February 15, 201312 yr Hotel planned north of Ohio State campus By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter Business First - Feb 4, 2013, 4:23pm EST The owner of the Holiday Inn Express on Olentangy River Road in Columbus has tentative plans to develop a suites hotel nearby. Sintel Hotel Group Inc. expects to build a 95- to 98-room room hotel atop a two-level parking garage on an acre site at 3121 Olentangy River Road. The planned $12.5 million, eight-story structure, just north of Riverview Drive, would replace a Platinum Auto Wash that had fallen into receivership. Sintel Hotel’s Jai Guru LLC affiliate paid $235,000 for the property last May. READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/02/04/hotel-planned-north-of-ohio-state-campus.html
February 15, 201312 yr And apparently another university-area hotel across the street from the previous 8-story hotel announcement on Olentangy River Road. Hampton Inn going on Olentangy River Road, near project unveiled last week By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter Business First - Feb 11, 2013, 4:56pm EST Yet another suites hotel will rise between Ohio State University and Riverside Methodist Hospital in the next year. Columbus hotel investor and operator David Patel has put together an investment group to build a 152-room Hampton Inn & Suites on a long-vacant site at 3160 Olentangy River Road. The land once hosted a hotel under the Knights Inn and other budget lodging flags before its demolition in 2007. The planned $18.5 million Hampton, a brand under the Hilton Worldwide umbrella, will include 36 two-room suites and 114 standard guest rooms. READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/02/11/hampton-inn-going-on-olentangy-river.html?ana=lnk
September 26, 201311 yr The site of one of the first Cameron Mitchell restaurants in Central Ohio - Cap City Diner at 1299 Olentangy River Road - has been sold to a hotel developer. The new owner says he intends to build a new hotel development on the property. However, the fate of the existing Cap City Diner is unclear. According to the Business First article linked below, Cap City Diner has a lease through 2020. Cameron Mittchell said he hopes Cap City will remain as part of the redevelopment either in a new building or staying in the existing building with the new hotel built next to it. Business First: Cap City Diner site sold to hotel developer
October 21, 201311 yr And further north, construction is starting on a $19 million, 152-room Hampton Inn at 3160 Olentangy River Road, south of Riverside Methodist Hospital: From Business First - http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/08/19/hampton-inn-construction-kicks-off.html
October 22, 201311 yr It looks like a previous demolition already cleared the 3160 Olentangy River Road site. At least according to a Business First article from February 2013. From that article at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2013/02/11/hampton-inn-going-on-olentangy-river.html: "Columbus hotel investor and operator David Patel has put together an investment group to build a 152-room Hampton Inn & Suites on a long-vacant site at 3160 Olentangy River Road. The land once hosted a hotel under the Knights Inn and other budget lodging flags before its demolition in 2007."
October 28, 201311 yr There was some more about the $19 million, 152-room Hampton Inn at 3160 Olentangy River Road in this Sunday's Dispatch. It was a profile about Indus Hotels and the three hotel projects they are currently developing - two near OSU and one in Dublin's Bridge Street plan area. Below is the part of the article related to the 3160 Olentangy River Road project: Hotelier is bullish on local market By Steve Wartenberg, The Columbus Dispatch Sunday, October 27, 2013 - 9:28 AM Columbus is seeing a spurt in hotel development, and Indus Hotels is in the thick of it. The Columbus-based developer and operator is working on three local projects: two close to Ohio State University, and the newest in the heart of Dublin’s Bridge Street corridor. Indus operates six local hotels, including the Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown. President David Patel attributes his company’s building boom to the recovering economy, a loosening of lenders’ purse strings and his company’s track record. “It’s a combination of everything,” Patel said. “Our company is doing well, and the hotel business is coming back.” The company’s $19 million Hampton Inn & Suites at 3160 Olentangy River Rd. is expected to open in August 2014. It will have 152 rooms. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/10/27/hotelier-is-bullish-on-local-market.html
October 28, 201311 yr The Dispatch article also had a b/w rendering of the 7-story, 152 room Hampton Inn being built at 3160 Olentangy River Road. Unfortunately, the on-line version of the article did not include the rendering. So I scanned a printed version of the rendering - which came out somewhat blurry. But it doesn't seem like we're missing any architectural details. It looks like a standard freeway interchange style brick and dryvit hotel exterior: I also included a google aerial map of the 3160 Olentangy River Road location with the Hampton Inn property outlined in red. The Hampton Inn property is located across the street from NBC4's news HQ and behind a Bob Evans restaurant on the east side of the street. In the aerial, you can still see the footprint of the previous Knights Inn motel that was on the 3160 property:
October 28, 201311 yr That rendering came out very historical looking "In this daguerreotype from the mid 1870s, the EIFS details of the old Hampton Inn are quite apparent. A fire in the 1890s forced the city to raze the structure."
