2 hours ago, Luvcbus said:

 

Worthington housing study suggests demand for 2000 more residences

 

"A study of Worthington's housing suggests there is demand for 2,000 more residences and prescribes adding smaller, closer together and more affordable options in strategic areas.

 

Worthington, a landlocked suburb surrounded by Columbus, currently has nearly 15,000 residents and about 6,150 housing units. Its 5 ½ square miles are already mostly developed.

 

Strategies to diversify housing that Camoin suggests in the report include allowing duplexes, accessory dwelling units, mixed-use development, rowhomes along the boundaries between commercial districts and neighborhoods, patio houses and village-style development with smaller homes on smaller lots. The report also suggests strategies to support existing apartment buildings to maintain affordable housing that's already in the suburb.

 

O'Brien also cautioned in his presentation against allowing citizens with strong opinions to have a disproportionate say in opposing a development, saying it's a problem every community in America faces. Camoin suggests in its report setting clear protocols for project approval to avoid uncertainty for developers that could keep them away from Worthington."

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/05/27/worthington-housing-study-2000-units-needed-affordable-housing-apartments-duplexes-rowhomes/73733397007/

 

It’s almost like the old United Methodist Children’s Home land should be developed. You could fit a ton of stuff in there. 
 

If they would have built worthington gateway correctly, they also could have added even more units. The entire length of high north of the downtown area is so crappy and underdeveloped. 

I would love to see the Shops at Worthington Mall be redeveloped into a separate 5 story mixed used developments. 

8 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said:

I would love to see the Shops at Worthington Mall be redeveloped into a separate 5 story mixed used developments. 

There was a 10 story proposed for the mall property. 

here’s the proposal: 

An update from April of this year says residential in the south building was approved. 
 

https://worthington.org/DocumentCenter/View/9161/7227-N-High-St--ARB-100-2022-PUD-05-2022?bidId=

 

 

Edited May 28, 20241 yr by VintageLife

17 hours ago, Luvcbus said:

 

Worthington housing study suggests demand for 2000 more residences

 

"A study of Worthington's housing suggests there is demand for 2,000 more residences and prescribes adding smaller, closer together and more affordable options in strategic areas.

 

Worthington, a landlocked suburb surrounded by Columbus, currently has nearly 15,000 residents and about 6,150 housing units. Its 5 ½ square miles are already mostly developed.

 

Strategies to diversify housing that Camoin suggests in the report include allowing duplexes, accessory dwelling units, mixed-use development, rowhomes along the boundaries between commercial districts and neighborhoods, patio houses and village-style development with smaller homes on smaller lots. The report also suggests strategies to support existing apartment buildings to maintain affordable housing that's already in the suburb.

 

O'Brien also cautioned in his presentation against allowing citizens with strong opinions to have a disproportionate say in opposing a development, saying it's a problem every community in America faces. Camoin suggests in its report setting clear protocols for project approval to avoid uncertainty for developers that could keep them away from Worthington."

 

https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/05/27/worthington-housing-study-2000-units-needed-affordable-housing-apartments-duplexes-rowhomes/73733397007/

 

I support the first part but the second part I disagree with. If most of Worthington doesn’t want it, then that needs to be respected. Public officials are there to serve their constituents, not those trying to move into the area. If its a select loud few that’s one thing, if its a vast majority they need to listen.

4 hours ago, VintageLife said:

There was a 10 story proposed for the mall property. 

here’s the proposal: 

An update from April of this year says residential in the south building was approved. 
 

https://worthington.org/DocumentCenter/View/9161/7227-N-High-St--ARB-100-2022-PUD-05-2022?bidId=

 

 

I don’t like Phase 1, but Phase 2 is great. I think that area should be developed akin to Kenwood down in Cincy.

 

Thomas Worthington HS addition

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 hours ago, CbusOrBust said:

 

Thomas Worthington HS addition

 

 

 

 

 

 

An actual respectable institutional building. Not some metal, fiber cement, block concoction.

11 hours ago, CbusOrBust said:

 

Thomas Worthington HS addition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's nice to see a new public school building that doesn't look like a prison. 

NIMBY's win.

 

Lifestyle Communities loses lawsuit against Worthington over UMCH project.

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2025/01/08/worthington-lifestyle-communites-umch-lawsuit.html

 

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The city of Worthington has notched a legal win against Lifestyle Communities over a property the company has been attempting to redevelop for a decade.

Lifestyle Communities and the city have been battling in court over the United Methodist Children's Home site the developer owns at 1033 High St. In late December, a U.S. District Court judge granted the city's motion for summary judgement in the case.

The judgement ends a nearly three-year legal battle that started when Lifestyle Communities filed a lawsuit against the city in March 2022. The lawsuit came after the city rejected a rezoning request for a mixed-use development on the site.

 

16 minutes ago, Pablo said:

NIMBY's win.

 

Lifestyle Communities loses lawsuit against Worthington over UMCH project.

 

 

Absolute trash, although lifestyle communities is a trash developer.

 

i would sue to force the city to buy the property from me in that situation.  

Edited January 8Jan 8 by VintageLife

After Dismissal of Developer’s Lawsuit, What’s Next for Key Worthington Site?

 

The City of Worthington notched a legal victory in its decade-long battle over the future of the former United Methodist Children’s Home site, but the final fate of the property remains far from settled.

 

U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Morrison granted summary judgement to the city in a suit brought by Lifestyle Communities (LC), the developer that owns the 38-acre parcel near Worthington’s historic center that has been the subject of much debate over the years.

 

“Lifestyle Communities has the option to appeal Judge Morrison’s decision, so it is possible this case will move on to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals,” said Anne Brown, Communications Director for the City of Worthington, when asked for a comment on the ruling. “Whether the lawsuit ends here or continues on appeal, Lifestyle Communities owns the property, and the city has not heard from them as to their next steps…we look forward to a productive use of the property in the future.”

 

More below:

https://columbusunderground.com/after-dismissal-of-developers-lawsuit-whats-next-for-key-worthington-site-bw1/

 

^That rendering is horrendous! Just look at all that squaller! Thank goodness Worthington was able to squash this proposal.

On 1/9/2025 at 4:21 PM, Pablo said:

^That rendering is horrendous! Just look at all that squaller! Thank goodness Worthington was able to squash this proposal.

Them wanting single story retail along high is what is killing me. Just add some multi use buildings. You live in a city, get over it. 
 

how dumb are city leaders that they can’t tell mixed use is what makes things popular and worth going to. When people live above those retail locations they are more likely to go to those businesses. 

Edited January 13Jan 13 by VintageLife

On 1/9/2025 at 4:21 PM, Pablo said:

^That rendering is horrendous! Just look at all that squaller! Thank goodness Worthington was able to squash this proposal.

Way too much green space, pedestrian amenities and nice design choices. Once they come back with bland cubes surrounded by parking it'll get approved in an instant!