September 24, 20195 yr 18 minutes ago, Zyrokai said: And now it seems like it never will. Why do you think it never will? It's still a pretty prime spot for development, no?
September 24, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Why do you think it never will? It's still a pretty prime spot for development, no? I guess because they're trying to renovate the iPhone building? Wouldn't that mean there are no plans to do anything with this whole block? Edited September 24, 20195 yr by Zyrokai
September 24, 20195 yr More details today regarding 15 W Cherry St. The building is receiving a $3 Million interior/exterior renovation. - RiverWest (small developer) taking up portion of office space once renovated - Ground floor will be opened up with glass garage doors and windows punched out for retail/restaurant visibility - Renovations will open up floor plates for creative office space and expose rafters/steel - Exterior will be updated with new steel panel facade in a dark gray color - Ad murals will remain but additional art murals being added to other faces of structure - Building will get a rooftop patio for tenant use
September 24, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, Zyrokai said: I guess because they're trying to renovate the iPhone building? Wouldn't that mean there are no plans to do anything with this whole block? Possibly. I don't know. I do know that they plan to put a cap over 70 heading into the Brewery District within the next few years as part of the 70/71 work. I would imagine any open lot fronting High St would be pretty valuable to develop. I'm no development expert by any means, though.
September 24, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Possibly. I don't know. I do know that they plan to put a cap over 70 heading into the Brewery District within the next few years as part of the 70/71 work. I would imagine any open lot fronting High St would be pretty valuable to develop. I'm no development expert by any means, though. I'm actually assuming that they own the whole block, lol. That's probably not true, right?
September 24, 20195 yr 3 minutes ago, Zyrokai said: I'm actually assuming that they own the whole block, lol. That's probably not true, right? They do not, actually the 15 W Cherry St owners only own that specific building. The parcel between High and 15 W Cherry is owned by Capitol South, while the entire southern portion of the block (including Main Bar) is owned by Main & High Cousins Holdings.
September 24, 20195 yr Vacant RiverSouth building set to transform into retail, creative office space A downtown building will find new uses as an office-focused structure. The four-story 15 W. Cherry St. will undergo a $3 million renovation. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/09/24/vacant-riversouth-building-set-to-transform-into.html Da fuq? "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 24, 20195 yr 25 minutes ago, Imwalle said: I love that they hid the Main Bar behind a tree in that rendering. According to Street View, there actually is a tree in that location although the real tree is considerably smaller. It also looks like a Tree-of-Heaven, a junk tree.
September 24, 20195 yr What a sad little box that will probably keep something bigger and better from happening on the quarter block. Love the little da fuq? thing! lol
September 24, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, Pablo said: According to Street View, there actually is a tree in that location although the real tree is considerably smaller. It also looks like a Tree-of-Heaven, a junk tree. For 30 years I've been calling that tree the Akron palm.
September 24, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, Toddguy said: What a sad little box that will probably keep something bigger and better from happening on the quarter block. Love the little da fuq? thing! lol Build around it. Not every block needs to be an impersonal monolithic structure.
September 25, 20195 yr 12 hours ago, surfohio said: Build around it. Not every block needs to be an impersonal monolithic structure. Right, because something bigger and better is automatically an impersonal monolithic structure, lol. Look at the box- I think that would qualify as the impersonal monolithic structure already present. To each their own I guess.
September 25, 20195 yr I'm with @surfohio on this one, I really have no issue with developers having to get a bit creative. Not every block needs to be one large super block development, if the value is there, a developer will find a way to make going around other structures work. Anyway, yes to each their own but I don't mind little rehabs like this, they add a little quirk and a little life to what is literally nothing right now.
September 25, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, DevolsDance said: I'm with @surfohio on this one, I really have no issue with developers having to get a bit creative. Not every block needs to be one large super block development, if the value is there, a developer will find a way to make going around other structures work. Anyway, yes to each their own but I don't mind little rehabs like this, they add a little quirk and a little life to what is literally nothing right now. Yep, and honestly, we've seen what happens when developers have too much space to work with. We get disappointing, low-rise development like HighPoint and that cheap looking thing at Gay and High. It's not like having more space means we're going to get a bigger development. And really, a renovation of this building doesn't really mean it can't come down at some point in the future.
