1 hour ago, DTCL11 said:

Love the objectivity of 'shouldn't overpower the buildings surrounding it'  /s

 

And this unfortunately won't be one the developers can take to the city since it appears that the city is already pointing out they are outside the Short North Plan.

 

You'd think that something for so much good could get variances... like the Bollinger that stood out for all those years. 

 

Bollinger Tower was built before there were tons of Karens in the neighborhood, and they were probably just happy to have any development there at all. It's probably why it's so much easier to build in Franklinton. They love the attention and finally seeing a positive trajectory in the neighborhood, but sooner or later, the neighborhood commission will also gentrify hard and we'll be seeing the same BS. 

There also used to be large 10+ story public housing towers along Summit between 1st and 2nd which were torn down in the early 00s

I like the massing of Parkside on Pearl. It fills the space nicely. I'm looking forward to more infill just off of High - like the proposed building on W. Hubbard.
 

13 minutes ago, Pablo said:

I like the massing of Parkside on Pearl. It fills the space nicely. I'm looking forward to more infill just off of High - like the proposed building on W. Hubbard.
 

Agree, it looks really good from high st when you look back there. Would love to see the addition actually happen in Union, just to get a bit more height in the area. 

Here’s a shot I took a last week looking north from Buttles. Parkside was just beginning to peek over the Graduate. 
 

The Garden tower is back again this month. Looks like very little was changed. Mostly some tweaks to the front entry. And there’s a rendering of the back parking/plaza. 
 

 

 

And a proposal to redo the Mikey’s plaza on High:

 

1 minute ago, amped91 said:

The Garden tower is back again this month. Looks like very little was changed. Mostly some tweaks to the front entry. And there’s a rendering of the back parking/plaza. 
 

 

 

And a proposal to redo the Mikey’s plaza on High:

 

I love that they haven’t backed down, and hopefully they just wear out the commission members who are opposed to the height. 

1 minute ago, VintageLife said:

I love that they haven’t backed down, and hopefully they just wear out the commission members who are opposed to the height. 

Yeah, it looks like the developer is unwilling to back down on the height, which I’m all for

I wish all developers did that in Columbus.

 

They also should push back for the funky angled front sections(I typed "sextions" lol...but they do make it kind of sexy!lol ).  This and Franklinton are exactly where we should have some funky "extra" stuff-the place will be full of and surrounded by us gays for the love of all that is holy!  The building should be funky, different, and cool, not some boring box.  This commission is guilty of attempted LGBTQI+ erasure!  Escandaloso!

I still don't see how saving one story of multi-colored tiles is worth bothering to do. I say this as someone who loves history and wishes we had more historic buildings left or at least remnants of them.  This just looks like they saved the wall of some old bathroom. Hope the developer just skips the neighborhood commission after this round if not approved. 

Update on the Greenhouse development. Looks like the front half of the building is up to two stories now and rising. 

I forget. Is this supposed to top out at 7?

54 minutes ago, amped91 said:

I forget. Is this supposed to top out at 7?

Yeah it’ll top at 7 stories. 

Now we need to redevelop all that strip mall and in front. 

17 hours ago, jonoh81 said:

Now we need to redevelop all that strip mall and in front. 

That corner strip mall is presently owned by Wood Companies, is it not? I thought they had floated redevelopment of the parcel once other projects in the area were completed. Maybe it's getting around that time for them to put a serious proposal together?

Was there also a rumor about Salon Lofts having a pretty iron clad lease that prevented more timely redevelopment? There was thoughts that once the lofts at the Hub opened, they'd wind down Price but that hasn't been the case. They clearly meet demand enough that Salon Lofts may not give up the location easily if they can. 

34 minutes ago, CMHOhio said:

That corner strip mall is presently owned by Wood Companies, is it not? I thought they had floated redevelopment of the parcel once other projects in the area were completed. Maybe it's getting around that time for them to put a serious proposal together?

I’d love to hear more about it. It’s not a huge lot, so hopefully they would go taller with it too. Perhaps a twin to the proposed Hubbard tower??

 

I wonder if Wood has enough vacant retail on High to accommodate a move for Salon Lofts? Although I could see SL throwing a fit about losing the front parking too. 

