September 10, 201410 yr More about the construction of Hilliard’s Station Park, plus other park, trail and development projects in Old Hilliard (their name for downtown Hilliard): Two new parks add to allure of Old Hilliard By Earl Rinehart, The Columbus Dispatch Monday, September 8, 2014 - 6:16 AM The next step toward turning Old Hilliard into the city’s new place to be continues with the construction of Hilliard’s Station Park and Trailhead Park. The city has cleared the lot at Center and Main Streets across from First Responders Park but is waiting for Columbia Gas to move a line before work could proceed. The two parks - a combined $5 million project - are expected to open by mid- to late June 2015, shortly after the planned opening of the $534,000 Hilliard Civic & Cultural Arts Center to the northwest on Center Street. Trailhead Park will have lockers and other amenities for bicyclists and pedestrians using the 7-mile Heritage Trail. The city is to extend the trail that runs along the Norfolk & Southern rail line to First Responders Park next year. By 2016, it could reach the proposed Landmark Lofts apartments and retail development and the Municipal Building. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/09/08/two-new-parks-add-to-allure-of-old-hilliard.html
September 11, 201410 yr The next step toward turning Old Hilliard into the city’s new place to be continues with the construction of Hilliard’s Station Park and Trailhead Park. The city has cleared the lot at Center and Main Streets across from First Responders Park but is waiting for Columbia Gas to move a line before work could proceed. The two parks - a combined $5 million project - are expected to open by mid- to late June 2014, shortly after the planned opening of the $534,000 Hilliard Civic & Cultural Arts Center to the northwest on Center Street. They'll have to work pretty hard to get those parks open by mid- to late June 2014. The first step is constructing the time machine to bring completed parks from the future.
September 11, 201410 yr The next step toward turning Old Hilliard into the citys new place to be continues with the construction of Hilliards Station Park and Trailhead Park. The city has cleared the lot at Center and Main Streets across from First Responders Park but is waiting for Columbia Gas to move a line before work could proceed. The two parks - a combined $5 million project - are expected to open by mid- to late June 2014, shortly after the planned opening of the $534,000 Hilliard Civic & Cultural Arts Center to the northwest on Center Street. They'll have to work pretty hard to get those parks open by mid- to late June 2014. The first step is constructing the time machine to bring completed parks from the future. Whoops. Should've been mid-to-late 2015.
December 16, 201410 yr More about the residential portion of the Gateway development that was mentioned in the previous post and previously posted here with a site plan. The 450 apartment units are being built by Lifestyle Communities and is being called Brooklands. The Lifestyle Communites website is at http://lifestylecommunities.com/lc-brooklands/overview Updated construction photos for the LC Brooklands apartments in Hilliard's Gateway Development from https://lifestylecommunities.com/news/article/lc-brooklands-construction.html:
December 16, 201410 yr Looks better than Columbus Commons. #justsayin "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 27, 201510 yr Schonhardt says Station Park should 'revitalize' Old Hilliard BY KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Tuesday, December 30, 2014 - 12:27 PM Hilliard leaders say in the next several months, they look forward to starting or completing several projects for which groundwork was laid last year. Mayor Don Schonhardt, who plans to seek re-election to a third term this year, said the completion of Hilliard's Station Park will be one of the most significant events in 2015. Other important projects expected to start or finish this year include Landmark Lofts, improvements to the "civic corridor" and development at the former Hickory Chase site. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2014/12/29/schonhardt-says-station-park-should-revitalize-old-hilliard.html
May 29, 201510 yr It seems that the LC Brooklands apartments in Hilliard's Gateway Development is now open. Couldn't find any grand opening announcement from LC, but the standard renting sites are listing the 450-unit development as 'for rent'. Here are some exterior photos from https://www.lifestylecommunities.com/communities/lc-brooklands/details.html:
May 29, 201510 yr Deal would lend library larger site for $1 a year Tenant would be responsible for maintenance, upgrades BY KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - 1:43 PM Hilliard officials took a step forward on an agreement that would convert a 63,000-square-foot building at the former Hickory Chase site into the Columbus Metropolitan Library's new local branch. A resolution authorizing the city's economic-development director to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the library's board of trustees was introduced April 27 by the economic and entrepreneurial committee. ( . . . ) The Columbus Metropolitan Library opened a 20,000-square-foot Hilliard branch on Cemetery Road in 1996. Hilliard is expected to purchase the 63,000-square-foot building that was intended to serve as a community building for Hickory Chase - a luxury assisted-living facility that Baltimore-based Erickson Communities intended to develop before filing for bankruptcy protection in 2009. In exchange for a 99-year lease for $1 a year, Columbus Metropolitan Library would be responsible for providing utilities to the site, all modifications required to convert the building into a library (estimated at $7 million to $9 million) and for maintenance. ... The MOU would provide the library with the option to operate a coffee shop or delicatessen to serve patrons, but the library would be prohibited from subleasing any portion of the facility. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2015/04/28/deal-would-lend-library-larger-site-for-1-a-year.html
May 29, 201510 yr Landmark Lofts has a starting point: July Final development plan approved for mixed-use apartment, retail project BY KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 9:34 AM Work is scheduled to begin in July on Landmark Lofts, a mixed-use apartment and retail development at Cemetery Road and Franklin Street that is more than two years in the making. ... Hilliard Planning and Development Commission members on May 14 approved a final development plan for the construction of 204 apartments, a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse and 14,000 square feet for retail businesses on 6.2 acres. The six-member commission unanimously approved the development plan, which needs no further consideration. Landmark Lofts first appeared on a commission agenda Feb. 14, 2013. During the past two years, city officials and the developer hammered out the details of the project. ( . . . ) Mayor Don Schonhardt, speaking after the meeting, said Landmark Lofts would provide the city's core with a "critical element" absent for decades. "Landmark Lofts (will offer) housing and commercial opportunities within easy walking distance of the downtown that will help to revitalize the heart of our city." MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2015/05/19/landmark-lofts-has-a-starting-point-july.html
January 29, 20169 yr http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2015/12/29/year-in-review-development-was-the-catalyst-for-big-news-in-2015.html
January 29, 20169 yr The Hickory Chase apartment complex, first reported here back in 2007 in this thread, finally got its first phase sold off in court: Hickory Chase complex, built for $30+ million, sells for $8.26 million at auction By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter Business First - Aug 22, 2013, 12:33pm EDT The unfinished first phase of the Hickory Chase retirement community sold at auction for $8.26 million Thursday with Columbus distressed real estate investor Alex Dorsey as the sole bidder. The bid topped the minimum $7.99 million price by $27,000 during the brief auction in Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Holbrook’s chambers. The property fell into foreclosure in 2009 as Maryland’s Erickson Retirement Communities LLC neared the end of the $34 million first phase, which has 145 unfinished residential units. The lawsuit followed disagreement between a bank consortium led by KeyBank and the developer whether to continue the project in the midst of the global financial crunch that had started in the fall of 2008. Dorsey said redevelopment plans are in the works. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2013/08/hickory-chase-complex-built-for-30.html ^ More about the redevelopment of the Hickory Chase residential complex from This Week News: Hickory Chase residential component up for consideration BY KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 6:57 AM Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission members are expected on Thursday, Dec. 10, to consider a proposal for multifamily residences at the Hickory Chase development. Village Communities, 4510 Hickory Chase Way at the southeast corner of Davidson and Leap roads, will seek approval for a new development of 492 multifamily units on 23.6 acres. In September, the school board approved a compensation agreement with the city to allow a tax-increment-financing district for the 58-acre parcel that will be developed as a mixed-use site, according to Hilliard officials. Other uses are expected to include the new Hilliard branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, which is planned to relocate there next year from Cemetery Road. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2015/12/08/planning-and-zoning-commission-hickory-chase-residential-component-up-for-consideration.html
January 29, 20169 yr The Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission issued a positive recommendation for the construction of 492 apartments on 23 acres in Hickory Chase - tentatively to be called Village Communities - to Hilliard's City Council on January 14. Later in January, Hilliard City Council approved a developer's agreement for this Hickory Chase redevelopment: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/01/22/Developer-agreement-under-consideration-Monday-WB-KC.html
