April 16, 20232 yr 4 hours ago, amped91 said: The City has announced upcoming topics for their Zone In community engagement series: I completely forgot about the initial webinar, and can’t find the recording online yet. Anyone get a chance to catch any of it? A recording should be available here: columbus.gov/zoningupdate Edit: sorry, just noticed that link is already in your post 😂
April 16, 20232 yr Keep ‘em distracted with Sheetz so we can build more multi family housing? Concerned by traffic and safety, central Ohio Sheetz opponents learn from each other “There have been several effective campaigns to prevent the westward expansion of the fuel and fast-food chain Sheetz into Greater Columbus, most of them driven by residents with concerns about traffic, safety, the environment and appearance of the red-roofed businesses. The latest, in Gahanna, included a campaign of protests, letters and 3,000 signatures sent to the Altoona, Pa. retailer. There were dozens of residents from Columbus, New Albany and Gahanna successfully railing against the proposed site at Johnstown and Morse roads. Resident feedback, both good and bad is "essential to our store development process," Brian Dinges, Sheetz assistant vice-president of real estate, said in a written statement. "In the case of our work in the Gahanna area, we will continue to work with officials and our development partners to find great locations to serve the community.” Sheetz owner and president Travis Sheetz didn't return calls from The Dispatch asking how the failed attempts would affect future plans in Columbus and its suburbs and whether highly publicized opposition will embolden future challenges to corporate expansion.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2023/04/16/sheetz-faces-development-push-back-in-columbus-region/70075632007/
April 17, 20232 yr On 11/23/2022 at 4:44 PM, amped91 said: 3. Metro Development proposing 136 units at 1555 McNaughten on 7.9 acres in the Far East Area. An update on this one: Metro Development project in far east Columbus hits snag on traffic concerns “The Columbus Development Commission last week voted against a Metro Development plan for a new apartment complex in far east Columbus. Although city staff recommended the project, neighborhood groups were opposed, and commissioners ultimately sided with the latter. Concerns about the project included its impact on traffic and overall density. But the developer isn't giving up. The project will continue to Columbus City Council for a vote. Metro Development wants to build 136 units on McNaughten Road, across the street from another development they built, Waldren Woods. There would be 250 parking spaces, including 36 garage spaces. The site is nearly 8 acres.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/04/17/metro-development-giller-apartments.html
April 17, 20232 yr 45 minutes ago, amped91 said: An update on this one: Metro Development project in far east Columbus hits snag on traffic concerns “The Columbus Development Commission last week voted against a Metro Development plan for a new apartment complex in far east Columbus. Although city staff recommended the project, neighborhood groups were opposed, and commissioners ultimately sided with the latter. Concerns about the project included its impact on traffic and overall density. But the developer isn't giving up. The project will continue to Columbus City Council for a vote. Metro Development wants to build 136 units on McNaughten Road, across the street from another development they built, Waldren Woods. There would be 250 parking spaces, including 36 garage spaces. The site is nearly 8 acres.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/04/17/metro-development-giller-apartments.html I don't mean to be a downer, and it'soverall a good addition to the area, but I just wish all these apartments weren't practically identical to The Residences at Central Park, Adams Pointe, The Reserve at Walnut Creek, Victoria Manor and The Monarch on East Broad.
April 20, 20232 yr LIVE WHERE YOU WORK Experts say building residential developments near employment hubs is essential to Central Ohio’s economic growth. As Central Ohio continues to stack economic development wins and welcomes scores of new residents, housing and workforce issues have pushed to the forefront. New investments in tech, manufacturing and industrial? Check. More jobs? Check. But how will firms across the region fill their worker needs – and where will these employees live? Those are questions that local executives, residential developers, governmental officials and affordable housing advocates are grappling with more urgency each day. For many stakeholders, housing and workforce challenges are intertwined. And that’s leading to more residential developments near where people work, though some would argue it’s not enough. Companies that are considering Central Ohio for huge projects want to be sure that jobs will be filled and that their workers have access to ample, affordable housing. “We know people who have stable housing environments perform better at work,” said Jon Melchi, executive director of the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio. “That’s a big part of how we as a region can provide a consistent and talented workforce.” More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/04/20/live-where-you-work-cover.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 25, 20232 yr Downtown Commission Weighs In On Three New Proposals The first project heard by the board was the smallest of the three – a seven-story building on a narrow lot that would hold between 50 and 60 micro units (small studio apartments). Steve Reynolds, Founding Partner and Principal Architect of SHYFT Collective, presented two design concepts for the building. The first one featured different exterior materials arranged in two separate, rectangular sections, while the second one took a more “deconstructive” approach, according to Reynolds, with an outer layer of dark slats that peeled away in a jagged pattern to reveal a white surface underneath. The commissioners were unanimous in expressing a preference for the first concept, and overall had plenty of positive things to say about the project. Reynolds said that plans for the eastern wall of the building – which will not have windows – are still being developed, but the idea is to do something artistic that would feature lighting at night to give the building a different look after the sun goes down. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/downtown-commission-weighs-in-on-three-new-proposals-bw1/
April 25, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: Downtown Commission Weighs In On Three New Proposals The first project heard by the board was the smallest of the three – a seven-story building on a narrow lot that would hold between 50 and 60 micro units (small studio apartments). Steve Reynolds, Founding Partner and Principal Architect of SHYFT Collective, presented two design concepts for the building. The first one featured different exterior materials arranged in two separate, rectangular sections, while the second one took a more “deconstructive” approach, according to Reynolds, with an outer layer of dark slats that peeled away in a jagged pattern to reveal a white surface underneath. The commissioners were unanimous in expressing a preference for the first concept, and overall had plenty of positive things to say about the project. Reynolds said that plans for the eastern wall of the building – which will not have windows – are still being developed, but the idea is to do something artistic that would feature lighting at night to give the building a different look after the sun goes down. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/downtown-commission-weighs-in-on-three-new-proposals-bw1/ Thank Gawd they rejected that melty black and white mess. Glad it was positively received.
