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10 hours ago, Imwalle said:

 

If you work 40 hours a week, that's only 24% of your time. Then there's kids who won't be working at all

Kids are at school, aftercare, daycare, etc as well. I would say it’s 50/50 for the average family. But really I’m just talking about something that we’re all exposed to regardless of where we live.

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17 hours ago, sono4315 said:

Compared to other cities, it seems like it. If you drive down interstate 71 through the Kenwood/Norwood area of Cincinnati the apartment buildings/hotels literally almost hang over the highway. 

Agreed. I know driving through the city on the interstate is not a proper way to experience the city but boy do I get jealous when I can clearly see multiple Polaris / RT 256 style exits driving through our peers, and Columbus you just see essentially the first 1-2 exits into the metro and then mostly nothing of note until downtown unless you're on 315.

3 hours ago, PrestoKinetic said:

Agreed. I know driving through the city on the interstate is not a proper way to experience the city but boy do I get jealous when I can clearly see multiple Polaris / RT 256 style exits driving through our peers, and Columbus you just see essentially the first 1-2 exits into the metro and then mostly nothing of note until downtown unless you're on 315.


*or 270… which a lot of people do use coming from the North and South to bypass downtown

 

Doing that on the western side of the outerbelt shows a lot of growth

3 hours ago, VintageLife said:

https://www.trulia.com/home/268-e-11th-ave-columbus-oh-43201-316755643?cid=shr|app_ios_main_phone|buy|pdp_share

 

kind of sad that it’s this many parcels for one sale. I would love to see the old building north of 11th saved, but I feel like this would be a complete tear down and rebuild with a massive full block building. 

I've always loved this building even though it's simple.  Looks like from street view the building has a large "X" which means condemned..unfortunately I think you're right,  afraid it might n get torn down.  

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4 minutes ago, sono4315 said:

I've always loved this building even though it's simple.  Looks like from street view the building has a large "X" which means condemned..unfortunately I think you're right,  afraid it might n get torn down.  

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The old liquor store south of this was supposed to be torn down with a new three story building replacing it several years ago but that never happened. 

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^^1551 N 4th used to be the Sugar Shack, a live music venue in the 60s and 70s (before my time). Bob Seger was a regular performer. This stretch of 4th could be such a nice node in the neighborhood.

 

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Numerous MFH projects rising across the Crosswoods area-

 

 

Snatched a few from one of the projects on Huntington Park Dr where 240 units across nine buildings is under construction 

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Across Campus View Blvd, elevator cores are rising for another 395 apartments 

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12 hours ago, CbusOrBust said:

 

Numerous MFH projects rising across the Crosswoods area-

 

 

Snatched a few from one of the projects on Huntington Park Dr where 240 units across nine buildings is under construction 

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Across Campus View Blvd, elevator cores are rising for another 395 apartments 

 

 

 

Are those studio penthouse dormers that I see at the top?!😮

 

Few looks at the new Cologix data center on Worthington Woods Blvd near Sancus 

 

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Hundreds of Apartments Planned for 90s-Era Office Complex

 

Big changes are coming to a 17-acre office complex near Tuttle Mall. One of the four office buildings in the complex will remain, as will a two-story parking garage, but the other buildings will be demolished and replaced with apartments.

 

The plan, from Vision Development, calls for a total of 625 apartments spread over four buildings. One of the new apartment buildings will be located right next to the garage, while the others will be spread around the perimeter of the site. A total of 834 parking spaces will be provided, via the existing garage and several large surface lots.

 

Columbus City Council approved zoning changes for the project at its meeting on February 13.

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/hundreds-of-apartments-planned-for-90s-era-office-complex-bw1/

 

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Hundreds of apartments planned for West Dublin-Granville Road near Linworth

 

A developer is planning to build nearly 500 apartments on former Ohio State University property on West Dublin-Granville Road in the Linworth area.

 

The NRP Group has submitted engineering plans for 38 buildings containing 472 rental units on the site, at 2575 W. Dublin-Granville Road just west of the commercial area of Linworth.

 

On the east side of the development would be 11 three-story buildings with 336 apartments. On the west would be 27 three-story townhome buildings, each with four, five or six units.