January 29, 20169 yr Here's more about the Hickory Chase redevelopment approval from This Week News: Hickory Chase apartment construction could begin in June BY KEVIN CORVO, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, January 20, 2016 - 5:12 PM Construction of 492 apartments on 23 acres in the mixed-use Hickory Chase development is expected to commence in June, with leases available as soon as December, according to the developer. The Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 14 voted 4-0 to approve construction of the apartments. Joe Thomas, executive vice president of Metro Development, said after the meeting that construction would occur in phases, with the first planned to begin in June. ... Complete buildout is expected in 2019, Thomas said. The case was postponed in December to reconsider language concerning parkland dedication, but city planner John Talentino told commission members on Jan. 14 the issue had been resolved. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/01/19/hickory-chase-apartment-construction-could-begin-in-june.html
February 4, 20169 yr Landmark Lofts construction could begin in late March Construction of Landmark Lofts, the approved mixed-use development at the corner of Cemetery Road and Franklin Street, could begin late next month, according to Hilliard's economic-development director, David Meeks. Construction was expected to begin last summer, but the required restructuring of financing for public improvements associated with the development, including the realignment of Franklin Street, was a factor in its delay, Meeks said Monday, Feb. 1. More below: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/02/02/landmark-lofts-construction-could-begin-in-late-march.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 9, 20169 yr That Landmark Lofts project looks pretty nice. Below is a 2014 streetview of the grain elevator that would be renovated as a community building for the apartment residents. This was taken from the street north of Cemetery Road that currently accesses this development site. Starliner Diner is located to the right in the small commercial strip that will be demolished for this project:
March 9, 20169 yr One downer from the Landmark Lofts project was the demolition of the current Starliner Diner location. Earlier reports had the restaurant relocating into the new retail space that will be built as part of the project. Now it looks like the Starlliner Diner will relocate to a vacant building on Main Street in Old Hilliard, a few blocks north of the Landmark Lofts project. Here is a link to a Google Map showing the existing and new locations of the restaurant - https://goo.gl/maps/gUJ3REeMZKT2: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/02/10/starliner-could-land-on-main-in-old-hilliard.html The above linked article notes that this building on Main Street where Starliner Diner plans to move was last used as a dance studio. But it was originally built as the city's post office. Below is an Auditor's website photo of the 4121 Main Street building from 2013:
May 6, 20169 yr Starliner Diner site getting 204 apartments in Landmark Lofts project WRK Development LLC’s $30 million-plus Landmark Lofts project, finally underway after years of planning, will bring 204 apartments and 14,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space to a 6.3-acre site off Cemetery Road in Old Hilliard. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2016/05/06/starliner-diner-site-in-line-for-landmark-lofts.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 27, 20168 yr Denial of a shooting range in the Mill Run planned unit development allows for a pun headline: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/04/19/planning-and-zoning-commission-shoots-down-proposed-mill-run-gun-range.html
July 27, 20168 yr Hilliard's Station Park opens in Old Hilliard: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/05/31/park-makes-splashy-summer-debut.html
July 27, 20168 yr The Landmark Lofts development project displaced the Starliner Diner from its location of the past 21 years. Fortunately, the Starliner Diner found a nearby building in the Old Hilliard section that they renovated and reopened at in June. The building, which was originally built as the city's post office, was renovated inside to look like the previous location (complete with recreated murals) and an outdoor dining patio was added to the front (something that they did not have at the previous location). Below are a few sample photos from two photo-tours of the new Starliner Diner location at 4121 Main Street. Pre-opening photo-tour is at http://www.columbusunderground.com/starliner-diner-reopens-in-old-hilliard and a post-opening photo-tour is at http://www.columbusunderground.com/restaurant-review-starliner-diner-ma1:
July 28, 20168 yr -- Hilliard City Council approved the sale of 7 acres along Cosgray Road across from Homestead Park for a Bo Jackson Elite Sports complex: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/03/15/hilliard-approves-sale-of-land-for-bo-jackson-s.html -- Bo Jackson’s 110,000-square-foot Elite Sports domed complex is under construction with a late 2016 opening expected: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/07/25/bo-jackson-s-elite-sports-setting-up-for-opening.html
July 28, 20168 yr If people really want to train like Bo, they're going to have to bale hay, split logs and bow hunt at the top of a mountain.