November 5, 201311 yr Another mid-rise hotel is in the works for this area of Olentangy River Road north of Ohio State University and south of Riverside Methodist Hospital. Below is the link to the full (and free) article from Business First: Business First: Hotel operator buys more land along Olentangy River Road for StayBridge This latest hotel proposal is at a former U-Haul rental site and drive-thru at 3115 Olentangy River Road for a planned 7-story Staybridge Suites hotel for approximately 100 rooms. It would be located across the street from the 7-story, 152 room Hampton Inn being built at 3160 Olentangy River Road (and previously posted in this thread). This follows an announcement for an unspecified hotel with up to 98 guest rooms on the former Platinum Auto Wash site at 3121 Olentangy River Road in May 2012. Plus, a 7-story Holiday Inn Express that opened in April 2010 at 3045 Olentangy River Road, one block south of this newest hotel proposal. Plus, the underway renovation of the existing 5-story University Plaza Hotel and Conference Center across the street at 3110 Olentangy River Road. With all of this hotel development occurring within such a concentrated area, I might need to start an Olentangy River Road Hotel Development Corridor thread! :wink: Sort of half-kidding about that - but for now we'll let it play out here.
November 5, 201311 yr I wonder why none of the hotels on the east side of Olentangy, with river frontage, have ever made any attempt to incorporate it into their hotels? The river seems really scenic but the hotels just have walls and teeny room windows overlooking it. Wonder if the new Hampton Inn will take the plunge?
May 2, 201411 yr Olentangy River Road Columbus’ hottest new development corridor By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter - Columbus Business First October 18, 2013, 6:00am EDT When hotelier David Patel looked at the Olentangy River Road corridor north of downtown Columbus as an area for investment nearly 10 years ago, he saw the good, the bad and the just plain ugly. The portion of road from Kinnear Road stretching south toward downtown included a thriving Lennox Town Center, but also it was home to seedier businesses such as the Club Secrets strip bar. The Buckeye Hall of Fame Cafe had been redeveloped from the bones of the fabled Jai Lai restaurant but it lacked staying power and was shuttered. “It was not very attractive,” Patel recalled. That is hardly the case today. The corridor is being eyed as a hot spot for urban development. Retail centers are being built, hotels and restaurants are going up, and Patel recently purchased the site of the Cap CityFine Diner and Bar and Olentangy Medical Center at 1299 Olentangy River Road, where he intends to develop a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel or another extended-stay lodge in two or three years. His other investments include the three-building Cross Country Inn he rebranded as the Varsity Inn South at 1445 Olentangy River Road. He got behind that project because of its potential to serve travelers who visit the Battelle research complex, Ohio State University and the school’s ever-growing medical campus. More recently, the nearby Grandview Yard commercial and residential project is seen by Patel as another creator of demand for another hotel beyond the rooms added by a SpringHill Suites that opened on the old Buckeye Hall of Fame site two years ago. But the underlying reason for development in this part of town always comes back to Ohio State. “The driver behind this has been Ohio State.” Patel said. “They’re always building something.” ... Patel has plenty of company in those tapping the economic engine of this strip of Olentangy River Road between Lennox Town Center and the Gowdy Field office buildings between West Third Avenue and Goodale Street. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2013/10/18/building-wave-olentangy-river-road.html
