Posted January 28, 200619 yr Donated farmland could get penned in by buildings Home Depot proposed at edge of 90 acres Saturday, January 28, 2006 Jim Woods, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A 90-acre farm donated to the state’s Farmland Preservation Program might soon be in the shadow of a Home Depot and strip shopping center. If the center is built in Reynoldsburg, the preserved farmland on Waggoner Road south of E. Broad Street will be surrounded by buildings. The Reynoldsburg district recently opened a middle school and is building an elementary school south of the farm. Limited Brands has warehouses and offices east of it, and a housing subdivision is on the west. Read more at http://dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/01/28/20060128-B3-00.html
October 9, 200618 yr From ThisWeek Reynoldsburg, 10/5/06: Groundbreaking scheduled Friday for Slate Ridge Plaza Thursday, October 5, 2006 By TRICIA SYMANSIC ThisWeek Staff Writer A year after Reynoldsburg City Council reluctantly approved a rezoning to allow a prime commercial property along state Route 256 to be divided between condominiums and retail development, the coveted commercial development is nearing fruition. A Wesbanco branch has appeared at the southeast corner of Route 256 and Slate Ridge Boulevard. A groundbreaking for the 23,000-square-foot Slate Ridge Plaza on the south end of the site is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday, while the six lots in between are either nearing sale or are slated for developments working their way through the city approval process. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/index.php?sec=reynoldsburg&story=sites/thisweeknews/100506/Reynoldsburg/News/100506-News-236493.html
October 26, 200618 yr From the 10/23/06 Dispatch: ThisWeek Reynoldsburg: Streetscape ribbon-cutting event scheduled (10/19/06) PHOTO: Reynoldsburg spent $17 million to upgrade E. Main Street by burying utility lines and adding decorative brick walls and sidewalks, business signs, streetlights, benches, trees and plants. Reynoldsburg spruces up Main Street $17 million project lured new business, city officials say Monday, October 23, 2006 Jim Woods THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Reynoldsburg officials think the city is starting to reap rewards from its $17 million investment to refurbish E. Main Street. Last week, the city celebrated completion of the project, which started in 2003. Most of the $17 million was spent on burying utility lines for the 1.5-mile stretch between Idlewild Drive and City Hall. The makeover also included decorative brick walls and sidewalks, business signs, streetlights, benches, trees and plants. Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/news-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/10/23/20061023-D9-00.html
February 15, 200718 yr Ross negotiating for high school site ThisWeek Reynoldsburg, 2/3/07 The Reynoldsburg Board of Education has authorized Superintendent Richard Ross to negotiate for 68 acres in northeast Reynoldsburg for use as a potential high school site. The property owner, Summit Place Ltd., proposed a deal with the district for the property on the east side of Summit Street in lieu of a 50-acre site on which the district has initiated eminent domain proceedings. The district's attorneys have been negotiating with Glen Dugger, an attorney with Smith and Hale, who is representing Summit Place in the eminent domain case. District officials have dismissed prior offers for that site, including one that would have set the district up to sell extra land.
March 1, 200718 yr From ThisWeek Reynoldsburg, 2/22/07: Columbus Dispatch: Mayor hopes YMCA brings rec facility to suburb (2/19/07) Council welcomes YMCA proposal Thursday, February 22, 2007 By TRICIA SYMANSIC ThisWeek Staff Writer The YMCA of Central Ohio would like to open a center in Reynoldsburg, if the city were to chip in on the cost of building the facility, the organization's president said. "We have had an interest in Reynoldsburg for a long time," said John E. Bickley, president and chief executive officer of the nonprofit YMCA of Central Ohio. Mayor McPherson has met with representatives of the YMCA twice and invited Bickley to council's community development committee on Monday. Councilman Preston Stearns, along with other members, said he wanted to begin exploring the idea and that he would assemble a committee to begin discussions within the next week. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/022207/Reynoldsburg/News/022207-News-310278.html
March 6, 200718 yr From ThisWeek Reynoldsburg, 3/1/07: YMCA project gains momentum Stearns to create ad hoc committee to work on funding Thursday, March 1, 2007 By TRICIA SYMANSIC ThisWeek Staff Writer Reynoldsburg City Councilman Preston Stearns plans to create an ad hoc committee with representatives of various community organizations to begin work on a proposal to provide local funding for a YMCA in Reynoldsburg. Officials from the YMCA, the city and Reynoldsburg City Schools agreed in a meeting Tuesday morning that a steering committee should do preliminary work, such as choosing a location and the method of funding, before handing the ball to a larger task force that would be charged with selling the proposal to voters. The YMCA and city officials have been talking about a cooperative project, such as those completed in Gahanna, Grove City and Hilliard. "This is something that many of us feel is long overdue," Stearns said. "We want to make sure everything is done right so that when we go to the voters, everything is right." Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/030107/Reynoldsburg/News/030107-News-313190.html
