August 2, 20168 yr You can put that snazzy mixed-use master plan that LC had for the 41-acre United Methodist Children's Home site to bed. The neighborhood NIMBY's got their way and LC is moving on to a different development of the site: - Original master plan: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3205.msg762744.html#msg762744 - Original plan at a stand-still: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/04/05/umch-property-status-of-proposal-at-a-stand-still.html - Instead, a two-story, 30,000-square-foot medical office building is going on the UMCH site: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/04/28/1-lifestyle-communities-announces-expansion.html - Which means the original master plan has been shelved: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/04/28/worthington-s-high-street-makeover-shelved-as.html
August 3, 20168 yr Sweet Carrot won't take root at 752 Building after all BY ANDREW KING, THIS WEEK NEWS Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 3:47 PM The city of Worthington has lost one of its prospective tenants of the Kilbourne Memorial Building, commonly known as the 752 Building. Sweet Carrot was slated to move into the facility and open sometime in 2016, but the company and the city announced Friday, July 1, that Sweet Carrot had backed out of the deal, citing costs that "far exceeded" expectations. The Kilbourne building is owned by the city and went through a series of renovations totaling more than $500,000 in work -- funded by both the city and the Ohio Development Services Agency -- after Worthington purchased it in 2006. Sweet Carrot was announced as the first new tenant of the site in September 2015. The company was signing on to occupy half of the building rent-free for about seven years, paying instead for renovations expected to cost about $400,000. A clause in the company's agreement with the city allowed it to cancel the deal if costs reached more than $550,000, which owner Angela Petro cited in a statement to the city. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/07/05/sweet-carrot-wont-take-root-at-752-building-after-all-WB-AK.html
August 29, 20168 yr Catching up on some older Worthington news: Worthington closing in on mixed-use Wilson Bridge district By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First January 15, 2016, 6:00am EST Looking for a better mix of uses that would add to its economy, Worthington is ironing out details of sweeping changes to zoning in the high-traffic Wilson Bridge Road corridor that straddles Route 23 south of Interstate 270. The suburb’s City Council this week heard the latest recommendations intended to enhance Worthington’s image, promote housing development, spur redevelopment of underused commercial properties and create a pedestrian-friendly district. Planners think the proposed rezoning, which is nearing completion five years after an initial study of the corridor, would strengthen land use and economic value in the 170-acre area. “Looking at us as a landlocked community, we need to think about things differently,” Worthington Planning Director Lee Brown said. “Times are changing, demographics are changing.” MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2016/01/15/worthington-closing-in-on-mixed-use-wilson-bridge.html
August 29, 20168 yr STATE ROUTE 161 Worthington council to consider partnership with ODOT, neighbors on corridor study Worthington City Council on Monday, March 21, will hear information about a proposal to partner with the Ohio Department of Transportation and a number of neighboring jurisdictions to conduct a comprehensive study of the state Route 161 corridor between Olentangy River and Sawmill roads. The study is expected to result in identifying a preferred alternative that would alleviate congestion, improve safety and enhance pedestrian and bike access through the area, according to a press release from Anne Brown, Worthington spokeswoman. ODOT representatives will be at the March 21 council meeting to share more information on plans to move forward with an in-depth evaluation of the corridor. Worthington, along with Columbus, Perry Township, the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission and ODOT, has identified the state Route 161 corridor as a shared goal for improvement, the press release said. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/03/18/worthington-odot-partnership-state-route-161-corridor-study-WB-SH.html
August 29, 20168 yr More about the State Route 161 Corridor Study (aka Dublin-Granville Road): - Overview and documents from the City of Worthington: http://www.worthington.org/index.aspx?NID=679 - Follow-up article from This Week News: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/03/30/state-route-161-study-city-poised-to-opt-in-for-route-review.html
August 29, 20168 yr Proposals for sidewalk policy temporarily sidelined BY ANDREW KING, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Thursday, April 14, 2016 - 8:44 PM Worthington leaders are unsure of how to proceed with the idea of a new sidewalk policy in the city. At Worthington City Council's Monday, April 11 meeting, Councilman Doug Smith proposed a new system for sidewalk additions that could create "neighborhood zones," allowing larger portions of neighborhoods to add sidewalks and eliminate what he called "sidewalks to nowhere." Smith said he set out to create more "systematic and consistent" wording than the city's current ordinance, which allows a block to petition the city for a sidewalk if they have 51 percent resident approval. The current ordinance, which splits costs for the sidewalk evenly between the city and residents of the block, has never been used. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/04/12/proposals-for-sidewalk-policy-temporarily-sidelined.html
