June 3, 20196 yr https://newsroom.ohiohealth.com/ohiohealth-family-medicine-grant-opens-downtown/ At the Grant Hospital downtown campus, OhioHealth finished a $2.8 million renovation of the first floor of the Blue Parking Garage at 290 E. Town Street into a comprehensive primary care facility called OhioHealth Family Medicine Grant. The 23,000 square foot facility will provide a full spectrum of primary care services downtown and will be the home of the Grant Family Medicine residency program. Below is a streetview of the renovation work being done at the first floor of the Blue Parking Garage at the corner of Town & Sixth: View looking down Sixth Street at Town & Sixth of the finished OhioHealth Family Medicine Grant facility on the left: Another view of the finished OhioHealth Family Medicine Grant facility at Town & Sixth:
June 4, 20196 yr Just now, Rowntowner said: I remember when the ground floor of that garage had a BancOhio the first Japanese Steak House and an Owl themed bar named Hoots..
February 27, 20232 yr $400 Million Expansion Planned for Grant Medical Center The project will include a new seven-story trauma center, a new ambulatory facility, a new five story parking garage, and improved pedestrian landscaping amenities. “OhioHealth remains committed to the City of Columbus as we prepare to build on a century of excellence at Grant Medical Center,” stated Grant president Michael Lawson. “We are thrilled to serve our region by investing into expansion initiatives to deliver world-class care and transform healthcare in Downtown Columbus.” The commitment is expected to preserve 3,000 jobs and add “hundreds” more in the coming years. “As downtown Columbus continues to grow and develop, OhioHealth Grant Medical Center is growing right along with us by making sure our residents and those who work here have access to state -of-the-art healthcare,” stated Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “We are thankful to OhioHealth for its $400 million investment in Downtown, one of the largest, single investments by one company in Downtown to date.” Edited February 27, 20232 yr by VintageLife
February 27, 20232 yr Just now, VintageLife said: $400 Million Expansion Planned for Grant Medical Center The project will include a new seven-story trauma center, a new ambulatory facility, a new five story parking garage, and improved pedestrian landscaping amenities. “OhioHealth remains committed to the City of Columbus as we prepare to build on a century of excellence at Grant Medical Center,” stated Grant president Michael Lawson. “We are thrilled to serve our region by investing into expansion initiatives to deliver world-class care and transform healthcare in Downtown Columbus.” The commitment is expected to preserve 3,000 jobs and add “hundreds” more in the coming years. “As downtown Columbus continues to grow and develop, OhioHealth Grant Medical Center is growing right along with us by making sure our residents and those who work here have access to state -of-the-art healthcare,” stated Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “We are thankful to OhioHealth for its $400 million investment in Downtown, one of the largest, single investments by one company in Downtown to date.” I just posted about this in the Discovery District thread because I didn't realize we had this thread...stupid me lol. Anyway, here's the current view of where both developments are going. 7-story trauma center: Ambulatory facility and parking garage:
February 27, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: I just posted about this in the Discovery District thread because I didn't realize we had this thread...stupid me lol. Anyway, here's the current view of where both developments are going. 7-story trauma center: Ambulatory facility and parking garage: Would love to see all those buildings to the west of the new tower get demolished eventually.
February 27, 20232 yr Well dang, I wasn’t expecting that! A friend from Grant had told me they were expanding, but I’d just figured at the time that they’d meant the infusion clinic buildout that’s taking place right now. This is great to hear though. Not just for the infill, but Grant’s ED has needed an expansion for a long time now. Now, fingers crossed, OH will be able to find the staffing for it all 😬
February 27, 20232 yr That's great news. Glad to see Ohio Health investing so much in downtown via Grant, especially with the loss of Mt. Carmel West as a full-service inpatient hospital. The new tower is a nice surprise as well. It may not equal the 16-story Baldwin Tower that was demolished in the early 2000s, but great to see nonetheless. Even better, it looks like another surface lot will be replaced, albeit with structured parking. Too bad they didn't keep their executive offices in the Borden Building (180 E Broad) or somewhere else downtown, but this $400M investment by the health system is certainly welcomed.