March 24, 200718 yr From ThisWeek Reynoldsburg, 3/22/07: Strickland budget would hurt Reynoldsburg less than most Thursday, March 22, 2007 By TRICIA SYMANSIC ThisWeek Staff Writer Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland's first budget proposal has better news for Reynoldsburg City Schools than for most other central Ohio districts. One of only four Franklin County school districts to receive any increase at all in state funding, Reynoldsburg would be better off than most. Strickland's proposed budget includes a $340,000 increase in Reynoldsburg's state funding for next year, although that could change during the legislative approval process. "It's small compared to what we would typically get from the state, but its difficult to complain about it compared to what everybody else is getting," Superintendent Richard Ross said. Reynoldsburg could get a $1.7-million increase the following year, but that's no windfall, either, Ross said. That increase approaches normal adjustments for the district, he said. Reynoldsburg depends on the state for about 55 percent of its revenues, which are expected to total $54.25-million this year. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/032207/Reynoldsburg/News/032207-News-324898.html
March 25, 200718 yr From ThisWeek Reynoldsburg, 3/22/07: Zoning board grants five variances for new Lowe's Thursday, March 22, 2007 By JEFF DONAHUE ThisWeek Staff Writer The Reynoldsburg Board of Zoning Appeals gave its unanimous approval last week to four variances requested for a proposed Lowe's home improvement store planned at Waggoner Road and East Broad Street. The project is scheduled to be presented to the city's design review board on April 5. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/032207/Reynoldsburg/News/032207-News-324900.html
April 24, 200718 yr From Business First of Columbus, 4/23/07: Retail complex set for Limited land Business First of Columbus - April 20, 2007 by Dan Eaton, Business First A long-vacant piece of land in Reynoldsburg is on its way toward becoming the newest location for several national retailers. The southeast corner of East Broad Street and Waggoner Road is being cleared to become the Shops at East Broad, a 51-acre retail center that would be anchored by a 138,600-square-foot Lowe's home improvement store. John Brandt, Reynoldsburg's development director, said the site has taken a long time to develop because it's oddly shaped and bordered by an agricultural easement to the south. Home Depot Inc. considered the site before Lowe's Companies Inc. stepped in, Brandt said. Lowe's is targeted for 15 acres at the eastern edge of the development for what would become its 12th Central Ohio store. Though the retailer has appeared before various boards in Reynoldsburg to get needed approvals for the store, Lowe's executives declined to acknowledge the project. A Lowe's spokeswoman said the Mooresville, N.C.-based merchant has not closed on the real estate transaction and would have no comment on the project until a deal is completed. MORE: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/04/23/story10.html
July 17, 200816 yr City considering 'feasibility' of YMCA Wednesday, July 9, 2008 By DAVID S. OWEN ThisWeek Staff Writer City, school and YMCA officials are discussing the possibility of building a YMCA in Reynoldsburg. Councilwoman Antoinette Newman, who chairs Reynoldsburg City Council's community development committee, said during Monday's committee meeting that preliminary talks on June 17 centered on where such a facility could be built and how its construction could be funded. In addition to the city offering the land, water and sewer access, a new YMCA is estimated to cost the city about $12.5-million to build. The YMCA would be responsible for equipping the facility and providing the costs for operations. Newman said possible involvement by Mount Carmel East hospital could be included in the project. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/reynoldsburg/stories/2008/07/09/0710rbymca_ln.html
October 14, 200816 yr Reynoldsburg Council eyes commercial overlays, stream buffers Corridor protection zone would protect streams, creeks in new developments; hearings set Wednesday, September 24, 2008 By DAVID S. OWEN ThisWeek Staff Writer Public hearings on legislation establishing two commercial overlays and a stream corridor protection zone for new development will be held at 6:45 p.m. Oct. 13 in council chambers. Reynoldsburg City Council heard the first readings of the ordinances Monday. City development director Lucas Haire said the stream corridor protection zone would establish buffers along each side of streams or creek banks in new developments. "It's something that's being pushed by the Ohio EPA for water quality protection, and this means there will be a 25-foot vegetative strip on each bank of the creek that will be in its natural state," Haire said. He said there are no height requirements for the vegetation, but said it should be kept in a natural growth pattern. "It's to be preserved in its natural state it helps to keep pollutants out of the creek. It helps with erosion," Haire said. "If you have just grass planted there, you're a lot more likely to get erosion than if you have natural vegetation because the roots are deeper. It holds the soil in better." MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/reynoldsburg/stories/2008/09/24/streambuffers.html