 

The developer has applied to rezone the 2575 W. Dublin-Granville Road property from manufacturing to apartment residential. That request is scheduled to be heard Thursday by the Columbus Development Commission.

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/real-estate/2025/03/07/cleveland-developer-plans-nearly-500-apartments-near-linworth/81944690007/

 

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Developer plans apartments, townhomes for cattle pasture near Ohio State's airport

 

One of the largest affordable housing developers in the country plans hundreds of apartments and townhomes on land where Ohio State University grows hay and grazes beef cattle.

 

Cleveland developer NRP Group has approval from trustees to buy two non-contiguous properties along West Dublin Granville Road north of OSU's Don Scott Field, where agricultural uses are ending.

 

NRP wants to build 472 units at 2575 W. Dublin Granville Road, according to preliminary engineering plans filed with the city of Columbus.

 

The plan splits the 26.7 acre site roughly in half with 11 three-story apartment buildings with 24 or 36 units each on the east, and 28 three-story townhouses with four or six units each on the west. The development also would include a clubhouse and pool.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/03/07/ohio-state-airport-pasture-cleveland-developer.html

 

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Trump’s Actions Already Having “Ripple Effects” on Columbus Development Projects

 

Local developers and housing experts are increasingly raising the alarm about the impact that actions taken by President Donald Trump are having on the economy in general and the housing market in particular.


At last month’s Downtown Commission meeting, three different applicants commented on the difficulty of the current economic environment for construction and financing, and two specifically mentioned tariffs as a threat to the feasibility of the development proposals they were there to discuss.
 

“Historically, tariffs that targeted Canadian lumber or other raw materials resulted in higher housing prices,” said Carlie Boos, Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio. “Local homebuyers are already feeling squeezed, so there’s just no wiggle room for price spikes right now.”


The Building Industry Association (BIA) of Central Ohio recently announced that new home construction in Central Ohio last year once again failed to keep up with demand, and although it’s too early to analyze permit numbers for this year, there does seem to have been fewer new development announcements compared to early 2024.

 

Apart from tariffs, other Trump directives and actions at the federal level have contributed to the atmosphere of uncertainty. For instance, Trump spoke out against the CHIPS act, the bipartisan bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last year that directs billions of dollars toward domestic semiconductor manufacturing plants, including the Intel project in New Albany. There have also been layoffs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and reporting suggests that as much as half of the agency’s workforce could be cut.

3 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Trump’s Actions Already Having “Ripple Effects” on Columbus Development Projects

 

Local developers and housing experts are increasingly raising the alarm about the impact that actions taken by President Donald Trump are having on the economy in general and the housing market in particular.


At last month’s Downtown Commission meeting, three different applicants commented on the difficulty of the current economic environment for construction and financing, and two specifically mentioned tariffs as a threat to the feasibility of the development proposals they were there to discuss.
 

“Historically, tariffs that targeted Canadian lumber or other raw materials resulted in higher housing prices,” said Carlie Boos, Executive Director of the Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio. “Local homebuyers are already feeling squeezed, so there’s just no wiggle room for price spikes right now.”


The Building Industry Association (BIA) of Central Ohio recently announced that new home construction in Central Ohio last year once again failed to keep up with demand, and although it’s too early to analyze permit numbers for this year, there does seem to have been fewer new development announcements compared to early 2024.

 

Apart from tariffs, other Trump directives and actions at the federal level have contributed to the atmosphere of uncertainty. For instance, Trump spoke out against the CHIPS act, the bipartisan bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last year that directs billions of dollars toward domestic semiconductor manufacturing plants, including the Intel project in New Albany. There have also been layoffs at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and reporting suggests that as much as half of the agency’s workforce could be cut.

HUD needs to step up and it hasn't for a while. A reorg is necessary. CHIPs act is only for Intel - other companies in that work can afford to buy the fab and with the infrastructure and suppliers already being here for it, will. Lumber can be sourced from Brazil, and besides, soft growth wood is crap anyways and with how insurance companies are going to start getting with fires and floods and such, will start to become a liability in underwriting. The only issue is a long-term halt of federal grants and funds towards development, but I think those will persist due to the construction jobs they'll create. At least no one whined about interest rates though!

