I would also think that moving a runway would be a slow process as disrupting air travel isn't really a good thing and so that probably puts a substantial limit on the quickness with which one could relocate.  Barring just paving the entire CMH area with runway grade cement and just moving paint, which I would guess who be prohibitively expensive or we would see it more often.  But these are wild guesses from someone with no background in airport construction and logistics. 

From the March CRAA meeting minutes.

 

"Taxiway C Relocation design services are underway. 30% design documents were received in January and are being reviewed by staff and stakeholders. Construction is planned for the 2023 season. This project will be funded primarily by an FAA AIP grant."

 

It sounds like, at least according this, the taxiway relocation should be started and completed during the 2023 season.

Posting this in here, since it deals with the whole metro:

 

 

“In addition to this project, Stonemont is pursuing four others in the area, according to the release. 

 

Wheeler said these four potential projects are all industrial. One of them is just east of downtown Columbus and the others are being set for areas to the east of the city to avoid competition with the West Jefferson facility. 

 

The firm is committed to the Columbus area because of its proximity to a large portion of the country's population, Wheeler said.

 

“Columbus will become a top focus for us over the next few years, and we look forward to extending our footprint even further throughout the market as Central Ohio’s economic and industrial growth story continues to play out,” Markwell said in the release.“

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/05/25/atlanta-stonemont-west-jefferson-industrial.html

"One of them is just east of downtown Columbus and the others are being set for areas to the east of the city to avoid competition with the West Jefferson facility."

 

Sooooo, does that mean the suburbs east of the city, or east of the city...as in the Newark area?

^Probably both. 

1 hour ago, OhioFinest said:

"One of them is just east of downtown Columbus and the others are being set for areas to the east of the city to avoid competition with the West Jefferson facility."

 

Sooooo, does that mean the suburbs east of the city, or east of the city...as in the Newark area?

They own a building/property by the airport on Stelzer and 7th, the old Columbus Castings, one on Williams Rd. just west of Alum Creek Dr., and one just north of 104 between High St. and Lockbourne Rd.

 

Editing to add they own empty land surrounding the MSR Racing HQ on the NE corner of Etna Pkwy and Refugee Rd.

Edited May 26, 20223 yr by aderwent

Not sure if this is even allowed to be posted in here or if it will even play correctly but I was in Denver recently and they had this on the outside of one of the parking garages. I imagine this is similar to what they were trying to do with the convention center garage but just failed miserably.

I figured we would see some new projects getting their start early this month, anybody else feel like there is a slight lull?

On 6/3/2022 at 1:23 PM, 614love said:

I figured we would see some new projects getting their start early this month, anybody else feel like there is a slight lull?

I feel like there’s already quite a bit of construction going on right now. I am starting to get impatient waiting for the Merchant Building and the German Village Whale, though. 
 

And I’m starting to get nervous with borrowing money becoming more expensive and companies becoming more conservative over fears of a recession, that we might start to see a bit of a slow down in construction for awhile. Hopefully that doesn’t happen. 

2 hours ago, amped91 said:

I feel like there’s already quite a bit of construction going on right now. I am starting to get impatient waiting for the Merchant Building and the German Village Whale, though. 
 

And I’m starting to get nervous with borrowing money becoming more expensive and companies becoming more conservative over fears of a recession, that we might start to see a bit of a slow down in construction for awhile. Hopefully that doesn’t happen. 

A lot of these projects are already funded. The problems I’ve seen are supply chain and staffing, still…..

33 minutes ago, wpcc88 said:

A lot of these projects are already funded. The problems I’ve seen are supply chain and staffing, still…..

I’m talking about down the road. To be more specific, I’m worried we’ll see a slow down in proposals, which will mean a slow down in construction. I guess that should help alleviate the supply chain and staffing issues, though 😅

18 hours ago, amped91 said:

I’m talking about down the road. To be more specific, I’m worried we’ll see a slow down in proposals, which will mean a slow down in construction. I guess that should help alleviate the supply chain and staffing issues, though 😅

There is still significant demand and growing in Columbus… not sure that’s going to happen, it may slow but just look at the amount on the books, even if it does it won’t be very noticeable because there will still be action all across the city

 

Cbus lacks two main components right now… housing and tradespeople 

The freeway reconstruction near Miranova is really starting to ramp up:

 

 

 

 

How many buildings can you count that were built in the last 10 years? I think it's at least 50.