October 14, 200816 yr Haire: One buyer could develop E. Main lots Wednesday, October 1, 2008 By DAVID S. OWEN ThisWeek Staff Writer Now that two East Main Street buildings destroyed by a May 19 fire have been torn down, city development director Lucas Haire said the next step is to develop the land. Although the two buildings, located at 7336 and 7342 E. Main St., were owned separately, Haire said he would like to find one buyer for both lots who would build on both as a whole. Both lots together take up just over 10,000 square feet. "We're just trying to find a good, adaptive use of the site that would fit in with the character of the area," Haire said. He said the historic district where the lots are located is zoned commercial, which includes uses for retail, restaurant or offices. "Currently, drive-throughs are not permitted in that area, but you could do fast-food there without a drive-through, like a Chipotle, or something like that," Haire said. "I think a coffee shop would be a great use for there. A tavern would do well there." MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/reynoldsburg/stories/2008/10/01/1002rbemain_ln.html
May 28, 201015 yr Reynoldsburg hopes new grocery store revitalizes area Sunday, May 23, 2010 By Elizabeth Gibson, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH The Valu King opening in Reynoldsburg is just a grocery store, but residents in the Brice-Livingston area have been almost giddy about its arrival. It occupies a building that had been vacant since Big Bear left six years ago. The empty storefront had become a symbol of the area’s decline. Businesses migrated east to newer parts of town, to the point that “Property Available” signs were just as likely to go up as signs for new businesses. Reynoldsburg has an overall retail vacancy rate of about 8 percent, but the figure is closer to 20 percent in the commercial corridor surrounding the intersection of Brice Road and Livingston Avenue, said Lucas Haire, the city’s development director. “We know Brice needs a little attention,” he said. “It was once the best retail area in the city, and it has lost that. We’re trying to bring it back.” The city also is trying to spruce up the area in other ways. City officials plan to discuss a state grant this week that could help them repave and beautify Brice Road. Haire said the city plans to erect decorative street signs to help distinguish Reynoldsburg from Columbus, and the idea of a gateway monument has been floated around City Hall. Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/05/23/new-grocery-has-folks-dancing.html?sid=101
May 30, 201015 yr When a Valu King is the best thing going on, you know you're in Dullsville. So glad I left. And they're going to beautify an area that wasn't pretty to begin with (big boxes and drive-thrus) just by putting up some signs? Like putting flowers on a turd. They should probably consider tearing down the rest.
January 27, 201510 yr Vick's Pizza moving to Connell Hardware space BY PAMELA WILLIS, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 2:57 PM Vick's Gourmet Pizza at 7333 E. Main Street in old Reynoldsburg will start 2015 by celebrating its 55th year in business while working toward a summer expansion into the old Connell Hardware space two doors down. ... Co-owners Doug and Charlotte Vickers said they hope to open in the former Connell's location at 7345 E. Main Street in summer 2015. Hollis and Louise Vickers, Doug's parents, opened Vick's Pizza at its current location in 1961; it had been the site of a dry goods store. Doug and Charlotte took over the business in 1978. Vick's does a brisk carryout and pickup business, but the current dining room has just four and a half booths. ... The new Vick's will be larger, with seating for 45 to 50 people. The corner shop will also have two entrances, one on East Main Street and another on State Route 256. Mayor Brad McCloud said he is "ecstatic" about the expansion. "I think it is two really good things coming together," he said. "We will be able to hang on to the character of old Connell's and continue what is an institution in Reynoldsburg -- Vick's Pizza. I think it will be a huge hit." Doug Vickers said the Connell building was built in the late 1800's. ... Two interior walls in the new dining room area having the plaster removed to reveal the original brick underneath. "We hope to keep some of the character of the old hardware store", he said. The place needs work, though -- a lot of work. Besides cosmetic changes for walls and floors, the plumbing, electrical and heating will be upgraded. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/reynoldsburg/news/2014/12/17/vicks-pizza-moving-to-connell-hardware-space.html
January 27, 201510 yr A look ahead at 2015 in Reynoldsburg: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/reynoldsburg/news/2014/12/29/looking-ahead-repairs-revitalization-construction-on-calendar.html According to the above article, Reynoldsburg expects to see new development, repairs and renovations in various parts of the city in 2015: The city is currently completing $4.8 million worth of Brice Road improvements, which include resurfacing, new signalized crosswalks, traffic lights on mast arm posts and a multiuse paved path along the west side of Brice. New sidewalks also were constructed and two medians were built between East Main Street and East Livingston Avenue in 2014. Replacement of aging water and sewer lines and street improvements on East Livingston Avenue between Brice and Graham Roads. Repairing and renovating existing brick crosswalks in old Reynoldsburg (downtown area). Construction of a 132-room Hilton Garden Inn at The Shoppes at East Broad on 8005 E. Broad Street. Vick's Gourmet Pizza plans to move into the former Connell Hardware space at 7345 E. Main Street in old Reynoldsburg in summer 2015. Also in the old Reynoldsburg area, Prost Beer & Wine Cafe is scheduled to open early 2015 at 7354 E. Main Street, in a building constructed in 1947 as Reynoldsburg's first fire station.