August 29, 20168 yr Worthington's Masonic Lodge to become offices and apartments By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: May 16, 2016, 4:17pm EDT Worthington’s historic Masonic Lodge will be renovated into a mix of offices and residences, including a massive 6,200-square-foot apartment, as outlined in the final iteration of a development vision years in the making. Worthington Lodge LLC has earned approval from the city’s Architectural Review Board for its amended design, which was revised to meet preservation standards required for state and federal historic tax credits. ( . . . ) The roughly $4 million project involves renovating both the original 1820 building at 634 N. High Street and an attached addition to the south, completed in 1956. ... The first floor will include a 1,000-square-foot office space for which a tenant is in negotiations. New England Development will occupy a 2,200-square-foot office portion in the basement of the 1956 addition. The three residences will be housed in the addition. Two of the apartments – roughly 2,000 square feet and 2,800 square feet – will take up the first floor. The third apartment will span all 6,200 square feet of the building’s second floor. Worthington Lodge originally had planned two residential units on the second floor, but scaled back because the Ohio State Historic Preservation Office suggested preserving the structure of a lodge meeting room on the floor, which will become the apartment's great room. ... A pair of townhomes with garages are planned to the east of the site. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/05/16/first-look-worthingtons-historic-masonic-lodge-to.html
August 29, 20168 yr Some of the renderings for the Worthington Masonic Lodge renovation project. More renderings are available at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/05/16/first-look-worthingtons-historic-masonic-lodge-to.html: The original 1820 building at 634 N. High Street and 1956 addition to the south, as seen from High Street: Two townhomes with garages to be built behind the existing Lodge buildings:
September 14, 20168 yr OhioHealth plans ER on former Methodist Children's Home site in Worthington OhioHealth Corp. plans a standalone emergency room and medical office building fronting North High Street in Worthington – the first redevelopment on the former site of United Methodist Children's Home. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/13/ohiohealth-plans-er-on-former-methodist-childrens.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 8, 20168 yr ^ More about the UMCH site development from This Week: Start of facility planning a relief for city BY ANDREW KING, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, September 21, 2016 - 4:22 PM The "first domino" has fallen on the former United Methodist Children's Home site in Worthington, and city officials say they're excited to begin working on the first concrete step in the process of redeveloping the site. After more than a year of status quo, UMCH officials announced in early September that a two-story, 20,000-square-foot "state-of-the-art" medical facility for OhioHealth will be the first project on the 41-acre site that was initially planned to have one massive development package. The site has been in flux since 2010, being the subject of multiple proposals that included a Giant Eagle grocery store and a Lifestyle Communities housing development with offices, retail, 271 residences and 350 apartments. But UMCH officials pivoted to the idea of developing the site piece by piece, and announced its plans for a medical site in May. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/09/20/umch-site-start-of-facility-planning-a-relief-for-city.html
October 8, 20168 yr Worthington office building targeted for $1M renovation under new ownership By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First August 22, 2016, 2:07pm EDT A 110,700-square-foot, three-story office building near Worthington has sold to a Dallas investment firm that's planning $1 million in renovations. PNL Ohio LLC, an affiliate of Dallas-based PNL Cos., acquired the Northwoods II property for $4.25 million, drawn to the north Columbus location as work wraps up on the U.S. Route 23/Interstate 270 interchange. PNL will invest $1 million to upgrade the 28-year-old building’s roof, HVAC, lighting and to redesign the lobby, restrooms and common areas. Renovations are expected to be completed by year-end. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/22/worthington-office-building-targeted-for-1m.html
October 8, 20168 yr NORTHEAST GATEWAY PROJECT City turns to MORPC in search of more funding BY ANDREW KING, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, September 7, 2016 - 3:41 PM After updating their preferred plan for the renovations of the intersection of Worthington-Galena, Huntley and East Wilson Bridge roads, Worthington officials will ask the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission for another $5 million to complete the project. The process to fix the intersection -- now referred to as the Northeast Gateway Project -- began in 2012, when the city applied for Federal Attributable Funding from MORPC. The city was awarded slightly more than $6 million for the project in 2013, but after three more years of design and research, they'll need more funding for the project that will cost nearly $11 million. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/09/06/northeast-gateway-project-city-turns-to-morpc-in-search-of-more-funding.html