 

 

I got to 100 before my eyes gave out. I know I missed several in IV along N 4th St. There's also a lot of single family homes in IV that I missed. I'll bet the actual count is over 200.

 

17 minutes ago, Pablo said:

I got to 100 before my eyes gave out. I know I missed several in IV along N 4th St. There's also a lot of single family homes in IV that I missed. I'll bet the actual count is over 200.

 

 

Great work! I think we can exclude single family homes, but this is impressive. I've already found like 10 that you missed as well. Just imagine what this shot will look like in another ten years.

Edited June 17, 20222 yr by cbussoccer
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Kroger Bakery, Astor Park, other local projects awarded brownfield remediation funds
 

 

“Several Franklin County projects have been awarded brownfield remediation funds from the state, including the Kroger Bakery project and Astor Park. 

 

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon HustedFriday announced state support for 112 brownfield remediation projects that will help clean up contaminated properties in Ohio to make way for future economic development. The grants total $192 million across 41 counties in Ohio, including eight in Franklin County.”

 

Now we know what Rogue has planned at this site:

 

“5CL Properties LLC, for site cleanup on a property located at 1363 and 1380 Windsor Ave. that contained a zinc oxide manufacturing facility. The project is dubbed "Strength," according to the project application. 5CL Properties is an LLC linked to Rouge Fitness. After remediation, the site will be redeveloped as manufacturing and distribution space, according to the application.”

 

Where do we think this is located? It’s gotta be a pretty big space—that’s a lot of housing units, and a nice sized park.

 

”Franklin County, for a project dubbed WestBend. The information from the state does not make clear where this project is located. According to information from the state, after it is cleaned up, the property will be redeveloped as the WestBend development, a mixed-use project with 750 multifamily units with affordable housing options and a 12-acre public park.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/06/17/kroger-bakery-astor-park-franklin-county-brownfie.html

57 minutes ago, amped91 said:

”Franklin County, for a project dubbed WestBend. The information from the state does not make clear where this project is located. According to information from the state, after it is cleaned up, the property will be redeveloped as the WestBend development, a mixed-use project with 750 multifamily units with affordable housing options and a 12-acre public park.”

ignore this post, it’s not the correct location 
 

When I searched for West Bend Columbus on google maps, it came up as this area on the southwest side of Columbus outside 270

 

 

 

Edited June 17, 20222 yr by VintageLife

There is a big bend there

 

That might have been a proposed condo development that didn't take off because 2008. A friend of mine bought a condo near there in 2006-07 and got scorched. I don't think the place got back up to its original sale price until 2018 when he sold it.

On 6/17/2022 at 2:00 PM, amped91 said:

Kroger Bakery, Astor Park, other local projects awarded brownfield remediation funds
 

 

“Several Franklin County projects have been awarded brownfield remediation funds from the state, including the Kroger Bakery project and Astor Park. 

 

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Lt. Gov. Jon HustedFriday announced state support for 112 brownfield remediation projects that will help clean up contaminated properties in Ohio to make way for future economic development. The grants total $192 million across 41 counties in Ohio, including eight in Franklin County.”

 

Now we know what Rogue has planned at this site:

 

“5CL Properties LLC, for site cleanup on a property located at 1363 and 1380 Windsor Ave. that contained a zinc oxide manufacturing facility. The project is dubbed "Strength," according to the project application. 5CL Properties is an LLC linked to Rouge Fitness. After remediation, the site will be redeveloped as manufacturing and distribution space, according to the application.”

 

Where do we think this is located? It’s gotta be a pretty big space—that’s a lot of housing units, and a nice sized park.

 

”Franklin County, for a project dubbed WestBend. The information from the state does not make clear where this project is located. According to information from the state, after it is cleaned up, the property will be redeveloped as the WestBend development, a mixed-use project with 750 multifamily units with affordable housing options and a 12-acre public park.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/06/17/kroger-bakery-astor-park-franklin-county-brownfie.html

 

 

Any idea where this one might be?