I think wood will be pretty tied up for the next few years anyway, but we still might see a proposal for this site sooner than we will its eventual construction

 

They've only now got Parkside on Pearl well underway (proposed 2015?)  and the 12 (?) story proposal across Hubbard is probably next in the queue 

 

Edited March 5, 20232 yr by NW24HX

37 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

I think wood will be pretty tied up for the next few years anyway, but we still might see a proposal for this site sooner than we will its eventual construction

 

They've only now got Parkside on Pearl well underway (proposed 2015?)  and the 12 (?) story proposal across Hubbard is probably next in the queue 

 

Plus the redev. of the old Monarch Lounge building (which I’d love to see some action on, but assume they’re waiting on a tenant first).

I'm going to take a contrarian opinion and say I don't think the little strip mall is that bad. It's full of businesses and 

is one of those things to me that is good in small doses, adds a little uniqueness. You can only take so many 5 over 1 fiber cement board clad boxes with quirky fenestration. 

Edited March 5, 20232 yr by 17thState
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33 minutes ago, 17thState said:

 You can only take so many 5 over 1 fiber cement board clad boxes with quirky fenestration. 

 

The good thing is Wood doesn't do any of those so anything they build it going to be neighborhood appropriate. If they dont go for a showpiece, they will mirror the Northern half of the block that Wood built. 

1 hour ago, DTCL11 said:

 

The good thing is Wood doesn't do any of those so anything they build it going to be neighborhood appropriate. If they dont go for a showpiece, they will mirror the Northern half of the block that Wood built. 

 

Wood is the highest quality developer in the city IMO

 

My personal rank for quality of design/construction would be Wood, NRI, Pizzuti, Kaufman, ... everybody else lol

 

Edwards would be in there too if they were somewhat more consistent ... Are we going to get Neighborhood Launch (amazing) or Highline on 9 (barf)? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

A (dis)honorable mention for worst developer I would give to Carter - responsible for inflicting HighPoint on the world, but thankfully it seems like they were a one and done for our market

 

I think we all understandably get caught up in wanting things to be bigger and bolder, but when you look at it overall especially compared to some peer cities I think we're really lucky to have a high number of high quality developers working in our urban neighborhoods

 

Edited March 5, 20232 yr by NW24HX

I know this is not exactly development  development news but whatever happened to that wood fired restaurant wood company was supposed to open. I can’t for the life of me remember the name. 

9 minutes ago, 614love said:

I know this is not exactly development  development news but whatever happened to that wood fired restaurant wood company was supposed to open. I can’t for the life of me remember the name. 

I had to look up the name. “Hiraeth.” From Chef BJ Lieberman. I remember reading something recently saying it was still coming, but I can’t remember where. And I never go by the location to see if there’s been any activity

41 minutes ago, 614love said:

I know this is not exactly development  development news but whatever happened to that wood fired restaurant wood company was supposed to open. I can’t for the life of me remember the name. 

It looks like it is still working through permits according to the permit portal. 
 

 

Speaking of wood I feel like we might see a proposal for the surface parking lot behind the carriage trade building come next 

9 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

Speaking of wood I feel like we might see a proposal for the surface parking lot behind the carriage trade building come next 

Which building is that, I can’t seem to place it…

27 minutes ago, wpcc88 said:

Which building is that, I can’t seem to place it…

 

The building home to Brassica, El Segundo, etc, next to Monarch

 

Its surface lot is pretty big, you could fit another Parkside on Pearl right there 

8 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

 

The building home to Brassica, El Segundo, etc, next to Monarch

 

Its surface lot is pretty big, you could fit another Parkside on Pearl right there 

That is a large parking lot, the one behind Happy Greek is a good size and would be great for another build. 

13 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

 

The building home to Brassica, El Segundo, etc, next to Monarch

 

Its surface lot is pretty big, you could fit another Parkside on Pearl right there 

I’d never paid attention to that lot before. It really could support a decent sized build. I think we could really start to see a decent amount of side street activity—like we were discussing before—around Pearl and Lincoln, if those lots are developed. 
 

You have some inside intel, or making a guess here? 🧐 

I'm not sure. If there was plans to, you'd think it would be part of the Overall Monarch Project. 

