Wasn't this an April Fool's joke last year on CU???

 

Glad to see it may come true!

 

Found it

http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-mixed-use-development-proposed-for-white-castle-site-in-short-north-bw1

 

Up on CU's 2015 April Fool's Day hit list was the Short North UDF location:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/udf-announces-eight-story-building-to-replace-short-north-location

MODERATOR NOTE:  New project threads have been created for Victorian Village and Italian Village.  Previously many of these projects were included in this Short North development thread.  In future, projects will be organized into the Short North / Victorian Village / Italian Village threads, as follows:

 

- SHORT NORTH:  Projects that front onto High Street between Downtown and Fifth Avenue

 

- VICTORIAN VILLAGE:  Projects located west of High Street (but not fronting High St.)

 

- ITALIAN VILLAGE:  Projects located east of High Street (but not fronting High St.)

Now that the Fireproof project is pretty much done I took some pictures.  I like the detail work they did with this building.

 

 

Great pics!  This project really did turn out well.  I think one of the details handled particularly well was the signage.  You got an excellent view of the round ground floor retail tenant signs with the restored iconic "Fireproof" sign in the background. (I like that abstracted Wright-Patt Credit Union sign.)  Another ground floor tenant will be opening on Monday.  Pies & Pints is opening in the old part/pre-existing portion of the Fireproof project.  Business First has an article about this and a larger view of their sign at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/04/pies-pints-opening-bar-centric-restaurant-in-the.html

 

   

An update on the "White Castle" project at Second & High: http://www.columbusunderground.com/short-north-white-castle-proposal-gets-design-updates

 

- After the original design was presented to the Victorian Village Commission in April, the architect took that feedback, revised the exterior design and will present it at the May meeting on Thursday.  The developer also revised the uses within the proposed 11-story building by changing the third floor from residential to office.

 

- The new layout still includes 10,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor with a White Castle restaurant on the corner and a four-level, 266-space parking garage incorporated into the building.  The new office layout on the second and third floors increases the amount of office space from 12,000 to 24,000 square feet and reduces the number of apartment units from 150 to 140.

 

Below are two new renderings of the revised "White Castle" project at Second & High:

 

 

High Street needs something like this to break-up the faux-historic stuff. 

Woah.

 

I can't even make sense of what is going on in that rendering.

Wow, I like this a lot more than the original design.

This is all I can contribute:

Well played.

White Caste project not a done deal yet.  Victorian Village Commission tells the developer, "project still too big":

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/05/short-norths-white-castle-project-still-too-big.html

NIMBYs? I didn't know that was a problem round these parts.

Victorian Village and Clintonville are notorious NIMBY zones.

2 months with no Short North news?

 

Anyway, they are finally getting started on the Donatos development.

 

Light Rail subway considered for Short North:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/underground-light-rail-idea-presented-as-connect-columbus-initiative-continues-bw1

Light Rail subway considered for Short North:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/underground-light-rail-idea-presented-as-connect-columbus-initiative-continues-bw1

 

That would be interesting.  Hopefully such a project will get past the fantasy and talking stages.  It's good to see a potential rail transit city talking about an LRT subway into or through the downtown area rather than those slow, dreaded transit malls.

I think it's a great idea! However, I don't believe it will ever be more than an idea.

 

Prove me wrong Columbus

2 months with no Short North news?

 

Just waiting for some big news.  :wink:  Like these two following projects.

FROM HERE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/updates-on-italian-village-projects-to-go-before-commission-for-review-bw1

 

“The Wood Companies is going back to the Italian Village Commission this week with a new, taller proposal for their Brunner Building at 930 North High Street.”

 

 

Previous version of the Brunner Building that was heard last year: http://www.columbusunderground.com/wood-companies-proposal-calls-for-five-story-building-across-from-northstar-bw1

 

New Concept Presented for Mixed-Use Development at Hubbard and High

By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground

July 15, 2015 - 11:57 am

 

In March, the owners of Haiku and representatives from Elford Development met with the Italian Village Commission for preliminary input on potential infill at the southeast corner of Hubbard and High, a prominent Short North corner currently occupied by a private surface parking lot.  The Commission provided their feedback on appropriate uses for that site, and today we’ve gotten a first look at one of several designs that are being considered.

