January 2, 20187 yr Parks Edge II crane is down and interiors begin. Honestly the street wall these created is giving me Chicago Vibes.
January 29, 20187 yr ^ "The Condo Tower District". Love it lol. I think we need one more tower there to complete the district though. I'm think maybe a 20-25 story tower in there would be good.
January 29, 20187 yr ^ "The Condo Tower District". Love it lol. I think we need one more tower there to complete the district though. I'm think maybe a 20-25 story tower in there would be good. I like it too, but just like in landscape design, once you get to three you increase to odd number groupings (3,5,7) so I think maybe TWO new towers would be better lol. Maybe one 20 floors and another at 30 floors to stand out! :)
January 29, 20187 yr ^ I think we are on to something here. Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised to see another building of at least 12-stories go up on one of those surface lots to the left of the North Bank Condos tower.
January 29, 20187 yr ^ I think we are on to something here. Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised to see another building of at least 12-stories go up on one of those surface lots to the left of the North Bank Condos tower. I could foresee that happening in the next decade or so, no question.
January 29, 20187 yr ^ I think we are on to something here. Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised to see another building of at least 12-stories go up on one of those surface lots to the left of the North Bank Condos tower. I could foresee that happening in the next decade or so, no question. If, by some miracle, the Crew stay in Columbus and build a new stadium in the last vacant lot available in the Arena District, I would bet we would see another tower go up sooner rather than later. Maybe within 3 or 4 years. A developer would be smart to make it mixed-use with a hotel component along with residential units.
February 4, 20187 yr Columbus Business First is moving from one Arena District location to another. They are saying goodbye to their very visible location at the corner of Neil & Natiowide (photo above) for a less visible office spot at 300 Marconi Boulevard. This new Business First location is on the first floor of the Marconi Square building, across Nationwide Boulevard from the east entrance to Nationwide Arena. Business First won't be taking their big metal rolled-up newspaper that’s atop the Neil & Nationwide building. In the below article, they say "It’s yours if you want it – and can haul it away." The Neil & Nationwide building is being converted into co-working office space: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/02/01/business-first-bidding-bittersweet-goodbye-to-our.html
February 5, 20187 yr ^Good spot for a 20 story residential tower. The views into Huntington Park and back towards the riverfront would be cool.
March 1, 20187 yr Nothing specific, I just wanted to post North Bank Tower, Parks Edge 1 & 2 from a different vantage point at my office. Hard to believe what this area looked like as a prison not all that long ago in context to the evolution of a neighborhood/district...
March 3, 20187 yr This recent Dispatch article about the downtown apartment boom also had a video showing drone views of some recent projects: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180225/downtown-sees-flood-of-new-apartment-buildings Here is their drone view of NRI's Parks Edge project:
April 4, 20187 yr Vision coming together for phased redevelopment of historic Municipal Light Plant in Arena District Developers continue to work through plans to revive one of the last large industrial properties in the Arena District. Brad DeHays of Connect Realty presented some ideas for a phased redevelopment of the former Municipal Light Plant, at 589 W. Nationwide Blvd. The three buildings that make up the site have landed at least two prospective users, DeHays told Downtown Commission Tuesday morning, as he pushes forward on the estimated $20 million revival of the buildings that could house 150 to 200 workers. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/04/03/vision-coming-together-for-phased-redevelopment-of.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 5, 20187 yr The second Park's Edge condo building is pretty much finished on the outside - with the exception of the installation of some of the glass balconies. Late March photo from https://www.columbusunderground.com/columbus-construction-photos-march-2018-we1:
April 25, 20187 yr Second phase of Park's Edge condos on the market – some will cost more than $1M The second building in the Park's Edge condo project in Arena District is near completion. Nationwide Realty Investors has started marketing the condominiums in the 12-story, 82-unit building along West Spring Street, which features views of the Scioto River and downtown. They're planned for a completion date this summer. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/04/25/second-phase-of-parks-edge-condos-on-the-market.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 21, 20186 yr Arena District Movie Theater Will be Converted to Office Use Anyone holding out hope that a movie theater would re-open in the Arena District can officially consider those hopes dashed. Nationwide Insurance announced today plans to convert the 31,000 square feet of space into a new “Innovation Center”, relocating workers from its “Refinery 191” innovation space next door. “The expansion of our innovation facilities reflects our commitment to developing new ways to help members protect what’s most important and plan for a secure future,” stated Terrance Williams, Nationwide’s chief marketing officer and president of emerging businesses. “By repurposing a space we already own, we will cost effectively meet our growing business needs. It’s a win-win for both Nationwide and the Arena District.” More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/arena-district-movie-theater-will-be-converted-to-office-use "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 21, 20186 yr Nationwide to open innovation center in shuttered Arena District theater Nationwide is planning to open an innovation center in the shuttered Arena District movie theater. The $46.5 billion insurance and financial services giant plans to open the 31,000-square-foot innovation center at 175 W. Nationwide Blvd. in early 2019, it said Wednesday. The insurance giant said it would add "several dozen" jobs to support its innovation programs, which are currently housed across a walkway in the Refinery 191 building. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/06/20/nationwide-to-open-innovation-center-in-shuttered.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 8, 20186 yr Looks like Parks Edge Phase II is out of the gates and running! Currently looks like 52 units are currently "In Contract" out of 82 total units in the East Building with the West Building listed as filled. Hopefully this means we will see some movement on Phase III soon *crosses fingers* Do us right NRI and give us a tower.