 

Steelton Holdings LLC (Franklin)
Property Name: Fort
$2,970,094
Cleanup/Remediation

Developed in the late 1800s for industrial use, this property was occupied by slaughterhouse packaging companies for the next 70 years. In the 1990s through 2010, the property operated as a transfer facility to collect and accumulate construction and demolition debris. The property is currently vacant and contains a significant amount of buried gypsum and waste that will require excavation and disposal prior to redevelopment. The buildings on the site are inhabitable and are slated to be demolished. Cleanup activities include the removal of hazardous materials and remediation efforts on the site. After cleanup, the property will be redeveloped as a mixed-use development including 120,000-square-feet of new commercial and restaurants, 33,000-square-feet of maker space and studios and over 500 units of mixed-income apartments, flats, and townhomes and 50 single-family units.

 

 

Edited June 18, 20222 yr by Luvcbus

26 minutes ago, Luvcbus said:

 

 

Any idea where this one might be?

 

Steelton Holdings LLC (Franklin)
Property Name: Fort
$2,970,094
Cleanup/Remediation

Developed in the late 1800s for industrial use, this property was occupied by slaughterhouse packaging companies for the next 70 years. In the 1990s through 2010, the property operated as a transfer facility to collect and accumulate construction and demolition debris. The property is currently vacant and contains a significant amount of buried gypsum and waste that will require excavation and disposal prior to redevelopment. The buildings on the site are inhabitable and are slated to be demolished. Cleanup activities include the removal of hazardous materials and remediation efforts on the site. After cleanup, the property will be redeveloped as a mixed-use development including 120,000-square-feet of new commercial and restaurants, 33,000-square-feet of maker space and studios and over 500 units of mixed-income apartments, flats, and townhomes and 50 single-family units.

 

 

Everything here except the Wild Ohio Brewing Company property. "CC" is the old Columbus Castings property. Editing to add that it's the same owners as The Fort across the street:

 

https://www.thefortcolumbus.com/

 

Edited June 18, 20222 yr by aderwent

21 minutes ago, aderwent said:

Everything here except the Wild Ohio Brewing Company property. "CC" is the old Columbus Castings property. Editing to add that it's the same owners as The Fort across the street:

 

https://www.thefortcolumbus.com/

 

I have been hoping they would develop this area with some mixed use buildings. This will eventually help get south high reconfigured with a road diet, at least I can hope and dream. 

Oh man, just down from where the EZ Sleep Motel and the snake handling church were.

Couple pics from the top of the Nationwide building.

2 minutes ago, 614love said:

Couple pics from the top of the Nationwide building.

This really gives you an idea of how damn spread out everything still is downtown. Also can Nationwide not afford window washers or something?

^Been a rainy spring

The AEP building windows were usually much worse. I think they washed them twice a year? And with as much construction that has been going on in the vicinity, it's just an uphill battle no matter what. 

The Hilton puts a lot of the new developments into perspective… until you see the elevator shafts at OSU

A couple articles out today from CBF. The first discusses the brownfield grants awarded last week, and it gives a little more detail on the WestBend project from Thrive. The second discusses two projects from a Louisville-based developer, including the affordable housing project I posted in the South Side thread a few days ago. 
 

Brownfield remediation grants will help redevelop sites into affordable housing, offices
 

“Armed with $10 million in state brownfield funding, Thrive Cos. has plans to clean up and redevelop an auto salvage yard on the city's west side into apartments, office space and some affordable housing.
 

According to plans submitted to the state, the four buildings on the site would be demolished as part of the cleanup project. Then, the property would be redeveloped as WestBend, a mixed-use project with 750 apartments, a 12-acre park and offices. There will be affordable housing options. 
 

The WestBend name pays homage to the location and the bend in the river where the project is located. Reidy said the hope is that the development increases access to the Scioto River in that location.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/06/23/brownfield-redevelopments.html
 

Louisville affordable housing developer expanding into Columbus market
 

“The Whitehall area project proposed by LDG Development recently was awarded a state brownfield remediation grant.

 

Zac Linsky, development manager with Kentucky firm, said LDG is happy to have received the brownfield funding to transform an auto salvage yard into workforce and affordable housing. 