October 10, 20168 yr Couple of recent articles about a revived redevelopment proposal for the former Jubilee Foods site in downtown Worthington: Retail, office space planned for former Jubilee Foods site in Worthington By Marla Matzer Rose, The Columbus Dispatch Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 10:41 AM A PetPeople store would join other retail space and second-floor offices on the former site of Jubilee Foods in Worthington under a plan being proposed by Canal Winchester-based MK&K Realty. The proposal includes two buildings totaling about 17,000 square feet next to an existing CVS store. The adjoining lots have been planned for development for nearly a decade on the site at High and North streets in 2007. Only the CVS was built. MK&K Realty put forth a plan in 2012 that was turned down, a plan which would have involved two one-story buildings. The new plan filed with the city of Worthington includes a 4,272-square-foot, one-story building with a faux second story, a building that PetPeople would occupy. The other, 12,804-square-foot building, would include second-floor offices above ground-floor retail. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2016/10/05/1-new-plan-floated-for-retail-office-space-in-worthington.html
October 10, 20168 yr Linked below is the Business First article about the new redevelopment proposal on the former Jubilee Foods site. Their article also included renderings of the two buildings proposed to be built next to the existing CVS building: Pet People-anchored retail/office development planned on High Street in Worthington
October 13, 20168 yr UMCH site development update. The 20,000-square-foot medical facility on the southeast corner of the property received a preliminary hearing in front of the Worthington Planning Commission and Architectural Review Board on September 22. LOL on their recommendation about sticking to "New England architecture": http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/09/27/united-methodist-childrens-home-commission-gives-advice-on-latest-plan.html
October 13, 20168 yr Update on the redevelopment of the Holiday Inn site at North High Street and West Wilson Bridge Road in Worthington. Previous post (w/ rendering) at http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3205.msg793889.html#msg793889: Developer unveils plans for Holiday Inn site in Worthington By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First October 6, 2016, 3:00pm EDT A Lewis Center developer is fleshing out details of a walkable district of hotels, restaurants and offices planned at a main gateway into Worthington. Witness Hospitality LLC, formerly Alliance Hospitality Inc., has submitted architectural plans for its Village at Worthington Square redevelopment proposal at North High Street and West Wilson Bridge Road, a more than $40 million project first proposed in March. The Village at Worthington Square would have a four-story Hampton Inn and a four-story Holiday Inn Express. Four additional buildings are designed in a variety of sizes and with a mix of restaurants, professional services and offices. A two-level parking deck has been eliminated from the proposal in favor of additional surface parking. The 7-acre site would park a total of 388 vehicles. The 41-year-old Holiday Inn at 7007 N. High St., owned by Witness Hospitality, would be demolished. Worthington’s architectural review board is scheduled to consider the proposal on Oct. 13, with no action planned. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/10/06/renderings-developer-unveils-plans-for-holiday-inn.html
October 13, 20168 yr ^ Renderings for the above posted project by Atlanta architecture firm Cooper Carry, showing six buildings anchored by a fountain and village square. The proposal is for a four-story Hampton Inn and a four-story Holiday Inn Express. Four additional buildings are designed in a variety of sizes and with a mix of restaurants, professional services and offices:
January 25, 20178 yr FCBank opens corporate office in Worthington - with room to double By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First November 23, 2016, 2:39pm EST FCBank’s new corporate office in Worthington is cavernous for 20 employees, but executives say it won’t be that way for long. With the new 18,500-square-foot building open at 6600 N. High St., the division of Pennsylvania’s CNB Bank expects to eventually grow staff to as many as 50 there. ( . . . ) Formerly Farmers Citizens Bank, FCBank has branch offices in Worthington Dublin, Upper Arlington and Lancaster, as well as six rural locations scattered between Columbus and Cleveland. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/11/23/photosfcbank-opens-corporate-office-in-worthington.html