February 27, 20232 yr The new building along Town looks great, I'm less enthusiastic about the land use proposed for the corner of State and Grant... This was the previous building on that site until demolished in the late 90s
February 27, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, NW24HX said: The new building along Town looks great, I'm less enthusiastic about the land use proposed for the corner of State and Grant... This was the previous building on that site until demolished in the late 90s So depressing, you didn’t need to post that hahah
February 28, 20232 yr I've got a book from the library that has that hotel. Basically at the end it was turned into tenement housing and we can't have that in '90s Columbus. If it could have made it only a few more years it would have been renovated into apartments or a boutique hotel.
February 28, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, GCrites80s said: I've got a book from the library that has that hotel. Basically at the end it was turned into tenement housing and we can't have that in '90s Columbus. If it could have made it only a few more years it would have been renovated into apartments or a boutique hotel. Didn't that building have pretty severe structural issues? I seem to recall that being discussed here.
February 28, 20232 yr A few more details from CBF today: ”Already the state's busiest trauma center, Grant anticipates adding about 500 jobs over the decade to the 3,000 now at the hospital, according to a spokeswoman. Construction is expected to start this summer on the first phase, a 40,000-square-foot medical office and outpatient center with a five-story parking garage at Grant Avenue and State Street, across State from the main hospital. A seven-story, 270,000-square-foot inpatient critical care pavilion housing a new trauma center and emergency department makes up the second phase of the five-year project. Demolition will begin once the outpatient building opens and the primary care practice moves there. The medical office also will include the Transitions of Care Clinic and a food pantry. Health system officials are still evaluating how to repurpose the current emergency department, a spokeswoman said via email.“ https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/02/28/ohiohealth-grant-medical-expansion-er-outpatient.html Just between this expansion and NCH’s current and coming projects, I’d guess at least 1,000+ new jobs coming in and around downtown. Hopefully that means plenty more residential proposals to come over the next several months. Time to build, baby, build!
February 28, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, cbussoccer said: Didn't that building have pretty severe structural issues? I seem to recall that being discussed here. The book doesn't mention any structural issues but it does mention that the court ordered repairs to exposed wiring, leaky pipes, removal of rodents and fire system upgrades which were moving along well enough to get extensions by the court until the end when presumably work had not been completed to its satisfaction. Then tenants were ordered out and it was subsequently bought by Grant.
February 28, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: The book doesn't mention any structural issues but it does mention that the court ordered repairs to exposed wiring, leaky pipes, removal of rodents and fire system upgrades which were moving along well enough to get extensions by the court until the end when presumably work had not been completed to its satisfaction. Then tenants were ordered out and it was subsequently bought by Grant. If they could save and preserve The Trolly building on the east side, even after a fire, this building could have been saved. The owner found an escape and sold it to the hospital and the s**tty board of the hospital decided to tear it down, for a crappy parking lot. I’m just thankful that little block between young and fifth on spring was saved. Those little buildings look great and it’s sad the whole stretch was probably just as beautiful back in the day. Hopefully Grant doesn’t own the building at the corner of State and 6th, because I’m sure they will want to tear that down eventually. Edited February 28, 20232 yr by VintageLife
February 28, 20232 yr So Grant is tearing down the existing parking garage for the tower? Am I reading that correctly? Trying not to be too nitpicky since it's a medical facility and campus I suppose. I like the street and sidewalk improvement concept but hope they get much better upgrade than the renderings show as the process goes on. Would be nice to see the old ED be used for more community based health outreach and care either through grant or another partner like Equitas etc especially as the downtown population grows in a similar vein to Mount Carmel. Edit. I also wonder if they've been conscious of their limited land and are building to allow future upward expansion on the new builds or at least the new garage. Im assuming the old garage cant sustain that kind of expansion or we might see either of these on top of the existing. It was kind of fun to watch them basically lego their last expansion on top of the old building. Edited February 28, 20232 yr by DTCL11
February 28, 20232 yr 30 minutes ago, VintageLife said: If they could save and preserve The Trolly building on the east side, even after a fire, this building could have been saved. The owner found an escape and sold it to the hospital and the s**tty board of the hospital decided to tear it down, for a crappy parking lot. I’m just thankful that little block between young and fifth on spring was saved. Those little buildings look great and it’s sad the whole stretch was probably just as beautiful back in the day. Hopefully Grant doesn’t own the building at the corner of State and 6th, because I’m sure they will want to tear that down eventually. Here is the book: https://cml.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S105C2058454 There is a lot more detail in it about the Biggies such as the Deshler, the Neil House, the Southern and the Hartman.