 

The property, located at at 3515 E. Main St., straddles Whitehall and Columbus. "If not for this program, sites like this would remain brownfields," he told Columbus Business First.

 

The company is in contract for the property.”

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/06/23/ldg-affordable-housing.html

Freeway work near Miranova

 

I'm getting this error when trying to post pictures:

 

1 file would exceed the total allowed size of 803.421kB, and was skipped

 

(i even tried reposting something that it let me post earlier and still got the same error)

 

anyone else seeing this?

 

22 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said:

I'm getting this error when trying to post pictures:

 

1 file would exceed the total allowed size of 803.421kB, and was skipped

 

(i even tried reposting something that it let me post earlier and still got the same error)

 

anyone else seeing this?

 

It looks like you ended up hitting your space limit for uploads. I ended up getting a subscription when that happened. 

Looks like there are some updated Google Streetview images as recently as June 2022. 

 

 

I like this concept and would love to see it utilized all over Columbus. 
 

Local Entrepreneur Wants to Build An Apartment in Your Backyard

Lease the Lawn will work with Columbus homeowners to build a two-car garage in their backyard with a two-bedroom apartment above it – at scale. 

From a technical standpoint, Lease the Lawn needs 50 feet of alley access and a 24-by-24 footprint to build a unit. If a space clears those two hurdles, then it’s on to city services – making sure sewer, water and electric can be run from the street to the back alley in an affordable way. 

The units will be two stories – two-car garage on the ground floor, 725 square-foot, two-bedroom, one-and-a-half bath unit on the second. 

 

^You beat me to it this time lol

I think this is great! The biggest hurdle is Columbus' zoning code prohibiting this use in many neighborhoods. If they can get pre-approval it would smooth the process. I know several folks in Clintonville would like to do this but are unable to due to zoning. I don't think the Clintonville Area Commission is opposed.

In Denver and I just have to say that our developers need to come here and take notes on how to build attractive and interesting 5 over 1s.

1 hour ago, 614love said:

In Denver and I just have to say that our developers need to come here and take notes on how to build attractive and interesting 5 over 1s.

They are probably able to do that because their rent prices are a lot higher than here. 

Accessory Dwelling Units or ADUs are getting a lot of attention in several cities. Zoning restrictions are the number one reason they are uncommon and difficult to build. There is quite a bit of momentum especially with groups like AARP to revise code language to allow them by right as a way for seniors to age in place since they are typically smaller units and more affordable.

Millennial Tower would have really done wonders for this part of town. 

On 7/15/2022 at 6:12 PM, 614love said:

Millennial Tower would have really done wonders for this part of town. 

Still, good progress since 1990 when River South was mostly parking lots. 

 

This area has potential to develop like the Rainey district in Austin, probably on a much smaller scale here though. Both have a narrow strip on land in between a highway and a river. I guess we’ll see how much land is left after 70 is expanded. 

56 minutes ago, Kriegs said:

This area has potential to develop like the Rainey district in Austin, probably on a much smaller scale here though. Both have a narrow strip on land in between a highway and a river. I guess we’ll see how much land is left after 70 is expanded. 

The 70 expansion isn’t taking a lot of land is it?

I remember them saying years and years ago that it is actually going to be more compact. 

Edited July 17, 20222 yr by GCrites80s

On 7/15/2022 at 6:12 PM, 614love said:

Millennial Tower would have really done wonders for this part of town. 

They still have the sign there at the little parking lot it was proposed for.

On 7/17/2022 at 1:36 PM, VintageLife said:

The 70 expansion isn’t taking a lot of land is it?

No, it won't affect this at all.

9 hours ago, TIm said:

They still have the sign there at the little parking lot it was proposed for.

 

They can't afford to take it down without outside investment and insane tax breaks 😅

35 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

No, it won't affect this at all.

That’s what I thought, it isn’t taking any space or buildings really. 

On 6/17/2022 at 7:51 AM, cbussoccer said:

How many buildings can you count that were built in the last 10 years? I think it's at least 50.

 

 

Not enough

The location of 3 downtown public restrooms in the public right away appear to be going in at long and high, broad and 3rd and then at the main Cota building. Hopefully these are the first of many.