Posted November 14, 200618 yr Time short for family’s fixer-upper Cameras to roll as crew constructs dream home Monday, November 13, 2006 Alayna DeMartini THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The way neighbors explained it, Jason L. Thomas had so many problems with the Whitehall home he bought a few years ago that he didn’t invite many of them inside. He was too embarrassed. Kitchen cabinets were falling off the walls. A ceiling caved in. A few steps on an inside staircase had collapsed. This was supposed to have been the dream home he and his wife, Kirsti, had saved for. They patched what they could, but new problems kept coming up. Bids to get the work done overwhelmed the couple... http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/11/13/20061113-E1-04.html
March 24, 200718 yr From Whitehall News, 3/21/07: Benefits of governor's budget would be felt locally But Whitehall officials aren't counting eggs before they hatch. By DEBORAH M. DUNLAP The Whitehall City School District will see a substantial increase in state funding should Gov. Ted Strickland's proposed $53 million budget be approved by Ohio legislators. But district administrators know the key word is proposed. Gov. Strickland rolled out the spending plan late last week. The plan includes a 3 percent increase to district coffers, aimed at addressing, at least in part, the state's unconstitutional method of school funding. But despite the hefty increase, not all districts will see the money. While no one will lose funding, the governor's plan funnels bigger increases into poorer districts while leaving others with no increases at all. MORE: http://www.snponline.com/NEWS3-21/3-21_whstatebudget.html
April 22, 200817 yr FedEx to place center in Whitehall Operation expected to create 354 jobs Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By Amy Saunders, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH FedEx Ground plans to create 354 jobs in a part of Whitehall that has lost hundreds of industrial jobs in the past few years. The company will lease space in a $30 million distribution center being built on Poth Road between a former Kroger distribution center and the old headquarters for Oasis Corp., a manufacturer of water coolers. The center is expected to be completed by July 2009. Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/04/22/fed_ex.ART_ART_04-22-08_C10_QRA07UP.html?sid=101
May 4, 201213 yr Franklin County Children Services is building a three-story, 96,000 square foot, $17 million office complex at 4071 E. Main Street in Whitehall. Below are two articles about the new office building from the Dispatch and ThisWeekNews and a rendering of the three-story building. Dispatch: New offices for Children Services ThisWeekNews: Crews break ground on FCCS’ Whitehall office
June 20, 201212 yr Whitehall library expansion plans move forward By Quan Truong, The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 8:03 AM Whitehall officials are touting it as a new “centerpiece” for the city. The new library branch will have six times more land and a building that is twice as big. Plans are moving ahead as the Columbus Metropolitan Library’s board of trustees voted unanimously yesterday to buy 6.43 acres at 4445 E. Broad Street. The purchase comes with a price tag of $550,000. The entire project will cost about $7.6 million. (. . .) The new building will increase the Whitehall library branch from its existing 7,466 sq. ft. to about 20,000 sq. ft., said Steve Prater, director of property management. Conceptual designs still need to be drawn. Prater expects the project to be completed by spring 2014. The old building likely will be put up for sale after the move. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/06/13/whitehall-library-plans-move-forward.html
June 25, 201212 yr The Columbus Dispatch looked at the recent surge of developments projects in Whitehall. After a period of not much happening development-wise in the inner-city suburb, Whitehall now has two sizeable projects in the works. - The first project has started construction: a $17.8 million, three-story, 96,000 sq. ft. office building on E. Main Street. The building will house the offices of Franklin County Children Services and is scheduled to be completed in April 2013. - The second project is a new $7.6 million, 20,000 sq. ft. library to be built on E. Broad Street. The library is scheduled to begin construction next year and to be completed by Spring 2014. Below is a link to the sunday article from the Dispatch and a photo of the Franklin County Children Services office building under construction in Whitehall: Dispatch: Signs of resurgence in Whitehall - Plethora of projects suggest Whitehall might be emerging from period of dormancy
July 5, 201212 yr Whitehall was always a dull place and I don't see that changing with these developments. Their development director sounds very confused: Our market is young professionals, with children or planning on children, who can’t afford the Short North or Victorian Village and want suburban living, close to Downtown and with lower property taxes. Who on earth would have their heart set to live in the Short North/VV to be able to walk to several destinations, but want suburban living? Not to mention it's close to Reynoldsburg, not Downtown. Indochine Cafe is about the only amenity that's worth heading out there and even if you lived a block away that's not a substitute for living in or just off of the Short North.