January 25, 20178 yr MORPC adds $4.8 million to Gateway project By ANDREW KING, ThisWeek Community News Updated: December 14, 2016 - 7:16 PM Worthington's massive "northeast gateway" plan got a large boost from the federal government last week, as the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission announced millions of further funding for the project. The northeast gateway is the moniker city leaders have chosen for the renovation and redesign of the intersection of Worthington-Galena Road, East Wilson Bridge Road, Huntley Road and Sancus Boulevard on the north side of the city just south of Interstate 270. ... Last week, MORPC announced that it will funnel $4.8 million more to the northeast gateway. ( . . . ) While no construction will begin until at least 2019, the city is "right in the midst of all of that active design work being done by engineers," and the project is moving along well. Right-of-way acquisition will be the next step, and it could begin as early as 2017, with utility relocation by the end of next year. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/12/13/gateway-project-morpc-adds-4-8-million-to-funding.html
March 5, 20178 yr Look back at 2016 development in Worthington and a preview of 2017 development projects from This Week News: 2016: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2016/12/27/top-5-stories-of-the-year.html 2017: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/worthington/news/2017/01/03/one-word-fits-year-development.html
July 15, 20177 yr Worthington-area shopping center anchored by The Hills Market is set to be renovated and have a 100-unit senior living facility added to the property: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170331/worthington-hills-strip-center-sold-senior-living-planned http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170404/strip-center-sale-bringing-makeover-senior-living
July 15, 20177 yr City of Worthington is looking to establish a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area (DORA) in Downtown Worthington. The DORA would allow people to walk around with open containers of alcoholic beverages during authorized times or events, as long as the alcohol was purchased at one of the establishments within its boundaries: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170502/worthington-exploring-dora-open-container-law http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170516/dora-details-taking-shape
July 15, 20177 yr Worthington City Council approved new regs for solar panels within the city’s architectural review district: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20170509/future-brightens-for-solar-panels
July 15, 20177 yr Worthington's first Class A medical office space brings tenants to formerly vacant building A once-vacant building converted to Worthington's first Class A medical office space is two-thirds full since completion of a year-long renovation by Trivium Development LLC. Anchor tenant Central Ohio Urology moved in March, taking up more than half the 53,200-square-foot building at 350 W. Wilson Bridge Road. ( . . . ) It won't be the city's only Class A medical offices for long: Work is nearly complete on a 23,000-square-foot building called The Heights at 160 W. Wilson Bridge Road, David McCorkle, the city's economic development manager, said in an email. A primary care practice of Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center is expected to move in this summer. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/06/05/worthingtons-first-class-a-medical-office-space.html
October 12, 20177 yr Developer shifts idea for Worthington development, takes Holiday Inn Express off the table A developer has changed up plans for a project in Worthington by dropping one of two hotels. The Witness Group has returned to Worthington with updated plans for a mixed-use development called Village at Worthington Square on the site of a hotel it owns along N. High Street at W. Wilson Bridge Road. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/10/11/developer-shifts-idea-for-worthington-development.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 21, 20187 yr Technically this isn't in Worthington, but it is directly adjacent and I couldn't find a Crosswoods area thread? Mods feel free to move Over the last decade there's been a big shift in this area, which was once a hotbed of chain restaurants (now closing/relocating as that business has increasingly shifted up to Polaris Pkwy), with Crosswoods seeing hundreds of new apartments constructed in their place. This latest project continues that trend, adding 168 units under the much used (abused?) "extended stay hotel" zoning loophole which developers have been exploiting across the city to add dense residential projects in areas zoned as commercial Crosswoods’ Bravo, Winking Lizard sites earmarked for development http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20171213/crosswoods-bravo-winking-lizard-sites-earmarked-for-development
