September 13, 20168 yr New design revealed for mixed-use project on High near Ohio State The developers of a mixed-use project on North High Street south of Ohio State University are seeking approval this week for a revised design. Columbus developer John Royer and CA Ventures of Chicago will go before the University Area Review Board on Thursday with their proposal for a six-story mix of apartments and retail east of High, between Euclid and Seventh avenues. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/12/first-look-new-design-revealed-for-mixed-use.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 13, 20168 yr ^ That project is looking better. Here's a couple more renderings with High Street views from http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/12/first-look-new-design-revealed-for-mixed-use.html:
September 14, 20168 yr Not too bad at all. That will really be a nice infill building for the site. Hopefully, the small retail building across 7th in front of the Kroger parking lot will actually happen sometime soon as well.
September 24, 20168 yr 398-Unit Residential Project Planned in Weinland Park After three years in the making, the first phase of the Grant Park development in Weinland Park is wrapping up and phase two is scheduled to begin construction next year. While phase one focused on single family homes along the west side of Grant Avenue, phase two will include a more dense mix of apartment flats, townhomes and condos. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/398-unit-residential-project-planned-in-weinland-park "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 2, 20168 yr New Apartments Planned for 11th Avenue A new development in Weinland Park will bring 16 apartments to a wedge-shaped parcel at the corner of Grant and 11th Avenues in the University District. Two separate buildings will each hold eight units, all with two bedrooms. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-apartments-planned-for-11th-avenue-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 17, 20168 yr The Dollar Tree site has been fenced off for a month and utility work is underway. The buildings were demolished today.
February 6, 20178 yr The non-profit Neighborhood Design Center has relocated from a tiny N. High Street storefront across from the OSU campus into the top floor of the historic Orton Memorial Laboratory Building located at the corner of Summit Street and E. 8th Avenue in Weinland Park: Neighborhood Design Center moves to larger offices in Weinland Park By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: January 24, 2017, 4:38pm EST A nonprofit architecture, design and planning firm has relocated to larger offices amid a growth spurt. Neighborhood Design Center has added a full-time employee and moved from a small 1,500-square-foot space bordering the Ohio State University campus to 3,000 square feet in the Orton Memorial Laboratory Building in the Weinland Park neighborhood. ( . . . ) Founded in 1982, the center provides affordable design services to small businesses, neighborhood institutions and governments throughout Central Ohio. There are eight staffers. Three are full-time, including the new director of urban design and planning, Kerry Reeds. Most recently a principal of development planning with MKSK Columbus, Reeds will help oversee the work and professional development of Ohio State interns. “We’re hoping to grow and foresee possibly adding more full-time staff,” Executive Director Isabela Gould said. The Neighborhood Design Center's new office is being set up on the third floor of the historic 1445 Summit Street building. It moved in December and expects to host an open house in the spring. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/01/24/neighborhood-design-center-moves-to-larger-offices.html
April 12, 20178 yr Took a walk around 7th and High during lunch - moving right along: Impressed they're going with all-underground parking.