July 5, 201212 yr I agree, that statement makes zero sense. It typifies the cluelessness of Ohio's powers that be.
January 28, 201312 yr From ThisWeekNews - a look back at 2012 and a look forward to 2013 for the City of Whitehall: Looking back on 2012: Developments, condos, jobs highlighted Whitehall's year 2013 goals: Mayor intends to improve My Home, property maintenance
August 8, 201311 yr Franklin County Children Services is building a three-story, 96,000 square foot, $17 million office complex at 4071 E. Main Street in Whitehall. Below are two articles about the new office building from the Dispatch and ThisWeekNews and a rendering of the three-story building. Dispatch: New offices for Children Services ThisWeekNews: Crews break ground on FCCS’ Whitehall office More server crash news reposting. This one is about the Franklin County Children Services Building that was built at 4071 E. Main Street in Whitehall. The FCCS Building opened in February 2013 after breaking ground in April 2012: ThisWeekNews: Franklin County Children Services - Feb. 6 open house slated for new office FCCS Connects E-Newsletter: New FCCS Building Opens
August 10, 201311 yr Columbus Monthly magazine ran a profile on the City of Whitehall in their May 2013 issue. They have posted the full article online at http://www.columbusmonthly.com/May-2013/Do-or-Die-Whitehall/
September 4, 201311 yr Even Whitehall seems to be getting into the central Ohio construction upswing. Multiple construction news updates about Whitehall. Starting with the completion of a new Whitehall-Yearling High School - which ends a five-year, $78 million round of construction for the Whitehall City School system. Despite a few snafus, Whitehall students enter new buildings on time By DEBORAH M. DUNLAP, ThisWeek Community News Monday, September 2, 2013 - 10:09 PM After a long and busy summer for construction workers and planners -- and after passing inspections Aug. 29 and 30 -- Whitehall City Schools students were expected to return to school Wednesday, Sept. 4, for the 2013-14 school year. The date marked the completion of the district's fifth and final school building -- the new Whitehall-Yearling High School. The district's $78 million construction project has been in the works for five years. ... While high school students filed into their new home for the first time Sept. 4, the building's formal dedication isn't until Sept. 29. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2013/09/01/despite-a-few-snafus-whitehall-students-enter-new-buildings-on-time.html
September 4, 201311 yr However, it appears that a new recreation center is not moving forward for now: Rec center postponed indefinitely By KEVIN CORVO, ThisWeek Community News Monday, September 2, 2013 - 10:08 PM The plan for a community center in Whitehall has been put on the back burner. The city's plan for a recreation center on a former U.S. Army Reserve Center site, which was inherited from the federal government, has been postponed indefinitely, Whitehall Mayor Kim Maggard announced during a August 27 Whitehall City Council committees meeting. Maggard told council members it would be "financial suicide" to go forward with the sale of bonds because the city currently can't afford the debt service. The estimated cost to build the recreation center is $10 million. "It's crushing," she said. "I want to (build the recreation center), but I just can't do it in good conscious." MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2013/09/01/financial-suicide-rec-center-postponed-indefinitely.html
September 4, 201311 yr But a new Whitehall Library branch of the Columbus Metro Library system is moving forward: 10TV: Columbus Metropolitan Library To Build New Branch In Whitehall
September 17, 201311 yr Library begins work on 2nd branch overhaul in Whitehall By Evan Weese, Staff reporter Business First - Sept. 10, 2013, 6:06pm EDT The Columbus Metropolitan Library has begun construction on a new Whitehall branch, the next page in its $120 million building program. The $7.6 million project will more than double in size Whitehall’s current library, from 7,466 square feet to 20,000 square feet. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/09/10/library-begins-work-on-2nd-branch.html
October 1, 201311 yr Old Swad Chevy dealership in Whitehall eyed as new home for Priority Designs By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter Business First - Sept. 24, 2013, 4:10pm EDT The city of Whitehall hopes to attract the Priority Designs product development and industrial design firm into the former Swad Chevrolet used-car sales and collision repair center at 100 S. Hamilton Road. Whitehall City Council will get its first look tonight at a six-year, 50-percent payroll tax incentive to attract the company and its 50-plus employees to Whitehall from 501 Morrison Road in Gahanna. Priority Designs owner Paul Kolada said the company occupies about 25,000 square feet in Gahanna for its offices and production operations. The Whitehall auto complex will offer about 49,000 square feet after the completion of renovations next summer. (. . .) The City of Whitehall bought the Swad buildings for $1 million in July 2011 for an opportunity to attract high-paying jobs to the site. Whitehall Development Director Zachary Woodruff said Priority Designs has an annual payroll of $4 million per year that will generate $100,000 per year in personal income taxes. While the city will sell the property for a planned $475,000 under the tentative deal, Woodruff said the company expects the design company to add at least $2.5 million in improvements. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/09/24/old-swad-chevy-dealership-in-whitehall.html