( . . . )

The WSA design features a six-story building that would include a ground-floor parking garage in the back and retail space fronting High Street.  Floors two, three and four would be built as commercial office space and floors five and six would contain residential space — a total of 12 condominium units.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-concept-presented-for-mixed-use-development-at-hubbard-and-high

 

 

It reminds me of a building that should be at Ohio State (material-wise).  But otherwise, it's much better than what is there now.

^I can see that.

 

I'm worried about the open balconies facing Haiku. Will that limit the ability to put something more dense on that site?

Apparently this is the design that has actually been submitted to the Italian Village Commission for review at next Tuesday’s meeting for the Haiku parking lot site.  It seems the previous renderings were more of a "study", according to http://www.columbusunderground.com/alternate-design-considered-for-hubbard-and-high-development

 

 

So...uh...Le Méridien clone but Big Lots-style?

 

Hammond Harkins Art Gallery Relocating from Bexley to Short North

By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground

August 27, 2015 - 10:51 am

 

As the Short North continues to change and evolve, many fans of the neighborhood often bemoan the replacement of art galleries with upscale restaurants and clothing boutiques that can afford higher retail rents.  So it’s certainly noteworthy to report today the arrival of a new art gallery to the neighborhood, taking the place of a recently closed home decor shop at 641 North High Street.

 

Hammond Harkins Galleries has called Bexley home for eighteen years, but will be relocating to the Short North in October.  “I’ve loved being here in Bexley, but change is inevitable,” said Hammond Harkins owner Marlana Keynes.  “When I first walked into that space at Russell and High, I knew it could really be something unique. It’s going to be a beautiful space.”

 

While Bexley is more of a destination location for an art gallery, Hammond Harkins has made a name for itself by representing many talented local artists including Aminah Robinson, Denny Griffith and Linda Gall.  Keynes says that roughly two thirds of the artwork displayed at Hammond Harkins comes from Ohio-based artists.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/hammond-harkins-art-gallery-relocating-from-bexley-to-short-north

Tall buildings bustin out all over the Short North -- GOOGLE AERIAL OF EXISTING 711 N. HIGH STREET LOCATION:

 

(Updated rendering)

 

Developers plan high-rise in Short North with Cameron Mitchell as possible anchor, restaurant operator

By Brian R. Ball, Staff Reporter

Columbus Business First - Sept. 2, 2015, 5:45pm EDT

 

The Wood Cos. and Schiff Capital Group plan to develop a 11-story office building at 711 N. High Street in cooperation with the city of Columbus.  The development partners want to build on a surface parking lot at 711 N. High St., which the developers partially own.

 

Co-developer Michael Schiff told me the 120,000- to 140,000-square-foot high-rise designed by Lupton Rausch Artchitecture & Design may have Cameron Mitchell Restaurants LLC as an office anchor and the operator of a street-level restaurant and rooftop bar connected by an express elevator.

( . . . )

The developers have submitted an application for preliminary development plan with the city.  The Victorian Village Commission must still review and approve the development.  The office tower will have about 70 to 80 dedicated parking slots for the building’s commercial tenants. 

 

As part of the North High plan, the developers also have pledged to build a parking garage with 125 slots on a surface parking lot the Wood Cos. owns a few blocks away at East Lincoln and North Pearl streets.  That parking available to the public will make up for the loss of the 45 surface lot slots on the proposed office development site.  That parking project also will incorporate housing on Lincoln to maintain the neighborhood’s residential character.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/09/02/developers-plan-high-rise-in-short-north-with.html

^ More about this proposal from CU:

 

New 11-Story Office Building Proposed for The Short North:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-short-north-office-building

Sounds good to me.

Yeah, this is great news (if built).

