January 7, 201312 yr Wagenbrenner Development also has a project website for their Harrison Park infill development. It is located here. Their website contains an nicely descriptive aerial that puts this Harrison West development into context with the surrounding city: The above aerial does not include the under-construction, four-story, Harrison Park Apartment Building. This is on the vacant lot across the street from the three building, three-story condo development called Harrison Park Flats. The original post in this thread with the location map of the under-construction four-story apartment building is here.
September 20, 201311 yr The four-story, 108-unit Harrison West apartments are now finished. From http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-july-2013
December 12, 201311 yr Notice of a proposed new 3-story, 144-unit apartment development in Harrison West was posted by heresthecasey at Columbus Underground. It appears that it would be located one block southeast of the 3-story Harrison Park Flats condo development built in the mid-2000's by Wagenbrenner and two blocks southeast from the recently finished 4-story Harrison Park Apartments (pictured above) also built by Wagenbrenner. The proposed 3-story apartment development would be located across Michigan Avenue from the existing 2-story Alexandria Colony Apartments. It appears that the proposed 3-story apartment development would replace two 1-story office buildings and their surface parking lots on the development site. Below is the project information and location map that was posted at http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/144-unit-apartment-development-proposed-for-harrison-west-michigan-at-buttles. The developers of the Aston Place project in Victorian Village are now proposing a 144-unit apartment complex in Harrison West. The site is bounded by Michigan, Thurber, and Buttles, and currently houses two commercial buildings and surface parking. The apartments would be distributed in 7, 3-story buildings, with approx. 20 units/building. The plan has been presented to the Harrison West society twice already, in October and November, and a vote will be taken at the January meeting on whether to recommend that City Council approve the site's rezoning for the project. There are more details and comments from society members in the meeting minutes: http://harrisonwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/HWSMinutes10.16.2013.pdf (October) http://harrisonwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/HWSMinutes11.20.2013.pdf (November) More at http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/144-unit-apartment-development-proposed-for-harrison-west-michigan-at-buttles
January 29, 201411 yr More about the above posted development proposal from Columbus Underground: Developer Wants to Build 140-Unit Apartment Complex in Harrison West By: Brent Warren, Columbus Underground Published on January 27, 2014 - 7:00 am Snyder Barker Investments, the development team behind the Aston Place apartments and townhomes in Victorian Village, is looking to Harrison West for their next project. They are still working out the details, but hope to build about 140 apartment units in the area bounded by Michigan Avenue, Thurber Drive West and Buttles Avenue. The 3.4 acre site is currently home to the offices of the US Trotting Association. (. . .) The development, tentatively named “Trotter’s Gate,” will feature six three-story apartment buildings with surface parking behind and around the buildings. Plans call for some unattached garages offering covered parking as well as a clubhouse and possibly a pool. ... Also in the plans is a parcel across Michigan Avenue from the main site that the developers hope to use for additional parking and to provide a connection to the Harrison West Connector shared-use path. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/developer-wants-to-build-140-unit-apartment-complex-in-harrison-west-bw1
March 6, 201411 yr A little more about the proposed 3-story, 140-unit Trotter's Gate apartment development in Harrison West. CU's discussion thread about the project at http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/144-unit-apartment-development-proposed-for-harrison-west-michigan-at-buttles/page/2 has nice phototour of the existing buildings on the 3.4 acre site - mostly 70's-style single-story office buildings with surface parking lots. Also from the above linked CU discussion thread, apparently the developer has cleared its variance request with the Harrison West Society by reducing the number of curb cuts from 8 to 4, and by adding 1200 sq. ft. of retail space to the project.