February 28, 20232 yr 12 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: So Grant is tearing down the existing parking garage for the tower? Am I reading that correctly? Yeah, sounds like the blue garage will be torn down.
March 1, 20232 yr 7 hours ago, amped91 said: Yeah, sounds like the blue garage will be torn down. Dreams do come true I guess...
March 2, 20232 yr I've said it before, but Ohio Health should just slowly work on buying up all of the remaining 60s/70s singular office buildings that span from 4th to 6th on the north side of Town Street and that would gain them a ton more flexibility moving forward adjacent to the new 7-story trauma center...
March 2, 20232 yr 19 minutes ago, jebleprls22 said: I've said it before, but Ohio Health should just slowly work on buying up all of the remaining 60s/70s singular office buildings that span from 4th to 6th on the north side of Town Street and that would gain them a ton more flexibility moving forward adjacent to the new 7-story trauma center... I would rather they build up, instead of out. Those buildings would be better for developers to add more housing and retail downtown.
March 2, 20232 yr 30 minutes ago, jebleprls22 said: I've said it before, but Ohio Health should just slowly work on buying up all of the remaining 60s/70s singular office buildings that span from 4th to 6th on the north side of Town Street and that would gain them a ton more flexibility moving forward adjacent to the new 7-story trauma center... I think the parking lot at Town and Grant is owned by a different entity. I hadn’t realized before how bad the surface parking looked along Chapel, though. Someone needs to start filling that in!
March 2, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I would rather they build up, instead of out. Those buildings would be better for developers to add more housing and retail downtown. Absolutely agreed that they should build up, but I also think it's a matter of unlocking enough land at any given point where they can build new while keeping old facilities in operation (which is the current order of operation for the new trauma center). If anything they should also be getting into the development game and build apartments and amenities for their employees.
March 2, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, jebleprls22 said: I've said it before, but Ohio Health should just slowly work on buying up all of the remaining 60s/70s singular office buildings that span from 4th to 6th on the north side of Town Street and that would gain them a ton more flexibility moving forward adjacent to the new 7-story trauma center... I detest all of that crap built after the Market-Mohawk demolitions/clearance. They need to knock down the stuff north of the alley as well. Maybe save the old funeral home but the other two need to go Kevin the attack lawyer will need to find new digs(if he is still in that building). 209 East State is an atrocity and a crime against humanity IMO. Edited March 2, 20232 yr by Toddguy
March 2, 20232 yr At least one of those buildings in the "opportunity" area was recently listed on the National Register. I believe a historic rehabilitation is planned.
March 2, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, ink said: At least one of those buildings in the "opportunity" area was recently listed on the National Register. I believe a historic rehabilitation is planned. I believe it is the one furthest to the right(east). They need to knock down the rest before someone tries to "historicize" them as well.
March 2, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, Toddguy said: 209 East State is an atrocity and a crime against humanity IMO. Yeah that building is insanely crappy. I would love to see some brownstones along state in that area, with some taller development behind them. Okay off the original buildings/houses across the street.
March 2, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Toddguy said: I believe it is the one furthest to the right(east). They need to knock down the rest before someone tries to "historicize" them as well. I believe even if a building is on the register it can still be demolished, hopefully.
March 2, 20232 yr 1 minute ago, VintageLife said: Yeah that building is insanely crappy. I would love to see some brownstones along state in that area, with some taller development behind them. Okay off the original buildings/houses across the street. Exactly-when you compare it to the mix of small buildings across the street it is even worse. That kind of stuff should never have been built downtown. That whole little area is a terrible historical error that needs correcting.