April 26, 20232 yr On 4/10/2023 at 6:23 PM, NW24HX said: The 3D 'earth' view is fully updated, the 2D flat image version is still out of date. But I imagine it will also update soon 2D google maps has now updated as well, desktop and mobile
April 29, 20232 yr Anyone know why there's a tower crane at the northwest corner of where sawmill meets 270 in Dublin? Maybe something along Emerald Parkway?
April 29, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, 17thState said: Anyone know why there's a tower crane at the northwest corner of where sawmill meets 270 in Dublin? Maybe something along Emerald Parkway? Sounds like you’re talking about the one for Mount Carmel’s new Dublin hospital
May 2, 20232 yr So, I saw this comparison of downtown Denver from 2000 to 2019 on r/cityporn on Reddit and I thought it was interesting when thinking about the trajectory that Columbus is on. In that time, the Denver metro went from a metro of around 2 million to one near 3 million. I think that's about what we can expect in the Columbus metro over the next 20 years. It will be interesting to see the Columbus downtown comparison after that time. Edited May 2, 20232 yr by TH3BUDDHA
May 2, 20232 yr I saw the same image this morning and it just made me want the same for Columbus! I know we've got some great overhead satellite comparisons of the changes, but would be cool to get actual photographs.
May 2, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, TIm said: I saw the same image this morning and it just made me want the same for Columbus! I know we've got some great overhead satellite comparisons of the changes, but would be cool to get actual photographs. I think our drastic transformation is still ahead of us. I bet this will be our comparison from 2020 - 2040.
May 2, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: I think our drastic transformation is still ahead of us. I bet this will be our comparison from 2020 - 2040. I think I said it in one of these threads last week, but people seem to completely forget how far this city has come! The changes from 2000 to 2020 ARE drastic, we just don't notice how drastic because we were living them the entire time. Completely agree though, the changes over the next 20 years are going to dwarf the changes of the past 20 years, but those changes were still significant.
May 2, 20232 yr 13 minutes ago, TIm said: I think I said it in one of these threads last week, but people seem to completely forget how far this city has come! The changes from 2000 to 2020 ARE drastic, we just don't notice how drastic because we were living them the entire time. Completely agree though, the changes over the next 20 years are going to dwarf the changes of the past 20 years, but those changes were still significant. Totally agree with everything you said. The changes over the last 20 years are already crazy. But, the national recognition is finally getting here and I don't think that was true over the last 20 years. In the past, if you went around the country and told people that Columbus was cool, I think many people barely were aware of the city and others would laugh at the idea of a city in Ohio being upcoming. But, Columbus is finally a city that people have heard is a cool, fast-growing, upcoming city. And, that kind of recognition is when cities like Austin and Denver finally started to really blow up. I was just in Mexico City in February and met two guys that were living there but were from California. I told them I was from Ohio and they asked, "Columbus, right? We hear that's the place to be if you're in Ohio." Compound the fact that we were already gaining recognition with the recent huge announcements like Intel, and this momentum is going to build up. Edited May 2, 20232 yr by TH3BUDDHA
May 2, 20232 yr 4 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Anyone know what's up with this area? Seen some movement over there recently. Sadly it is going to be a power station for AEP
May 3, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Sadly it is going to be a power station for AEP Who had that stupid idea???
May 3, 20232 yr https://www.wkyc.com/amp/article/news/local/ohio/google-announcement-ohio-governor-mike-dewine/95-8f5d43c2-d17e-4957-bfd0-52e1359e91f0 Does anyone have any intel on what this announcement from Google is regarding? I’m hoping it isn’t just more data centers. Edited May 3, 20232 yr by Mogilny89
May 3, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Who had that stupid idea??? AEP had that stupid idea haha, and my god is it a stupid area for it.