July 14, 201410 yr Aloft, Element hotels coming to Cap City site on Olentangy River Road Indus Hotels is bringing two Starwood Hotels & Resorts franchises to town at a dual-branded hotel complex it’s going to build next to Cap City Fine Diner on Olentangy River Road in Columbus. Indus President David Patel told me he plans to develop a 105-room, extended-stay Element Hotel and 145-room Aloft boutique hotel on the 2.9-acre property he bought 10 months ago for $3.9 million at 1299 Olentangy River Road, a site that also houses Cameron Mitchell’s Cap City Fine Diner and a medical office building. The hotels will share a lobby, meeting rooms, a fitness center and pool, he said. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/07/11/dual-branded-aloft-element-hotel-coming-to-cap.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 11, 201510 yr ^ Project page and rendering for the Aloft/Element Hotel development at 1299 Olentangy River Road from http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/aloftelement-hotel-coming-to-olentangy-river-road#post-1076460 PROJECT PAGE: http://www.indushotels.com/StarwoodAloft.aspx
June 17, 20159 yr Some info about the Shoppes on Olentangy being built at 3025 Olentangy River Road in front of Fairfield Inn from http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/shoppes-on-olentangy: http://www.buzztarget.com/Listing/20168/for-lease/ohio/columbus/3025-olentangy-river-road/shoppes-on-olentangy https://buzztarget-images.s3.amazonaws.com/ListingDocuments/20168/1e2a0948-5ef0-41dd-bc7a-ee63691f19f4.pdf
July 28, 20159 yr Dual-brand Marriott, Residence Inn replacing University Plaza by OSU Construction has begun on two linked hotels at the site of the former University Plaza Hotel and Conference Center near Ohio State University in Columbus. Site preparation and demolition work began in June at 3110 Olentangy River Road to make way for a 240-room full-service Marriott Hotel and a 114-room Residence Inn being developed by Columbus-based Continental Real Estate Cos. and Concord Hospitality Enterprises Co. of North Carolina. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/07/28/first-look-dual-branded-marriott-residence-inn.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 29, 20159 yr The constant construction on that stretch of Olentangy is amazing and consistant: Ugly new chain hotels replacing ugly old chain hotels.
August 2, 20159 yr The constant construction on that stretch of Olentangy is amazing and consistant: Ugly new chain hotels replacing ugly old chain hotels. And don't forget about a new strip mall under construction on the street! Also the Kohl's property on that street was just sold (Business First Article) with the developer saying "redevelopment options include more retail, a hotel and apartments." I can only assume any of those developments would be more of the cheap suburban style developments that already exist on that stretch.
August 2, 20159 yr Wasn't Lennox supposed to be nice? It's interesting because the city had the 315 "Innovation Corridor" or whatever plan... exactly the type of plan that could have helped improve these substantial economic investments, if it were implemented.
October 11, 20159 yr Crawford Hoying Mulling Options for Kohl’s Site on Olentangy River Road By Brent Warren, Columbus Underground October 11, 2015 - 2:15 pm A large mixed-use development could be coming to the 16-acre parcel that holds a Kohl’s store and parking lot at 3360 Olentangy River Road, although movement on the project is not likely any time soon. Local developer Crawford Hoying closed on the parcel in August, paying Kimco Columbus just over $13 million for it. Principal Bob Hoying said that they are currently “working on some preliminary plans to redevelop it.” ( . . . ) The city’s Olentangy West Plan, which was adopted in 2013, recommends regional-scale, mixed-use development for the site. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/kohls-olentangy-river-road-development-bw1 Link to City's Olentangy West Plan: http://www.columbusunderground.com/olentangy-west-area-gets-first-neighborhood-plan-bw1
February 18, 20169 yr Kinnear Road to get pedestrian-friendly upgrades from Lennox to Upper Arlington Kinnear Road is in line for some improvements. Increased residential development is leading to new sidewalks along the well-traveled road in the Lennox Town Center area near Ohio State University. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2016/02/kinnear-road-to-get-pedestrian-friendly-upgrades.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 22, 20169 yr These connections should have been made a long time ago, at a minimum when Lennox and the apartments behind it were first developed. Tail wagging the dog.