July 28, 20195 yr Couple of articles hi-lighting development projects in Reynoldsburg. The three biggest projects are the following: new 100,000 square foot Kroger store (project cost undisclosed) new $25 million, 70,000 square foot YMCA/community center new $3.9 million Truro Township Fire Station https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20190527/construction-update-major-projects-reshaping-reynoldsburg https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20190401/new-kroger-rising-other-reynoldsburg-projects-in-works
September 19, 20195 yr Boomtown Reynoldsburg ?!? Well, it is boomtimes for Reynoldsburg anyway. Here are two articles about two different shopping centers getting renovated in "The Burg". This one is about the 31,000-square-foot Olde Town Shopping Center located at 7510-7600 E. Main Street (Route 40). It was recently purchased by a real estate firm headquartered in Downtown Columbus and Tim Lai Architect is the designer for the renovation project. Lai has a good history of doing some nice things with humble retail projects like this - http://www.laiarchitect.com/all-projects: Columbus investor to revive Reynoldsburg shopping center A real estate firm headquartered in downtown Columbus is investing in downtown Reynoldsburg. Black Gate Partners has acquired the 31,000-square-foot Olde Town Shopping Center and plans to invest in upgrades. A private investor from outside the area sold the 7510-7600 E. Main St. property to Black Gate for $1.25 million. The unanchored neighborhood convenience shopping center sits at 72% occupancy, anchored by Donato's Pizza and Nationwide Insurance locations. It's divided into two 15,000-square-foot sections separated by a Family Dollar. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/08/13/columbus-investor-to-revive-reynoldsburg-shopping.html
September 19, 20195 yr This second Reynoldsburg project is quite a bit bigger. It involves the renovation of the former Babies R Us building into a CubeSmart climate controlled self-storage facility. The shuttered 95,000-square-foot building is located at 2686 Taylor Road and is part of the 624,000-square-foot Taylor Square shopping center located near the I-70/Rt. 256 interchange: Casto wants to redevelop Reynoldsburg Babies R Us The Reynoldsburg Babies R Us could soon become a storage facility. Property owner Casto has proposed redeveloping the shuttered big box property at 2686 Taylor Road. The 95,000-square-foot property would be rebuilt as a CubeSmart Mini Storage climate controlled self-storage building, according to plans submitted to the city. Irving, Texas-based Oak View Capital Partners, a specialist builder focusing on self storage projects, is listed as the project's construction group. ... This property is one of half a dozen Central Ohio stores that closed during Toys R Us' liquidation last summer. ... Developers have taken to a variety of creative solutions to turn around empty big boxes, especially as major names like Toys R Us close and shutter dozens at a time. Casto purchased the property in 2006 as part of the larger 624,000-square-foot Taylor Square shopping center, which has other major anchors including Sam's Club, Best Buy, Marshalls, Dress Barn and a Walmart Supercenter. It sits in a trade area of 191,800 people in a 5-mile radius with average household income of $77,900. It's also next to the I-70 corridor which sees 101,000 vehicles a day. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/09/06/casto-wants-to-redevelop-reynoldsburg-babies-r-us.html
September 19, 20195 yr 14 minutes ago, Columbo said: Boomtown Reynoldsburg ?!? Well, it is boomtimes for Reynoldsburg anyway. Here are two articles about two different shopping centers getting renovated in "The Burg". This one is about the 31,000-square-foot Olde Town Shopping Center located at 7510-7600 E. Main Street (Route 40). It was recently purchased by a real estate firm headquartered in Downtown Columbus and Tim Lai Architect is the designer for the renovation project. Lai has a good history of doing some nice things with humble retail projects like this - http://www.laiarchitect.com/all-projects: Columbus investor to revive Reynoldsburg shopping center A real estate firm headquartered in downtown Columbus is investing in downtown Reynoldsburg. Black Gate Partners has acquired the 31,000-square-foot Olde Town Shopping Center and plans to invest in upgrades. A private investor from outside the area sold the 7510-7600 E. Main St. property to Black Gate for $1.25 million. The unanchored neighborhood convenience shopping center sits at 72% occupancy, anchored by Donato's Pizza and Nationwide Insurance locations. It's divided into two 15,000-square-foot sections separated by a Family Dollar. MORE: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/08/13/columbus-investor-to-revive-reynoldsburg-shopping.html Pizza delivery and insurance offices do not equal shopping center. There needs to be another word for these facilities that are full of things that make their money through referrals. There are a lot of outdated terms in commercial real estate these days.