September 25, 20195 yr Well Maybe y'all are right and something good can still come from the rest of the quarter block. I will say that this box is at least not fronting the streets but instead the alleys..and yeah this does not mean it will be there forever. I just think this corner would be so good for something with some decent height(and good design and street level presence). Who knows, it may still happen. Edited September 25, 20195 yr by Toddguy
September 25, 20195 yr Additional images regarding the ever controversial box rehab that is 15 W Cherry St.
September 25, 20195 yr Renovation Planned for Downtown Building A renovation is planned for 15 W. Cherry St., a former shoe warehouse that also once held the Nest Theatre and Art of Yoga. The four-story, cinderblock building will get a new paint job, a rooftop patio and updates to the entryway. A former loading dock area will be replaced with storefront windows, and a glass garage door will be installed for a potential restaurant or bar user. The new owner of the building, local developer RiverWest Partners, will also be the first tenant. The 15-person firm is moving its headquarters from Franklinton and plans to occupy one of the building’s upper floors. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/renovation-planned-for-downtown-building-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 4, 20195 yr I like the little 'boop' of a building that the old building has become. They could do something similar with the Main Bar and it would be just fine. There also appears to be a good canvas for a mural on the blank wall.
October 4, 20195 yr 23 hours ago, cbussoccer said: Here's a good view of the River South District from above. That darn city center garage. It's a perfect spot for a RFP to develop on top, update the facade etc. Some green space that lines up with the commons with apartments and/or offices above. Time to think outside and above the box. Some of our peers have been doing similar projects on top of existing garages.
October 4, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, DTCL11 said: That darn city center garage. It's a perfect spot for a RFP to develop on top, update the facade etc. Some green space that lines up with the commons with apartments and/or offices above. Time to think outside and above the box. Some of our peers have been doing similar projects on top of existing garages. That garage is the bane of my urban existence, I know it will never go away but that doesn't mean it can't be updated or developed more. It's just so bad.
October 4, 20195 yr ^I've always thought you could peel away the first structural bay along Rich and face it with another 250 S High. It's a shame the City is allowing a parking garage to dictate that Main and Rich remain one-way streets. Edited October 5, 20195 yr by Pablo Clarification
October 5, 20195 yr I personally would love to see the garage torn down, you could fit at least 5 LC Matan sized buildings there, restore the street grid, and build the same amount of parking spaces if you had to in underground garages or in well designed parking podiums. While you're at it bring in the Greyhound station as part of a larger overall redevelopment and make River South and the Red Brick District a continuous stretch of solid urbanity.
October 5, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, cityscapes said: I personally would love to see the garage torn down, you could fit at least 5 LC Matan sized buildings there, restore the street grid, and build the same amount of parking spaces if you had to in underground garages or in well designed parking podiums. While you're at it bring in the Greyhound station as part of a larger overall redevelopment and make River South and the Red Brick District a continuous stretch of solid urbanity. That's alot of work and cost to just build more parking and bus resources. The garage is already built in park to handle COTA buses so in theory, converting more of it to be a station may be feasible. One side is already ground level retail which is kind of amazing given the age of it and the fact that we can't convince many new garage builders to do the same. I think pablo has a point about potentially peeling away the exterior for more of the street side experience improvement. But why knock down an exorbitantly expensive structure to rebuild exorbitantly expensive structure with the same purpose? Also, building more Matans on underground parking gets you more 5 story buildings. For those looking for some height, now you've got a few extra stories built in. I've seen prior discussion on restoring the street grid before but I'm not sure what would be achieved by restoring the street grid on this block. Other than alleys that would be non-navigable anyway and a pedestrian walkthrough, it wouldn't contribute to additional vibrancy if Rich, Mound, and Main are revamped appropriately. For me, while acknowledging the sadness that comes with being auto focused and the reality of the city we love in, it's about identifying a resource and using it in the most cost effective and creative way without being overly wasteful while maintaining its usefulness to the surrounding area. By maintaining much if its use, it can potentially reduce pressure on surrounding developments to include parking and allow more flexibility for buildings in the surrounding blocks without having to add the cost of also building garages into their buildings on Main Rich or Mound if it was Lost.