 

They could rework the whole plan for something bigger but not sure what their appetite is for it. 

 

The two buildings in the back are bastardized houses (based on the rooflines) and I would argue non-contributing so in theory, Wood could have half a block for something special. But I wonder if they would have concerns over some of the impact on the tenants. 

 

 

 

It's funny we are talking about infill like this because I'm working on an Old North post about the insane opportunities for more infill like the View on Pavey throughout that part of town. Might take a few days but it's quite a bit 

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by DTCL11

That lot supports the apartments above those businesses more than the businesses themselves. Had a friend who lived there but has since moved, know he parked in that lot which would mean you would have 0 spots for two buildings. Not sure underground could work here either because of the existing building and its infrastructure, could be wrong though.

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by wpcc88
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9 hours ago, wpcc88 said:

That lot supports the apartments above those businesses more than the businesses themselves. Had a friend who lived there but has since moved, know he parked in that lot which would mean you would have 0 spots for two buildings. Not sure underground could work here either because of the existing building and its infrastructure, could be wrong though.

 

The completion of wood's new parking garage at Lincoln and Pearl imo changes the calculus. He can now easily switch the residential tenants to parking in the garage instead, which opens up the surface lot for development 

 

I've heard rumors but nothing concrete that this is in the works 

7 hours ago, NW24HX said:

 

The completion of wood's new parking garage at Lincoln and Pearl imo changes the calculus. He can now easily switch the residential tenants to parking in the garage instead, which opens up the surface lot for development 

 

I've heard rumors but nothing concrete that this is in the works 

That entire garage would have to be privatized then.

1 hour ago, wpcc88 said:

That entire garage would have to be privatized then.

 

Why?

 

It's a 244 space garage with only 125 reserved for public use. It provides employee parking for office tenants at wood's 711 N High, who would not be parked there overnight

 

I'm not sure how many apartments are in the carriage trade building, but its surface lot only has ~25 spaces. So, not a stretch by any means

 

Additionally, any redevelopment of the surface lot would likely include some additional parking as well. Parkside on Pearl includes ~46 spaces

 

Edited March 6, 20232 yr by NW24HX

27 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

 

Why?

 

It's a 244 space garage with only 125 reserved for public use. It provides employee parking for office tenants at wood's 711 N High, who would not be parked there overnight

 

I'm not sure how many apartments are in the carriage trade building, but its surface lot only has ~25 spaces. So, not a stretch by any means

 

Additionally, any redevelopment of the surface lot would likely include some additional parking as well. Parkside on Pearl includes ~46 spaces

 

I think the cost to put parking under a building on that lot makes it not likely. You have to deal with a 100+ y/o foundation and infrastructure on not a lot of space. 

 

Earlier today at Parkside on Pearl

 

 

 

 

Good!

 

$25M Short North tower lands Italian Village Commission OK

 

“The 10-story tower proposed for the site previously home to the Garden adult store and the neighboring Stonewall Columbus parking lot has landed a key sign-off. 

 

The project design was approved by the Italian Village Commission on Tuesday in a 4-2 vote. 

 

Garden Park, which would be located at 1174N. High St., is slated to include 60 units, with 20% being dedicated for LGBTQ+ seniors. The developers behind the $25 million project hope to break ground later this year.
 

Now that the developers have a certificate of appropriateness, they will need to bring the project before Columbus City Council, as well as apply for building permits.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/14/garden-park-apartments.html

 

1 hour ago, amped91 said:

Good!

 

$25M Short North tower lands Italian Village Commission OK

 

“The 10-story tower proposed for the site previously home to the Garden adult store and the neighboring Stonewall Columbus parking lot has landed a key sign-off. 

 

The project design was approved by the Italian Village Commission on Tuesday in a 4-2 vote. 

 

Garden Park, which would be located at 1174N. High St., is slated to include 60 units, with 20% being dedicated for LGBTQ+ seniors. The developers behind the $25 million project hope to break ground later this year.
 

Now that the developers have a certificate of appropriateness, they will need to bring the project before Columbus City Council, as well as apply for building permits.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/14/garden-park-apartments.html

I don’t see the city council denying this, so that’s awesome. 