September 19, 20195 yr 4 minutes ago, GCrites80s said: Pizza delivery and insurance offices do not equal shopping center. There needs to be another word for these facilities that are full of things that make their money through referrals. There are a lot of outdated terms in commercial real estate these days. Totally agree. What does Business First know about ... uh business?
September 19, 20195 yr Well, I like Business First a lot, but I think the commercial real estate industry needs to update its terminology as a whole as it comes to how spaces will be realistically used in the 21st century as opposed to say the '80s when "shopping centers" really were full of things like specialty clothing stores, video rental, independent TV/stereo shops, bike shops etc. rather than pizza cars constantly leaving, dog grooming, dialysis facilities, insurance offices, tanning, bars, etc. to paint a more realistic picture of the development to possible stakeholders and the community. Then the Bizjournals would also adopt the terminology.
September 19, 20195 yr To be fair, I've seen some Business First articles where they delve into terminology like "power centers", "regional magnets", and many others when discussing the retail market. But these two articles were just reporting on renovation projects to existing shopping places. So I think they are just using the term "shopping centers" in the most generic sense here.
November 8, 20195 yr Reynoldsburg Makes History With America's First Nepali-Bhutanese Elected Official https://radio.wosu.org/post/reynoldsburg-makes-history-americas-first-nepali-bhutanese-elected-official#stream/1 "'Five years before many of the stores on Main Street, the brick and mortar stores were empty. There was nothing there,' Pyakurel says. 'Now there is very vibrant businesses running there.' Pyakurel wants to help boost that growth as a politician. 'Running for office is my dream from very beginning, because when I was 9 years old I was forced out of the country and forced into refugee camp, where I spent 18 years of my life in refugee camp,' Pyakurel explains." Edited November 8, 20195 yr by NorthShore647
November 24, 20195 yr Reynoldsburg changed their zoning code in order to grow denser. Quote Reynoldsburg officials are touting a handful of recently-completed projects and several more in the planning stages as evidence that change is coming to the suburb on the far east side of Columbus. It’s what could come next, though, that will really get people’s attention. A mixed-use development featuring buildings as tall as seven stories is being pitched for the former Kmart site at the southeast corner of Brice Road and East Main Street, and a new zoning code could make it much easier to build similar projects elsewhere in the city. https://www.columbusunderground.com/reynoldsburg-planning-for-wave-of-new-development-bw1
January 19, 20205 yr New Truro Township fire station shows lowest bid not always the best The new Truro Township fire station’s opening has been delayed more than a year because the original contractor defaulted on the job. However, the additional costs of the project’s delay are going to be covered by an insurance bond, and the station is now expected to be completed and open in April. MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200105/new-truro-township-fire-station-shows-lowest-bid-not-always-best
March 28, 20205 yr After many years of planning, the Reynoldsburg YMCA Community Center finally opened earlier this year: More photos at https://www.thisweeknews.com/photogallery/OH/20200127/NEWS/127009992/PH/1
March 28, 20205 yr ... only to get shut down about a month later because of coronavirus concerns(!) But the Reynoldsburg YCMA Community Center is still getting some use. The Truro Township Fire Department is using the building for temporary quarters until their nearby new fire station opens this summer: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200325/truro-township-station-161-finds-temporary-housing-at-vacant-ymca The building is being used to house the firefighters and medics while a temporary shelter was installed in the parking lot for the station's vehicles:
April 25, 20205 yr Development of Reynoldsburg’s Taylor Chase complex may resume after 10 years A mix of condominiums and apartments are planned for about 24 acres at Taylor Road and East Main Street, finishing a development that started more than 10 years ago. Mid-Ohio Development Corp. is seeking approval to build eight condominium buildings and 24 apartment buildings at 8500 Taylor Chase Drive, directly behind a Kroger grocery store. A total of 168 units are planned, with an overall density of about 6.75 units per acre, said Roney Murphy, president of Mid-Ohio Development Corp. The eight condominium buildings will finish the Taylor Chase condo complex, which stalled about 10 years ago. MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20200413/development-of-reynoldsburgs-taylor-chase-complex-may-resume-after-10-years