September 12, 201410 yr The Trotter's Gate apartment complex in Harrison West is close to beginning construction. Rendering and report from CU: Construction to Start Soon on Trotter’s Gate Project in Harrison West By Brent Warren, Columbus Underground September 11, 2014 - 6:53 am Construction is set to begin soon on a 144-unit apartment complex in Harrison West. The development — dubbed Trotter’s Gate in homage to the US Trotting Association offices that have occupied the site for decades — will consist of six three-story apartment buildings as well as a clubhouse, swimming pool, and about 1,200 square feet of retail space. The project received approval and a letter of support from the Harrison West Society in February, but developer Snyder Barker Investments and their partners just closed on the three-and-a-half acre site last week. The area to be developed is bounded by Michigan Avenue, Thurber Drive West and Buttles Avenue. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-to-start-soon-on-trotters-gate-project-in-harrison-west-bw1
December 2, 201410 yr The office buildings have been razed on the Trotter’s Gate site in Harrison West to make way for the 144-unit apartment development. Photo from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2014-part-2:
December 2, 201410 yr News about another Wagenbrenner Development project in Harrison West. Below is an excerpt from CU and a rendering: Construction to Start Soon on Harrison Park Townhomes By Brent Warren, Columbus Underground December 2, 2014 - 7:00 am Construction is scheduled to begin early next year on 24 townhomes at the corner of Second Avenue and Harrison Park Place in Harrison West. The new units, which will be offered as for-sale condominiums, represent the final piece of Wagenbrenner Development’s larger Harrison Park development. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-to-start-soon-on-harrison-park-townhomes-bw1
December 2, 201410 yr Below is aerial map previously posted HERE in this thread showing Wagenbrenner Development's projects in the Harrison West neighborhood. - The blue box is where Wagenbrenner completed a four-story, 108-unit apartment building last year. - The red box is where the three-story, 24-unit townhome project will be built next year.
December 2, 201410 yr Someone at CU posted this pdf of the 24-unit townhouse site plan. Its a bit less in area than the footpoint I had on the aerial in the earlier post - so its been edited to reflect this: http://harrisonwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Harrison%20Park%20Development%2014_0109.pdf
February 9, 201510 yr Work going on at the Trotter’s Gate development. I think the first building is retail, although I never did see a site plan for this. The rest of site has activity all over it. I bet the apartment buildings will go up fast.
February 18, 201510 yr Work going on at the Trotter’s Gate development. I think the first building is retail, although I never did see a site plan for this. The rest of site has activity all over it. I bet the apartment buildings will go up fast. CU just publisked a rendering of the retail building that you photographed. From this article: http://www.columbusunderground.com/development-roundup-eight-updates-from-italian-village-downtown-and-beyond-bw1 Plus an updated rendering of the Trotter's Park apartment buildings (apparently they changed the name from Trotter's Gate). From http://www.columbusunderground.com/development-roundup-eight-updates-from-italian-village-downtown-and-beyond-bw1
February 19, 201510 yr Meh. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 15, 201510 yr Late April construction photo of the Harrison Park townhomes from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2015-part-1
May 15, 201510 yr Some renderings of the Harrison Park townhomes from their website: http://harrisonpark.com/
May 15, 201510 yr Late April construction photos at Trotter's Park: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2015-part-1
June 21, 20159 yr Big news for my 'hood. Word is it'll probably be mixed used commercial and retail, with a retail strip along 5th. Obviously that could change though, this is a long way off. Crazy that this whole plot was a neighborhood for most of Columbus' history until Battelle bought it all up in the 70s or 80s or something. Battelle to Seek Buyers for Land Owned in Harrison West The land owned by Battelle in our neighborhood may look different in a few years. Battelle has informed the Harrison West Society that they plan to seek proposals for the development of their Harrison West property, which includes the parcels bounded by West 5th and West 3rd Avenues on the north and south and by Perry Street and the Olentangy River on the east and west as well as the parcels on the southeast corner of West 5th and Perry. More - http://harrisonwest.org/battelle-to-seek-buyers-for-land-owned-in-harrison-west/
June 21, 20159 yr ^ Great news! That has the potential to add a lot of new residents and activity to the area. I agree it'd be nice to keep some of the green space currently there as well. I'd also imagine Battelle will have to develop one or more garages on their northern lots to accommodate for the loss of parking. Exciting times ahead in Harrison West!
June 23, 20159 yr Harrison Park Townhomes yesterday. I'm really not loving how blocky they are, but I guess that is what the renderings show.