September 26, 20186 yr Columbus Business First is moving from one Arena District location to another. They are saying goodbye to their very visible location at the corner of Neil & Natiowide (photo above) for a less visible office spot at 300 Marconi Boulevard. This new Business First location is on the first floor of the Marconi Square building, across Nationwide Boulevard from the east entrance to Nationwide Arena. Business First won't be taking their big metal rolled-up newspaper that’s atop the Neil & Nationwide building. In the below article, they say "It’s yours if you want it – and can haul it away." The Neil & Nationwide building is being converted into co-working office space: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/02/01/business-first-bidding-bittersweet-goodbye-to-our.html Update from Business First about their former office space at the corner of Neil & Nationwide. The former Business First offices have been converted into a Versa co-working space. Kinda plain on the outside (the old "newspaper" on the roof is still there but now painted out white) but its pretty spectacular on the inside. The link below contains a slideshow of mostly interior views plus a video of the renovated property: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/09/20/tour-versas-newcoworking-space-in-an-historic.html
January 7, 20196 yr I did not take photos, nor do I know if this is the correct thread (please point me to the correct one if there is one), but the buildings that were emptied last year on Park Street right next to Goodale and have been vacant for a year, have finally had work begin on them. This is the site for the hotel they're building while preserving part of the buildings currently being gutted. Glad to see work begin on them. It also gets me excited that North Market Tower might begin soon as well.
January 7, 20196 yr 1 hour ago, Zyrokai said: I did not take photos, nor do I know if this is the correct thread (please point me to the correct one if there is one), but the buildings that were emptied last year on Park Street right next to Goodale and have been vacant for a year, have finally had work begin on them. This is the site for the hotel they're building while preserving part of the buildings currently being gutted. Glad to see work begin on them. It also gets me excited that North Market Tower might begin soon as well. It's the AC Hotel project - here's the thread:
March 9, 20196 yr On 4/4/2018 at 1:40 AM, ColDayMan said: Vision coming together for phased redevelopment of historic Municipal Light Plant in Arena District Developers continue to work through plans to revive one of the last large industrial properties in the Arena District. Brad DeHays of Connect Realty presented some ideas for a phased redevelopment of the former Municipal Light Plant, at 589 W. Nationwide Blvd. The three buildings that make up the site have landed at least two prospective users, DeHays told Downtown Commission Tuesday morning, as he pushes forward on the estimated $20 million revival of the buildings that could house 150 to 200 workers. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/04/03/vision-coming-together-for-phased-redevelopment-of.html About the year later, the first phase of the historic Municipal Light Plant renovation is nearing completion: Municipal Light and Power building prepares to shine By Marla Matzer Rose, The Columbus Dispatch Posted: Feb 12, 2019 at 2:25 PM Major historic renovation across from new Crew Stadium site will house Garth’s Auctions. It’s taken $20 million and a lot of vision to transform Columbus’ first power plant into modern office space. The more-than-a-century-old Municipal Light and Power Plant at the northwestern edge of Downtown is preparing to welcome Garth’s Auctioneers & Appraisers and Red Architects in March after about two years of extensive rehab work. Columbus developer Connect Realty, in partnership with Schiff Capital Group and GBX Group, is putting the finishing touches on the brick building, located at the western end Nationwide Boulevard. A second phase will follow, with the rehabbing of the former power plant next door that replaced the original plant in the early 1950s. That building, already joined to the earlier building at the basement level, will be connected by a new enclosed walkway on the second level. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/business/20190212/municipal-light-and-power-building-prepares-to-shine MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/business/20190212/municipal-light-and-power-building-prepares-to-shine
March 9, 20196 yr https://www.dispatch.com/business/20190212/municipal-light-and-power-building-prepares-to-shine https://www.thisweeknews.com/business/20190212/municipal-light-and-power-building-prepares-to-shine The Dispatch article updating the historic Municipal Light Plant renovation also contained this video of the interior work being done:
