September 18, 20231 yr Here's how Columbus affordable housing developer Woda Cooper plans to transform the downtown YMCA Columbus affordable housing developer Woda Cooper plans to bring the YMCA back into use as apartments in the next few years. The Columbus Downtown Development Corp. board last week selected Woda Cooper to redevelop the building. The firm will buy the building, although CDDC will remain closely involved in the project. The project, dubbed the Lofts at the Y, will include between 110 and 120 units, with rents capped at 30% to 80% of the area median income. Apartments would range from studios to three bedrooms and maintain affordability for 30 years. "We think we can do something creative and cool with the building that will be a benefit to the residents," Jonathan McKay, vice president of development for Woda Cooper, told me. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/09/18/ymca-woda-cooper-development.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 20, 20231 yr Permanent public restrooms being installed in downtown Columbus New public restrooms are being installed this week in downtown Columbus. The restrooms are located at the northwest corner of High and Long Streets, the northeast corner of 3rd and Broad Streets and the southwest corner of High and Lynn Streets. The steel structures were installed Wednesday. The bathrooms are scheduled to open later this month after a city of Columbus inspection. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/09/20/downtown-public-restrooms-columbus-installed.html & https://columbusunderground.com/installation-of-new-public-restrooms-begins-we1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 21, 20231 yr CMHA and Cleveland-based NRP Group open new apartments in northeast Columbus Families will start moving into new affordable apartments built by the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority and Cleveland-based NRP Group on the northeast side of Columbus next month. The 180 units inside the Sinclair Apartments' three four-story apartment buildings are pre-leasing now, said Bob Bitzenhofer, vice president of development for CMHA. The apartments are one- to four-bedroom units, with more than half them including three to four bedrooms. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/09/21/sinclair-apartments.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 21, 20231 yr So, super random, but, I found this building while driving down Alum Creek. The glass-topped gable is definitely new and has a real height/presence when approaching from both the north and south sides of the road. Anyone know what it is?
September 21, 20231 yr 18 minutes ago, PrestoKinetic said: So, super random, but, I found this building while driving down Alum Creek. The glass-topped gable is definitely new and has a real height/presence when approaching from both the north and south sides of the road. Anyone know what it is? Middle West Spirits expansion on Alum Creek Drive More on that can be found in here: Columbus: Driving Park / Southeast Side Developments and News
September 21, 20231 yr 16 minutes ago, PrestoKinetic said: So, super random, but, I found this building while driving down Alum Creek. The glass-topped gable is definitely new and has a real height/presence when approaching from both the north and south sides of the road. Anyone know what it is? Here’s an article about it: https://columbusunderground.com/middle-west-spirits-expanding-with-14-acre-campus-sp1/
September 21, 20231 yr 36 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said: Middle West Spirits expansion on Alum Creek Drive More on that can be found in here: Columbus: Driving Park / Southeast Side Developments and News Oops. I wasn't aware it was there and everybody was talking about it! I guess I've never opened that thread. 😦
September 22, 20231 yr Plan to Demolish Homes, Widen Intersection Has Advocates Concerned A plan to reconfigure a portion of Cassady Avenue would bring sidewalks and a shared use path to a 0.3-mile stretch of the street that currently has neither, a change welcomed by neighbors and advocates for safer streets. The same project, though, also calls for a significant redesign of the the Cassady/East Fifth Avenue intersection, and that part of the plan is drawing some criticism. The plan calls for adding a right turn lane for east-bound drivers on Fifth and a right turn lane for south-bound drivers on Cassady, while also changing the geometry of each corner of the intersection, essentially rounding them out and making it easier for cars and trucks to make right-hand turns without slowing down. More below: https://columbusunderground.com/plan-to-demolish-homes-widen-intersection-has-advocates-concerned-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, 20231 yr I just gotta say, I was at the Brewery District Kroger tonight and finally saw Rhodes Tower's new lighting package and it looks great. Keep that up every night and it'd be nice for it to match the color of LeVeque and Nationwide 1 & 3. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 25, 20231 yr Kroger Bakery, Astor Park, Peninsula's second phase among projects seeking Ohio's Transformational Mixed-Use Development tax credits Here are the Central Ohio developments that submitted applications for the "major city" pool of money: The Kroger Bakery project, which developers have dubbed Assembly. Casto, Kelley Cos. and Weiler Co. are co-developing the project, which is slated to include apartments, retail and office space. The project has been awarded historic tax credits and brownfield remediation grants. Developers have previously said that several pieces of funding will need to fall into place before construction can start. Pizzuti Cos.' Astor Park mixed-use project. The multi-phase project is planned to have retail, office space and apartments. BBI Logistics is moving its headquarters into the first office building that's rising on the site now. Thrive Cos.' Mount Carmel redevelopment project. The roughly 13-acre project will eventually include hundreds of apartments, a 2-acre park, retail and potentially some offices. Thrive has already started work on this project and has applied for TMUD credits twice before. The 19-story Estrella, a downtown Columbus project from developer Bluestone Brothers. The mixed-use building would feature structured parking, a floor of office space, 180 apartments and ground-floor retail – ideally a grocery store. There are also plans for a rooftop restaurant. This project is still early in the development process. The Galaxy at Polaris, from NP Limited Partnership. This $116 million project started construction earlier this year and will include a 731-space public parking garage; a six-story, 289-unit apartment building; about 37,000 square feet of commercial space; walking paths; a park and an amphitheater on an approximately 16-acre site. It's the developer's third attempt at landing the credits. The second phase of The Peninsula. Developers plan to break ground on this phase in 2024. The $290 million project will include additional office space, apartments, a hotel and a grocery store. Hilliard-based Equity's TruePointe development. TruePointe, which broke ground this year, will include residential, office and retail space, as well as a hotel and two parking garages spread across 15 buildings. The 27-acre property will have 300,000 square feet of office space; 359 apartments; roughly 42,000 square feet of retail space; and a limited-service corporate hotel with 108 rooms. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/09/25/tmud-kroger-bakery-astor-park-peninsula-applicatio.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 25, 20231 yr If I could only pick 1, it'd be Kroger Bakery. From there it's probably the Estrella and then the Peninsula 2.
September 26, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, 17thState said: If I could only pick 1, it'd be Kroger Bakery. From there it's probably the Estrella and then the Peninsula 2. I would rather the Estrella gets it. If they had a better design/plan for Kroger I would be down for that one.
September 26, 20231 yr 24 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I would rather the Estrella gets it. If they had a better design/plan for Kroger I would be down for that one. Definitely Estrella. Jaycee Arms and Estrella will really add to the momentum in that part of downtown!
September 26, 20231 yr 1 hour ago, VintageLife said: I would rather the Estrella gets it. If they had a better design/plan for Kroger I would be down for that one. Agreed. As is, I Feel like the Krkger project is great but it doesn't quite earn truly transformational in the same way others would. Its more in line with general historic and standard development of industrial sites. If they had gone bigger, then yes.
September 26, 20231 yr Peninsula, Estrella, then Kroger. Unless they have updated plans, I don’t think Astor should get it either.
September 27, 20231 yr 21 hours ago, amped91 said: Peninsula, Estrella, then Kroger. Unless they have updated plans, I don’t think Astor should get it either. Astor no, Peninsula has a lot of momentum - they're going to get it done either way. I'd say Estrella and Kroger are top two for me. Kroger can have a lot of unforeseen challenges being an adaptive reuse - Estrella is just a completely new thing.
September 27, 20231 yr Does this indicate the end of the Hoster Brewing project? I know they were looking for funding a while back…
September 27, 20231 yr 5 hours ago, smjjms said: Does this indicate the end of the Hoster Brewing project? I know they were looking for funding a while back… Been wondering about this project as well. Brewery district should have so much more going on than it currently does.
September 28, 20231 yr I apologize in advance if this is a bit too random, but I’ve got a question that I’ve always been so curious about: does anyone know why there are no free-standing billboards on 71s going from pretty much the Tanger Outlets all the way to downtown? I feel like every other inbound interstate that leads into a major downtown area has tons and tons of billboards. The increasing build up of more and more billboards on an interstate has always been one of those exciting tell-tale signs that I’m getting close to a city’s downtown area. Very curious why it isn’t like that on 71S heading into town.
September 28, 20231 yr Township zoning laws? I know there are some billboards in Franklin County. I think one for Cracker Barrel. Once you get inside 270 you've got the old dump that was a golf course for a while then Berliner Park. So that's why there aren't any there. For the short while you're in Pickaway it's mostly the bulldozed rest areas.