January 22, 20187 yr I think this is the appropriate thread for that. :) "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 26, 20187 yr Worthington hotel redevelopment on track for summer A plan for a mixed-use development including a new hotel in Worthington looks to be moving toward groundbreaking at last. The redevelopment of the Holiday Inn site at 7007 N. High St. into a smaller hotel and associated commercial space passed the city's architectural review board Thursday night. Plans call for the project to get started this summer, said Assistant City Manager Robyn Stewart. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/02/26/worthington-hotel-redevelopment-on-track-for.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 10, 20187 yr Easton developer interested in 37-acre High Street site in Worthington The prolific developer of Easton Town Center is considering a major property in Worthington for possible redevelopment. Yaromir Steiner of Steiner + Associates has shown interest in the 37-acre United Methodist Children's Home property in Worthington, west of High Street between Wesley Boulevard and Larrimer Avenue. He has talked with the UMCH owners and developer Lifestyle Communities, as well as city officials, about the site's potential. “We are exploring with LifeStyle Communities, the City of Worthington and community groups Steiner’s possible involvement,” Steiner said in an emailed statement. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/04/10/easton-developer-interested-in-37-acre-high-street.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 11, 20187 yr Worthington would ideally want 37 large single family homes of at least 5,000 square feet with three car garages on 37 one acre lots. Just Clintonvillainia North. lol
April 12, 20187 yr Easton Developer Shows Interest in Prime Worthington Site There may be some movement on plans to develop the former United Methodist Children’s Home (UMCH) site in Worthington. “There is ongoing dialogue taking place to determine the future of the property,” stated an update posted to the City of Worthington’s website earlier this week. The statement further explained that Yaromir Steiner has expressed interest in working with Lifestyle Communities to come up with a new plan for the 37-acre site, which is located across North High Street from the Worthington Municipal Building. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/easton-developer-shows-interest-in-prime-worthington-site "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 11, 20187 yr Apartments proposed in corridor Worthington has long wanted to develop A developer wants to build apartments on East Wilson Bridge Road, an area Worthington has for years considered for more development. A plan submitted to the city shows a small 32-unit apartment development of two buildings on a 2-acre site at 181 E. Wilson Bridge Rd., which would be the first such development on the southern side of the street, otherwise a line of single-family homes. An affiliate of Westerville-based Donald R. Kenney & Co. is the developer, and a message seeking comment was left there. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/06/11/apartments-proposed-in-corridor-worthington-has.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 24, 20186 yr Worthington apartment complex expanding to meet demand for senior housing National Church Residences has a new plan for redeveloping a Worthington senior community. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/24/worthington-apartment-complex-expanding-to-meet.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 24, 20186 yr Holiday Inn (N High & Wilson Bridge) demo is underway to make room for the Village at Worthington Square. http://www.worthington.org/665/Village-at-Worthington-Square-Holiday-In Edited December 24, 20186 yr by Pablo
December 26, 20186 yr Worthington Inn to close for redevelopment One of the oldest food establishments in Central Ohio is shutting its doors ahead of a redevelopment. The Worthington Inn, at 649 High St., announced on its website Wednesday afternoon it will close its doors Jan. 1. The restaurant's historic building is being redeveloped into a mixed-use space with office, retail and a smaller ground-level restaurant. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/12/26/worthington-inn-to-close-for-redevelopment.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 2, 20196 yr Million-dollar row pitched near downtown Worthington Worthington could get a high-end housing project in the million-dollar range. Developers plan a top-market housing development with large lots at 6560-6586 Worthington Galena Rd. New homes would be built by a custom homebuilder, starting in the $750,000 range aiming toward $1 million. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/04/02/exclusive-million-dollar-row-pitched-near-downtown.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 13, 20196 yr Worthington Gateway clears last legislative hurdle Worthington City Council has approved the final pieces of legislation pertaining to the redevelopment of the former Holiday Inn site at 7007 N. High Street. David McCorkle, Worthington’s economic-development director, said a tax-increment-financing district and a development agreement approved Monday, April 15, would be the last steps for the project. “This is the last piece of legislation you’ll see regarding the Worthington Gateway,” he said. The Worthington Gateway, the Witness Group’s mixed-use redevelopment of 7007 N. High St., is expected to include a 111-room, 4-story Hampton Inn & Suites, with up to five other buildings that would contain 15,000 to 19,000 square feet of office space and more than 20,000 square feet for restaurants and small service-oriented businesses. The development previously was known as the Village at Worthington Square, but the developer has changed the name of the project to Worthington Gateway. Last December, crews began demolishing the 232-room hotel Holiday Inn that had stood for more than 40 years on the southwest corner of High Street and West Wilson Bridge Road, just inside I-270. In March, City Council approved ordinances to rezone the former Holiday Inn property from a highway-and-automotive-services zoning designation to a planned-use district; to approve a final plat and subdivider’s agreement; and to authorize the city to accept a property transfer for the land at 7007 N. High St. to allow establishment of a TIF, according to the meeting agenda. MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20190415/worthington-gateway-clears-last-legislative-hurdle