June 24, 20159 yr "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 24, 20159 yr Big news for my 'hood. Word is it'll probably be mixed used commercial and retail, with a retail strip along 5th. Obviously that could change though, this is a long way off. Crazy that this whole plot was a neighborhood for most of Columbus' history until Battelle bought it all up in the 70s or 80s or something. Battelle to Seek Buyers for Land Owned in Harrison West The land owned by Battelle in our neighborhood may look different in a few years. Battelle has informed the Harrison West Society that they plan to seek proposals for the development of their Harrison West property, which includes the parcels bounded by West 5th and West 3rd Avenues on the north and south and by Perry Street and the Olentangy River on the east and west as well as the parcels on the southeast corner of West 5th and Perry. More - http://harrisonwest.org/battelle-to-seek-buyers-for-land-owned-in-harrison-west/ That really is outstanding news! This Battelle-owned land immediately south of their main campus always seemed like "excess land" for their purposes. Battelle is an amazing local success story and a very community minded organization. I'm pleased to see them returning this part of their organization back to the community.
June 24, 20159 yr Columbusight.com has some more about this. Plus an aerial view of the Battelle property to be sold (shown below): Battelle Planning to Sell Excess Land in Harrison West for Future Mixed-Use Development Battelle Memorial Institute has long been a community anchor and major employer in the city of Columbus. While its campus south of The Ohio State University is no doubt a landmark for the neighborhood, much of the property it controls in the area has never been fully utilized by the organization. However, that should be changing soon – as Battelle recently announced its intention to sell the excess land it owns south of W 5th Ave, bordered by Perry St, W 3rd Ave, and the Olentangy River. The approximately 20 acres of land being put up for sale currently includes several large surface parking lots, a small industrial storage building, a daycare center, and two green spaces – one at the property’s southern edge along W 3rd Ave and another smaller strip on W 5th Ave east of Perry St. Preliminary discussions between Battelle and the city indicate a preference for mixed-use development that maximizes the value of the land, focusing mainly on either residential or office space along with the possibility of retail on W 5th Ave. One use that isn’t likely to be proposed for the site is a hotel, many of which have been developed nearby along Olentangy River Road in recent years. MORE: http://columbusight.com/2015/06/22/battelle-planning-to-sell-excess-land-in-harrison-west-for-future-development/
July 18, 20159 yr Business First has a report about the Battelle Institute looking to sell some of its excess property south of its main campus. Not much different than the previous Columbusight.com report from last month about this. But it did include an interesting aerial that shows this property in context with the Battelle campus (and the OSU Medical Center a little further north): Battelle eyeing sale of 19 acres in Harrison West for development: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/07/17/battelle-eyeing-sale-of-19-acres-in-harrison-west.html
July 21, 20159 yr Trotters Park is nearing completion. It is near the upper left in the second photo.
July 28, 20159 yr Residents are in mild freakout mode about the sale of the Battelle property: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/07/24/harrison-west-fears-development-on-battelle-land.html I hope the city is able to acquire the greenspace at 3rd Ave, but I think people are letting their fears get the best of him. The majority of the property is a sprawling parking lot and redevelopment of it is great news for the neighborhood.
July 28, 20159 yr I always find stuff like this ridiculous. Harrison Park is only a couple of blocks away and Harrison West Park is a block away. I think it's more people who like their neighborhood but are afraid of more people moving in and changing things.
August 14, 20159 yr Late July construction photos of the Trotters Park apartment development from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-july-2015-part-1
August 14, 20159 yr Meh. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 14, 20159 yr Well, since we can't get the infamous Columbusite "seal of approval" anymore, I guess we'll need to settle for the ColDayMan "seal of meh"!
August 16, 20159 yr That works. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 17, 20159 yr Those light poles they chose really don't go with the architecture at all. And their "marketing materials" couldn't be any more cringe-worthy: :wtf: That said, it's got decent density and adds more residents to the core of the city. I'd say thats a win overall.
August 17, 20159 yr ... their "marketing materials" couldn't be any more cringe-worthy: I saw that "sexy Trotters Park" ad over at CU! More appropriate for the Benchmark Apartments at Kenny & Henderson (across the street from Kahoots). hehe
August 17, 20159 yr Well, since we can't get the infamous Columbusite "seal of approval" anymore, I guess we'll need to settle for the ColDayMan "seal of meh"! That works. It's also an upgrade!
