 yr 22 minutes ago, jonoh81 said: The Easton area doesn't seem all that exclusive, though. Outside of the immediate complex, the area is pretty middle class with some of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city. It's not like it's Bexley. Affordable housing is always welcome, just a weird headline to me. It’s really spread out though and if you don’t have a car or share one, living across the street can be a huge benefit.
September 22, 20222 yr 1 minute ago, VintageLife said: It’s really spread out though and if you don’t have a car or share one, living across the street can be a huge benefit. True, though it kind of bothers me that people who would work at Easton can't afford or don't have access to reliable transportation. Something seems wrong with that.
November 25, 20222 yr On 9/22/2022 at 2:40 PM, VintageLife said: Homeport, Georgetown Cos. hope Easton affordable housing project will make the area more inclusive Work has started on an affordable housing project near Easton Town Center. Easton developer Georgetown Company and nonprofit affordable housing developer Homeport are partnering on the three-phase project, which will have 200 units in total and is expected to cost more than $50 million. "We're excited to put dedicated affordable housing in Easton close to employment centers like 31 (Gifts headquarters), Chase and the retail jobs at Easton," said Leah Evans, president and CEO of Homeport. "This is about opportunity and location." Evans said the development will provide an opportunity for people to live close to where they work, cutting down transportation costs. The project is headed to about 4 acres on the corner corner of Easton Loop West and Easton Commons. The project's first phase will have 50 units, including townhomes and flats, and is expected to wrap up in the fourth quarter of 2023. Its second phase will have 100 units and be financed with a 4% low income housing tax credit. That phase will be divided into 25 one-bedroom, 59 two-bedroom and 17-three bedroom units. Easton Place Homes
November 25, 20222 yr On 12/8/2021 at 4:26 PM, amped91 said: Metro Development building more apartments near Easton “Metro Development is gearing up to add two new developments near Easton and John Glenn Columbus International Airport. Columbus City Council on Monday approved a rezoning for Walden Lakes, which will break ground in mid-January, said Metro Development CEO Tre' Giller. The multifamily development will have 15 buildings with one-, two- and three bedroom units. There will be 360 units total at 2600 Stelzer Road. Metro Development is also working on another multifamily community in that area, to be called the Residences at Eden Park, located near Cassady Avenue and Agler Road. That development will likely break ground this summer, Giller said, as it is in engineering now. Those two projects will join the 480-unit Victoria Manor at Stelzer and Codet roads and the 240-unit Woodfield Park at 2845 Austin Manor Blvd. The four projects will include a total of 1,344 units and will total $194 million in vertical construction, Giller said.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/12/08/walden-lakes.html Walden Lakes (on Stelzer) and multiple buildings are rising on the Eden Park project (near Cassady & Agler)
November 26, 20222 yr It’s an insane amount of units going up in that area. Now just need Easton to get their residential project moving again.
January 19, 20232 yr On 11/25/2022 at 7:31 PM, amped91 said: It’s an insane amount of units going up in that area. Now just need Easton to get their residential project moving again. There's an article in today's Dispatch about a new steakhouse opening soon at Easton. Michael Krebs, operating partner at Cut 132, mentions this: "We're kind of anchoring the [new] area of Easton, where it's concentrating more on luxury," he said. "This is becoming the luxury section of Easton. And with the condos that are coming up, it's just going to become even more so." Wonder if he knows something we don't know about the long stalled residential tower? Or is he talking about something else? https://www.dispatch.com/story/entertainment/dining/2023/01/19/easton-town-centers-trendy-new-steakhouse-cut-132-set-to-open/69814589007/
January 20, 20232 yr Yes RH is over there but I wouldn't call the newest built portion of easton the "luxury" district. I think that is firmly in the fountain area where Gucci, Tiffany, LV, etc are set up If anything the new area is the food court, featuring almost no actual retailers and 90% food and drink options
February 9, 20232 yr Still no news on the north end condos :/ Robert Weiler Co. and new development firm want to build 228 apartment units near Easton “Alex Marsh, vice president for Weiler Co., started Rocky Point Partners in 2017 with Tom O'Brien. Now Rocky Point and Weiler are co-developing this apartment complex. Plans for the complex call for eight, three-story buildings with a total of 228 units, plus a clubhouse and pool. The units will be a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments, with about 20% being held for workforce housing. Marsh said the developers will apply for a tax abatement through Columbus' CRA program. The project will go before Development Commission Feb. 9, if approved it would go before Columbus City Council. Marsh hopes to break ground at the end of 2023.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/02/09/weiler-stelzer-road-project.html
February 9, 20232 yr ^ Calling that site "near easton" is a big stretch. It's basically airport adjacent, miles down Stelzer from Easton Edited February 9, 20232 yr by NW24HX
February 9, 20232 yr 34 minutes ago, NW24HX said: ^ Calling that site "near easton" is a big stretch. It's basically airport adjacent, miles down Stelzer from Easton I was going to say the same thing. Also, the layout is awful. I don't know why so many developers are in love with building apartment complexes with seas of parking around several smaller, separated buildings. It's horribly car-centric, unwalkable and frankly, ugly. Fewer, larger buildings with either a garage or otherwise hidden parking on the edge of the site should be the norm, not whatever that is. Edited February 9, 20232 yr by jonoh81
February 9, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, jonoh81 said: I was going to say the same thing. Also, the layout is awful. I don't know why soo many developers are in love with building apartment complexes with seas of parking around several smaller, separated buildings. It's horribly car-centric, unwalkable and frankly, ugly. Fewer, larger buildings with either a garage or otherwise hidden parking on the edge of the site should be the norm, not whatever that is. It's the absolute cheapest way to develop, so unfortunately remains the default in areas like this where there's no pushback or larger vision in place for something better That said, while cheap for the developer to build, it will still be expensive for anyone hoping to rent a unit and actually live there
February 9, 20232 yr It will probably still fill up right away. There's not much motivation to "do better" when that's the case. Typical pattern for greenfield multifamily around town for decades.