May 22, 20196 yr Cleveland-based indoor adventure park plans new site in Worthington A Cleveland-based indoor adventure park known as Play:CLE wants to open a Columbus iteration in a warehouse located at 535 Lakeview Plaza Blvd. in Worthington. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/05/22/cleveland-based-indoor-adventure-park-plans-new.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 24, 20196 yr https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20190523/five-months-after-closing-worthington-inn-listed-for-sale https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/05/23/worhtington-inn-hits-the-market-for-4-million.html https://www.crexi.com/properties/217389/ohio-the-worthington-inn The Worthington Inn - a Central Ohio landmark built in 1831 at 649 High Street in Worthington - has been listed by NAI Ohio Equities for $3.9 million. The property consists of 14,000 square feet of retail and office space over four floors. The Worthington Inn restaurant located in the building closed Dec. 31. At that time, owners said they planned to convert the second- and third-floor restaurant space into office and retail space while remodeling the first-floor and lower-level restaurant. According to the listing, the space “was redeveloped into four levels of office, retail and restaurant space". The listing shows the lower-level space largely untouched, while some of the main-floor restaurant space has been converted into offices. Second- and third-floor spaces have been renovated and divided for new offices or retail tenants.
September 19, 20195 yr Partners Lined up to Develop Large Site in Worthington The nonprofit organization that controls 44 acres of land near the heart of Worthington has lined up a pair of partners to chart a new course for the property. I Am Boundless, Inc. announced that Worthington Schools and National Church Residences would be working with the organization moving forward to further develop the campus, which sits at 445 East Dublin Granville Rd. The former site of Harding Hospital, the tree-filled parcel was owned by Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center from 1999 to 2014. It was then purchased by the nonprofit Step-by-Step, which merged with I Am Boundless in 2017. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/partners-lined-up-to-develop-large-site-in-worthington-bw1 & https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/09/18/deal-struck-to-develop-parts-of-harding-hospital.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 9, 20195 yr Worthington group wants city to buy Methodist property for a park "One of the most desired and contested development sites in central Ohio has again landed on the front burner. A Worthington group this week presented petitions signed by 1,000 residents asking the city to buy the 37-acre United Methodist Children’s Home property to develop into a park. Critics say the city needs new houses and can’t afford to build a park. The developer Lifestyle Communities is in contract to buy the property but is mum on its plans." https://www.dispatch.com/business/20191008/worthington-group-wants-city-to-buy-methodist-property-for-park
November 26, 20195 yr Worthington Gateway development plan gets retooled again The plans for a mixed-use development on Worthington's northern border are changing again. Ohm Patel, CEO of The Witness Group, told Worthington officials at a meeting this week that the developer is tweaking the vision for its Worthington Gateway project at 7007 N. High St., the site of the former Holiday Inn. A change in the brand and size of the hotel to be built on the site will push back the timetable of the long-awaited development. Patel told the city that the planned 80,000-square-foot, 105-room Hampton Inn & Suites previously slated to replace that hotel wouldn't move ahead after the brand denied the developer's application for the site, citing deteriorating hotel performance in the city. In its place, the developer will construct a smaller 45,000-square-foot, 104-room Tru by Hilton hotel, surrounded by six retail buildings with 17,662 square feet of restaurant space and 32,154 square feet of office space. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/11/26/worthington-gateway-development-plangets-retooled.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 10, 20195 yr Developer pitches new vision for Worthington project "Urban village development is an appropriate and encouraged redevelopment option for certain sites in the city," the company said. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/12/10/developer-pitches-new-vision-for-worthington.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 11, 20195 yr 22 hours ago, ColDayMan said: Developer pitches new vision for Worthington project "Urban village development is an appropriate and encouraged redevelopment option for certain sites in the city," the company said. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/12/10/developer-pitches-new-vision-for-worthington.html Per that article, they’ve conducted 85 public meetings about this, which seems preposterously high to me.