April 28, 20178 yr New Weinland Park apartments providing affordable housing for the homeless, OSU counseling services Community Housing Network has opened a new apartment building in Weinland Park to support people in danger of homelessness because of issues with mental health, substance addiction or physical disabilities. Called Terrace Place, the new 60-unit community at 81-99 E. Ninth Ave. is part of Ohio State University's 7-acre South Gateway II redevelopment, facilitated by Campus Partners for Urban Redevelopment. You can find the Terrace Place website here. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/04/28/new-weinland-park-apartments-providing-affordable.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 14, 20177 yr Update on the two problem carryout properties purchased by Campus Partners - originally reported here in this thread. http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2016/06/10/daycare-slotted-for-former-weinland-park-carryout.html According to above linked Business First article, the smaller of the two properties at 1395 N. Fourth Street (corner of 8th & 4th) has been sold for $25,000 to Community Properties of Ohio, a property management affiliate of the Ohio Capital Corporation for Housing. Community Properties of Ohio has decided to renovate the two-story building into a children's early learning/day care center. This would become the second day care center for Community Properties of Ohio, which is preparing to open its first center at the Columbus Scholar House on the city’s east side. The larger property at 1521 N. Fourth Street (corner of 11th & 4th) will be redeveloped by Campus Partners. Redevelopment efforts here are on hold until state funding comes through to remove five underground fuel tanks at the former convenience store/gas station site. The State has introduced a new program that funds the removal and cleanup of abandoned gas stations. Campus Partners expects to receive funding later this year to remove the underground fuel tanks. Update on the two problem carryout properties purchased by Campus Partners in 2014: - The larger property at the corner of 11th & 4th - the former Kelly’s Carryout at 1521 N. Fourth St. - didn't get the funds to remove the underground fuel tanks. So that redevelopment is on hold for now. This property is still owned by Campus Partners. - A day care center is still looking at opening the former D&J’s Carryout at 1395 N. Fourth St. near the corner of 8th & 4th - the smaller of the two properties acquired. Capital City Holdings LLC, an affiliate of the non-profit Community Properties of Ohio now owns this property. http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170613/closed-weinland-park-carryouts-still-await-redevelopment
June 22, 20177 yr Weinland Park: $250M+ pulbic-private investments finally attracting new investment More than $250 million has poured into Weinland Park over two decades from Ohio State University, the City of Columbus and other public and private entities – almost $10 million per square block in the long-distressed neighborhood north of Italian Village. In the past six years the investments have finally started to pay off by attracting new developers and businesses. “It is worlds apart from the neighborhood I first saw in 1988," said Michael Wilkos, director of community research for the Columbus Foundation. Wilkos moved to the neighborhood seven years ago, just over a half mile from his first off-campus apartment. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/06/21/weinland-park-250m-pulbic-private-investments.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 22, 20177 yr ^ More about the Weinland Park turn-around from the Dispatch and a video of yesterday's Columbus Metropolitan Club meeting that discussed it: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170622/weinland-park-finally-turning-corner
June 23, 20177 yr Weinland Park revitalization changes perception of 'what a low-income community is supposed to look like' The revitalization of Weinland Park includes federally subsidized rental properties that look just as good as high-priced condos, changing perceptions of "what a low-income community is ‘supposed’ to look like," says a nonprofit executive who lives in the neighborhood. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/06/23/weinland-park-revitalization-changes-perception-of.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 24, 20177 yr ^ That article also contained a link to this map showing the multiple public and private revitalization projects in Weinland Park:
June 24, 20177 yr I hope that retail outlot building in front of the Kroger store actually happens, and happens soon. Even with the new build going in across the street, the whole King/High intersection feels 'incomplete' without it.
June 26, 20177 yr ^^That map does not show the hotel that was proposed on the parcel just north of the new library; I wonder if that is off the table.
June 26, 20177 yr ^^That map does not show the hotel that was proposed on the parcel just north of the new library; I wonder if that is off the table. Not sure but there is a new place where Daredevil Dogs used to be and technically it's out of their boundaries(even though they included other projects that are as well).
June 26, 20177 yr FWIW the map is dated August 2016 in the lower right corner, and the hotel proposal wasn't announced until November.
July 21, 20177 yr Took a walk around 7th and High during lunch - moving right along: Drove by today. Didn't get a picture but it has a name now: Uncommon Columbus. http://www.uncommoncolumbus.com
August 5, 20177 yr Went to the North Side library branch today - it's really a cool building. The 7th and High building is going to dominate views from the library, especially the upper level reading room.