I was looking on Google street view of the residential across from the proposed residential-lined garage on Lincoln...and spotted this.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9770166,-83.0020524,3a,75y,188.17h,81.85t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sHTD5Ur0YYv_YK1axanl9iQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

 

I hope they don't complain about the 'character' of the street being ruined and all...they have the dreaded GLASS BLOCK! lol

^ heh - Glass Block is becoming the Mr. Eggs of UO (CU readers will get the reference)

 

That building is home to Lincoln Street Studio - http://www.lincolnstreet.com/ - and its in a former industrial building that the firm renovated and shares with some other commercial tenants.  Don't know if the glass block is from the building's former life or if it was part of the Lincoln Street Studio renovation. (LSS is a very good architecture firm, but totally modern aesthetically)

 

BTW - after looking at that Google streetview, I noticed that High & Lincoln is the corner that has the Short North version of the American Gothic painting.  If the parking garage on Lincoln Street gets built, the directions from downtown will be easy:  Go north on High and turn right at the American Gothic mural!

CU has some updated renderings with different views at http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-short-north-office-building

 

High Street view looking north:

 

View from Lincoln Street looking west toward High Street:

 

Close-up of the streetscape along High Street:

Pretty impressive proposal! Although given the resistance the VVC has shown to the White Castle project, it will be interesting to see how it's received.

 

Hopefully any reductions in scale or density will be minimal...

I live on High in the Victorian Village Commission boundaries, and I want this, the other, and that mid-rise proposal to proceed. So does everyone I know. As a resident of this stretch of street, I can tell you the biggest nuisances are the parking lots. Suburbanites weave in and out of them almost hitting pedestrians, they collect aggressive panhandlers (who always initiate contact), and constitute eyesores no matter how they're landscaped or if they have crappy arches.

 

When I hear "We are concerned about parking," from our Victorian Village commissioners, they should be saying "We are concerned you aren't developing more of our parking lots."

 

^ heh - Glass Block is becoming the Mr. Eggs of UO (CU readers will get the reference)

 

That building is home to Lincoln Street Studio - http://www.lincolnstreet.com/ - and its in a former industrial building that the firm renovated and shares with some other commercial tenants.  Don't know if the glass block is from the building's former life or if it was part of the Lincoln Street Studio renovation. (LSS is a very good architecture firm, but totally modern aesthetically)

 

BTW - after looking at that Google streetview, I noticed that High & Lincoln is the corner that has the Short North version of the American Gothic painting.  If the parking garage on Lincoln Street gets built, the directions from downtown will be easy:  Go north on High and turn right at the American Gothic mural!

 

Left. If coming from downtown on High.

BTW - after looking at that Google streetview, I noticed that High & Lincoln is the corner that has the Short North version of the American Gothic painting.  If the parking garage on Lincoln Street gets built, the directions from downtown will be easy:  Go north on High and turn right at the American Gothic mural!

 

Left. If coming from downtown on High.

 

No.  The American Gothic mural is painted on the south side of that building at Lincoln & High.  Hence it faces south.  Hence it faces Lincoln Street.  Hence it faces downtown.  If you are driving from downtown, you will want to turn right on Lincoln Street to get the proposed parking garage site on Lincoln Street.

 

And if you still don't believe me:  https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9768103,-83.0034596,3a,75y,26.73h,84.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjeHqPH5iU9aopFcWgSGMnQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1?hl=en

You're right. Didn't realize at first that the parking was being built across High Street. That will also be a great addition to the Italian Village side of the street.

With all the projects that have been happening, only 10 surface parking lots now remain along High Street in the Short North (between I-670 and Fifth Avenue).  And CU has photos of all 10 lots at the full article link below:

 

Only 10 Surface Parking Lots Remain on High Street in The Short North

By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground

September 3, 2015 - 10:48 am

 

Surface parking lots are often referred to as the scourge of urban neighborhoods.  And they’re officially an endangered species in The Short as far as High Street is concerned. ... Over the past decade, new urban development has rapidly replaced flat parking lots — sometimes referred to as “missing teeth” — with mixed-use buildings, consolidating (and often expanding) parking spaces into multi-story parking garages, or hiding the parking lots behind buildings rather than on display out front.