February 9, 20232 yr 25 minutes ago, jonoh81 said: I was going to say the same thing. Also, the layout is awful. I don't know why soo many developers are in love with building apartment complexes with seas of parking around several smaller, separated buildings. It's horribly car-centric, unwalkable and frankly, ugly. Fewer, larger buildings with either a garage or otherwise hidden parking on the edge of the site should be the norm, not whatever that is. I would like to either see that, or see developers incorporate more landscaping/community functions in their complexes. Plenty of older apartments within the city have walkways and intermediate areas that practically feel like parkland or even a little campus between the apartments. What even happened to tennis courts? Now everything is "optimized" to shoehorn as many units as possible with 1-2 parking spaces allocated for each. When your plot of land is an "L" who would really want to live in the building that is wedged between two light-industrial/office buildings rather than find a more inventive way to use the space?
February 9, 20232 yr 33 minutes ago, jonoh81 said: I was going to say the same thing. Also, the layout is awful. I don't know why so many developers are in love with building apartment complexes with seas of parking around several smaller, separated buildings. It's horribly car-centric, unwalkable and frankly, ugly. Fewer, larger buildings with either a garage or otherwise hidden parking on the edge of the site should be the norm, not whatever that is. It’s just lazy suburban development. I feel like that’s about all Bob Weiler does.
February 9, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, amped91 said: It’s just lazy suburban development. I feel like that’s about all Bob Weiler does. I'm not singling out any single developer, because I kind of feel like most of them do this outside of the immediate urban core.
February 9, 20232 yr On 11/25/2022 at 5:17 PM, CbusOrBust said: Easton Place Homes Few more from Easton Place Homes- These are going up pretty quick!
February 9, 20232 yr What’s everybody’s best guess on when the stalled condo building will get started again?
February 9, 20232 yr 28 minutes ago, 614love said: What’s everybody’s best guess on when the stalled condo building will get started again? Honestly, I’m really surprised they haven’t restarted by now. At this point, I really have no clue.
February 9, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, amped91 said: Honestly, I’m really surprised they haven’t restarted by now. At this point, I really have no clue. I know I post about the lack of labor and supply chain issues at nauseam, but it’s going to take some of these out of town contractors and subs to come into the market. Several have over the past decade but we could use another 20-30 and around 2-3 thousand workers to start seeing some real action in my opinion. I will say just on the general supply side I’ve seen it improving but now I’ve been hearing and seeing lumber is going up again.
February 11, 20232 yr MFH popping up all along the Stelzer Rd corridor- Snatched a few from Cassady Ave near Agler Rd, as the buildout of numerous housing developments continues between John Glenn and Easton
March 28, 20232 yr Author Meanwhile, at Austin's "Easton"... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 28, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Meanwhile, at Austin's "Easton"... Jealous. Hard to compare Columbus to Austin but I wish we did this here. Austin is growing so much faster, has more companies moving there, and is a tourist city though. Hopefully Columbus can keep growing and the demand for this at Easton (especially with Intel).
March 28, 20232 yr 33 minutes ago, clippersandyank said: Jealous. Hard to compare Columbus to Austin but I wish we did this here. Austin is growing so much faster, has more companies moving there, and is a tourist city though. Hopefully Columbus can keep growing and the demand for this at Easton (especially with Intel). In my opinion six of one, half a dozen of the other. Columbus was bigger than Austin for a very long time. Austin had a solid tech presence for decades with Dell and the weather. We had the first Easton(twice if you count Continental). We have a solid base of companies here and a diverse economy. Being the “best kept secret” hasn’t exactly helped us, but I love when people come from out of town and are impressed by how much we truly do have going on in Central Ohio. Now, I 100% agree the rest of “core” Easton needs to have some height. There are some large buildings there in the surrounding areas but the lots by the Hilton need to be two or three buildings with double digit height.
