July 4, 20204 yr https://www.columbusunderground.com/incomplete-cargominium-project-demolished-bw1 Disappointing to hear about this - but the previous developers seemed to really FUBAR this project:
July 4, 20204 yr 22 minutes ago, Columbo said: https://www.columbusunderground.com/incomplete-cargominium-project-demolished-bw1 Disappointing to hear about this - but the previous developers seemed to really FUBAR this project: Yeah I’m not really sad about this. It was a super ugly project. There are way better ways to use containers and covering the outside isn’t one of them.
July 15, 20204 yr New Apartments Planed for Cargominium Site https://www.columbusunderground.com/new-apartments-planned-for-cargominium-site-bw1
July 16, 20204 yr New development to rise in place of stalled 'cargominiums' The developers behind a novel affordable housing concept are clearing the slate for a more conventional project. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/07/16/new-development-to-rise-in-place-of-stalled-cargo.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 27, 20204 yr Ohio and Oak (Sat. 7-25-20) The Morgan The Gemma The Elliot (Linwood between Oak and Franklin) The Yardley
July 27, 20204 yr 1 hour ago, NorthShore647 said: Ohio and Oak (Sat. 7-25-20) The Morgan The Gemma The Elliot (Linwood between Oak and Franklin) The Yardley Love this. My favorite Columbus neighborhood (OTE) keeps getting better and better.
August 5, 20204 yr Three Columbus Projects Get Historic Tax Credits The Broadwin Total Project Cost: $17,588,035 Total Tax Credit: $1,755,000 Address: 1312 E. Broad St., Columbus, 43205 This project in Columbus’ East Broad Street Historic District involves what was once one of the city’s finest apartment addresses. The eight-story building suffered from neglect and disinvestment through the end of the 20th century. The redevelopment plan calls for the original apartment configurations to be returned from 54 to 46 units. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/three-columbus-projects-get-historic-tax-credits-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 6, 20204 yr 5 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Three Columbus Projects Get Historic Tax Credits The Broadwin Total Project Cost: $17,588,035 Total Tax Credit: $1,755,000 Address: 1312 E. Broad St., Columbus, 43205 This project in Columbus’ East Broad Street Historic District involves what was once one of the city’s finest apartment addresses. The eight-story building suffered from neglect and disinvestment through the end of the 20th century. The redevelopment plan calls for the original apartment configurations to be returned from 54 to 46 units. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/three-columbus-projects-get-historic-tax-credits-bw1 I've loved this building for the longest time and, unfortunately, have gotten my hopes up for its restoration and reuse way too many times. The eternal optimist in me really hopes this latest redevelopment attempt is successful, but it's definitely a cautious optimism.
August 18, 20204 yr The Columbus Board of Education voted in January to sell five Columbus City Schools properties. The former Clearbrook Middle School Building on the Near East Side that was built in 1957 was one of those properties. It appears that the Clearbrook School didn't make it though the "offering it to a charter school" stage, that is required by state law, before then offering it to the local municipality, and before it would then get to a public auction. According to this recent CU article - https://www.columbusunderground.com/city-to-buy-douglas-elementary-starling-middle-to-be-auctioned-bw1 - the Clearbrook School is now home to the United Preparatory Academy East charter school. Below is an aerial view of the former Clearbrook Middle School property at 31 N. 17th Street is located about three blocks east of downtown and one block north of E. Broad Street:
August 18, 20204 yr The Columbus Board of Education voted in January to sell five Columbus City Schools properties. The City of Columbus has elected to purchase one of those properties - the former Douglas Alternative Elementary School building, built in 1974 and located at 51 S. Douglass Street in Olde Towne East. https://www.columbusunderground.com/city-to-buy-douglas-elementary-starling-middle-to-be-auctioned-bw1 Quote The former Douglas Alternative Elementary School building will hold a new Senior Creative Campus run by the city’s Recreation and Parks Department. Kerry Francis, Senior Manager of Communications for Recreation and Parks, confirmed that Douglas would be the new home for the Senior Creative Campus, a program that was run for decades out of a historic schoolhouse in German Village. That building, at 630 S. Third St., was sold by the city to the Catholic Diocese of Columbus earlier this summer, to be used by the St. Mary School. The programs held there included the Golden Hobby Shop, a gift shop that sold crafts made by seniors. Below is an aerial of the former Douglas Alternative Elementary School property at 51 S. Douglass Street in Olde Towne East looking eastward. The four-acre lot and school building are located three blocks east of downtown and one block south of E. Broad Street. It is also one block away from a neighborhood restaurant hot spot located at the corner of Oak & 18th (the Yellow Brick Pizza pin on the aerial): Below is a streetview of the Douglas school building from the corner of Douglass Street and Monroe Avenue. The school building was built in 1974 - and looks every bit like it unfortunately. Hopefully, the city and seniors can do something better with this building:
September 2, 20204 yr Ohio State opening $26M surgery unit at Wexner Medical East Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center East Hospital is set to open its $26 million surgical expansion, the first phase in a master plan to remake the aging facility. The new outpatient surgery center combines 11,800 square feet of renovation and a 28,500-square-foot expansion. It includes four operating rooms that are double the size of outpatient ORs they replaced. About two-thirds of the hospital's surgeries are outpatient. ( . . . ) In several years, East's distinctive round 16-story tower – added in 1971 – will be replaced. The entire campus will expand and shift slightly westward, opening more green space along Taylor Avenue, according to a 2018 master plan. The university acquired the hospital in 1999. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/08/16/osu-wexner-medical-east-opens-26m-surgery-unit.html
September 2, 20204 yr 6 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: Real shame to lose the tower. Agreed, that sucks. Although I'm sure it's extremely inefficient for modern day medical practices.
September 3, 20204 yr That does suck. Maybe they will do another tower? Would love to see some additional height spread east.
September 3, 20204 yr 2 hours ago, NightNectar said: That does suck. Maybe they will do another tower? Would love to see some additional height spread east. I think an older article said something about it being replaced with a new tower, but not 100% sure.
September 3, 20204 yr 15 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: This was our chance to have a revolving restaurant. I miss the Christopher Inn now(and it's never implemented tower with that revolving restaurant on top)! We need a rotating restaurant on a stick!-Being on a stick... I think the Ohio State Fair would be a good place. It could be erected just for the fair and all and then taken down..right?
September 14, 20204 yr The Morgan at Ohio and Oak (Sun. 9-13-20) The Elliot (Linwood between Oak and Franklin) The Adelphi Quarter
September 16, 20204 yr Work Underway on Four-Story Building on Near East Side Construction crews are busy at 1001 Atcheson St. on the Near East Side, where an 80-unit apartment building is on track to open by next fall. The four-story building is a project of the Woda Cooper Companies (formerly the Woda Group), a Columbus-based developer of affordable housing. To be known as Atcheson Street Lofts, the project is being characterized as workforce housing, or housing that is geared toward middle-income families and located close to job centers. The building will hold 12 one-bedroom and 68 two-bedroom apartments, which will be affordable for renters making up to 80% of the area median income. It will have 74 parking spaces. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/work-underway-on-four-story-building-on-near-east-side-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 16, 20204 yr ^^ This is a good location for this type of infill. And God knows we need every bit of affordable/workforce housing we can get. It looks like it is located near a number of things including a pharmacy, several restaurants and other service oriented businesses, and what looks to be a sort of convenience store. per the CU article: Quote The previous owner of the site was a company affiliated with Yhezkel Levi, who has extensive holdings in the neighborhood, i Is this guy good at getting things done? The article mentioned the area has been a field for years. Is he getting things done with these holdings or what? Just curious here.
September 17, 20204 yr 17 hours ago, Toddguy said: ^^ This is a good location for this type of infill. And God knows we need every bit of affordable/workforce housing we can get. It looks like it is located near a number of things including a pharmacy, several restaurants and other service oriented businesses, and what looks to be a sort of convenience store. per the CU article: Is this guy good at getting things done? The article mentioned the area has been a field for years. Is he getting things done with these holdings or what? Just curious here. I believe that’s the Lev’s Pawn Shop guy, didn’t realize he owned properties in OTE too.