 

Most recently, The Joseph hotel and office buildings replaced two public surface lots on the on the south end of the district last year, and The Fireproof project replaced a large surface lot at High and Second.  Additional development proposals are currently in various planning phases that will also see the replacement of many other High Street parking lots, including those located at White Castle, in front of the two buildings that formerly housed Flora and Co+Op, next to Donatos, and next door to Haiku.

 

Another parking lot is likely to bite the dust in the near future with news that the public spots located just south of Buttles will be replaced with a new 11-story office building.  That leaves just 10 remaining surface lots in the Short North that front High Street, which may continue to be replaced in the coming years.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/short-north-parking-lots

 

CU poster Stephen43215 added this map he created to the comments section of http://www.columbusunderground.com/short-north-parking-lots.  The map shows the parking lots built on over the past 10+ years between I-670 and Third Avenue.  Red indicates completed projects, yellow indicates proposed projects:

 

- Proposal from the Stonehenge Company to build a six-story, 32-unit apartment building on the current site of the one-story Ibel Building at the corner of W. Third Avenue and High Street:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/ibel-building-at-third-and-high-next-up-for-redevelopment-bw1

 

The one-story office building at the northwest corner of Third & High is being demolished to make way for the above listed six-story apartment building that was approved as its replacement:

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/6-story-building-proposed-to-replace-rebecca-ibel-building-in-short-north/page/2/#post-1091589

The 2015 Short North Tour of Homes (& Gardens) took place yesterday.  This year featured 11 stops and is shown at https://sites.google.com/a/victorianvillage.org/short-north-civic-association/tour-of-homes.  Photos of the 11 tour stops are available at https://sites.google.com/a/victorianvillage.org/short-north-civic-association/tour-of-homes/tour-homes and they also put together a neat little just-under-two-minute Youtube video:

 

Now, the Short North Tour of Homes (& Gardens) included a variety of stops in the Victorian Village and Italian Village neighborhoods that make up what is generally called "The Short North".  This variety featured a beautifully restored grand mansion like 114 Buttles:

 

Plus beautiful rank-and-file restorations like 147 E. First Avenue:

 

76 W. Second Avenue:

 

762 Neil Avenue:

 

and 1102 Neil Avenue:

 

But it also featured some new construction, like this modest IV infill at 812 Hamlet Street:

 

and this larger VV infill at 213 Wilber Avenue:

 

The Short North variety of tour stops even featured two under-construction home infill projects at 270 & 282 E. Third Avenue - photos at https://sites.google.com/a/victorianvillage.org/short-north-civic-association/tour-of-homes/tour-homes.  But I wanted to highlight one other tour stop in the next post...

 

...because of its prominent feature that has become a "fan favorite" here at UO:  http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,29491.0.html

 

 

YES!!!!  GLASS BLOCK!!!!

 

In all of its glory at 138 Punta Alley!  Actually, its only part of a vertical garden that is outside a converted warehouse at that location.  The above photo was shown in CU's preview of the Short North Tour of Homes & Gardens at http://www.columbusunderground.com/find-new-surprises-and-new-ideas-during-the-short-north-tour-of-homes-and-gardens.

 

Another view of this outdoor garden is below from the Short North Tour photo page - https://sites.google.com/a/victorianvillage.org/short-north-civic-association/tour-of-homes/tour-homes.  This vertical garden is part of an outdoor patio space that also has a glass garage door that opens to the home within the converted warehouse building at 138 Punta Alley.  You can also catch a glimpse of this garden space during the Youtube video posted earlier.  At the very beginning of the video from 0:08 to 0:12, there is a drone aerial view of this patio space (and of course the glorious gleaming glass block!):

 

The IV location of this stop is also quite interesting.  In this Google aerial at https://www.google.com/maps/place/138+Punta+Alley,+Columbus,+OH+43201/@39.981897,-83.0008256,187a,20y,41.66t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x88388ed1ae9c9431:0x450f028a077ccde1?hl=en - the converted warehouse stretches almost an entire block and ends up behind the trendy new 'Market Italian Village' at the corner of Summit and Third.  In the block immediately east are six new infill homes being constructed on formerly vacant land.