October 15, 20195 yr Has this "mini" Millenial Tower ever been brought up? It's on Elford's website. I've never heard anything about it. http://elfordrealty.com/property-search/?propertyId=416888-lease Edited October 15, 20195 yr by TH3BUDDHA
October 15, 20195 yr 4 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Has this "mini" Millenial Tower ever been brought up? It's on Elford's website. I've never heard anything about it. http://elfordrealty.com/property-search/?propertyId=416888-lease It's on the Millennial Tower thread which was moved to "Abondoned Projects". It was just brought up the other day.
October 22, 20195 yr So, um, that weird box building we all hate? It's becoming Preston's. https://www.columbusunderground.com/popular-burger-joint-setting-up-downtown-sp1
October 29, 20195 yr This sign went up on the corner of High and Main last week, in the parking lot of the Main Bar.
October 29, 20195 yr Also, looks like the elevator cores are about finished for High and Cherry. Wasn't this originally supposed to match the height of the LC building next door? They're now missing out on some prime window space
October 29, 20195 yr 19 minutes ago, Imwalle said: Also, looks like the elevator cores are about finished for High and Cherry. Wasn't this originally supposed to match the height of the LC building next door? They're now missing out on some prime window space I believe that is the one that was supposed to be 11 floors and then got cut. And yeah, that blank wall will show(but maybe it would be a prime space for a mural/art-trying not to be accused of being a downer and all lol.) There was major disappointment at the reduction.
October 29, 20195 yr ^^^Yep. The reduction should never have been allowed considering LC built their building accordingly. Such crap.
October 30, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, Zyrokai said: ^^^Yep. The reduction should never have been allowed considering LC built their building accordingly. Such crap. I wrote an article about this development and how terrible it is, and the CEO of Crawford Hoying was not pleased.
October 30, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, jonoh81 said: I wrote an article about this development and how terrible it is, and the CEO of Crawford Hoying was not pleased. Ha, well maybe if they weren't building such a trash project they wouldn't be subject to such scrutiny. Honestly, thank you! More developers need called out for the bs they pull in this city, they throw up half-baked projects or cheap out in the end and just expect us to be happy with what we get. The Crawford Hoying project is the perfect example of a bait-and-switch, and one the commission should have NEVER allowed. Now, regarding the article (guessing it was either Columbus Navigator or your blog), can you please spill what Crawford Hoying said? For what they did to us, we absolutely would love to hear about their temper tantrum after calling out their crap. Many thanks. Edited October 30, 20195 yr by DevolsDance
October 30, 20195 yr 1 hour ago, jonoh81 said: I wrote an article about this development and how terrible it is, and the CEO of Crawford Hoying was not pleased. Hahaha...good! Did you write one about the Nicholas and send that to Edwards? That was such a prime location! Just like I feel that Main and HIgh is such a prime location. Also the one parcel fronting Bicentennial Park needs something big-and not just a six floor match to what is next door-that parcel was supposed to be the second phase of that and be a highrise, and it still needs to be that IMO. *six floors along High street downtown is an abomination and totally out of sync with the city plans for height along High(among other areas). Edited October 30, 20195 yr by Toddguy
October 30, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, jonoh81 said: I wrote an article about this development and how terrible it is, and the CEO of Crawford Hoying was not pleased. Link please. Would love to read it. Thanks.
October 30, 20195 yr 9 hours ago, jeremyck01 said: Link please. Would love to read it. Thanks. https://www.columbusnavigator.com/creeping-suburbia-the-downtown-mediocrity-beat-goes-on/
October 30, 20195 yr 12 hours ago, DevolsDance said: Ha, well maybe if they weren't building such a trash project they wouldn't be subject to such scrutiny. Honestly, thank you! More developers need called out for the bs they pull in this city, they throw up half-baked projects or cheap out in the end and just expect us to be happy with what we get. The Crawford Hoying project is the perfect example of a bait-and-switch, and one the commission should have NEVER allowed. Now, regarding the article (guessing it was either Columbus Navigator or your blog), can you please spill what Crawford Hoying said? For what they did to us, we absolutely would love to hear about their temper tantrum after calling out their crap. Many thanks. I just got an email from the owner of the site saying that the CEO had contacted him angrily demanding my personal contact information. He was (politely) told to get lost.