September 21, 20168 yr Columbus Library agrees to buy part of failed Hilliard senior housing project By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday, August 3, 2016 - 5:00 PM The Columbus Metropolitan Library board agreed Wednesday to purchase a building on 6.8 acres in a failed senior living development in Hilliard for what will become the largest of its 22 branch libraries. Under the agreement, the library will pay $800,000 of the $6.8 million purchase price to Greenwich Investors Hickory Chase LLC for the property and building on the former Hickory Chase site, an ambitious senior housing project that was a victim of the housing collapse. The city of Hilliard will pay the $6 million balance for the site and turn the property over to the library. Two buildings were constructed on the 85-acre Hickory Chase property southwest of Davidson Road and Britton Parkway, but both were quickly mothballed. The smaller community center building would be renovated into a 53,000 square-foot library at a cost of about $14 million. Hilliard's existing library along Cemetery Road will be converted to another use. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/08/03/Library-Hilliard-purchase.html
September 21, 20168 yr Mount Carmel Health System announced they will be building a $50 million hospital and medical office complex in Hilliard with Dallas-based Adeptus Health as a partner. Adeptus would operate a one-story, 49,000-square-foot emergency room with 16 inpatient beds on the property, while Mount Carmel would own and operate an attached two-story, 60,000-square-foot medical office building. This hospital and medical office development would be at the southeast corner of Davidson Road and Britton Parkway, across the street from the redeveloping Hickory Chase area: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/05/mount-carmel-adeptus-pick-site-for-central-ohio.html http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/05/hilliard-hospital-fills-gap-in-mount-carmel.html
September 21, 20168 yr http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/08/23/how-many-apartments-are-too-many.html This article listed a number of recently completed and under-construction apartment developments in Hilliard. According to the article, 1854 apartment units are currently under construction: - Hickory Chase at the southeast corner of Davidson and Leap roads (492) - Hilliard 30 complex on Riggins Road between Britton Parkway and Wilcox Road (466) - The Heritage Preserve at Alton Darby and Davis roads (300) - The Pointe on Edwards Farms Road at Davidson Road (218) - Landmark Lofts at Cemetery Road and Franklin Street (204) - The Square at Latham Park at Scioto Darby and Alton Darby roads (174) The article also listed 4603 apartment/condo units recently built in Hilliard: - Hilliard Commons (978) - LC Brooklands (450) - Hilliard Heights condos (374) - Heritage Green (360) - Hilliard Grand (314) - Bayside Commons (296) - River Oaks (288) - Arlington Park (284) - Dublin Commons (232) - Crystal Lake (210) - The Residences at Breckenridge (208) - Hilliard Summit (208) - Hilliard Park (201) - Cabot Cove (200)
September 29, 20177 yr Catching up on some Hilliard development: First up, Bo Jackson's Elite Sports - the $9 million, 114,000-square-foot air-filled dome on Cosgray Road that was under construction in 2016 and opened up in January 2017: -- Photo-tour of the project just prior to its opening: http://www.columbusunderground.com/sneak-peek-bo-jacksons-elite-sports-in-hilliard -- The opening of the project: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2017/01/10/bos-sports-dome-up-and-running.html -- Dedication with more photos: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170328/bo-hopes-dome-scores-big-with-young-athletes
September 29, 20177 yr Article about the 2015 opening of Hilliard’s Station Park at Center and Main streets in downtown Hilliard (or as they call it "Old Hilliard") and the economic development taking place around it in the form of new businesses and property improvements: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/12/23/mayor-station-park-aiding-economic-development.html
September 29, 20177 yr Opening of a DORA (Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area) this summer for businesses around Hilliard’s Station Park in Old Hilliard: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170425/outdoor-alcohol-district-will-pop-top-june-8
September 29, 20177 yr Trio of ThisWeekNews reports about the City of Hilliard re-examining their traffic roundabouts this year: -- http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170321/roundabout-debate-set-to-ramp-up-again -- http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170502/roundabout-feedback-being-collected-in-advance-of-study -- http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170926/findings-of-hilliard-roundabout-study-expected-oct-3