September 9, 20168 yr Ohio Health will consolidate all offices just north of the Kohls on Olentangy River Road near 315 and Broadway. The 240,000 sf campus will be home to 2,500 employees. http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/09/09/1-ohiohealth-to-build-new-hq-near-riverside-hospital.html http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/09/ohiohealth-planning-new-headquarters-with-1-150.html
September 13, 20168 yr ^ Here is a location map from the Business First print edition and a couple of other articles about this OhioHealth project. Hopefully OhioHealth does something interesting with their campus design. This, along with a Crawford Hoying redevelopment of the Kohl’s site, could help out this stretch of Olentangy River Road: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/09/ohiohealth-up-for-6m-in-city-incentives-tied-to.html http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/09/new-hq-gives-ohiohealth-the-chance-to-rethink.html
September 14, 20168 yr That should be interesting as a good majority of their employees currently park in that area; it's not all grass as shown in that picture.
September 20, 20168 yr Route 315 redo at Riverside Methodist Hospital could cost $40M, city says By Carrie Ghose, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First September 20, 2016, 10:37am EDT The city of Columbus is willing to spend up to $40 million to reconfigure Route 315 and build roads to access the site of a planned OhioHealth Corp. headquarters near Riverside Methodist Hospital, under an economic development package City Council approved Monday. It's the first price tag ascribed to the road improvements since the hospital system announced its headquarters move on Sept. 9, but traffic and engineering studies to get at the actual cost are just beginning. ( . . . ) Council also approved up to $6 million in jobs creation incentives to OhioHealth over 10 years if it creates all 1,150 jobs promised in the agreement to build a 240,000-square-foot headquarters off Olentangy River Road just south of West North Broadway. Relocated administrative workers, new jobs and associated development along the Olentangy corridor are expected to bring 2,500 more workers to the stretch. Adding that many commuters to an already challenging traffic situation in the neighborhood will require changes to the North Broadway exits from Route 315. Northbound exits connect almost directly to the OhioHealth site with a slight dog-leg, but southbound traffic negotiates a difficult left turn into a short stretch of Olentangy before a traffic light, causing backups. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/20/route-315-redo-at-riverside-methodist-hospital.html
September 20, 20168 yr If only there was some part of the city that was already very well served with access to highways and other necessary infrastructure where high-density HQ developments could be located... Then that $40M could instead be invested in things like improving mass transit, benefiting many more people and companies than just auto commuters to a single new office building. Oh well.
September 21, 20168 yr If only there was some part of the city that was already very well served with access to highways and other necessary infrastructure where high-density HQ developments could be located... Then that $40M could instead be invested in things like improving mass transit, benefiting many more people and companies than just auto commuters to a single new office building. Oh well. Exactly. I do not in any way support subsidizing more roads when there are already endless locations around the city that have fantastic access. If OhioHealth absolutely has to build there, they should have to pay for the new roads. They're already getting tax credits. Otherwise, I think it's time to give up on the mass transit dream in Columbus. City leadership just doesn't want to invest in it. That much was clear with the "leap frog" article awhile back talking about how awesome the autonomous car is.
October 12, 20168 yr Staybridge Suites goes upscale with hotel near Ohio State A boutique extended stay hotel has opened near the campus of Ohio State University. The 90-room Staybridge Suites on Olentangy River Road is being touted by owner Sintel Hotels as a rare customization in the standardized Staybridge chain, owned by U.K.-based InterContinental Hotels Group Plc (NYSE:IHG). More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/12/photos-staybridge-suites-goes-upscale-with-hotel.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 19, 20168 yr OhioHealth names design-build team for HQ near Riverside OhioHealth Corp. has chosen the team of developer Daimler Group Inc. and architect Moody-Nolan LLC to build its corporate headquarters– not based on any preliminary design submissions, but because they were the best listeners. The two Columbus companies were among three finalists of design-build teams that OhioHealth interviewed extensively over the past three months, said Roland Tokarski, OhioHealth vice president for real estate, construction and facilities, in an interview with Columbus Business First. The field had been narrowed from 12 bids; the system is not naming the other bidders. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/18/ohiohealth-names-architect-contractor-team-for.