October 28, 20159 yr This proposed four-story, 26-unit extended-stay hotel would be located immediately north of the mostly-completed 140-unit Trotters Park development: Extended-stay hotel proposed in Harrison West By Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 6:09 AM A local developer wants to build an extended-stay hotel in the heart of the Harrison West neighborhood. Mulberry Design & Build plans to erect the four-story, 26-unit building at 840 Michigan Ave., at the northeast corner of Michigan and Buttles avenues. The one- and two-bedroom units would feature full kitchens. The building also would offer 1,638 square feet of retail space, which could include a small restaurant. It would be a boutique hotel, with monthly rates of $1,800 to $2,000, according to the Harrison West Society, which reviewed the project in August. It expects to draw people from nearby employers such as Ohio State University and Nationwide. ( . . . ) Three stories would be on top of a parking deck. The building would have a roof terrace with a view of Downtown. The site now has a vacant 6,720-square-foot office building built in 1962 that would be demolished. The developer is asking the city for zoning variances to reduce the building setback from 25 feet to 9 feet along Buttles and to 14 feet along Thurber Drive W., while reducing the required parking spaces for the retail space from seven to zero and eliminating a loading-zone space. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/09/12/extended-stay-hotel-proposed-in-harrison-west.html
June 13, 20169 yr New Condos, Storage Facility Proposed for Harrison West A new proposal from a Florida developer calls for demolishing the APCO Siding Company building at 815 Michigan Avenue and replacing it with six three-story residential buildings. A total of 33 for-sale townhomes would be accommodated on the site, with below-ground garages and some surface parking providing space for 66 cars. The new project, which would sit directly across the street from the 144-unit Trotters Park apartments, is scheduled to go before the Harrison West Society on June 15th. Also to be heard at that meeting is a proposal from Short North Storage, LLC to build six one-story storage buildings directly to the west, at 555 Buttles Avenue. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-condos-storage-facility-proposed-for-harrison-west-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 22, 20168 yr 250 New Apartments Could Be on Tap for Harrison West More apartments could be coming soon to the western edge of Harrison West. Developer Michael Schiff of Schiff Property Group is in contract to buy the seven-acre Superior Beverage site at 871 Ingleside Street. Schiff told Columbus Underground that he is working with Scott Pickett to acquire the parcel, which sits at the western edge of Buttles Avenue. Schiff and Pickett were also partners in Trotters Park, a 144-unit apartment complex built on 3.4 acres at the southeast corner of Buttles and Michigan Avenue. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/250-new-apartments-could-be-on-tap-for-harrison-west-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 23, 20168 yr Battelle nearing sale of 19 acres in Harrison West, with housing, retail and a hotel under discussion Redevelopment plans are moving forward on a big piece of land in Columbus’ Harrison West neighborhood. Battelle Memorial Institute, which is selling the 19-acre site between West Fifth Avenue and West Third Avenue to an as-yet undisclosed private developer, has notified customers of its Battelle Discovery Center that the day care will close next September as construction is expected to get underway. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/22/battelle-nearing-sale-of-19-acres-in-harrison-west.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 23, 20168 yr ^ Slightly larger aerial from the article: Also from the article, the Harrison West Society reported this at their August 17th meeting the following: "Battelle – met with Waggenbrenner on potential final agreements on development. Battelle negotiating between waggenbrenner and someone else, no decisions have been made. Proposal includes expanded parkland along river, potential hotel, large retail space (gourmet grocery with café), large parking garage wrapped in residential with apartments, single family townhomes (these extend to third and take up the greenspace). Our feedback was we won’t give up the greenspace. Month or so before we have a real proposal in front of us. Battelle will be coming to the meeting in October maybe. Battelle indicated we would need an ad hoc committee to deal with the park space." From http://harrisonwest.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/HWS_Minutes_8.17.16.pdf
September 23, 20168 yr Waggenbrenner seems like an obvious for this site, based on their work with Harrison Park and Gowdy Field. They understand that sub-market and how to work with the neighborhood/society. Plus they build good product.