September 29, 20177 yr More about the development of a new Hilliard branch library by the Columbus Metropolitan Library system: Hilliard’s newest library location will go into the clubhouse of the former Hickory Chase development. The 85-acre development was originally meant to be a massive senior-oriented housing development. But that got scuttled during the 2008 financial crisis and it was later foreclosed on. Before Hickory Chase went under, a few buildings were built to near-occupancy - including a few four-story apartment buildings and a two-story, 60,000 square-foot clubhouse structure. While the rest of the former Hickory Chase development was sold off to developed into conventional market-rate apartments, the clubhouse structure was purchased by CML. CML is renovating the two-story, 60,000 sq. ft. building into its new Hilliard branch: -- http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/hilliard/news/2016/10/11/library-will-triple-in-size-at-hickory-chase.html -- http://www.columbusnavigator.com/construction-begins-new-hilliard-branch-library-project/ -- http://www.columbuslibrary.org/buildings/hilliard
September 30, 20177 yr Some updates on the Landmark Lofts development at Cemetery Road and Franklin Street in Old Hilliard (i.e. downtown). The Landmark Lofts development will have four buildings containing 204 apartments and 14,000 square feet of retail space plus a clubhouse space for residents renovated from the former grain elevator on the property. One of the buildings, a four-story apartment building with 80 units, is nearing completion and scheduled to begin occupancy next month. The three remaining buildings and the clubhouse in the grain elevator are not expected to be completed until the second quarter of 2018. More about the project from ThisWeekNews: Landmark Lofts nears completion: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170924/landmark-lofts-nears-completion
September 30, 20177 yr Some construction photos of the Landmark Lofts development over the past few years showing the progress: This is the Landmark Lofts property in 2016 prior to the site development. A grungy retail strip on the property was previously home to the Starliner Diner, a well-respected restaurant that operated there for 21 years. The Starliner Diner relocated into the former post office building in Old Hilliard to make way for this development (more about that in this thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,2754.msg812393.html#msg812393): Here is the site on September 2016 after site prep and the demolition of the retail strip: Here is the site with a new access street from Cemetery Road and after construction began later in 2016: Same view of the site on February 2017: Same view of the site on September 2017:
September 30, 20177 yr Here are a couple renderings for the Landmark Lofts development showing the entrance from Cemetery Road and the former grain elevator on the property renovated into clubhouse space for the residents: ThisWeekNews also had a brief video showing the current state of construction progress as of September 16, 2017 from http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170924/landmark-lofts-nears-completion:
October 5, 20177 yr More about the on-going development at Hickory Chase. Photos of market-rate residential apartments and interior renovation of the former clubhouse as a library branch are included at the article link: Hickory Chase taking shape By KEVIN CORVO, THISWEEKNEWS.COM Updated: Oct 3, 2017 at 12:13 PM It isn’t what originally was envisioned for 58 acres on the east side of Leap Road between Davidson Road and Anson Drive nearly a decade ago, but Hilliard leaders say they are happy with the result. Hickory Chase, which was approved almost a decade ago as the site for a luxury senior-citizen community by Baltimore-based Erickson Communities, has become a mixed-use development that is, according to Hilliard City Council President Nathan Painter, “essential” to the city. Construction is underway along Leap Road, where the Greyson at Hickory Chase, an Ardent Communities development of 22 buildings and almost 500 apartments, is rising next to the new two-story Hilliard branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library, which is expected to open next year. ... Construction of a 150-unit retirement complex is also nearing completion at Hickory Chase. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20171003/hickory-chase-taking-shape
April 7, 20187 yr Mount Carmel opened a new two-story, 60,000-square-foot, $24 million medical office building at the southeast corner of Britton Parkway and Davidson Road in Hilliard. It is located across the street from the redeveloping Hickory Chase area. Mount Carmel announced plans in 2016 - https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,2754.msg819256.html#msg819256 - that this would be the first part of a medical campus at this location that would include a hospital adjacent to this building. But construction of the hospital was postponed last summer after Mount Carmel ended a partnership with Adeptus Health, a company that would have helped build and operate the hospital. According to the below linked article, a Mount Carmel spokeswoman said the organization expects to make an announcement “later this spring” concerning the hospital: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20180220/plans-for-mount-carmel-hilliard-hospital-expected-later-this-spring