January 10, 20214 yr Reynoldsburg preparing to annex 137 acres for Summit Road development Central Ohio builder Joe Ciminello is hoping to bring more than 137 acres off Summit Road into Reynoldsburg for single-family homes and a new, mixed-use development. Reynoldsburg City Council unanimously approved two pieces of legislation Oct. 26 related to the annexation of three parcels near the intersection of Summit Road and East Main Street totaling 137.5 acres from Etna Township in Licking County. ... It will go back before Licking County commissioners for approval, after which Reynoldsburg must wait 60 days to accept the annexation, meaning it will not be completed until early 2021. If approved, the annexation will bring together three parcels – two totaling about 79 acres owned by Howard P. and Rosemary A. Emswiler, and another 58.4-acre parcel owned by Robert Foster and Neal Seymour. Plans call for the Emswiler tracts to be used mostly for single-family housing, with the land fronting Main Street to be a mixed-use development. MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/story/news/local/reynoldsburg/2020/11/06/reynoldsburg-preparing-annex-137-acres-summit-road-development/6151581002/
January 10, 20214 yr The Oliver: Townhomes, apartments OK'd for development on Lancaster Avenue in Reynoldsburg Nearly 90 apartments and townhomes are coming to Lancaster Avenue after the developer’s second application won approval from the Reynoldsburg Planning Commission. The commission unanimously approved a site plan on November 5 for the Oliver, a community of 56 apartments and 32 townhomes on 4.5 acres at 1170 Lancaster Avenue. MORE: https://www.thisweeknews.com/story/news/local/reynoldsburg/2020/11/12/oliver-townhomes-apartments-okd-development-lancaster-avenue-reynoldsburg/6246461002/
January 24, 20214 yr Reynoldsburg isn't known for historic buildings and a pedestrian-friendly environment - but it is trying to enhance what little it does have. In the below linked article, Reynoldsburg plans a $4.1 million project in 2021 that will shrink driving lanes on East Main Street (U.S. Route 40) from 16 feet to 12 feet in width between Davidson Drive and Jackson Street in order to widen sidewalks and slow traffic for a more pedestrian-friendly Olde Reynoldsburg. The project will also add on-street parking, brick sidewalk pavers, limestone benches, decorative street lighting, street trees and median plantings, and will replace a 90-year-old storm sewer under the street: https://www.thisweeknews.com/story/news/local/reynoldsburg/2020/12/29/reynoldsburg-2021-city-officials-expect-big-things-new-year/3918843001/ This project would also support this 2018 plan for “reimagining” the East Main Street corridor and strengthening the character of Olde Reynoldsburg: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20181008/plan-reimagines-reynoldsburgs-main-street
February 5, 20214 yr Reynoldsburg development could bring 1,400 residences Ciminello's project, dubbed Eastwood, would take the place of farmland. Plans submitted to the city show 11.6 acres of commercial space along East Main Street, while behind in and to the north, 710 homes, condos and apartment units behind the commercial space – 240 apartment units, 230 single-family homes, 80 townhomes and 160 units of senior-oriented housing in four-unit dwellings. "Reynoldsburg is one of the most desirable markets in the nation and they offer quite a bit as a city," Joe Ciminello said. "And they have a very progressive view on development." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/02/05/reynoldsburg-development-to-bring-1400-residences.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 17, 20214 yr On 1/24/2021 at 12:46 PM, Columbo said: This project would also support this 2018 plan for “reimagining” the East Main Street corridor and strengthening the character of Olde Reynoldsburg: https://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20181008/plan-reimagines-reynoldsburgs-main-street Reynoldsburg completed a concept plan in 2018 for future redevelopment on its East Main Street corridor similar to Dublin did with its Bridge Street Corridor plan. One of the biggest parcels it was looking at was a Kmart store that closed in 2017. It looks like that former Kmart property might get redeveloped in line with those walkable, mixed-use standards from Reynoldsburg's concept plan: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/02/05/k-mart-in-reynoldsburg-to-come-down.html https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/02/09/national-organization-moving-hq-to-reynoldsburg.html
February 17, 20214 yr Here is the redevelopment concept plan for the former Kmart property. First, the existing conditions at the southeast corner of East Main Street and Brice Road (north is facing left): Here is the redevelopment concept plan for the same corner: The Christian and Missionary Alliance - which is currently headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado - is reported to have purchased the property and wants to relocate its headquarters there. The Alliance would be the long-term holder of the land so it could generate revenue from rent on the redeveloped 8.3 acre property. The concept shows two- three- and four-story buildings with a mix of uses that the Reynoldsburg Development Director likened to a "mini-Grandview Yard." The northern commercial part of the development along Main Street could include a 30,000- to 40,000-square-foot headquarters for the nonprofit plus 40,000 square feet of office; a 30,000-square-foot coworking-incubator space; a 100-room hotel; 25,000 square feet of food and retail space and a 15,000-square-foot event center. To the south, the concept proposes 128 residential flats and 60 three-story residential townhomes along Brice Road, next to where a new CML library branch is being planned. The whole development would be served by parking lots plus a two-level, 310-space parking garage.