Good news! I was expecting at least one more month of back and forth

13 minutes ago, NW24HX said:

Good news! I was expecting at least one more month of back and forth

So was I. And an eventual loss of at least a floor or two. 
 

Now I hope this project will set the stage for more height on this end of the SN. I could see 8-10 stories working on the city lot by Skully’s and the Family Dollar property, once those are eventually developed. 

Garden Park Building Gets Commission Approval
 

The 10-story Garden Park on High mixed-use development planned for The Short North got its stamp of approval from the Italian Village Commission this afternoon, allowing the project to take another step forward.

 

The building was first unveiled in January, and received some criticism from the commission. Some members of the review board took issue with overall height, lack of setback, and a desire for some form of historic preservation for the existing single story building at 1174 N. High Street.

 

While the building’s 10 story height remains unchanged, the front exterior of the building facing High Street steps back slightly, and the tile facade of the original building has been incorporated into the design of Garden Park. Additionally, a living green wall was added to the pedestrian experience at the ground floor of the building.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/garden-park-on-high-project-gets-approval-we1/

 

18 minutes ago, ColDayMan said:

Garden Park Building Gets Commission Approval
 

The 10-story Garden Park on High mixed-use development planned for The Short North got its stamp of approval from the Italian Village Commission this afternoon, allowing the project to take another step forward.

 

The building was first unveiled in January, and received some criticism from the commission. Some members of the review board took issue with overall height, lack of setback, and a desire for some form of historic preservation for the existing single story building at 1174 N. High Street.

 

While the building’s 10 story height remains unchanged, the front exterior of the building facing High Street steps back slightly, and the tile facade of the original building has been incorporated into the design of Garden Park. Additionally, a living green wall was added to the pedestrian experience at the ground floor of the building.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/garden-park-on-high-project-gets-approval-we1/

 

I really hope that mural is just a concept and not the final. 

Good for this building, although I still prefer the original design. 

1 hour ago, ColDayMan said:

Garden Park Building Gets Commission Approval
 

The 10-story Garden Park on High mixed-use development planned for The Short North got its stamp of approval from the Italian Village Commission this afternoon, allowing the project to take another step forward.

 

The building was first unveiled in January, and received some criticism from the commission. Some members of the review board took issue with overall height, lack of setback, and a desire for some form of historic preservation for the existing single story building at 1174 N. High Street.

 

While the building’s 10 story height remains unchanged, the front exterior of the building facing High Street steps back slightly, and the tile facade of the original building has been incorporated into the design of Garden Park. Additionally, a living green wall was added to the pedestrian experience at the ground floor of the building.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/garden-park-on-high-project-gets-approval-we1/

 

According to the CU article, the developer is hoping to start demolition as soon as next month and start building in early fall. I like how ambitious they are! Fingers crossed they can stick pretty close to that timeline. Can’t wait to see what other projects they may have cooking too. 

3 minutes ago, amped91 said:

According to the CU article, the developer is hoping to start demolition as soon as next month and start building in early fall. I like how ambitious they are! Fingers crossed they can stick pretty close to that timeline. Can’t wait to see what other projects they may have cooking too. 

This has to be one of the fastest building approvals in the short north, right? Crazy it was only proposed in January and demolition may start in April. 

3 hours ago, VintageLife said:

This has to be one of the fastest building approvals in the short north, right? Crazy it was only proposed in January and demolition may start in April. 

They must know something we don't. I sense more projects coming very soon from this developer.

I saw this while scrolling through the Columbus Reddit page. 

Here are the next steps for the proposed Garden Park apartments in the Short North

 

Developers are calling a proposed $25 million, 10-story Garden Park tower in the Short North a "game-changer."

 

Garden District Development is leading the project that will create 60 apartments.

 

Black Gold Capital is the private equity and funding partner behind Garden District Development. Darshan Vyas, Dave Hunegnaw and Ernie Malas are partners with Black Gold Capital. Other investors include Tom Heilman, who founded Worth Capital. Heilman used to own Hometeam Properties, and is still an investor in the company, but no longer runs it.

 

Heilman called the project "the gateway" into Italian Village from the Short North.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/03/16/garden-park-apartments.html