September 8, 20177 yr A couple more 7th & High building construction photos. Posted Sept. 7, 2017 at http://www.columbusunderground.com/high-street-construction-projects-dominate-short-north-and-university-district
September 21, 20177 yr New Apartments Proposed for Space Behind Smith and High Building A new proposal calls for an 18-unit apartment building behind the existing Smith & High development at 1254 N. High St. It would require the demolition of a one-story, 1970s-era building that has held a range of different office and retail users through the years. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-apartments-proposed-for-space-behind-smith-and-high-building-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 21, 20177 yr New Apartments Proposed for Space Behind Smith and High Building A new proposal calls for an 18-unit apartment building behind the existing Smith & High development at 1254 N. High St. It would require the demolition of a one-story, 1970s-era building that has held a range of different office and retail users through the years. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-apartments-proposed-for-space-behind-smith-and-high-building-bw1 According to the CU article, the original Smith & High development was built in 2008 and consists of two three-story buildings fronting High Street with ground-level retail and apartments above. Below is the most recent streetview of the Smith & High development from High Street. The 70's-era one-story building that will be replaced is visible in the gap between the two buildings: Below are two Google aerials of the block where the addition to the Smith & High development will occur. Pretty nice block of High Street between 5th & 6th. An urban Kroger was built north of 6th Avenue; North High Brewing did a fantastic renovation of the former Janiton Building just south of 6th; the former Masonic Lodge was renovated into condos; then the Smith & High development; then the Out of the Closest building at Fifth & High. The tan-roofed building behind the Smith & High development is where the addition will be built: Alley-side aerial view of the same area. The tan-roofed building behind the Smith & High development is where the addition will be built: Similar view showing of the proposed addition to the Smith & High development. It looks like the footprint of the new addition will be the same the 70's-era one-story building being demolished for this addition:
September 29, 20177 yr Middle West Spirits finished up a vertical addition to its distillery located just north of East Fifth Avenue in Weinland Park last year - previously posted at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,3770.msg817123.html#msg817123 in this thread. Now Middle West Spirits has finished renovating the space in front of that addition. This space fronts onto Courtland Avenue, will be called the Service Bar and will open next month: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/09/20/middle-west-spirits-nowis-ready-to-serve-you-now.html http://www.columbusnavigator.com/middle-west-spirits-service-bar-will-open-in-october/ http://www.columbusunderground.com/opening-date-revealed-for-middle-west-spirits-bar-and-restaurant-ls1 Below are some images of the new space. First, a rendering showing the 2016 vertical addition in back of the new bar space: Front facade facing Courtland Avenue: Interior of the new bar space:
November 10, 20177 yr The Middle West Spirits addition and renovation project received a top honor award from the Columbus AIA Chapter this week: http://www.dispatch.com/business/20171109/architects-behind-columbus-library-middle-west-spirits-building-take-top-design-honors https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/09/aia-columbus-awards-honor-8-projects-for-design.html
November 17, 20177 yr University Area Commission approves second phase of housing project along High Street A second phase of a housing project along High Street just north of E. 5th Avenue has be given the green light. On Thursday night, the University Area Commission approved what is being called the second phase the Smith & High Flats project, a four-story, 18-unit apartment complex that will go up at 1254 N. High St. The project started a decade ago. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/17/university-area-commission-approves-second-phase.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 18, 20177 yr ^ The article says they're tearing down a one-story building, any idea what they're talking about? Also, if you are being urged to hang an enormous work of public art on the "blank" side of your new building, it's probably not a good design.
November 18, 20177 yr MODERATOR NOTE: The Smith & High Flats project article and reply (^ & ^^) have been moved from the Short North thread into this Weinland Park thread. ^ The article says they're tearing down a one-story building, any idea what they're talking about? Also, if you are being urged to hang an enormous work of public art on the "blank" side of your new building, it's probably not a good design. Now that the article and your reply have been moved into this thread, the post at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum/index.php?topic=3770.msg875478#msg875478 should answer your question.
November 27, 20177 yr I drive by this everyday - it's really a huge building for the neighborhood. I'm curious to see how it looks when completed.
November 28, 20177 yr I drive by this everyday - it's really a huge building for the neighborhood. I'm curious to see how it looks when completed. I am as well but if that hotel across the street ends up happening I think it will help with the transition. Also that corner by Kroger getting even a one story with two story height would help as well.
November 28, 20177 yr I drive by this everyday - it's really a huge building for the neighborhood. I'm curious to see how it looks when completed. I am as well but if that hotel across the street ends up happening I think it will help with the transition. Also that corner by Kroger getting even a one story with two story height would help as well. This location would have been a very appropriate place for a stepped architectural transition. Even just lowering the corner to 3 or 4 stories and stepping up from there (a la the View on High) would have really helped to soften the transition. The library across the street is going to look very dwarfed, which is unfortunate. The proposed hotel building would be helpful in matching scale across the street. But we'll hope for the best.