April 4, 20232 yr On 2/27/2023 at 2:58 PM, VintageLife said: $400 Million Expansion Planned for Grant Medical Center The project will include a new seven-story trauma center, a new ambulatory facility, a new five story parking garage, and improved pedestrian landscaping amenities. “OhioHealth remains committed to the City of Columbus as we prepare to build on a century of excellence at Grant Medical Center,” stated Grant president Michael Lawson. “We are thrilled to serve our region by investing into expansion initiatives to deliver world-class care and transform healthcare in Downtown Columbus.” The commitment is expected to preserve 3,000 jobs and add “hundreds” more in the coming years. “As downtown Columbus continues to grow and develop, OhioHealth Grant Medical Center is growing right along with us by making sure our residents and those who work here have access to state -of-the-art healthcare,” stated Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. “We are thankful to OhioHealth for its $400 million investment in Downtown, one of the largest, single investments by one company in Downtown to date.” Saw these guys as I was leaving Grant today
May 17, 20232 yr The Critical Care Pavilion is taller than I expected, and the design isn't half bad.
May 17, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: The Critical Care Pavilion is taller than I expected, and the design isn't half bad. It doesn’t look horrible and it looks like the parking garage and new 2 story building could easily be replaced in the future.
May 18, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, VintageLife said: It doesn’t look horrible and it looks like the parking garage and new 2 story building could easily be replaced in the future. This is just going to get more and more congested. Not sure a hospital really is going to work well here long term, and I certainly wouldn't want to live next to one and hear the sirens all night.
May 18, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, columbus17 said: This is just going to get more and more congested. Not sure a hospital really is going to work well here long term, and I certainly wouldn't want to live next to one and hear the sirens all night. Eh it wouldn’t be awful, I live next to a very busy fire station and barely even notice anymore, even with my windows open. It will get congested but they can always go up, which won’t be a bad thing. With a higher population expected downtown, a hospital will be even more important. I think they own a lot of the buildings around the hospital, so they still have room to expand eventually.
May 18, 20232 yr I lived next to UC Hospital and a fire station at the same time and didn't notice sirens after a month. Close to Rickenbacker for about 27 years too and the only time I got really annoyed was when, unbeknownst to me at the time, my buddy had his Airborne guys hover over my house with a twin rotor helicopter as a nav exercise. He was like, "Did you hear us?" Yes, yes I did. Edited May 18, 20232 yr by GCrites80s
May 18, 20232 yr Yikes this just keeps getting worse the more I look at it One thing I didn't realize before is they are intending to close 6th street between Town and Chapel, which seems highly unnecessary, vs just bridging over it. And that will create another awkward disconnect / dead end in the street grid, whereas the downtown design guidelines rightfully encourage the opposite Also, the land use of the larger parcel is horrible. A short squat garage with zero interaction along the street, and an equally short squat and dead medical office building Childrens hospital's MOB at Parsons and Livingston is much more successful, with the Panera right on the corner. Just copy / paste even and it's miles better than this Or, why not stack the MOB on top of the garage and save the Grant frontage for future development? Ohio Health has even already done both of these, with the new parking garage at Grant and Rich set back to allow future development and the older green garage at Town and Grant having several stories of medical space stacked on top. So it's not like we'd be asking them to reinvent the wheel... I'd like to see the downtown commission dig into these items but I'm afraid they'll just rubber stamp the plans as proposed, which would be a pretty significant missed opportunity IMO
May 18, 20232 yr 8 hours ago, columbus17 said: This is just going to get more and more congested. Not sure a hospital really is going to work well here long term, and I certainly wouldn't want to live next to one and hear the sirens all night. Squads and fire generally don't run sirens after dark unless there is traffic congestion. Even if there is a car or two, they might squawk but general practice is to not use them unless absolutely necessary. And if there's going to be 10s of thousands more residents downtown, a hospital downtown is going to have to work or you're preventing reasonable access to care without forcing the entire south side and downtown from going to the north side or far east for care.