May 3, 20232 yr 23 minutes ago, Mogilny89 said: https://www.wkyc.com/amp/article/news/local/ohio/google-announcement-ohio-governor-mike-dewine/95-8f5d43c2-d17e-4957-bfd0-52e1359e91f0 Does anyone have any intel on what this announcement from Google is regarding? I’m hoping it isn’t just more data centers. I wouldn’t get my hopes up then… data centers rule the roost at the moment…
May 3, 20232 yr 27 minutes ago, Mogilny89 said: https://www.wkyc.com/amp/article/news/local/ohio/google-announcement-ohio-governor-mike-dewine/95-8f5d43c2-d17e-4957-bfd0-52e1359e91f0 Does anyone have any intel on what this announcement from Google is regarding? I’m hoping it isn’t just more data centers. I feel like it has to be more than just data centers. I don’t remember them doing an announcement like this even when they invested $1 billion on the south side ones.
May 3, 20232 yr 11 hours ago, VintageLife said: I feel like it has to be more than just data centers. I don’t remember them doing an announcement like this even when they invested $1 billion on the south side ones. Yeah I'm hoping it's something different. Would be weird to be cryptic about data centers like this, everyone knows they don't really do anything for the community on any significant scale. I'm going to throw some wild speculation out there. Google is moving their headquarters to Ohio! If I'm correct, I'm going to look like a savant!
May 3, 20232 yr So when will we know? Where will whatever-it-is be located? Are cities going to have to compete for it like that Amazon bulls$%t?
May 3, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Toddguy said: So when will we know? Where will whatever-it-is be located? Are cities going to have to compete for it like that Amazon bulls$%t? Today! I think the press conference is sometime this morning.
May 3, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, TIm said: Today! I think the press conference is sometime this morning. Supposed to be announced at 9:30a this morning
May 3, 20232 yr 6 minutes ago, Luvcbus said: Supposed to be announced at 9:30a this morning So it will be a Central Ohio thing since it is coming from our C of C? It sounds big-all those people there...could it be more than just data centers?
May 3, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, Toddguy said: So when will we know? Where will whatever-it-is be located? Are cities going to have to compete for it like that Amazon bulls$%t? 10tv seems to think it's Data Center related, but I guess we'll all know for sure shortly https://www.10tv.com/video/tech/dewine-to-attend-google-announcement-on-potential-data-center-expansion/530-1e25db74-922f-4e2e-9b83-449f7c292fba
May 3, 20232 yr 25 minutes ago, Toddguy said: So it will be a Central Ohio thing since it is coming from our C of C? It sounds big-all those people there...could it be more than just data centers? No shade to Cleveland and Cincinnati (okay, maybe a little), but when these big companies are making announcements in Ohio, it seems like the investment is in Columbus or Central Ohio 9 times out of 10 these days.
May 3, 20232 yr 9 minutes ago, TIm said: No shade to Cleveland and Cincinnati (okay, maybe a little), but when these big companies are making announcements in Ohio, it seems like the investment is in Columbus or Central Ohio 9 times out of 10 these days. The Amazon Prime Air operation is HQ'd at Cincinnati's airport. This image isn't current, but the sorting facilities and aircraft support facilities are enormous, and combined with the DHL hub, it's going to be the largest cargo airport in the United States by 2030: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0292533,-84.6637617,2397m/data=!3m1!1e3
May 3, 20232 yr 51 minutes ago, Toddguy said: So it will be a Central Ohio thing since it is coming from our C of C? It sounds big-all those people there...could it be more than just data centers? It's more data centers... "Google on Wednesday officially announced that it is building two more data centers in central Ohio, turning the state into one of the tech company's fastest-growing data center hubs that powers Google’s artificial intelligence innovations and tools such as search, Gmail and maps." https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/information-technology/2023/05/03/new-google-data-centers-bolsters-central-ohio-as-a-hub/70169685007/ Edited May 3, 20232 yr by Luvcbus
May 3, 20232 yr 7 minutes ago, Lazarus said: The Amazon Prime Air operation is HQ'd at Cincinnati's airport. This image isn't current, but the sorting facilities and aircraft support facilities are enormous, and combined with the DHL hub, it's going to be the largest cargo airport in the United States by 2030: https://www.google.com/maps/@39.0292533,-84.6637617,2397m/data=!3m1!1e3 That's the 1 out of 10! But that's also in Kentucky.