September 28, 20231 yr 41 minutes ago, Mogilny89 said: I apologize in advance if this is a bit too random, but I’ve got a question that I’ve always been so curious about: does anyone know why there are no free-standing billboards on 71s going from pretty much the Tanger Outlets all the way to downtown? I feel like every other inbound interstate that leads into a major downtown area has tons and tons of billboards. The increasing build up of more and more billboards on an interstate has always been one of those exciting tell-tale signs that I’m getting close to a city’s downtown area. Very curious why it isn’t like that on 71S heading into town. My random guess based on a quick look at the Columbus City Code, 3378.03 states that "A billboard shall be permitted only in the following four zoning districts: C-3, C-4, C-5 and M" and further that "Each billboard, or any portion thereof, shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from a property zoned for institutional or residential uses" 3379.01 states that "No off-premises sign (aka billboard) shall be located within 660 feet of any Interstate System right-of-way line, which can be perceived at any time by the operator of a motor vehicle proceeding in any lawful direction within the Interstate System" Taken together, these two sections essentially act as a de facto prohibition of billboards along much of 71-S from 270 through downtown. Residential and institutional (ohs. fairgrounds, fort hayes, cscc) zones often directly abut one or both sides, and the commercial and manufacturing zones that do exist are very narrow, wedged between 71 and the train tracks. Most parcels simply can't geometrically comply with the required setbacks, or the sightlines from where they would are of poor value anyways Edited September 28, 20231 yr by NW24HX
September 28, 20231 yr 6 minutes ago, NW24HX said: My random guess based on a quick look at the Columbus City Code, 3378.03 states that "A billboard shall be permitted only in the following four zoning districts: C-3, C-4, C-5 and M" and further that "Each billboard, or any portion thereof, shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from a property zoned for institutional or residential uses" 3379.01 states that "No off-premises sign (aka billboard) shall be located within 660 feet of any Interstate System right-of-way line, which can be perceived at any time by the operator of a motor vehicle proceeding in any lawful direction within the Interstate System" Taken together, these two sections essentially act as a de facto prohibition of billboards along much of 71-S from 270 through downtown. Residential and institutional (ohs. fairgrounds, fort hayes, cscc) zones often directly abut one or both sides, and the commercial and manufacturing zones that do exist are very narrow, wedged between 71 and the train tracks. Most parcels simply can't geometrically comply with the required setbacks I really appreciate this thorough response!
September 30, 20231 yr Just a little discussion question. What city have you been in recently that made you most jealous of their new development?
September 30, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, 614love said: Just a little discussion question. What city have you been in recently that made you most jealous of their new development? Washington DC. A crazy amount of new development going up with very unique and inspiring architecture. I feel like 90% of what we get in Columbus are the same boring 5-over-1s
September 30, 20231 yr Agreed on Washington DC. The quality and scale is great. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 30, 20231 yr DC is on a completely different level from us though. What about a city more on our level?
September 30, 20231 yr I was pretty impressed with Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. It was really nice and seemed to be a lot of new construction going on as well.
September 30, 20231 yr 4 hours ago, Mogilny89 said: Washington DC. A crazy amount of new development going up with very unique and inspiring architecture. I feel like 90% of what we get in Columbus are the same boring 5-over-1s That can happen when rent is super high like in DC.
October 1, 20231 yr 3 hours ago, TIm said: I was pretty impressed with Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina. It was really nice and seemed to be a lot of new construction going on as well. Agreed on Charlotte. I kind of wish Bridge Park took some notes from The Gulch in Nashville.
October 1, 20231 yr 28 minutes ago, 614love said: Agreed on Charlotte. I kind of wish Bridge Park took some notes from The Gulch in Nashville. Grandview Yard also should have done that. Honestly all the new auburn mixed use areas should follow that. Bridge park is close, but might have been limited in what was acceptable to the Dublin people. Polaris should 100% follow something like that, they have tons of room for it. Technically wasn’t Easton supposed to be exactly what the Gulch is? Edited October 1, 20231 yr by VintageLife
October 1, 20231 yr I was blown away by Toronto this summer. They have a midtown that's taller and much, much denser than anything here. Different scale for sure, but a lot of 5 over 1s in the commercial corridors away from the downtown core. Same with Chicago. There's actually a lot of neighborhood densification going on that we can learn from. Charlotte gets a lot of press but is is very sprawled out - something I hope we can reduce (I'm not holding my breath though...)
October 2, 20231 yr I was fairly impressed with Indy’s construction when I visited over the summer. I think it’s primarily all the activity at their med center that makes it look busy. But the area near Mass Ave seemed to have a good amount of construction going on too.
October 10, 20231 yr On 5/17/2023 at 4:08 PM, amped91 said: COTA buying land for Rickenbacker hub with daycare, food pantry: See renderings “COTA is preparing to buy the land for a $21 million Rickenbacker Area Mobility Center, much larger than its usual transit centers with an attached daycare and food pantry. The center is intended to boost economic development and job creation by making it easier to reach the rapidly expanding Rickenbacker International Airport and logistics park – plus providing services that workers most need. The Central Ohio Transit Authority's board on Wednesday approved buying just under 10 acres at London-Groveport and Shook roads for $1.1 million from the Columbus Regional Airport Authority. The purchase price is based on an appraisal. Marker Inc. is leading construction of the Hamilton Township facility, planned to start in early fall for completion in early 2025.“ https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/05/17/cota-rickenbacker-mobility-hub-renderings.html Machinery gathering and fencing going up at COTA's new Rickenbacker Area Mobility Center site at Shook and London Groveport Rd
October 11, 20231 yr Does anyone know why 670EB smells horrible going into downtown this morning? It was nauseating.