May 21, 20232 yr I am good with the Critical Care Pavilion. The MOB/Garage on the other hand… Yikes. This needs work and a ton of critique from the DTC. As mentioned by @NW24HX, why not stack the MOB on top of the garage? There should not be such a short building on a true urban medical campus. It looks like a suburb build out more suitable for OhioHealth Dublin. Sadly, I believe they will blindly approve. Edited May 25, 20232 yr by NightNectar
May 21, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, NightNectar said: I am good with the Critical Care Pavilion. The MOB/Garage on the other hand… Yikes. This needs work and a ton of critique from the DTC. As mentioned by @NW24HX, why not stack the MOB on top of the garage? There should not be such a short buildings on a true urban medical campus. It looks like a suburb build out more suitable for OhioHealth Dublin. Sadly, I believe they will blindly approve. Send an email to the downtown commission about your opinions, they usually are pretty respective to it.
May 24, 20232 yr OhioHealth details plans for Grant Medical Center expansion in downtown Columbus The design includes closing part of 6th Street to create more of a campus feel. Commissioners were in support of that plan. Commissioners asked if the new buildings could be more dense, but OhioHealth said a larger building wouldn't fit in the project budget. OhioHealth officials also said they are eyeing some other nearby sites for potential additional future expansion.
May 24, 20232 yr I would settle for assurances that the new buildings are built capable of upward expansion.
May 24, 20232 yr Just now, DTCL11 said: I would settle for assurances that the new buildings are built capable of upward expansion. Or that they are willing to demo them in 10 years and building something proper. I don’t see why they couldn’t build apartment units on top of the garage, or s**t even combine the garage on top of the 2 story building.
May 24, 20232 yr I mean, they should've just reclad this. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 24, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: OhioHealth details plans for Grant Medical Center expansion in downtown Columbus The design includes closing part of 6th Street to create more of a campus feel. Commissioners were in support of that plan. Commissioners asked if the new buildings could be more dense, but OhioHealth said a larger building wouldn't fit in the project budget. OhioHealth officials also said they are eyeing some other nearby sites for potential additional future expansion. Then wait for your Pickerington hospital and Riverside expansion to be done? Seems like they're overextending themselves and it's going to hamper our downtown medical campus.
May 24, 20232 yr Grant has to be one of the ugliest hospitals I've seen and they just keep growing it in some incohesive fashion. Build up not out!
May 24, 20232 yr 17 minutes ago, aderwent said: Then wait for your Pickerington hospital and Riverside expansion to be done? Seems like they're overextending themselves and it's going to hamper our downtown medical campus. Hamper [the design aesthetic of] our downtown medical campus. I can assure you that it will enhance the services and medical care. And one of those things will be better than the other in the long run for the community.
May 24, 20232 yr 39 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Grant has to be one of the ugliest hospitals I've seen and they just keep growing it in some incohesive fashion. Build up not out! That's most urban Hospitals of any age. It's the nature of the way they grow and adapt to needs. It's never a pretty process as the decades trudge on.
May 24, 20232 yr 47 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: Hamper [the design aesthetic of] our downtown medical campus. I can assure you that it will enhance the services and medical care. And one of those things will be better than the other in the long run for the community. Not just the aesthetic. It's not connected or cohesive at all. 17 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: That's most urban Hospitals of any age. It's the nature of the way they grow and adapt to needs. It's never a pretty process as the decades trudge on. Ohio State and Children's Hospital right here in Columbus are two examples of urban hospitals doing things right. Even Riverside does better than the disjointed mess Grant has become.
May 24, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, aderwent said: Ohio State and Children's Hospital right here in Columbus are two examples of urban hospitals doing things right. Even Riverside does better than the disjointed mess Grant has become. Ohio State is pretty disjointed as it has also been built up over a century. Children's is fairly cohesive, but it's largely been built out over the course of ~15 years under a fairly cohesive master plan. That's not a luxury that a legacy hospital like Grant has. Riverside is more suburban than urban, and is a spralling maze of a building(s). I'm not really sure what they've done that Grant should have done when you consider the surroundings of each and the nature of their growth.
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