April 10, 20196 yr The second of the two 12-story Parks Edge condo buildings were completed last year. Here are some photos of the completed project from https://www.parksedgecondos.com/. I'm only posting exterior views (since that's what most of us want to see here at UO) - but if you're interested there are a bunch of interior images and many views from both of the buildings at https://www.parksedgecondos.com/see-the-project/ View from North Bank Park: View from Spring Street - ground level: Parks Edge pedestrian entrance on north side from access street: Access street -- Parks Edge parking garage is to the left -- The Eye Center medical office building is to the right Roof of the parking garage with a view of the two 12-story Parks Edge buildings, the 20-story North Bank Condos (that was also built by NRI) and the tippy top of The Eye Center looking like two eyes peering onto the swimming pool(!) View from Spring Street looking toward Neil & Spring and the North Bank Condos at that corner: Close-up of the facade details: And finally, here's of the two Parks Edge buildings and the North Bank Condo Tower viewed as a whole with the city's North Bank Park along the Scioto River downtown:
April 10, 20196 yr The completion of the second Parks Edge building doesn't completely finish this site though. There is one remaining unbuilt site located immediately north of Parks Edge East - which I colored blue in this simplified site plan below. There's been some speculation about what might get built there (see earlier posts in this thread) but NRI hasn't officially said what their plans are for this site. I couldn't find an aerial of this area with the second Parks Edge building completed. This as close as I could get. You can glimpse the remaining parcel just behind the second building under construction in this image. The parcel was being used as a construction staging area for the Parks Edge project.
April 11, 20196 yr It would be swell if they built another tower as tall as the one on the west side of Neil ? Is that also NRI?
April 12, 20196 yr 12 hours ago, Zyrokai said: It would be swell if they built another tower as tall as the one on the west side of Neil ? Is that also NRI? The below map shows what properties are owned by NRI west of Neil Avenue (as gleaned from the Franklin County Auditor's website). I outlined in red the NRI properties. So - going west from Neil Avenue - here is what NRI owns: NRI owns the North Bank Condo Tower and renovated A&P warehouse building at the corner of Neil & Spring NRI owns most of the block where the FBI Building was built at Hanover & Nationwide. However, NRI does not own the tiny Betty's Bar at the corner of Fletcher & Nationwide. I divided up this block into two parcels - the northern parcel contains the FBI Building and the surrounding parking lots built with it (sans the Betty's property and a still active portion of Fletcher Street) - the southern parcel is a cleared grass parcel that fronts Spring Street NRI owns the wedge-shaped parcel bordered by Hocking Street, Nationwide Blvd, the elevated railroad tracks and Spring Street which is a parking lot NRI does not own the next parcel west of Hocking Street which contains a newer two-story office building and parking lot at 560 E. Spring Street NRI does own the next parcel at 600 E. Spring Street which contains an older one-story office building with a parking lot NRI does not own the next parcel west - which is the City's former Municipal Power Plant building and property (The Power Plant building is currently being renovated by a business under an agreement with the City) And finally, north of Nationwide Blvd, NRI still owns the former casino property that is to be the site of the new Crew Stadium (colored in yellow, of course)
June 20, 20195 yr Digging around a bit discovered there may be some movement happening at the Hamilton Parker site that sits to the south of 670 in the Arena District. The site is currently used as a gravel surface lot and bound by Spruce, Neil, Vine, and Kilbourne, just across from 300 Spruce. https://www.google.com/maps/@39.9738723,-83.0106862,255a,35y,137.24h,44.94t/data=!3m1!1e3 Now, it looks like engineering applications were filed yesterday under the name "Hamilton Parker Development" with the city for a water and sanitary rebuild. https://ca.columbus.gov/ca/ Finally, according to the County Auditors site, the land was transferred from Hamilton Parker in May to "NWD" which seems to be Nationwide, the "NWD" seems to be attached to every residential property in the Arena District (Flats, Flats II, Arena Crossing, etc...). So if you're still with me, it looks like Nationwide is ramping up things to develop this lot, now I wouldn't get excited for anything impressive, it'll likely just be another Flats development, but it's a huge leap forward form its current surface lot form.