December 11, 20195 yr 5 hours ago, FudgeRounds said: Per that article, they’ve conducted 85 public meetings about this, which seems preposterously high to me. Not when you take into consideration that the NIMBYism in Worthington are > German Village which are > Clintonville
April 7, 20205 yr Yet another development proposal for the UMCH property bites the dust: OhioHealth scuttles plan for UMCH site in Worthington OhioHealth has withdrawn a plan to build a medical facility on a portion of the United Methodist Children’s Home property in Worthington. On March 31, the Daimler Group, acting on behalf of the health-care company, withdrew a rezoning request to build a 60,000-square-foot building that would have included an emergency room, primary-care offices and imaging and other medical services at 1033 N. High Street. The project would have been at the southwest corner of High Street and Larrimer Avenue and was expected to generate more than 100 jobs, according to the proposal on worthington.org. A previous rezoning summary listed the proposed OhioHealth site at 3.4 acres. The UMCH still owns 37 acres and two parcels at the High Street address. MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200403/ohiohealth-scuttles-plan-for-umch-site-in-worthington
April 16, 20205 yr Another big development in Worthington is hitting a snag - but its not as serious as the snag the UMCH site hit. The mixed-use Worthington Gateway project at the southwest corner of Wilson Bridge Road and High Street is losing its hotel component. The 108-room, four-story Tru by Hilton proposal was the latest in a long line of hotel plans to replace the former Holiday Inn on the site, which was torn down last year. The first plans submitted envisioned a town center style development with two hotels, a Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn Express, as its focal point. Eventually, the Holiday Inn was removed. Then, the Hampton Inn was replaced by the smaller room Tru by Hilton brand. Now, the Tru by Hilton hotel has been removed. However, the remainder of the Worthington Gateway development - five one- and two-story retail buildings - has begun construction. And, according to the Business First article linked below, the developer is now likely to pursue an office building to replace the hotel: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200415/worthington-staff-announces-witness-group-pulled-its-hotel-plan https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/04/15/coronavirus-shutdown-dooms-worthington-hotel.html
August 17, 20204 yr Worthington senior housing project lands approval The new plan for the redevelopment of Worthington's Stafford Village is a $15 million, 85-unit project with architecture that closely mirrors the surrounding neighborhood. This follows 100 meetings with neighbors and community groups on the project. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/08/17/worthington-senior-housing-project-lands-approval.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 22, 20204 yr On 8/17/2020 at 4:57 PM, ColDayMan said: Worthington senior housing project lands approval The new plan for the redevelopment of Worthington's Stafford Village is a $15 million, 85-unit project with architecture that closely mirrors the surrounding neighborhood. This follows 100 meetings with neighbors and community groups on the project. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/08/17/worthington-senior-housing-project-lands-approval.html For some context, here is what the redevelopment of Worthington's Stafford Village is replacing: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200724/stafford-village-senior-housing-redevelopment-approved-in-worthington STAFFORD VILLAGE - EXISTING SENIOR HOUSING STAFFORD VILLAGE - REDEVELOPED SENIOR HOUSING
September 8, 20204 yr New office building proposed for former Holiday Inn site in Worthington While older commercial space abounds in the city, there is often not much new space available in this size range for growing companies. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/09/08/first-look-new-office-building-in-worthington.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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