September 17, 20204 yr 4 hours ago, wpcc88 said: I believe that’s the Lev’s Pawn Shop guy, didn’t realize he owned properties in OTE too. He also owns the former Bellows school in Franklinton that recently was struck by lightning. Has he had these properties for very long and is he able to successfully move forward on them? Seems like that pawn shop and that school have been "proposed for development" for quite a long time and he did not develop this site either but sold it instead.
October 19, 20204 yr The Adelphi Quarter (Sat. Oct. 17, 2020) Atcheson Street Lofts Poindexter Village at Winner Avenue Infill Housing on Oak Street The Elliot on Linwood Avenue
November 2, 20204 yr On 8/30/2019 at 11:49 PM, ColDayMan said: Apartments Proposed for East Broad Street A new proposal calls for a four-story, 67-unit apartment building at 750 E. Broad St., just east of Downtown. The Near East Side Area Commission will get its first chance to weigh in on the project on September 17, when it is scheduled to be presented to the group’s zoning committee. Local firm Arch City Development is behind the proposed building, which would replace a three-story building on the site that has mostly held medical offices since it was built in 1987. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/apartments-proposed-for-east-broad-street-bw1 It looks like this is starting:
November 2, 20204 yr 47 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: It looks like this is starting: This will be a huge improvement over what’s there. Cannot wait to see it finished.
November 9, 20204 yr 750 East Broad apartment building (Sat. 11-7-20) CMHA Scholar House III The Adelphi Quarter Renovation on Long between Miami and 20th Edited November 9, 20204 yr by NorthShore647
November 9, 20204 yr Contentious Olde Towne East Project Moving Forward Despite concerns expressed by some neighbors about its height and density, a development proposal in the heart of Olde Towne East has received a vote of approval from the Near East Area Commission and will now move on to the city’s Development Commission. The proposal calls for a five-story building at the northeast corner of 18th and Oak streets (the fifth story is set back from the street). Similar in scale to what was originally brought before the commission in January, the building will contain 122 apartments and 2,750 square feet of ground floor retail space. A total of 282 parking spaces – divided between surface lots and an internal parking garage – will be provided for the project. The next step after the Development Commission, which is scheduled for November 12, is City Council. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/contentious-olde-towne-east-project-moving-forward-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 9, 20204 yr ^^ Good! It looks fine and I was just looking at this on CU and saw the hysterical person commenting on the original thread there about it. Glad that it is moving forward. Too bad the retail part was cut in half but oh well.
November 9, 20204 yr 4 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Contentious Olde Towne East Project Moving Forward Despite concerns expressed by some neighbors about its height and density, a development proposal in the heart of Olde Towne East has received a vote of approval from the Near East Area Commission and will now move on to the city’s Development Commission. The proposal calls for a five-story building at the northeast corner of 18th and Oak streets (the fifth story is set back from the street). Similar in scale to what was originally brought before the commission in January, the building will contain 122 apartments and 2,750 square feet of ground floor retail space. A total of 282 parking spaces – divided between surface lots and an internal parking garage – will be provided for the project. The next step after the Development Commission, which is scheduled for November 12, is City Council. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/contentious-olde-towne-east-project-moving-forward-bw1 Really happy to see this project moving forward in its current proposed state. It will really complete the intersection of Oak & 18th, which is, in my opinion, the nucleus of OTE. I really like the organic way the neighborhood has been improving, but these larger scale developments are definitely welcome. 2 hours ago, Toddguy said: Too bad the retail part was cut in half but oh well. Yeah, that seems really short-sighted given the momentum and prominence of that intersection. But as mentioned, still glad to see this development approved.
November 9, 20204 yr 3 hours ago, Toddguy said: ^^ Good! It looks fine and I was just looking at this on CU and saw the hysterical person commenting on the original thread there about it. Glad that it is moving forward. Too bad the retail part was cut in half but oh well. Guess it could be possible that it could be added if ever needed, but not sure how that works.