Housing starts in Central Ohio in 2024 fell short of demand

 

Central Ohio fell thousands of permits short last year in building enough housing to keep up with demand, according to a new report.


New construction was below the region's annual need, with 10,474 permits issued compared to the nearly 19,000 that were needed. A total of 5,724 single-family homes and 4,750 multifamily units were permitted for construction in 2024, according to a report from market research firm Zonda.

 

The number of permits issued was up 2.7% year-over-year, besting 2023's totalof 10,196. That was the lowest level recorded since 2019.

Jon Melchi, executive director of the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio, said the report highlights "a persistent gap" between supply and demand.


“This level of home construction is simply not enough to support our region’s population growth and economic expansion,” Melchi said in a press release.

 

Compared to similar metropolitan areas, Columbus continues to underbuild. Zonda’s 2024 data shows the region's housing starts remained well below those of peer cities such as Nashville (22,947 homes) and Raleigh (19,902 homes).

If central Ohio can’t figure out how to speed up construction, it will have a huge impact on the continued growth of the area. People are moving here and want to move here, build some damn homes! 

2 hours ago, VintageLife said:

If central Ohio can’t figure out how to speed up construction, it will have a huge impact on the continued growth of the area. People are moving here and want to move here, build some damn homes! 

No workforce

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No workforce

That’s why I’m saying the city needs to figure out ways of bringing in the workforce 

 

$52M in federal grants awarded for new Columbus-area bridges, paths and other projects

 

The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission has distributed more than $52 million in federal funding for infrastructure projects around central Ohio.

 

Seven projects, from bus rapid transit to new bridges spanning interstate highways, were allotted federal transportation funding that is coordinated through MORPC.

 

• $9,328,863 for the East Broad Capital Trail, a multi-use path

• $7,382,832 for intersection improvements at Trabue Road at Walcutt Road on the city's Far West Side

• $14,400,000 for bus rapid transit improvements on East Main Street on the city's East Side

• $4,730,373 for the Big Walnut Trail between Cherrybottom Park and Morse Road on the city's Northeast Side

• $9,155,409 awarded to Franklin County for the second phase of East Cooke Road reconstruction east of Interstate 71 between Glenmawr Avenue and Karl Road on Columbus' North Side. The road is the border between the city's North Linden neighborhood on the south and the Maize-Morse and Clinton Estates neighborhoods on the north side

• $4,500,000 for the Emerald Connector, a new bridge crossing Interstate 270 in Dublin 

• $2,625,000 for the Southwest Regional Medical and Innovation Gateway Overpass, a new bridge over Interstate 71 in Grove City 

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/regional/2025/03/16/52-million-dollars-in-new-federal-grants-funding-bridges-paths-around-columbus-area/82468957007/

 

 

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Northwest Columbus office park planned for mixed-use redevelopment

 

"A northwest Columbus office park is transforming into a mixed-use community.

 

The Innovation Campus at Lakehurst, located at 4600 Lakehurst Ct. in the Tuttle Crossing area, will be redeveloped by Vision Cos. and Daimler Group after the Columbus companies acquired the property for $10.8 million in December.

 

The development, to be known as VC Square, will include 625 apartments developed in two phases. Construction of phase one (285 units) will begin this summer, with the first residents expected to move in during the first quarter of 2027. Phase two (340 units) will commence "in a few years," Vision Cos. COO Dan Lhota said in an email.

 

To make way for the multifamily buildings, Vision Cos. and Daimler are in the process of demolishing two of the four office buildings currently located on the site. Demolition began after Columbus City Council approved the developers' rezoning request. Council also needs to authorize a final site compliance plan prior to the start of construction on the apartments.

 

The two other office buildings will remain, as will a structured parking garage.

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/03/17/daimler-vision-cos-tuttle-redevelopment-vc-square.html

 

 

Columbus region among top data center markets in the U.S.

 

"Columbus region is among the top data center hubs in the United States, according to a new report.