October 12, 20231 yr Historic downtown Columbus building hits the market The Larrimer Building, a downtown Columbus property home to the Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus restaurant, is for sale. Columbus developer Brad DeHays bought the historic building off-market in 2000 and is now selling it. "This is an incredible piece of Columbus' history," DeHays said. "There are so many stories about this building." The 27,627-square foot building at 161-167 N. High St. is listed for $2.6 million. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/10/11/larrimer-building-for-sale.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 12, 20231 yr Is this listing only for the building itself or the entire property? The adjacent surface lot has the same owner and is one of the last, large development sites on High St
October 12, 20231 yr 49 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Historic downtown Columbus building hits the market The Larrimer Building, a downtown Columbus property home to the Elevator Brewery & Draught Haus restaurant, is for sale. Columbus developer Brad DeHays bought the historic building off-market in 2000 and is now selling it. "This is an incredible piece of Columbus' history," DeHays said. "There are so many stories about this building." The 27,627-square foot building at 161-167 N. High St. is listed for $2.6 million. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/10/11/larrimer-building-for-sale.html Now they just need to add the original 3 floors back on it...
October 12, 20231 yr 21 minutes ago, NW24HX said: Is this listing only for the building itself or the entire property? The adjacent surface lot has the same owner and is one of the last, large development sites on High St I heard it’s just the building, they don’t want to lose the money from that… I hope the city starts charging huge amounts of tax for these dumb empty lots on busy main roads
October 12, 20231 yr 22 minutes ago, columbus17 said: Now they just need to add the original 3 floors back on it... What was the deal with that back then all over Downtown? I get that back before elevators were popular the upper floors were probably harder to rent, roofs were crappy so there were probably lots of leaks and rotting wood on the upper floors and there was always fire. But it really was a lot of work back then to just knock off floors like that. It happened in Cincinnati as well.
October 12, 20231 yr 11 minutes ago, GCrites said: What was the deal with that back then all over Downtown? I get that back before elevators were popular the upper floors were probably harder to rent, roofs were crappy so there were probably lots of leaks and rotting wood on the upper floors and there was always fire. But it really was a lot of work back then to just knock off floors like that. It happened in Cincinnati as well. Who knows, probably the same kind of thinking idiots back then had when they tore down a huge number of buildings to put in parking lots.
October 12, 20231 yr Well I don't know if that was the same time -- it seems the height reductions were prewar whereas the mass demos were late '50s to late '70s. Nonetheless when buildings are 35-70 years old they are the most in danger and that mindset prevails.
October 16, 20231 yr Otherworld leaders say future expansion is imminent As immersive art venue Otherworld adds new features and rooms for guests to explore, leaders are exploring options to move the venue from 5819 Chantry Dr. to a more centralized location. Aryan Peymani, Otherworld's chief financial and operations officer, told Columbus Business First the organization has listened to guest feedback about the location and is now in talks with Realtors, developers and investors in town about relocating. "We've identified some places," he said. "It's just really (about) identifying who's the right place and using the right partner for that, and who loves Otherworld the most. ... It's really, for us, about where we can be closest to all the people who love Otherworld."
October 16, 20231 yr Any predictions on where they will go? They will need an enormous space and could be a HUGE catalyst for any area.
October 16, 20231 yr It should go to Tuttle Mall to revitalize it. But alas... "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 16, 20231 yr 12 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: Any predictions on where they will go? They will need an enormous space and could be a HUGE catalyst for any area. I’m hoping for somewhere within 270. West side would be great and if there is any space, the south side would be awesome. Can they rent one of the new warehouse spaces on parsons?? Ha Being inside 270 will make it more appealing to people visiting the city that are staying downtown or in the short north area. It’s a shame the warehouse building that was recently torn down couldn’t have been used by them. It would be great for a multi floor space. This is the westside location I think could be great.
October 16, 20231 yr 2 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: It should go to Tuttle Mall to revitalize it. But alas... Wouldn’t be an awful idea at all.
October 16, 20231 yr DOWNTOWN. This is a destination type venue, it needs to be somewhere people actually want to go.
October 16, 20231 yr 45 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I’m hoping for somewhere within 270. Honestly, based on their current location just barely outside 270 and the wording in the article, I assumed this was a given. I'm not sure if the arictle mentions whether they are only looking for existing buildings or willing to construct one. The Warehouse District or Franklinton could be great locations.
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