February 17, 20214 yr There re a lot of parking lots to fill up in Greater Columbus. I love that suburbs are embracing denser projects. On a side note, whoever created the rendering loves columnar purple beech trees.
April 16, 20214 yr Church to Lead Redevelopment of Kmart Site in Reynoldsburg A new mixed-use development is planned for the southeast corner of Brice Road and East Main Street in Reynoldsburg. The Christian and Missionary Alliance – a national megachurch that is currently headquartered in Colorado Springs – will be moving its offices to the site and also plans to serve as master developer for the larger project, which will include several additional office buildings, conference and event spaces, a boutique hotel, and nearly 200 residential units. It’s a role that the organization has played before. In Salem, Oregon, the Salem Alliance church bought up property in its neighborhood – a process not entirely without controversy – and built a four-story mixed-use building that holds offices, event spaces and several local businesses. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/church-to-lead-redevelopment-of-kmart-site-in-reynoldsburg-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 16, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, Pablo said: ^Is this a tax exempt project? That's a good question. I don't know for sure if there's a difference between a church-owned property being used for religious purposes (i.e. a church) and a church-owned property being used for commercial purposes (which this development seems to be) on tax exempt status. But if there is a difference, then I think this development would not be tax exempt.
April 16, 20214 yr ^There is absolutely a difference. Otherwise every company and developer would be a church.
April 16, 20214 yr Reynoldsburg has a ton of opportunity along Main Street for some significant, Upper Arlington-scale redevelopment efforts of their many many strip malls. This development isn't the worst, but it is still completely separated uses and a mess of parking. I wish the library was better located (like at the corner) within this parcel, or better yet within the city -- if the city would consider a land swap and move it closer to the historic downtown area or within the JFK Park complex it would certainly make a lot more sense than how isolated from other civic uses it is here on Brice Rd. Hopefully there will be some proper mixed-use, retail with apartments above and structured parking that is proposed elsewhere... Rather than any more of this segmented MP with segregated uses.
April 29, 20214 yr Reynoldsburg seeing gains after taking charge of development Tristian Navera - Columbus Business First - Apr. 28, 2021 "Reynoldsburg is buying two parcels of land at 7221 and 7332 E. Main St. to spur the redevelopment of the sites into mixed-use buildings. They currently house a former PNC Bank branch and the Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant. ... The city paid $2 million for the 1.6-acre branch site. Working with its preferred developer, Trivium Development, it will raze the building to make way for a 45,000- to 60,000-square-foot project that could host medical tenants, office users or an incubator space for startup businesses, Bowsher said. ... The 0.9-acre Happy Dragon site was bought for $625,000 and will be converted to a two- or three-story mixed-use building with restaurant and retail spaces at ground level and some office space above it."
May 2, 20214 yr On 4/28/2021 at 10:26 PM, NorthShore647 said: Reynoldsburg seeing gains after taking charge of development Tristian Navera - Columbus Business First - Apr. 28, 2021 "Reynoldsburg is buying two parcels of land at 7221 and 7332 E. Main St. to spur the redevelopment of the sites into mixed-use buildings. They currently house a former PNC Bank branch and the Happy Dragon Chinese Restaurant. ... The city paid $2 million for the 1.6-acre branch site. Working with its preferred developer, Trivium Development, it will raze the building to make way for a 45,000- to 60,000-square-foot project that could host medical tenants, office users or an incubator space for startup businesses, Bowsher said. ... The 0.9-acre Happy Dragon site was bought for $625,000 and will be converted to a two- or three-story mixed-use building with restaurant and retail spaces at ground level and some office space above it." Those two Reynoldsburg proposals are looking mighty good. Here's the smaller of the two at 7332 E. Main Street (aka the Happy Dragon site). This a three-story mixed-use building with restaurant and retail spaces at ground level and office space above. The 17,000-square-foot project would cost around $10 million to $15 million on the 0.9-acre Happy Dragon site the city bought for $625,000: Here's the larger of the two at 7221 E. Main Street (aka the PNC site). This a four-story, 45,000- to 60,000-square-foot building that could host medical tenants, office users or an incubator space for startup businesses. They also propose a 218-space, three level parking garage along Davidson Drive. This project is expected to cost $20 million to $30 million on the 1.6-acre bank branch site the city bought for $2 million:
June 11, 20214 yr Expanded Lancaster Ave. project, E. Main St. development approved in Reynoldsburg Scott Gerfen - ThisWeek News - June 11, 2021 "Plans for two major housing developments continue to move forward following unanimous approvals June 3 from the Reynoldsburg Planning Commission. ... Developer Michael Oliver of Principle Homes LLC originally planned a community of 56 apartments and 32 townhomes on 4.5 acres at 1170 Lancaster Ave. However, developers returned to the commission June 3 with amended blueprints for 126 apartments and 24 townhomes with attached garages on 7.6 acres as well as a pavilion and a dog park. ... Ciminello’s plan (Eastwood mixed-use development) for approximately 35 acres along East Main Street will consist of 159 'single-story apartment units with attached garages' and 264 'apartment units with detached garages and amenities,' according to a summary of the project."