October 22, 201311 yr Median proposed on stretch of East Main By KEVIN CORVO, ThisWeek Community News Friday, October 18, 2013 - 5:05 PM Whitehall officials plan to invest $1.2 million to convert a section of East Main Street, between Collingwood and Maplewood avenues, into a boulevard, with a median containing topiary and a stamped concrete entrance sign welcoming visitors to Whitehall. The 150-foot median is the first of other similar features planned for the city's thoroughfares. The idea is to define Whitehall's boundaries with neighboring Columbus, Whitehall development director Zach Woodruff said. (. . .) Mayor Kim Maggard said bonds would be sold to fund the project. "No general-fund revenue will be used," Maggard said. The bond debt would be retired using future revenue from a tax-increment-financing district that was established as part of the relocation of Priority Designs from Gahanna to the former Bill Swad Chevrolet dealership at 100 S. Hamilton Road. (. . .) Woodruff told council members to expect legislation approving and funding the project "sooner rather than later." Construction should begin in the second quarter of next year and be completed by the end of 2014, Woodruff said. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2013/10/15/opportunity-is-here-median-proposed-on-stretch-of-east-main.html
January 15, 201411 yr ThisWeekNews looks at some projects on tap for the City of Whitehall in 2014. Two of the higher profile projects will be the installation of a 150 foot median on East Main Street that is part of a $1.2 million street reconstruction project and the construction of the Columbus Metropolitan Library's new $7.6 million Whitehall branch on East Broad Street. http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/01/02/city-leaders-excited-about-14s-potential.html
January 23, 201411 yr More senior housing approved by council At new council member's first meeting, city OKs addition to East Broad Street campus By KEVIN CORVO, ThisWeek Community News Tuesday January 14, 2014 - 8:43 AM A second phase of Eastway Village will be constructed after Whitehall City Council, at their Jan. 7 meeting, unanimously approved a special permit allowing construction of the addition. In September 2013, Homeport, a nonprofit organization that provides housing for low-income senior citizens, dedicated a newly constructed campus of 36 one-bedroom and 30 two-bedroom apartment homes at 4237 E. Broad Street. The organization is poised to build two additional apartment buildings, comprising 28 units. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/01/14/more-senior-housing-approved-by-council.html
February 9, 201411 yr More senior housing development news in Whitehall... Homeport has eye on former Swimland site for third phase By KEVIN CORVO, ThisWeek Community News Friday, February 7, 2014 - 5:22 PM Homeport, a nonprofit organization that provides housing for low-income senior citizens, is poised to expand its footprint in Whitehall -- a community whose residents quickly filled the organization's first development. Sixty-six one- and two-bedroom units were completely leased in advance of a dedication for Eastway Village in September 2013. A second phase of 32 additional units is underway at Eastway Village, 4237 E. Broad St. Homeport plans to build additional units at a second site in Whitehall if the organization is successful in obtaining federal tax credits through the Ohio Housing Finance Agency, said George Tabit, vice president of real estate development for Homeport. "We are certainly optimistic we will receive the tax credits (needed to finance the development)," Tabit said. If financing is approved as expected, Homeport would purchase a 4.8-acre site from the city of Whitehall for $300,000, said Whitehall Development Director Zach Woodruff. Located at the southeast corner of South Hamilton and Etna roads, the three-lot parcel is the former site of Swimland, a privately owned swimming pool that closed about 12 years ago. ... The second Homeport campus in Whitehall would be called Hamilton Crossing. Sixty-four units are planned for the first phase. Construction would begin no sooner than spring 2015. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/01/27/homeport-has-eye-on-former-swimland-site-for-third-phase.html