March 28, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, wpcc88 said: In my opinion six of one, half a dozen of the other. Columbus was bigger than Austin for a very long time. Austin had a solid tech presence for decades with Dell and the weather. We had the first Easton(twice if you count Continental). We have a solid base of companies here and a diverse economy. Being the “best kept secret” hasn’t exactly helped us, but I love when people come from out of town and are impressed by how much we truly do have going on in Central Ohio. Now, I 100% agree the rest of “core” Easton needs to have some height. There are some large buildings there in the surrounding areas but the lots by the Hilton need to be two or three buildings with double digit height. Austin was also a big tourist destination for country music, so they had an up on tourist money and a destination city. I am honestly okay if Columbus never has that. That is what makes Columbus great to me. It’s amazing for people who live here and we get enough tourism to help local business and bring in money, but not so much that every place is packed all the time.
March 28, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Austin was also a big tourist destination for country music, so they had an up on tourist money and a destination city. I am honestly okay if Columbus never has that. That is what makes Columbus great to me. It’s amazing for people who live here and we get enough tourism to help local business and bring in money, but not so much that every place is packed all the time. Agreed the Arnold doesn’t bring the crowd that SXSW & ACL brings, but close… sports at the two universities is a wash… we might not be a nationwide or worldwide destination but like you said that’s part of why I love it here, you can still enjoy the city without battling tourists
March 28, 20232 yr 9 hours ago, VintageLife said: Austin was also a big tourist destination for country music, so they had an up on tourist money and a destination city. I am honestly okay if Columbus never has that. That is what makes Columbus great to me. It’s amazing for people who live here and we get enough tourism to help local business and bring in money, but not so much that every place is packed all the time. Excellent place to live, alright place to visit. I always say if you want to have a good time in Columbus as a visitor you need to come with a plan. It's not like NYC or Chicago or even a bunch of other smaller cities where you can figure out a place to park and just walk around and let the city take you on a journey. You gotta come here for an event and fill in the gaps by visiting the cool spots around town, or better yet, come here to visit a local and let them take you to all of their favorite places. That's what I do with my east coat friends and they keep asking to come back!
March 28, 20232 yr 12 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Meanwhile, at Austin's "Easton"... Though I agree with your point, truth be told, I would've never been able to tell this is Austin's "Easton". This looks more like a Crosswoods equivalent.
March 28, 20232 yr Author I wish this was a Crosswoods equivalent. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 28, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: I wish this was a Crosswoods equivalent. Hmmm...Ok Jman what did you do to/with ColDayMan???? /s I don't actually like the look of that Austinburb. I would like to get the density but in a better way than that.
March 28, 20232 yr Author Oy, you *beeps* are picky! Let's do another peer city's "Easton," this time in Raleigh: HAPPY NOW?!!?!? "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 28, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Toddguy said: Hmmm...Ok Jman what did you do to/with ColDayMan???? /s I don't actually like the look of that Austinburb. I would like to get the density but in a better way than that. Besides the height of this, I would say Easton already has it beat in walkability and density. Easton does have a lot of parking lots, but seems to be way closer together than this. easton could be way better though, and hopefully they do go taller with new stuff.
March 28, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, ColDayMan said: Oy, you *beeps* are picky! Let's do another peer city's "Easton," this time in Raleigh: HAPPY NOW?!!?!? Much better example haha, this is what Easton, Polaris, bridge park and every other suburban area should be.
March 28, 20232 yr Just now, ColDayMan said: Oy, you *beeps* are picky! Let's do another peer city's "Easton," this time in Raleigh: HAPPY NOW?!!?!? Jman! you forgot Charlotte! It is the Austin/Charlotte/Nashville trio that blows Cbus out of the water. lol /s This looks better, except make it much bigger and put the tallest one downtown. And look at that tree cover! Somebody post some pics of all the construction going on at OSU-our other CBD.
March 28, 20232 yr Am I going crazy here? Literally none of these photos of other cities is anything like Easton. Easton is basically a suburban indoor/outdoor mall.
March 28, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, TIm said: Am I going crazy here? Literally none of these photos of other cities is anything like Easton. Easton is basically a suburban indoor/outdoor mall. No Tlm, you're probably in the top 10 most sane people that I see around Central and Southeast Ohio forum. 😉
March 28, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, PrestoKinetic said: No Tlm, you're probably in the top 10 most sane people that I see around Central and Southeast Ohio forum. 😉 I don't know whether to be insulted or complimented, but whatever you were going for you are probably correct.
March 28, 20232 yr Author Don't make me bring out the Dubai photos! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 28, 20232 yr Author Fine. Dubai's "Easton" (with the indoor/outdoor mall for @TIm): "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 28, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Oy, you *beeps* are picky! Let's do another peer city's "Easton," this time in Raleigh: HAPPY NOW?!!?!? I’ve been to this “Easton” several times and it’s more Bridge Park than Easton.
March 28, 20232 yr Author I wish Bridge Park was that. @Toddguy in 5, 4, 3, 2... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 28, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, ColDayMan said: I wish Bridge Park was that. @Toddguy in 5, 4, 3, 2... Completely understand but just stating facts haha
March 28, 20232 yr Author Well, to be fair, North Hills is Raleigh's Easton AND Bridge Park. Raleigh has no other equivalent lifestyle center. Meanwhile, at Raleigh's "Polaris"... Can you imagine Polaris building that next to the California Pizza Kitchen? "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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