June 16, 20213 yr On 6/11/2021 at 11:02 AM, NorthShore647 said: Expanded Lancaster Ave. project, E. Main St. development approved in Reynoldsburg Scott Gerfen - ThisWeek News - June 11, 2021 "Plans for two major housing developments continue to move forward following unanimous approvals June 3 from the Reynoldsburg Planning Commission. ... Developer Michael Oliver of Principle Homes LLC originally planned a community of 56 apartments and 32 townhomes on 4.5 acres at 1170 Lancaster Ave. However, developers returned to the commission June 3 with amended blueprints for 126 apartments and 24 townhomes with attached garages on 7.6 acres as well as a pavilion and a dog park. ... Ciminello’s plan (Eastwood mixed-use development) for approximately 35 acres along East Main Street will consist of 159 'single-story apartment units with attached garages' and 264 'apartment units with detached garages and amenities,' according to a summary of the project." I love how a developer proposes a use for a site staying exactly within the confines of what that parcel of land is zoned for a people are STILL opposed to it. And it's always the same concerns which can be addressed and planned for. "it doesn't fit the character of the neighborhood", "it's going to increase traffic" and then there's always the "I've been here for X amount of years and blah blah blah" crowd as well. You live in a rapidly growing metro area! Change is coming and a lot of it is going to have so many positive impacts on the community that these NIMBYS always fail to see because they are opposed to change because it scares them for whatever reason. Any impacts the addition of a lot of new housing in an area will have, both positive and negative, can be planned and accounted for to limit that potential negative impact (e.g., it will impact traffic? then work with the developer to have them widen roads, create dedicated turn lanes, traffic lights etc.). Edited June 16, 20213 yr by TIm
June 16, 20213 yr Contractors don't build '60s ranches anymore so nothing else is allowed to go in. As if the East Side doesn't have 10 million '60s ranches already.
August 31, 20213 yr On 4/15/2021 at 10:20 PM, ColDayMan said: Church to Lead Redevelopment of Kmart Site in Reynoldsburg A new mixed-use development is planned for the southeast corner of Brice Road and East Main Street in Reynoldsburg. The Christian and Missionary Alliance – a national megachurch that is currently headquartered in Colorado Springs – will be moving its offices to the site and also plans to serve as master developer for the larger project, which will include several additional office buildings, conference and event spaces, a boutique hotel, and nearly 200 residential units. It’s a role that the organization has played before. In Salem, Oregon, the Salem Alliance church bought up property in its neighborhood – a process not entirely without controversy – and built a four-story mixed-use building that holds offices, event spaces and several local businesses. More below: https://www.columbusunderground.com/church-to-lead-redevelopment-of-kmart-site-in-reynoldsburg-bw1 Demolition of the Kmart building on this development site began last weekend. According to the below report on the demolition ceremony, once the site work is completed, construction is expected to begin in 2022, with potential occupancy in late 2023 or early 2024: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/08/28/christian-and-missionary-alliance-moving-headquarters-reynoldsburg/5593123001/
October 27, 20213 yr Good for her: Columbus developer sees potential in Reynoldsburg, with plans for new mixed-use projects “A 16,000-square-foot mixed-use project could be coming to a city-owned site in Reynoldsburg. Columbus-based Trivium Development is in talks with the city to acquire land at 7332 E. Main St., the site of the former Happy Dragon Restaurant. Tim Spencer, Trivium's president, told Columbus Business First they're planning a dental practice, a co-working concept and a coffee shop at the site. He estimated the project cost at about $3 million. Spencer said he expects construction to begin in the second quarter next year, although the developer and the city are working through floodway issues. All zoning has been approved, and Spencer said the final plan will be submitted in November for a December hearing. Trivium also plans to purchase the-60,000-square-foot former PNC Bank site at 7221 E. Main St. from the city, Spencer said. He said the plans call for a mix of retail, office and apartments.“ https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/10/22/trivium-plans-reynoldsburg-mixed-use-project.html
October 27, 20213 yr Another sheet of ice is coming to the Columbus Metro as well. This is great news, as Central Ohio has a real need for more sheets of ice around the city. https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/reynoldsburg/new-youth-athletic-facility-coming-to-reynoldsburg/
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