February 15, 201411 yr The abnormally harsh winter is delaying work on the new 20,000-square-foot Whitehall library branch, which is under construction at 4445 E. Broad Street. Construction at the site has been suspended until the start of April. The new $7.6 million branch was scheduled to be open this summer. This delay is estimated to push the library's opening until late 2014 to early 2015. More about this at http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/02/03/brutal-winter-impedes-work-on-new-library.html
March 20, 201411 yr Whitehall is rebranding an industrial park south of the Port Columbus Airport. About a dozen industrial properties on 350 acres are being marketed as the Airport South Commerce & Tech Park. More about this from Business First and ThisWeekNews: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/02/14/whitehall-marketing-industrial.html http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/02/17/airport-south-city-hopes-tech-parks-rebranding-attracts-business.html
March 25, 201411 yr Senior apartments get city's final nod Homeport will buy ex-Swimland site from city, build apartments By KEVIN CORVO, ThisWeek Community News Sunday, March 2, 2014 - 1:22 PM Whitehall City Council members at their Feb. 18 meeting approved the rezoning for the former Swimland site at South Hamilton and Etna roads, clearing the way for the construction of apartments. Development Director Zach Woodruff told council members that while the city is always seeking to increase the number of owner-occupied residences in the city, the project meets another city goal: to improve the quality of the city's housing stock. Homeport, a nonprofit organization that provides housing to senior citizens, is expected to purchase the 4.8-acre parcel from the city for $300,000 -- the same price the city recently paid to purchase the land from the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The city is assisting Homeport in obtaining federal tax credits for construction of the first phase of the development to be known as Hamilton Village. The first phase will include 68 units in a three-story building, Woodruff said. It would be the second Homeport campus in Whitehall, following Eastway Village, 4237 E. Broad St. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/02/24/senior-apartments-get-citys-final-nod.html
October 4, 201410 yr The abnormally harsh winter is delaying work on the new 20,000-square-foot Whitehall library branch, which is under construction at 4445 E. Broad Street. Construction at the site has been suspended until the start of April. The new $7.6 million branch was scheduled to be open this summer. This delay is estimated to push the library's opening until late 2014 to early 2015. More about this at http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/02/03/brutal-winter-impedes-work-on-new-library.html Construction photo of the new Whitehall Library from http://www.columbuslibrary.org/buildings/whitehall. According to the CML website, Spring 2015 is now the scheduled completion date.
January 27, 201510 yr According to the CML website at http://www.columbuslibrary.org/buildings/whitehall - the new Whitehall Public Library branch is on track to open in April 2015. Below is an updated construction photo of the new Whitehall Library from the CML website:
January 27, 201510 yr A look ahead at 2015 development projects in Whitehall: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2014/12/26/development-could-make-15-banner-year.html
April 5, 201510 yr Proposal calls for fitness center, additions to house more amenities at Community Park building By KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Tuesday, March 31, 2015 - 12:38 PM A $4 million proposal to renovate and expand the existing activity center at Whitehall Community Park, 402 N. Hamilton Road, appears to have the support of the city's administration and council. Steve Carr, director of the Whitehall Parks and Recreation Department, and Bill Baker, a principal with MSA Sport Architects, were among those who spoke about the proposed renovation at the March 24 meeting of Whitehall City Council committees. The project, estimated at $4 million to $4.5 million, includes renovations to the existing 16,580-square-foot facility and a 2,650-square-foot addition to the front of the existing structure. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2015/03/30/4-million-could-convert-center-into-city-jewel.html
April 5, 201510 yr The Columbus Metropolitan Library system's new Whitehall branch is getting ready to open on Saturday, April 11 at 4445 E. Broad Street. CU has some interior and exterior photos of the nearly complete new library building at http://www.columbusunderground.com/first-look-new-whitehall-library-branch. Here are a couple of the exterior views:
April 11, 201510 yr Whitehall Library Grand Opening - April 2015 - Columbus Metropolitan Library - Columbus Ohio