 

Commercial real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield recently released its Americas Data Center Update, which lists Columbus as the No. 3 primary market based on operational data center inventory.

 

The Columbus region has 1.8 gigawatts of operational capacity, following Portland/Eastern Oregon with 2 gigawatts and Virginia, which is No. 1 with 5.9 gigawatts. Phoenix (1.5 gigawatts), Dallas (1.4 gigawatts) and Chicago (1.2 gigawatts) round out the top six.

 

The report notes that Columbus has emerged as an established hub, both for hyperscalers that own and operate large campuses, as well as colocation providers that lease space to companies.

 

A total of 425 megawatts of colocation data center space was leased last year in the the Columbus region – more than 10 times the amount in 2023. There is 154 megawatts of colocation space currently under construction, with 88% pre-leased.

 

In addition to the pre-leasing percentage, the project pipeline signals continued demand. Data center projects that are planned for construction will add another 2.6 gigawatts to the market."

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/03/18/data-center-market-report-columbus.html

 

 

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Nationwide to evaluate empty Central Ohio offices for housing potential

 

Nationwide plans a comprehensive review of its Central Ohio properties – including whether any offices vacated in the pandemic have potential for conversion to housing, top executives told Columbus Business First.

 

The Columbus financial services and insurance giant presented the possibility to its board on Thursday, after reporting the fourth consecutive year of record sales. Although it had previously said it would lease out offices, potential retrofitting is a new approach.

 

"What would the opportunity be to change that into housing, as we think about some of the challenges that Franklin County has?" CEO Kirt Walker said in an interview.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/04/04/nationwide-columbus-office-property-review.html

 

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7 hours ago, ColDayMan said:

Nationwide to evaluate empty Central Ohio offices for housing potential

 

Nationwide plans a comprehensive review of its Central Ohio properties – including whether any offices vacated in the pandemic have potential for conversion to housing, top executives told Columbus Business First.

 

The Columbus financial services and insurance giant presented the possibility to its board on Thursday, after reporting the fourth consecutive year of record sales. Although it had previously said it would lease out offices, potential retrofitting is a new approach.

 

"What would the opportunity be to change that into housing, as we think about some of the challenges that Franklin County has?" CEO Kirt Walker said in an interview.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/04/04/nationwide-columbus-office-property-review.html

 

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Would love for the one they transferred, across from the main buildings, to be converted, but it sounds like it’s full with office 

1 hour ago, VintageLife said:

Would love for the one they transferred, across from the main buildings, to be converted, but it sounds like it’s full with office 

Which one are you talking about? 

2 hours ago, sono4315 said:

Which one are you talking about? 

Last week, the company transferred the deed of 280 N. High St. across from HQ to Nationwide Realty, formalizing the arrangement already in place. Most of it is leased out to tenants.

On 4/5/2025 at 1:41 PM, VintageLife said:

Last week, the company transferred the deed of 280 N. High St. across from HQ to Nationwide Realty, formalizing the arrangement already in place. Most of it is leased out to tenants.

 

Plaza 2 (280) will likely stay office, which is fine IMO, but I would really love to see its ground floor retail spaces reactivated

 

2 vacant spaces are along Chestnut and the former Morton's steakhouse space on the other side opens directly onto the park and could have an amazing patio. Bringing these back online with tenants would help a lot to bridge the gap between the convention center and Gay St areas

 

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On 4/5/2025 at 10:16 AM, VintageLife said:

Would love for the one they transferred, across from the main buildings, to be converted, but it sounds like it’s full with office 

If they were really smart, they'd convert some downtown building to apartments and offer discounted rental rates for Nationwide employees. Even a 5-10% rental discount would be a pretty insane perk to offer employees.

20 minutes ago, TIm said:

If they were really smart, they'd convert some downtown building to apartments and offer discounted rental rates for Nationwide employees. Even a 5-10% rental discount would be a pretty insane perk to offer employees.