April 7, 20187 yr http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180406/columbus-metro-library-system-repurposing-failed-hilliard-senior-center The Dispatch had an update on the new Hilliard branch library that is being built in the former community center of the former Hickory Chase senior housing complex. As the article says, "Envisioned a decade ago as an upscale mecca for seniors, the 58-acre Hickory Chase complex in Hilliard instead fell victim to the 2008 banking collapse." At 63,000 square feet, the new Hilliard library will be second only to the flagship Main Library Downtown (255,000 square feet) and will surpass Dublin’s new branch library by about 21,000 square feet. Below are some photos of the under construction Hilliard library at Hickory Chase, which is scheduled to open this summer:
July 2, 20186 yr The new Hilliard branch of the Columbus Metropolitan Library opened on June 21. Below are some articles and photos of the two-story, 63,000-square-foot library converted from the former community center in the former Hickory Chase senior housing complex at 4500 Hickory Chase Way: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180621/at-63000-square-feet-new-hilliard-library-branch-has-plenty-of-room-to-read http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20180621/crowds-pack-new-hilliard-library-branch-on-opening-night http://www.thisweeknews.com/photogallery/OH/20180622/NEWS/622009995/PH/1
August 8, 20186 yr These are a trio of articles about traffic roundabouts in Hilliard from 2017. I came across a 2017 Joe Blundo column about these roundabouts that I found interesting. I also looked up the updated google streetview of this double roundabout area near Hilliard's downtown and thought I'd post them for some context: On 9/29/2017 at 3:02 PM, Columbo said: Trio of ThisWeekNews reports about the City of Hilliard re-examining their traffic roundabouts this year: -- http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170321/roundabout-debate-set-to-ramp-up-again -- http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170502/roundabout-feedback-being-collected-in-advance-of-study -- http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170926/findings-of-hilliard-roundabout-study-expected-oct-3 Joe Blundo: Roundabouts incite fear and loathing and crashes Roundabouts make me nervous, which is supposed to be a good thing. Traffic experts say that the safer drivers feel, the more risks they take. I take no risks in roundabouts, which I regard as rotating cauldrons of anxiety. Hilliard recently released a study of its roundabouts at Cemetery Road and Main Street; Scioto-Darby Road and Main Street; and Britton Parkway and Davidson Road. They were the sites of a combined 425 crashes from 2014 to 2016. Some crashing is expected in roundabouts, but the rate is supposed to fall as drivers get used to them. That hasn’t been the case, though, at the three sites in Hilliard. Hence, the study to see how they can be made less accident-prone. The research included a survey inviting motorists to list roundabout flaws. Driver error, visual clutter and “too much going on to process” were on the list. I would have added performance anxiety: I’m always worried that an impatient driver is going to honk me into doing something stupid. Hilliard’s two roundabouts on Main Street add to the unease by being just a few hundred feet apart. You no sooner clear one than you’re in the other. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/entertainmentlife/20171012/joe-blundo-roundabouts-incite-fear-and-loathing-and-crashes Here are two aerials of the Cemetery Road / Scioto Darby Road / Main Street double roundabouts. Direct streetview link at https://www.google.com/maps/place/Cemetery+Rd+%26+Scioto+Darby+Rd,+Hilliard,+OH+43026/@40.0294878,-83.1611037,145m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x883893ff26a2a695:0x32609bfb33c5fbc9!8m2!3d40.0298273!4d-83.1625168?hl=en Overall view of the double roundabouts and surrounding area with north oriented up: This is a closer view of the double roundabouts. This view is turned 90 degrees to fit the image in the zoom window google provides. The ground/car level streetview actually looks better than this aerial. Its pretty clear that whoever was responsible for this project engineered it to the max. The pedestrian and handicap ramp accommodations alone are something to behold! And the roundabout aesthetics seem to be handled about as well as roundabout aesthetics could be handled. There's even a decent pocket park next to Graeter's. However, it is still a double roundabout. And it's also clear that many real world concessions entered into the project - such as all those curb cuts and the Donato's located on an island next to the roundabouts(!)