July 20, 20159 yr Business First reported on a local product design company that renovated a former car dealership in Whitehall. The former Swad Chevy dealership at 100 S. Hamilton Road was built in 1978 and acquired by the City of Whitehall in 2011. Priority Designs worked with the city to acquire the space in 2014. Below is a link to the slideshow showing the renovated space: Priority Designs transforms old Swad Chevy dealership into offices: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/06/first-look-priority-designs-transforms-old-swad.html
February 5, 20169 yr Leaders get ball rolling on guidebook for development BY KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, December 16, 2015 - 8:38 PM Whitehall will enter into a contract next year for a citywide economic-development strategic plan. Development Director Zach Woodruff announced the initiative during City Council's Dec. 8 committees meeting. The plan is a comprehensive approach to previous plans of a similar nature. "The updated plan should serve as a tool to provide clear direction in terms of promoting sustainable land development while maximizing municipal-revenue potential through attracting jobs and capital investment," Woodruff said. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2015/12/14/leaders-get-ball-rolling-on-guidebook-for-development.html
February 5, 20169 yr Homicides offset optimism over development in city BY KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Tuesday, December 29, 2015 - 12:55 PM Tumult was a theme in Whitehall's 2015, whether from the city's nine homicides, a rough-and-tumble mayoral campaign, or the unexplained departure of a high school principal. At the same time, new business developments and the opening of a state-of-the-art library encouraged city leaders and residents. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2015/12/28/homicides-offset-optimism-over-development-in-city.html
March 14, 20169 yr Some more photos of the new Whitehall library branch that opened last year from the project architect's website - http://jbadusa.com/our-work/learn/ More photos at http://jbadusa.com/our-work/learn/
March 17, 20169 yr Whitehall is getting the new Heartland Bank headquarters: Heartland Bank picks new city for corporate HQ By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: March 16, 2016, 7:02pm EDT Heartland Bank has selected a site for its new corporate headquarters. The 14-branch community bank will vacate its company-owned offices on Hamilton Road in Gahanna to build a larger complex four miles south in Whitehall, CEO Scott McComb told attendees of Whitehall’s state of the city event Wednesday evening. Following months of searching and a failed bid to rehabilitate the original Port Columbus airport terminal, Heartland has reached a deal to construct a two-story, 60,000-square foot office building on six acres within the Whitehall Community Park at 402 N. Hamilton Road. ... Heartland expects to begin constructing the $10 million facility, designed by Columbus-based Moody Nolan Inc., later this year. The bank will move in about 90 employees in early 2018, and the office could eventually accommodate 160 workers in back-office functions, executive positions and a full-service branch. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/03/16/heartland-bank-picks-new-city-for-corporate.html
March 18, 20169 yr I think it's great for Whitehall. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 18, 20169 yr Definitely good news for Whitehall, but still disappointing that moving to the historic Port Columbus terminal building didn't work out...
August 24, 20168 yr Heartland Bank details plans for new headquarters Heartland Bank is fleshing out details of its new headquarters campus in Whitehall. The 13-branch community bank has named Ruscilli Construction Co. Inc. as general contractor for the roughly $10 million project (including furniture and equipment), a planned move from its longtime headquarters in Gahanna that was first made public in March. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/23/first-look-heartland-bank-details-plans-for-new.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 29, 20168 yr :-o $50M mixed-use plan unveiled for 'critical' site at Broad and Hamilton in Whitehall A $50 million mixed-use development is being planned along a prominent stretch of East Broad Street in Whitehall. The city has selected Continental Real Estate Cos. to lead redevelopment efforts on the site of the crime-ridden Commons at Royal Landing apartment complex, nine months after Whitehall City Council laid the groundwork to purchase and redevelop the privately owned community of 270 apartments across South Hamilton Road from the Columbus Country Club. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/11/29/first-look-50m-mixed-use-plan-unveiled-for.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 29, 20168 yr ^I wonder why they tore down that McDonald's. It wasn't that old and it was before they started tearing down all the mansard-roof McD's to replace them with Eyebrow of Doom ones.