I worked at Nationwide 9 years ago and a good majority of the folks I worked with did not want anything to do with downtown. Majority of them lived in Northern Suburbs and drove into the garage on Front St and never left the building besides to get food from the Food trucks on High St. The younger employees 35 and under already lived in surrounding neighborhoods Grandview, SN, GV, OTE, etc.. I'm not sure if this would be an attractive offer for Nationwide to provide employee's when they're already in homes close to downtown if they preferred to live close by.

^And you wonder how so many jobs got dragged up to the northern suburbs creating the massively lopsided economy and development patterns our city faces.

3 minutes ago, GCrites said:

^And you wonder how so many jobs got dragged up to the northern suburbs creating the massively lopsided economy and development patterns our city faces.

Ha! I don't wonder at all, I've had this conversation too many times for folks born between 1950-1975. Their version of the American dream was large 2500+ sq ft homes. Easy driving to everything and good schools. The silent generation lived downtowns and moved to the suburbs during redlining and passed it down to their children (baby boomers) to stay away from downtown's due to "crime, poverty, sanitary reason". 

 

I've beaten the dead horse on this too many times. Keep incentivizing businesses to go downtown, build alternative modes of transportation for folks to get downtown, and build multiple types of housing (Townhomes, condos, apartments, low income apartments, high end apartments, multi use buildings). 

1 hour ago, TIm said:

If they were really smart, they'd convert some downtown building to apartments and offer discounted rental rates for Nationwide employees. Even a 5-10% rental discount would be a pretty insane perk to offer employees.

I believe Chase does this for the apartments surrounding the McCoy Center.

Nationwide did/does give a discount for employees at NRI properties in the AD and GY.  At least as of a few years ago. I dont imagine that has changed. Residents of NRI properties also get discounts at restaurants in NRI properties in GY and the AD. 

 

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Retreat at Crosswoods will add 395 units to Campus View Blvd in the Crosswoods area

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‘We are digging ourselves quite a hole’

When Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced the formation of the Regional Housing Coalition late last year, he said Central Ohio must add 200,000 new housing units in the next decade to accommodate current and anticipated growth.  

Until that happens, the region’s lack of housing will continue to push up home prices and rents. And that will only get worse as mega-companies such as Intel, Anduril, Amgen and Honda continue to announce regional projects that promise thousands of new jobs.  

In its March report, the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio said that 10,474 housing permits were issued in the region last year – when more than 19,000 are needed annually.

It’s been an issue since even before the BIA started tracking this data five years ago. John Melchi, the organization’s executive director, said housing production has fallen well short of goals since the Great Recession in 2008.

“Every year we don’t meet the demand, it compounds,” Melchi said. “We are digging ourselves quite a hole.”

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/05/08/housing-starts-columbus-region.html

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47 minutes ago, ColDayMan said:

In its March report, the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio said that 10,474 housing permits were issued in the region last year – when more than 19,000 are needed annually.

When building a 200 apartment complex, is a permit required for each residence (so, 200 permits), or is it a single permit but counted as 200 in the records, or is it one permit counted once and those 10,474 permits issued last year could result in 15,000+ new residences?

1 hour ago, ColDayMan said:

‘We are digging ourselves quite a hole’

When Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther announced the formation of the Regional Housing Coalition late last year, he said Central Ohio must add 200,000 new housing units in the next decade to accommodate current and anticipated growth.  

Until that happens, the region’s lack of housing will continue to push up home prices and rents. And that will only get worse as mega-companies such as Intel, Anduril, Amgen and Honda continue to announce regional projects that promise thousands of new jobs.  

In its March report, the Building Industry Association of Central Ohio said that 10,474 housing permits were issued in the region last year – when more than 19,000 are needed annually.

It’s been an issue since even before the BIA started tracking this data five years ago. John Melchi, the organization’s executive director, said housing production has fallen well short of goals since the Great Recession in 2008.

“Every year we don’t meet the demand, it compounds,” Melchi said. “We are digging ourselves quite a hole.”

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/05/08/housing-starts-columbus-region.html

So glad commissions, University area, are worried about a building fitting the neighborhood, rather than about how many units it will add! So great that they can continue to delay projects

13 hours ago, Bryan2Cbus said:

When building a 200 apartment complex, is a permit required for each residence (so, 200 permits), or is it a single permit but counted as 200 in the records, or is it one permit counted once and those 10,474 permits issued last year could result in 15,000+ new residences?