October 30, 20195 yr 12 hours ago, Toddguy said: Hahaha...good! Did you write one about the Nicholas and send that to Edwards? That was such a prime location! Just like I feel that Main and HIgh is such a prime location. Also the one parcel fronting Bicentennial Park needs something big-and not just a six floor match to what is next door-that parcel was supposed to be the second phase of that and be a highrise, and it still needs to be that IMO. *six floors along High street downtown is an abomination and totally out of sync with the city plans for height along High(among other areas). I haven't written specifically about the Nicholas, but I have mentioned it. The C-H project was the basis for saying that Downtown is being shortchanged on development. Edited October 30, 20195 yr by jonoh81
October 30, 20195 yr 58 minutes ago, Zyrokai said: Great article. How exactly did the CEO of C-H respond? That's basically all I know.
October 31, 20195 yr Yeah the High and Cherry project is very upsetting. The commission should have held them to their word.
November 12, 20195 yr Design of Downtown Building Doesn’t Match Plans Approved by Commission https://www.columbusunderground.com/design-of-building-downtown-doesnt-match-plans-approved-by-commission-bw1 Quote The issue was first brought to the attention of the commission during its September meeting, when the city’s Urban Design Manager, Daniel Thomas, explained that a 311 complaint had been lodged noting discrepancies between the approved design and what was being built. Which one of you knuckleheads called in the 311 complaint? ?
November 12, 20195 yr 11 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: Design of Downtown Building Doesn’t Match Plans Approved by Commission ... Which one of you knuckleheads called in the 311 complaint? ? It was not I, but whoever it was, thank you. It's really an interesting situation because I have no clue what the city really can do to rectify the situation (a similar thing happened with Casto fon Highline at 9) aside from a fine that ultimately does nothing considering we're still stuck with a bad building for decades. I hope the city/commissions have some way to force a fix of this, however based on the article it sounds like they don't. It blows my mind that the LC has continued to find ways to value engineer the crap out of what started out as such amazing proposals/projects.
November 12, 20195 yr I'd have to see a detailed side by side (which would have been helpful to include in the article rather than the original watercolor rendering) but I'm not sure the difference is worth getting upset over. The previous material change moreso perhaps but Arched vs right angle etc, maybe not so much. Ultimately it seems the city is at fault but the developer is taking the heat for it. Glad to see some great investigative and breaking reporting from CU on something that wasn't already printed days earlier somewhere else (to my knowledge) way to go guys! ? Quote The developer did bring those changes to the city, and even marked them (as required), on drawings submitted to the Department of Building and Zoning Services. Those marked drawings should have been forwarded along to the city’s Planning Division, which administers the Downtown Commission. They never were, so the new plans were approved by the building department without ever going before the commission. The end result is that the building going up now does not match the design that the commission voted to approve. A city spokesperson declined to get into specifics about who was ultimately to blame for this discrepancy, but did say that the city is “in the process of notifying the developer that the building is out of compliance with the [Certificate of Appropriateness] and that they will have to return to the Downtown Commission to rectify the situation.” Edited November 12, 20195 yr by DTCL11
November 13, 20195 yr 12 hours ago, cbussoccer said: Design of Downtown Building Doesn’t Match Plans Approved by Commission https://www.columbusunderground.com/design-of-building-downtown-doesnt-match-plans-approved-by-commission-bw1 Which one of you knuckleheads called in the 311 complaint? ? It was me, I reported it after posting my comment on the previous page of this thread. I'm so sick of the lack of accountability in Columbus and the City needs to do better ensuring these projects match the architectural approval, otherwise what's the point of taking up city staff, commissioner, and development team time reviewing all of this only to put blinders on and let them to go and build something else. This isn't the first building to do it, but I thought if I pick something that gets some negative publicity it might push them to make some changes to prevent it from happening again and we'd start getting projects actually match the approved drawings and renderings like in literally every other city the size of Columbus. The residents truly deserve better governance and oversight from the city. I also reported the damn cornice on the Brunner building around the same time and hopefully that's what got them into high gear installing the thing A YEAR after the building was "finished".
November 13, 20195 yr Omg. You're an American hero. Thank you for doing what I'm too afraid to do, lol.
December 20, 20195 yr "He also said that the company believes that the initial 311 complaint was made by a disgruntled former employee." - Ha! https://www.columbusunderground.com/more-discrepancies-found-between-finished-buildings-and-approved-plans-bw1
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