November 30, 20168 yr ^^ Sheesh, everything booming so much in Central Ohio that even Whitehall is getting some decent redevelopment projects!?!? More about the Norton Crossing project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/mix-use-development-planned-for-former-apartment-complex-in-whitehall
January 24, 20178 yr Catching up on some other Whitehall development projects from 2016: Hamilton Road improvement project to boost Whitehall's business prospects By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First May 5, 2016, 5:31pm EDT Improvements to Hamilton Road north of Broad Street are expected to heighten Whitehall’s economic development prospects. Whitehall leaders and other public officials on Thursday kicked off the $2.8 million project, which includes the resurfacing of Hamilton Road between East 5th Avenue and Poth Road ( . . . ) Expected to be complected in October, the project also includes refacing a railroad bridge south of East 5th Avenue, landscaping a median, planting trees and adding new traffic signals. A Central Ohio Transit Authority bus stop will be upgraded, handicap accessibility features will be added and a multi-use trail will connect East Broad Street to the park at 402 N. Hamilton Road. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/05/05/hamilton-road-improvement-project-to-boost.html
January 24, 20178 yr Review of recent developments in Whitehall: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2016/05/06/whitehall-coming-to-life-with-uptick-in-projects.html
January 24, 20178 yr A 3-story, 64-unit senior apartment building known as Hamilton Crossing is scheduled to open in October 2017 at South Hamilton and Etna roads. The $11.4 million project is being built on the former site of Swimland, a private pool in Whitehall: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2016/08/29/hamilton-crossing-senior-housing-project-could-spur-development.html
January 24, 20178 yr A preview of 2017 developments projects in Whitehall: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2016/12/30/development-in-the-air-fruit-of-city-labor-set-to-ripen-in-17.html
January 25, 20178 yr Four Seasons strikes deal with Whitehall, will close by Feb. 28 By KEVIN CORVO, ThisWeek Community News Updated: December 7, 2016 - 4:30 PM Four Seasons Golf Center, 5000 E. Broad St., will close by Feb. 28, according to an out-of-court settlement the city has reached with the owners of the golf dome just east of South Hamilton Road in Whitehall. The city will pay the owners of Four Seasons $250,000 to vacate the 37 acres it has leased since 2001, Whitehall Development Director Zach Woodruff said. The settlement allows the city to move forward with plans for the commercial development of about 13 acres fronting the north side of East Broad Street and adding the remaining 24 acres to Whitehall Community Park, Woodruff said. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/whitehall/news/2016/12/07/four-seasons-strikes-deal-with-whitehall-will-move-by-feb-28-WB-KC.html
March 31, 20178 yr Expansive makeover plan for Broad and Hamilton grows Whitehall and Continental Real Estate Cos. are fleshing out details of a transformation planned at the site of a crime-ridden apartment complex on East Broad Street and growing the scope of the $50 million project even before work begins. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/03/31/expansive-makeover-plan-for-broad-and-hamilton.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 7, 20177 yr Golf dome's closure means major overhaul for Whitehall Community Park, expanding to 85 acres Nature lovers, and hundreds of workers who soon will move into Whitehall, are going to dig a new parks plan in the works in the suburb. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/05/golf-domes-closure-means-major-overhaul-for.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 4, 20177 yr Article from the Dispatch about the golf dome removal with video of the deflation: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170919/deflated-dome-opens-space-for-whitehall-development According to the article: "Once the dome is hauled away, the vacant 37 acres owned by the city of Whitehall will be valuable real estate. The plan is to develop 14 acres into office space and absorb the remaining 23 into the adjacent 65-acre Whitehall Community Park, which will soon undergo major renovations. Heartland Bank also will open a headquarters nearby by the end of the year."
October 4, 20177 yr ^ I haven't come across any construction photos of the Heartland Bank HQ project, but I did come across some additional renderings at the Ruscilli Construction website. Below is the most recent update from this thread: Heartland Bank details plans for new headquarters Heartland Bank is fleshing out details of its new headquarters campus in Whitehall. The 13-branch community bank has named Ruscilli Construction Co. Inc. as general contractor for the roughly $10 million project (including furniture and equipment), a planned move from its longtime headquarters in Gahanna that was first made public in March. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/23/first-look-heartland-bank-details-plans-for-new.html Here are some additional renderings of the Heartland Bank HQ project from https://www.ruscilli.com/projects/heartland-bank-corporate-headquarters/
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