May 3, 20232 yr 2 minutes ago, Luvcbus said: It's more data centers... "Google on Wednesday officially announced that it is building two more data centers in central Ohio, turning the state into one of the tech company's fastest-growing data center hubs that powers Google’s artificial intelligence innovations and tools such as search, Gmail and maps." https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/information-technology/2023/05/03/new-google-data-centers-bolsters-central-ohio-as-a-hub/70169685007/ It's two new data center campuses. One on the new land they purchased in the New Albany area and another in the Lancaster area on land they purchased there as well.
May 3, 20232 yr So it seemed to be saying that out of 14 Google data centers, Central Ohio will have 3?
May 3, 20232 yr 5 minutes ago, TIm said: That's the 1 out of 10! But that's also in Kentucky. Wasn't that long ago that it was the closest Amazon distribution center to Columbus. 2009. Could you imagine that today?
May 3, 20232 yr 26 minutes ago, TIm said: No shade to Cleveland and Cincinnati (okay, maybe a little), but when these big companies are making announcements in Ohio, it seems like the investment is in Columbus or Central Ohio 9 times out of 10 these days. I would as noted exclude Cincinnati from that. You are inviting outside attack from NEO! lol
May 3, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, TIm said: It's two new data center campuses. One on the new land they purchased in the New Albany area and another in the Lancaster area on land they purchased there as well. I'm seeing one in Lancaster and another one on far south side of Columbus "One of the centers will be built in Lancaster and the other on South High Street in south Columbus, the company said. With the New Albany location already open, this brings the number of Google data centers in Ohio to three." https://www.10tv.com/article/news/local/new-google-data-centers-columbus-lancaster/530-c8a82462-9bef-4505-92c0-841ffcde37dd
May 3, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Toddguy said: So it seemed to be saying that out of 14 Google data centers, Central Ohio will have 3? 3 data center campuses it sounds. Each campus could be multiple buildings eventually. Edited May 3, 20232 yr by TIm
May 3, 20232 yr Looks like this is the Google location in Lancaster...at least according to the articles.
May 3, 20232 yr That's already been under construction since at least last June. I have to go to the John Deere dealership over there more than I'd like.
May 3, 20232 yr I have a pretty good line of site to this stuff and Intel but I have to be careful as to what I can and cannot share. That being said I had a reply ready for both this question last night and Intel from this weekend that I didn’t hit submit on. Some think Intel is going to be slow played due to supply chain. I will say the contractors are all still full steam ahead getting setup on site. I will share more when I can.
May 3, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, Toddguy said: So it seemed to be saying that out of 14 Google data centers, Central Ohio will have 3? It's pretty rare according to CBF: "It's rare for Google to have multiple data centers in the same area, especially in the Midwest. But that's now the case in Central Ohio after the tech company announced it is building two additional centers in the region, bringing the total to three. "It's pretty rare," Isakowitz said following a Wednesday press conference. "That speaks to the success we've had with doing business in this region, and the great business and tech landscape you have here in Central Ohio..." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/05/03/google-data-centers-followup.html
May 3, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, TIm said: It's two new data center campuses. One on the new land they purchased in the New Albany area and another in the Lancaster area on land they purchased there as well. *One in Lancaster and the other one is the South High site in Columbus (Not New Albany)
May 4, 20232 yr 5 hours ago, wpcc88 said: Some think Intel is going to be slow played due to supply chain. I will say the contractors are all still full steam ahead getting setup on site. I will share more when I can. Supply chain issues on acquiring components/machinery for the build out? Or supply chain issues meaning the plummeting demand for chips/wafers? My guess would be the later, I read that semiconductor sales are expected to be down 11% globally this year. Intel themselves guided to revenue down 40% YoY in Q2. I wouldn't expect them to be rushing new capacity into a down market.
May 4, 20232 yr 22 minutes ago, 17thState said: Supply chain issues on acquiring components/machinery for the build out? Or supply chain issues meaning the plummeting demand for chips/wafers? My guess would be the later, I read that semiconductor sales are expected to be down 11% globally this year. Intel themselves guided to revenue down 40% YoY in Q2. I wouldn't expect them to be rushing new capacity into a down market. When Intel announced the fab I literally almost fell over laughing. Bankruptcy is an "any minute" scenario for them unless they completely replace their leadership.
May 4, 20232 yr 3 hours ago, 17thState said: Supply chain issues on acquiring components/machinery for the build out? Or supply chain issues meaning the plummeting demand for chips/wafers? My guess would be the later, I read that semiconductor sales are expected to be down 11% globally this year. Intel themselves guided to revenue down 40% YoY in Q2. I wouldn't expect them to be rushing new capacity into a down market. Components because factories are still backed up for certain things. I’m not even sure it was just covid but primarily because of the building boom going on prior to.
May 4, 20232 yr 2 hours ago, columbus17 said: When Intel announced the fab I literally almost fell over laughing. Bankruptcy is an "any minute" scenario for them unless they completely replace their leadership. Chips are still causing major problems… car mfg’s are just now getting caught up
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