October 10, 20168 yr It looks like another local developer is trying to get in on the Battelle property sale. There's a rough site plan of this proposal at the Dispatch link: New proposal for Battelle property includes apartments, hotel, park By Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch Monday, October 10, 2016 - 1:58 PM As Battelle considers proposals for a good chunk of property near its Columbus campus, the latest idea would focus on retired Ohio State and Battelle employees. But the Slane Company, and the former OSU trustee who runs it, may have come to the game too late. Gahanna-based Slane is pitching the $200-million concept to Battelle, which wants to sell 15 acres just east of the Olentangy River so it can invest the proceeds into the Battelle campus. Slane's proposal calls for: 380 apartments for retirees, including 80 assisted-living units 200-room hotel along W. 5th Avenue 128-unit market-rate apartment building 3.5-acre park at the southern part of the property (Harrison West residents had wanted to see some of the land preserved as a park) MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/10/10/new-proposal-for-battelle-property.html
October 10, 20168 yr Wow. What a seriously awful proposal. It (thankfully) sounds like Battelle has no interest in choosing this developer for the project.
October 10, 20168 yr Wow. What a seriously awful proposal. It (thankfully) sounds like Battelle has no interest in choosing this developer for the project. What's so bad about it? It sounds better than a grocery store and Harrison West North of The Circles.
October 11, 20168 yr JMHO, but: - It's not dense enough and doesn't take advantage of the site's full potential - It's not real mixed-use development, (site is divided into several segregated, independent, single-use zones) - It's not real urban development (massive setbacks on all sides of each of the buildings, no connections between) - Leaves too much wasted space in general, and too much open green space on developable land - Doesn't restore the street grid - No commercial included (office or retail) - Developer is attempting to exploit political/personal connections to get the project outside of the established RFP process - Developer has no prior track record of dense, urban, mixed-use development - Developer seems to have no understanding of the site as a true urban neighborhood, only sees potential for a "college town"-style "Disneyland for adults"
October 11, 20168 yr JMHO, but: - It's not dense enough and doesn't take advantage of the site's full potential - Looking at the rendering it seems to do exactly that, putting a few hundred bedrooms onto the site. - It's not real mixed-use development, (site is divided into several segregated, independent, single-use zones) - Yes, it is primarily all residential but can 5th handle more traffic without being expanded? It does integrate a hotel which could feature a restaurant(old school I know but look at the Hilton). - It's not real urban development (massive setbacks on all sides of each of the buildings, no connections between) - Maybe I'm missing something but for the footprint I believe it will a lot more dense and less set back than you're assuming. - Leaves too much wasted space in general, and too much open green space on developable land - Battelle said they want a park integrated so I'm not sure where else in the rendering you're seeing too much green space other than the park. - Doesn't restore the street grid - ??? don't really get this or how Wagenbrenner's proposal is going to do that either, the site dead ends into the river and is pretty small as is. - No commercial included (office or retail) - What is the need to constantly have office and retail, have you looked at the size of Battelle? - Developer is attempting to exploit political/personal connections to get the project outside of the established RFP process - I think it's actually a very unique vision, now the approach to get their proposal looked at could've been better but nonetheless I think it is something more unique and out of the box than anything Wagenbrenner would've proposed. - Developer has no prior track record of dense, urban, mixed-use development - Not always a bad thing! - Developer seems to have no understanding of the site as a true urban neighborhood, only sees potential for a "college town"-style "Disneyland for adults"
February 2, 20178 yr 20 Acre Mixed-Use Development Planned for Harrison West After months of anticipation and speculation, plans to redevelop a large surface parking lot near the campus of Battelle have finally been unveiled. Battelle is selling the property to a development team led by Wagenbrenner Development and Fortress Real Estate. The project, revealed at a community meeting tonight, calls for a mix of office, hotel, apartment and for sale homes on the 20 acre site located between Fifth Avenue and Third Avenue in the Harrison West neighborhood. Additionally, much of the existing green space on the southern end of the site will be preserved, and additional park land will be made available for use along the Olentangy Trail. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/20-acre-mixed-use-development-planned-for-harrison-west "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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