November 10, 20204 yr 2 hours ago, VintageLife said: Guess it could be possible that it could be added if ever needed, but not sure how that works. Well I don't know but this kind of development is exactly what is needed in these larger parcels available in OTE, KLB, etc. Where they have the land they need to go fairly dense. It will be alright for the neighborhoods as there are not enough large tracts available for these larger projects to overtake the feel of the neighborhoods too much. The rest will be smaller infill stuff. It adds units which will help keep people from getting gentrified out, or provide units where there simply aren't any available(like in the Shumacher Place/Giant Eagle site). It is a good thing that we are seeing development on all sides out of downtown, and not just between downtown and OSU. Whether these residents realize it or not, more residents will actually allow retail to be more likely to remain open and available within walking distance, and they will get used to the changes-it won't be as bad as they think. I am sure if they need some more retail they can probably add some somewhere nearby-that is part of the appeal of the area-there are corridors nearby that can accommodate additional retail if needed because the area is older and has a more diverse land use pattern. I am sure the 200 plus residents coming will help the businesses already at that corner-it will help that little "node" there. It also looks like a decent design with decent materials. I am glad these developers are proposing "relatively" dense projects all around the neighborhoods outside of downtown and seem to not be backing down so much. I am glad it is just not Weinland Park/Short North that are getting pretty decent sized proposals. *keeping my fingers crossed for the Scioto Peninsula and East Franklinton* The city is not perfect but I am so proud of how far it has come and how it just continues to slowly progress-slowly but steadily it is moving in the right direction...and I am one of the few on here born and raised in Cbus to have seen over a half century of it. If y'all could only go back to the early 70's and compare then to now! Edited November 10, 20204 yr by Toddguy
November 10, 20204 yr ^I like your analysis of the development trends in neighborhoods with a mostly-intact housing stock (such as OTE, Old Oaks, even GV) compared to placed like Franklinton and the Scioto Peninsula, where it's more of a blank slate. That being said, I've always wished for East Broad St. to have multiple midrises from 71 split to Franklin Park. There are already 4 older "towers" along that stretch (Cambridge Arms, the Broadwin, Royal York, and Park Towers). It would be great to have some more taller buildings on the empty or dilapidated plots along the thoroughfare.
November 10, 20204 yr 44 minutes ago, CMHOhio said: ^I like your analysis of the development trends in neighborhoods with a mostly-intact housing stock (such as OTE, Old Oaks, even GV) compared to placed like Franklinton and the Scioto Peninsula, where it's more of a blank slate. That being said, I've always wished for East Broad St. to have multiple midrises from 71 split to Franklin Park. There are already 4 older "towers" along that stretch (Cambridge Arms, the Broadwin, Royal York, and Park Towers). It would be great to have some more taller buildings on the empty or dilapidated plots along the thoroughfare. Honestly when I was about to submit my post I was looking at google earth on that very area north of this site along Broad and thought the same thing. I thought the same thing when I saw the Broadwin especially. I always liked that there were these highrise apartments out East Broad to Franklin Park and I agree that the whole stretch could use an upgrade and retail along Broad could also benefit from infill to the north and the south. And again this infill and new building would be primarily on empty or dilapidated lots so as not to force current residents out. They could also include some new workforce units and all as well. This could be a chance to have a truly integrated neighborhood-there are not enough in Cbus. Just like High has been rehabbed toward OSU, Broad could have at least something similar(if not as intense)out to Bexley. A neighborhood with a mix of incomes, races, ethnicities, etc. would be so good for the city. And if this succeeds it could move south toward Main-again with infill and not wholesale displacement. Building up these corridors will also help with mass transit usage. There is so much potential in these areas. One can hope at least.