June 20, 20195 yr 27 minutes ago, DevolsDance said: So if you're still with me, it looks like Nationwide is ramping up things to develop this lot, now I wouldn't get excited for anything impressive, it'll likely just be another Flats development, but it's a huge leap forward form its current surface lot form. I'd think with highway frontage they'd want to do an office building here. Here's hoping to offices, hotel, and residential with a ground-floor grocer!
June 20, 20195 yr 17 minutes ago, 17thState said: I'm pretty sure it will be at least partially be offices. Is this just a guess or do you have actual knowledge of the project?
June 20, 20195 yr I hope it's at least a bit taller than Flats I and II. Just by a couple floors. There's a lot of room for more residents in this area.
June 20, 20195 yr 9 minutes ago, Zyrokai said: I hope it's at least a bit taller than Flats I and II. Just by a couple floors. There's a lot of room for more residents in this area. Not only is there room for more residents, but if they could get this up to ~10 floors, the views of downtown, the Short North, and even campus would be amazing and fairly unique.
June 20, 20195 yr I certainly hope they go taller. Great visibility from 670. Here’s a view from across the street. Note the AC Hotel and convention center garage cranes.
June 20, 20195 yr 5 minutes ago, Pablo said: I certainly hope they go taller. Great visibility from 670. Here’s a view from across the street. Note the AC Hotel and convention center garage cranes. Also don't forget that this view will eventually have the Hilton 2.0 tower and Market Tower in it's future. I feel being against the highway, and with how much the convetion center business is growing, as well as the future Crew stadium not a horrible walk away, I would incorporate some significant parking garage options for the bottom 3-4 floors, and build above that, to get the windows and views to look over the highway and power substation across the street. You'd have a great view into Goodale Park across the freeway, as well as the surrounding area. Just my thought though. I know many people who still have to park in these lots just to work at their Nationwide offices each day who don't have the luxury of the company spaces, there aren't enough right now.
June 20, 20195 yr So where do we all sign up to be developers because these are all solid thoughts/ideas that would surely be a hit. 20+ stories here (including a pretty large garage on the lower levels) with office space would be a hit.
June 20, 20195 yr 40 minutes ago, Pablo said: I certainly hope they go taller. Great visibility from 670. Here’s a view from across the street. Note the AC Hotel and convention center garage cranes. Is that elevator core to the left topped out, or does it still have one more floor to go? The building is going to have quite a presence when driving down 670. I can't wait to see what Hilton 2.0 and Market Tower will look like.
June 20, 20195 yr 2 hours ago, Gnoraa said: Also don't forget that this view will eventually have the Hilton 2.0 tower and Market Tower in it's future. Well I went a little crazy and decided to mock that up in the image for everyone. I know the scale is off a bit (I tried my best) but I think this gives a good general feel of what the area may turn into with just those additions. Enjoy! Added note: The Market Tower design I mocked up was the most recent "leak" at the lower height.
June 20, 20195 yr ^ When you get bored again, you should create another version with the original Market Tower design given that the last rumor we heard was that it would be 30+ stories tall.
June 27, 20195 yr On 6/20/2019 at 12:12 PM, cbussoccer said: Is this just a guess or do you have actual knowledge of the project? Unfortunately I don't know the specifics. But my guess is based on over-hearing that Nationwide was working with a local company on consolidating multiple offices into a new location in the arena district so I made an educated guess. Not sure of who they're working with though.