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 24, 20178 yr Ohio State wants to untangle Olentangy/Kinnear intersection near Lennox A knotty intersection near Lennox Town Center and Ohio State University could soon be untangled. Kinnear Road and Olentangy River Road meet at a three-point intersection between the entrance to the Lennox shopping center and Route 315. Olentangy River Road then branches north through the Ohio State campus after going under 315 and immediately crossing John H. Herrick Drive, which takes visitors toward the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center complex. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/01/23/ohio-state-wants-to-untangle-olentangy-kinnear.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 18, 20178 yr Marshalls will build a new store at Lennox on a current surface lot in between Target and Famous Footwear. http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/18/new-tenant-and-new-building-coming-to-lennox-town.html
April 20, 20178 yr FIRST LOOK: OhioHealth HQ renderings show elevated walkway and plenty of green space on new campus Laura Newpoff, Digital Editor - Columbus Business First Updated: April 20, 2017, 7:19am EDT OhioHealth Corp.’s new corporate headquarters campus will feature glass, red brick and stone exteriors and plenty of green space, along with abundant natural lighting and flexible interior spaces that promote collaboration. The Columbus health system provided us with the first look at renderings of the 270,000-square-foot complex to be constructed on 13 acres east of Route 315 and OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. The $89 million project will be home to 1,600 non-clinical workers. Here is more information about the project: 1,350 space parking garage will connect to the main building by an elevated and covered walkway. There also will be 350 spaces in a surface lot. Preliminary site work will start in the coming months with construction scheduled to take about two years. Move-in targeted for Spring 2019. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/20/first-look-ohiohealth-hq-renderings-show-elevated.html
April 20, 20178 yr More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/20/first-look-ohiohealth-hq-renderings-show-elevated.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 27, 20178 yr OhioHealth HQ design 'bringing the outside in' and creating outdoor meeting space to promote wellness OhioHealth Corp. wants to make the most of the tree-lined riverfront property where it’s building a new headquarters, and had a long list of parameters for architecture firm Moody Nolan Inc. – campus feel, outdoorsy, not too big, not too fancy, according to exclusive interviews with health system executives and the project's lead architect. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/27/video-ohiohealth-hq-design-bringing-the-outside-in.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 27, 20178 yr I found this on a Columbus history Facebook page - from 1939. That's Olentangy River Road across the bottom and West North Broadway leading to the Olentangy River bridge and Clintonville beyond. The Ohio Health site is just south of Broadway along the river.
April 28, 20178 yr That photo reminds me of early photos of California cities before their boom. The (lack of) vegetation in that photo gives me that weird vibe. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 28, 20178 yr There was still clear-cutting throwing down into the '50s. But, I mean how do you keep land in Ohio from getting overgrown almost immediately? This is why I don't trust black & white photography. It made Columbus look like Hill Valley 1955.
April 28, 20178 yr But in the bottom of the picture with all the billboards there's no rows or anything.
April 28, 20178 yr But in the bottom of the picture with all the billboards there's no rows or anything. Pasture?
May 19, 20178 yr The tangle of overpasses, ramps and surface streets at state Route 315, West North Broadway and Olentangy River Road won’t be ignored as OhioHealth’s new campus rises in the area. A pair of open houses on planned improvements to the freeway and city streets are set from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 22, at OhioHealth’s Arthur G.H. Bing, MD, Cancer Center, 500 Thomas Lane, Columbus. http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170515/ohiohealth-administrative-campus-315-nearby-roads-in-line-for-upgrades
May 25, 20178 yr Looks like there will be a new southbound ramp that goes beneath 315 to North Broadway. Also, the ramp from 315 to eastbound North Broadway will be eliminated. http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/05/25/route-315-redo-direct-ramp-to-ohiohealth-hq.html?ana=fbk http://wcbe.org/post/detailed-look-infrastructure-plans-surrounding-ohiohealths-new-columbus-hq
June 9, 20178 yr I found this on a Columbus history Facebook page - from 1939. That's Olentangy River Road across the bottom and West North Broadway leading to the Olentangy River bridge and Clintonville beyond. The Ohio Health site is just south of Broadway along the river. There is a good reason why there is only pasture there around Olentangy River Rd & West North Broadway. 1939 was when North Broadway was first extended across the Olentangy River. http://bridgehunter.com/oh/franklin/bh59912/
June 9, 20178 yr Frankly, that specific area is still somewhat underdeveloped today. Lots of green space west of the intersection
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