August 8, 20186 yr Another Hilliard update - this one is for the Landmark Lofts development at Cemetery Road and Franklin Street in Old Hilliard (i.e. downtown). The Landmark Lofts development has four buildings containing 204 apartments and 14,000 square feet of retail space plus a clubhouse space for residents renovated from the former grain elevator on the property. The last Landmarks Lofts update in this thread is from Sept. 30, 2017 at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php/topic,2754.msg876697.html#msg876697. At that time it was close to completion. Since then google updated its aerials for the area. These Sept. 2017 aerials give a nice overview of the Landmark Lofts project. View from Cemetery Road showing the four apartment buildings containing 204 units and the former grain elevator on the property being renovated into clubhouse space for residents and retail space: This view is turned 90 degrees and shows more of the surrounding area. The "Old Hilliard" downtown district is along Main Street to the right in this aerial. The new location of the Starliner Diner - one of the restaurants that was previously on the Landmark Lofts site - is labeled at its new downtown Main Street address. The double roundabouts - mentioned in the previous post - are visible at the top of this aerial. The oval racetrack at the bottom right in this aerial is part of the Franklin County Fairgrounds complex in Hilliard:
August 9, 20186 yr After posting yesterday about Hilliard's double roundabout area, I came across this news item about the Graeter’s Ice Cream shop located next it: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20180808/opening-of-hilliard-graeters-rescheduled-for-aug-10 According to the article, the three smaller buildings shown on the below google aerial for the Graeter's site at 5410 Scioto Darby Road were demolished last year to make way for a larger Graeter's building - which is opening tomorrow. Below is a photo from the ThisWeekNews article showing the not-quite-finished new Graeter's building with the Hilliard United Methodist Church and Scioto Darby Road (as it enters the double roundabout zone) in the background:
February 13, 20196 yr Developer envisions $275M 'urban center' in Hilliard Developer Dwight McCabe is planning a 360-acre mixed-used village in Hilliard centered at the northwest corner of Roberts and Alton Darby Creek Roads. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/02/13/exclusive-developer-envisions-275m-urban-center-in.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 13, 20196 yr 9 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Developer envisions $275M 'urban center' in Hilliard Developer Dwight McCabe is planning a 360-acre mixed-used village in Hilliard centered at the northwest corner of Roberts and Alton Darby Creek Roads. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/02/13/exclusive-developer-envisions-275m-urban-center-in.html I see developers are using the term "urban" quite loosely these days.
February 15, 20196 yr On 2/13/2019 at 2:41 PM, DevolsDance said: I see developers are using the term "urban" quite loosely these days. "Urban" and "mixed-use" are the new "luxury"
February 21, 20196 yr Two Projects Would Transform 700 Acres of Farmland West of I-270 Two large development projects with contrasting approaches have been proposed for land that sits on the western edge of metropolitan Columbus. Dwight McCabe, whose McCabe Companies is redeveloping the Hoster Brewing Company complex in the Brewery District., presented a preliminary plan to the Hilliard Planning Commission last week for 350 acres of land west of Alton Darby Creek Road and north of Roberts Road. Dubbed Alton Place, the proposal calls for a mix of single family houses, townhomes and apartments, anchored by a village center featuring a cluster of three-story commercial and residential buildings. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/two-projects-would-transform-700-acres-of-farmland-west-of-i-270-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 15, 20196 yr New Hilliard market lines up restaurant and retail tenants — here's who's taking the space Lobster, local meats and sugar cookies are among the products to be found with Crooked Can Brewing Co. at a new Hilliard market. Center Street Market at 5354 Center St. was announced last fall as a "mini North Market" – a 17,000-square-foot space anchored by a brewery and further outfitted with 11 vendor spaces and space for events. Construction on the project will begin soon, with a fall opening anticipated. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/03/15/new-hilliard-market-lines-up-restaurant-and-retail.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 13, 20196 yr Update on the Alton Place 350-acre mixed-use development proposed north of Roberts Road and west of Alton Darby Creek Road in Hilliard. Below is a map showing the Alton Place proposal in Hilliard (outlined in blue) and a separate 369-acre development - known as Sugar Farm - located just south in the City of Columbus that would allow for the construction of 1,108 single-family residences and apartments (outlined in orange): 445-unit Alton Place development plan in Hilliard inches forward Plans for the mixed-use development called Alton Place took a step forward May 9 after Hilliard Planning and Zoning Commission members voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the required rezoning. The proposal that was presented May 9 revealed publicly for the first time the number of residences. As currently proposed, Alton Place has 148 single-family lots, 297 attached residential units, 53 acres of commercial use and 172 acres of open space. MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20190510/445-unit-alton-place-development-plan-in-hilliard-inches-forward
May 21, 20196 yr Google has an updated streetview of the finished Landmark Lofts in Hilliard (at least for the Cemetery Road frontage). The project's website - https://www.livelandmarklofts.com/ - also has some views of the former grain elevator on the property that was renovated into an apartment clubhouse. View from the Cemetery Road and Franklin Street intersection with the grain elevator/clubhouse in the background: Eastern building facing Cemetery Road: Western building facing Cemetery Road with the grain elevator/clubhouse in the background: Exterior of the former grain elevator renovated into an apartment clubhouse: Interior views of the former grain elevator renovated into an apartment clubhouse:
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