June 27, 20195 yr Looks like they're drilling for some soil samples at the "Hamilton Parker" site in the AD today.
June 27, 20195 yr On 6/27/2019 at 9:06 AM, DevolsDance said: Looks like they're drilling for some soil samples at the "Hamilton Parker" site in the AD today. Honestly a parking garage would be better than what's there now.
July 14, 20195 yr Municipal Light Plant: West Nationwide Boulevard improvements: Street lights, gutters, and curbs are in. Looks like a sidewalk complete to the left there, but it's 3-4 inches below the apron curb cuts so they'll be covering that with bricks. Future home of Crew Arena around to the right there. I wonder if they'll repurpose this as part of Confluence Village? Directly across from the Municipal Light Plant:
July 16, 20195 yr Chipotle planning new Arena District offices, expects to anchor major commercial development Finally! The vacant lots in Arena District are going away! This, Market Tower, the hotel on Park St, Hilton Tower, and Crew Stadium will all be being built at the same time. Going to look vastly different in a few years. Edited July 16, 20195 yr by TH3BUDDHA
July 16, 20195 yr ^More tax breaks. Cool, cool. Quote The California-based restaurant chain expects to anchor what could be up to a 500,000-square-foot commercial development project near downtown on vacant Arena District land south of I-670. Chipotle, which would take 80,000 square feet in the project, plans to invest $3.75 million into furniture, fixtures, computers and leasehold improvements, according to information from the city of Columbus. It expects to create 274 net new full-time positions with an estimated payroll of $21.5 million while retaining 90 full-time jobs with a payroll of $5.97 million. Quote Also up for first read Monday was an economic development agreement with NWD Investments LLC, a Nationwide Realty affiliate, the developers of the overall commercial project and owners of the 3.5-acre site, which is bordered by Neil Avenue and Spruce, Vine and Kilbourne streets. According to the legislation, the project will start with a 130,000-square-foot building at the corner of Vine and Neil, which would be completed by the end of 2021. The developer estimates the full build-out could have as much as 500,000 square feet of new commercial office space. I'm a bit confused. They expect the project could be "up to 500,000 sq ft" but NWD Investments (or NRI) is starting the project at 130,000 sq ft - 80,000 of which Chipotle will occupy? Am I reading that right? How do they expect to fill in the other 370,000 sq ft? Very Stable Genius
July 16, 20195 yr ^^ WOW - that would be an amazing project to replace the last most visible vacant lot in the Arena District area. Here are some of the details, according to the Business First story at https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/07/16/chipotle-planning-new-arena-district-offices.html?iana=hpmvp_colum_news_headline Quote Up for first read Monday (at Columbus City Council) was an economic development agreement with NWD Investments LLC, a Nationwide Realty affiliate, the developers of the overall commercial project and owners of the 3.5-acre site, which is bordered by Neil Avenue and Spruce, Vine and Kilbourne streets. According to the legislation, the project will start with a 130,000-square-foot building at the corner of Vine and Neil, which would be completed by the end of 2021. The developer estimates the full build-out could have as much as 500,000 square feet of new commercial office space. ... Chipotle would take 80,000 square feet in the project. Pablo took a photo of this location about month ago (see below). This view is looking east down Spruce Street. The proposed Chipotle-tenanted commercial development would be on the jam-packed surface lot to the right of Spruce Street. The elevator cores under construction in the photo are for the AC Hotel project at the corner of Park & Spruce adjacent to this Chipotle/Nationwide Realty proposal: On 6/20/2019 at 1:13 PM, Pablo said:
July 16, 20195 yr 34 minutes ago, DarkandStormy said: I'm a bit confused. They expect the project could be "up to 500,000 sq ft" but NWD Investments (or NRI) is starting the project at 130,000 sq ft - 80,000 of which Chipotle will occupy? Am I reading that right? How do they expect to fill in the other 370,000 sq ft? Multiple buildings on the site. "the project will start with a 130,000-square-foot building at the corner of Vine and Neil, which would be completed by the end of 2021. The developer estimates the full build-out could have as much as 500,000 square feet of new commercial office space." So it's a 500k sq ft project, the first building of which will be 130k sq ft. Edited July 16, 20195 yr by mbeaumont76
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