 

Hammond Harkins Art Gallery Relocating from Bexley to Short North

By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground

August 27, 2015 - 10:51 am

 

As the Short North continues to change and evolve, many fans of the neighborhood often bemoan the replacement of art galleries with upscale restaurants and clothing boutiques that can afford higher retail rents.  So it’s certainly noteworthy to report today the arrival of a new art gallery to the neighborhood, taking the place of a recently closed home decor shop at 641 North High Street.

 

Hammond Harkins Galleries has called Bexley home for eighteen years, but will be relocating to the Short North in October.  “I’ve loved being here in Bexley, but change is inevitable,” said Hammond Harkins owner Marlana Keynes.  “When I first walked into that space at Russell and High, I knew it could really be something unique. It’s going to be a beautiful space.”

 

While Bexley is more of a destination location for an art gallery, Hammond Harkins has made a name for itself by representing many talented local artists including Aminah Robinson, Denny Griffith and Linda Gall.  Keynes says that roughly two thirds of the artwork displayed at Hammond Harkins comes from Ohio-based artists.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/hammond-harkins-art-gallery-relocating-from-bexley-to-short-north

 

This weekend's Gallery Hop saw the opening of the relocated Hammond Harkins Galleries.  More about this and more photos of the new art gallery space at the below link:

 

-- Hammond Harkins Galleries Opens New Location in the Short North:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/hammond-harkins-galleries-short-north-hm2

 

Reports on two more tenants that finish off the leasing of the Joseph office building:

 

-- Industrious, an upscale version of a workplace-sharing office space has leased the 10,000-square-foot fourth floor:  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/09/18/office-opportunity.html

 

-- CorePower Yoga will be opening a 2,500-square-foot studio facing the side alley retail space on the ground floor:  http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2015/10/12/1-yoga-studio-to-fill-last-space-in-pizzuti-building.html

^ These two leases also fill up the last available space in the entire Joseph project - which includes the 10-story, 135-room Le Meridien hotel across High Street from this 6-story, 55,000 square foot office/retail building + 313-space parking garage + Pizzuti art gallery within the UCT Building - link to overview of the entire Joseph project from earlier in this thread (stats, plans & renderings):

 

Photos of the nearly complete Joseph project from late 2014:

 

- http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2062.msg729209.html#msg729209

 

- http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2062.msg732505.html#msg732505

 

Photos of the complete Joseph project from early 2015:

 

- http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2062.msg742764.html#msg742764

 

- http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2062.msg742765.html#msg742765

 

- http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2062.msg742766.html#msg742766

Developer gets OK to build Short North apartment, retail project

 

 

Columbus City Council last night cleared the way for a six-story, mixed-use project developer Mark Wood has planned in the Short North.

 

Council approved the variances the Wood Cos. president and owner had sought for the project featuring a combination of retail, office and residential project in a 6-0 vote Monday night with one abstention. It will be located at 930-940 North High St.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/11/03/developer-gets-ok-to-build-short-north-apartment.html

Short North high-rise gets scaled down in size

 

 

Short North Partners LLC developers Mark Wood and Michael Schiff have unveiled revised plans for their high-rise office tower at 711 N. High St. they first proposed in September.

 

The plan by the Lupton Rausch Architecture and Interior Design takes two stories off the original 11-story project revealed two months ago in a bid to speed up Victorian Village Commission approval of the project.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/11/05/first-look-short-north-high-rise-gets-scaled-down.html

 

EDIT: East elevation facing High Street added to original post

^^ If the actual building looks like that rendering then I'd say I'll be jealous.  Infill in general in Cincinnati pales by comparison. 

That wasn't the only 11-story Short North proposal to be scaled down today  :-(

...indeed.  :cry:

 

Short North White Castle Building Gets Another Design Update

 

 

The evolution of the proposed White Castle Building continues as the project has gotten another major design update as of today. Representatives from Borror Properties met with the Victorian Village Commission this afternoon to provide new details on the project.

 

“The scale and the mass have changed dramatically,” said Jeff Baur, Executive Vice President of Borror Properties. “We’re down to six stories on High Street and eight stories on the alley — just under a 30 percent reduction in the building size.”

 

More below:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/short-north-white-castle-building