November 10, 20204 yr I walked around OTE last week to get some pictures, and I was really shocked by how nice of a neighborhood it was! For a place that I've heard used to be pretty bad, it was surprisingly pleasant with great architecture and nice businesses along Parsons and Oak. I think one thing that surprises me about Columbus is that, compared to Northeast Ohio, most of the historic neighborhoods of Columbus seem to be in really good shape or are in the process of being revitalized quickly, like Old Town East
November 10, 20204 yr Don't remember seeing this being posted anywhere. Danja Yoga, a new yoga studio, is coming to Olde Towne East on Oak Street. This will be the first retail spot filled in The Gemma building and the only yoga studio in the neighborhood. https://www.columbusunderground.com/danja-yoga-to-open-in-olde-towne-east-na1
November 20, 20204 yr Columbus City Council to decide fate of contentious Olde Towne East project A mixed-use development proposed for the middle of Olde Towne East will go to Columbus City Council for a deciding vote. The plan for the four-story Oak & 18th development calls for 122 residential units and 3,000 square feet of commercial space at 80 S. 18th St. Columbus-based Metropolitan Holdings is developing the project, which has this year drawn dozens of responses for and against its construction. The Columbus Development Commission has approved a request for a rezoning of the 2.3-acre property, weighing the plan against concerns about parking and traffic impact to the neighborhood. The Near East Area Commission had previously deliberated on the project, and ultimately recommended approval 8-6. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/11/19/contentious-olde-towne-east-project.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 2, 20214 yr On 11/19/2020 at 8:36 PM, ColDayMan said: Columbus City Council to decide fate of contentious Olde Towne East project A mixed-use development proposed for the middle of Olde Towne East will go to Columbus City Council for a deciding vote. The plan for the four-story Oak & 18th development calls for 122 residential units and 3,000 square feet of commercial space at 80 S. 18th St. Columbus-based Metropolitan Holdings is developing the project, which has this year drawn dozens of responses for and against its construction. The Columbus Development Commission has approved a request for a rezoning of the 2.3-acre property, weighing the plan against concerns about parking and traffic impact to the neighborhood. The Near East Area Commission had previously deliberated on the project, and ultimately recommended approval 8-6. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/11/19/contentious-olde-towne-east-project.html Interesting article from the Dispatch about something related to this development. Apparently, two longtime members of the Near East Area Commission lost re-election to the commission in part because they voted in favor of this project: https://www.thisweeknews.com/story/news/local/2020/12/31/near-east-area-commission-election-shows-development-big-issue/4074264001/
January 2, 20214 yr It's uncanny how every single one of these stories has at least one person being quoted as saying something along the lines of "I'm not against development, but..." while being interviewed in a story in which they're leading anti-development efforts. Their objections are so misguided. If they're worried about residents being priced out of their improving neighborhoods, the solution is not to force improvements and new projects to halt, but rather to advocate for tougher mandates on affordable housing within larger developments, along with greater density across the board. These people, in effect, are keeping their neighborhoods stagnant while contributing to the causes behind the rising housing costs that price out lower income residents. Their arguments are maddening.
January 11, 20214 yr The Adelphi Quarter (Sat. 1-9-21) CMHA Scholar House III 750 East Broad apartment building The Elliot on Linwood Avenue Eye Homes new 6-unit condominium building at Oak and Wilson The Morgan on the NE corner Oak and Ohio Future site of next phase of The Morgan development at the NW corner
February 2, 20214 yr Location of former Poindexter Village public housing in Columbus might be designated as an Ohio historic site MARK FERENCHIK | THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A bill that would designate the former Poindexter Village housing project as a state historic site is being introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the Near East Side development in 1940, one of the first public housing projects in the country. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/02/02/poindexter-village-depression-era-public-housing-columbus-ohio-historic-site-bill-statehouse/4337187001/
March 4, 20214 yr The Adelphi Quarter (Wed. 3-3-21) 750 East Broad apartment building Edited March 4, 20214 yr by NorthShore647
March 18, 20214 yr Mixed-income development planned for unique Near East Side property "This is a very uniquely-shaped property, I think it looks like a duck." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/03/17/mixed-income-development-planned-near-innerbelt.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 18, 20214 yr Kinda surprised this hasn't been touched on yet, but there is a plan to demolish the former Save-A-Lot on East Main St. and build a new, 4-story apartment building: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/03/15/developer-wants-apartments-near-east-side-save-a-lot-grocery-site/6936234002/ I remember when the Save-A-Lot first opened to lots of fanfare 13 years ago. It helped fill in the food desert in this part of the Near East Side for over a decade; it's a shame it closed last year. That being said, a new apartment building on this site could be a nice shot in the arm to that part of East Main St. The article points to increased interest in the area due to Nationwide Children's continued expansion, something we've been seeing in nearby Old Oaks.
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