December 26, 20177 yr Nov. 30 posted construction photos of residential projects in Wagenbrenner's Grant Park development: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2017-part-2 View of new apartment buildings under construction at Grant Park in the Weinland Park neighborhood: View of infrastructure for new single-family homes with the new apartment construction in the background. Long-range view of the downtown skyline too:
December 26, 20177 yr Two views of the 7th & High mixed-use building going up along N. High Street posted Nov. 30 by CU at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2017-part-2 View from 7th & High looking northward: View from Euclid & High looking southward:
February 3, 20187 yr Project Update: Grant Park Apartments Work will be wrapping up this March on the first of what will eventually be 13 new apartment buildings on North Grant Avenue in Weinland Park. The three-story building is part of the 246-unit Grant Park Apartments project from Wagenbrenner Development. The new apartments line the east side of Grant, south of East 11th Avenue, and sit directly across the street from the single family homes that Wagenbrenner started building in 2013. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/project-update-grant-park-apartments-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 3, 20187 yr Rice Paddy Motorcycles Closing, Land Bought by Developer A longtime business on a prominent corner in Weinland Park will be closing this spring. The last day for Rice Paddy Motorcycles, located at 1454 N. Grant Ave., will be some time in mid-March. Wagenbrenner Development, the developer responsible for building dozens of new single family homes and apartments in the immediate vicinity, has acquired the property and will take possession on April 1. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/rice-paddy-motorcycles-in-weinland-park-closing-land-bought-by-developer-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 10, 20187 yr There appears to be a plan from Buckeye Real Estate to infill the grass lawn in front of their 45 unit Lantern Square Apartments at 1444 N High, between 8th and Euclid, with a 3 story mixed use building containing 5 apartments above retail space. No elevations or renderings are online yet, but the project was presented at the UAC's February Zoning Committee meeting. If built, it would fill in this gap in the streetwall along the east side of High,
February 10, 20187 yr There appears to be a plan from Buckeye Real Estate to infill the grass lawn in front of their 45 unit Lantern Square Apartments at 1444 N High, between 8th and Euclid, with a 3 story mixed use building containing 5 apartments above retail space. No elevations or renderings are online yet, but the project was presented at the UAC's February Zoning Committee meeting. If built, it would fill in this gap in the streetwall along the east side of High, If they hadn't just been putting in work on the existing buildings this past year, it would have been more advantageous of them to tear it all down and utilize the entire parcel to build something new. But the infill will be a welcome new face on High Street among all the other new construction.
February 12, 20187 yr No formal design, but initial renderings presented to UAC-Zoning show a handsome building that will be a great addition.
February 13, 20187 yr There appears to be a plan from Buckeye Real Estate to infill the grass lawn in front of their 45 unit Lantern Square Apartments at 1444 N High, between 8th and Euclid, with a 3 story mixed use building containing 5 apartments above retail space. No elevations or renderings are online yet, but the project was presented at the UAC's February Zoning Committee meeting. If built, it would fill in this gap in the streetwall along the east side of High, I lived there during my first 2 years of med school at Ohio State in 92-94. Tiny little apartments with the smallest kitchen ever (not a single drawer), dark and dreary due to the buildings facing each other across the narrow courtyard. Will have to find my old pictures. Think my apartment was B-7, lower level on the right almost to the back. At least my back window faced a parking lot instead of the building next door. And the management at the time was great by OSU standards.
February 14, 20187 yr Couple of early February views of the six-story mixed-use apartment development at Seventh & High from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-short-north-university-district-more-we1. The project now called Uncommon Columbus and has a website: https://www.uncommoncolumbus.com/ View from High Street: Side view from the neighboring Kroger parking lot:
February 16, 20187 yr Weinland Park has turned a corner thanks to private and public efforts – and millions of funding For Michael Wilkos and other residents of Weinland Park, the neighborhood of today is worlds apart from the one they knew even a decade ago, thanks to several decades of work by public and private organizations. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/02/15/weinland-park-has-turned-a-corner-thanks-to.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
February 16, 20187 yr Michael (who's my next-door neighbor) moved to the Weinland Park because organizations he worked for were trying to fix it, and he didn't want to be an outsider telling people what their neighborhood should be like. He wanted to be part of the neighborhood, listen to his neighbors, and roll up his sleeves. He's a good man.
March 18, 20187 yr Drone view of the Uncommon Columbus project from http://www.dispatch.com/business/20180318/swanky-student-apartments-near-ohio-state-flood-market. The six-story, 288-bed project is being built at 7th & High across a new Columbus Metro Libraries University branch and just north of an urban-style Kroger store:
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