A single permit is required in that instance, so I'd assume they are counting the number of units counted under some number of permits issued last year.

Downtown Population and Employment Numbers Up in 2024

Downtown Columbus is home to 12,500 people, up from 12,000 a year ago, according to the latest count by the The Capital Crossroads & Discovery District Special Improvement Districts (SID). The group’s annual report, released earlier this week, also showed that the total number of people employed Downtown was up, from a little over 88,000 to 92,327.

Some of the growth in employment was likely driven by the service and hospitality sectors – hotel occupancy increased to 58 percent (up from 54 percent), and Downtown saw a total of 28.6 million visits in 2024, an increase of about a million visits.

The report tracked a total of $1 billion worth of projects currently under construction, a figure that includes major developments like the Merchant Building and the residential conversion of the Continental Centre, as well as continuing work on I-70 and I-71.

On 5/9/2025 at 1:10 PM, VintageLife said:

Downtown Population and Employment Numbers Up in 2024

Downtown Columbus is home to 12,500 people, up from 12,000 a year ago, according to the latest count by the The Capital Crossroads & Discovery District Special Improvement Districts (SID). The group’s annual report, released earlier this week, also showed that the total number of people employed Downtown was up, from a little over 88,000 to 92,327.

Some of the growth in employment was likely driven by the service and hospitality sectors – hotel occupancy increased to 58 percent (up from 54 percent), and Downtown saw a total of 28.6 million visits in 2024, an increase of about a million visits.

The report tracked a total of $1 billion worth of projects currently under construction, a figure that includes major developments like the Merchant Building and the residential conversion of the Continental Centre, as well as continuing work on I-70 and I-71.

Can we please get other forms of public transportation if we're having 92,000 people working downtown with the vast majority of them most likely living outside of downtown commuting via car.

39 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said:

Can we please get other forms of public transportation if we're having 92,000 people working downtown with the vast majority of them most likely living outside of downtown commuting via car.

Hopefully BRT helps and hopefully people start to take advantage of the c-pass again now that they are back to office. I think ridership for that was pretty high before the pandemic

Affordable Housing Development Lands Approval

A proposal to build apartments on a mostly-empty Sunbury Road site was approved by the Columbus Development Commission last week. The plan, from Nashville-based Elmington Capital, calls for a total of 196 apartments spread over three buildings. The ten-acre site is located at 2618 Bethesda Ave., but access to the development will be from Sunbury.

According to David Hodge, attorney for the applicant, all of the units in the development will be affordable for tenants making 60 percent of the area median income (or around $50,000 for a two-person household in Columbus).

The positive vote from the commission means that the proposal will now move on to City Council for final approval.

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/affordable-housing-development-lands-approval-bw1/

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Thrive Cos. spends $7 million on land for New Albany-area apartment project

Thrive Companies has acquired the land for its first housing project in the New Albany area.

The longtime urban developer purchased roughly 10 acres at 7461 Noyce Square North for a 353-unit multifamily development called Moore's Edge. Thrive paid $7 million for the vacant commercial property, according to the Franklin County Auditor.

The land had been owned by the New Albany Company, which bought it for approximately $2 million in July 2022, property records show.

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/05/22/thrive-companies-moores-edge-new-albany.html

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Found this on reddit, maybe the building owner hired someone so they could finally demo this ha.

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18 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Found this on reddit, maybe the building owner hired someone so they could finally demo this ha.

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I remember seeing a proposal for a new building at this location.

30 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said:

I remember seeing a proposal for a new building at this location.

Yeah, I think that was the seller just floating ideas of what could be there. Last I remember, they had wanted to demo the building so it was more appealing to a potential buyer and the commission said no.

4 hours ago, VintageLife said:

Yeah, I think that was the seller just floating ideas of what could be there. Last I remember, they had wanted to demo the building so it was more appealing to a potential buyer and the commission said no.

Building is definitely not very appealing..

Couple quick looks at the new COTA Rickenbacker Mobility Center at Shook Rd and London-Groveport Rd 

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