February 13, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, 17thState said: I thought the same thing, these look like garbage. I had much higher hopes as the homes they put in seem really nice. Maybe they were were trying to fit in with the cheap campus area apartments that start just a few blocks north. Should have added just a bit more stucco though if that was the plan. Hopefully with the two new developments going in at the corner of 5th and 4th and then the one closer to this, it fills it in and you don’t even really notice the grant park one.
March 31, 20214 yr Godman Guild to move from long-time Weinland Park site after developer buys property The Godman Guild, a social services anchor for poor families in the Weinland Park neighborhood for decades, is selling its East 6th Avenue property to a developer, another sign of the neighborhood's growing popularity with developers. Ellen Moss, the Godman Guild's president and CEO, would not disclose what the selling price was to Marker Development, which has offices in Columbus and Bellefontaine. The Franklin County Auditor's office lists the value of the 1.5-acre property at 303 E. 6th Ave. at $1.6 million. Moss said the Godman Guild would like to move to a central city location in the coming months and has made an offer on one site. "It's a very long, drawn-out process. Based on the availability of space out there, we should have something decided in the next two to four months," she said. "This is not a forced move. We have been thinking about this for years," Moss said. In a March 29 letter to its Weinland Park neighbors, Moss wrote that the Godman Guild had received other offers for the property and determined that Marker's was the best for the neighborhood, the Godman Guild and its mission. ... The Godman Guild was established in the area in 1898, the city's oldest settlement house aiding poor residents in the area. Its headquarters were once on West Goodale Street, then West 2nd Avenue in Victorian Village, before moving to the former Sixth Avenue Elementary School in 2002, a location where the Godman Guild set up a satellite location in 1990. MORE: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2021/03/30/godman-guild-move-weinland-park-after-developer-buys-property/7056824002/
March 31, 20214 yr ^The move seemed inevitable. The Godman Guild has a long history of good work in the Short North, but the demographics are changing. Hopefully they can find a spot in a neighborhood that can really use their services.
March 31, 20214 yr 19 minutes ago, Pablo said: ^The move seemed inevitable. The Godman Guild has a long history of good work in the Short North, but the demographics are changing. Hopefully they can find a spot in a neighborhood that can really use their services. They were a de facto community center in Flytown.
April 1, 20214 yr On 3/31/2021 at 11:50 AM, TH3BUDDHA said: It's insane how built up 5th is about to be in a few years If everything gets built that is proposed along with this and who knows what else that area is going to be very dense and thriving. And nary a peep from any NIMBY's to boot.
April 2, 20214 yr On 3/31/2021 at 10:43 AM, Columbo said: the selling price was to Marker Development So, according the the CU article, this is the same developer that made the proposal along 5th immediately to the south of this. I wonder if this will affect that proposal? Here's the CU article: https://www.columbusunderground.com/godman-guild-to-move-sell-weinland-park-site-to-developer-bw1 Here's the article for the proposal along 5th immediately to the south: https://www.columbusunderground.com/new-six-story-building-proposed-in-weinland-park-we1 Edited April 2, 20214 yr by TH3BUDDHA
April 2, 20214 yr 52 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: So, according the the CU article, this is the same developer that made the proposal along 5th immediately to the south of this. I wonder if this will affect that proposal? Here's the CU article: https://www.columbusunderground.com/godman-guild-to-move-sell-weinland-park-site-to-developer-bw1 Here's the article for the proposal along 5th immediately to the south: https://www.columbusunderground.com/new-six-story-building-proposed-in-weinland-park-we1 Hopefully it stays two separate developments.
April 2, 20214 yr 38 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Hopefully it stays two separate developments. 100% agreed. The proposal on 5th is actually one of my favorite proposals I've seen in a long time, it's just such a stunner. I will be really disappointed if they water it down/spread it out now that they have an extra block of space to work with.
April 2, 20214 yr 29 minutes ago, DevolsDance said: 100% agreed. The proposal on 5th is actually one of my favorite proposals I've seen in a long time, it's just such a stunner. I will be really disappointed if they water it down/spread it out now that they have an extra block of space to work with. I don’t think there is much to the current proposal, I would just rather see it as two separate builds. That way, like you said, it doesn’t get watered down
April 8, 20214 yr Aubrey Apartments at 5th and Summit (4-7-21) At the SE corner of Indianola and 8th, this new build is replacing the church which burned down here a few years ago. Indianola Park is getting new playground equipment. Its a significant upgrade over the former play area.
April 8, 20214 yr 6 minutes ago, NorthShore647 said: Aubrey Apartments at 5th and Summit (4-7-21) Totally unrecognizable! 🤯
April 26, 20214 yr Work has stated on Marker Development's 6-story apartment building at 300 East Fifth Avenue (4-25-21) Grant Park at 5th and Grant Avenues Apartment on the former church site at the SE corner of Indianola and 8th
April 30, 20214 yr There's a multi story project proposed for 50 E 7th Ave across from the Kroger. It will replace a few 60's era apartment buildings. (Option 2 has a site plan for context). https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-1.pdf https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-2.pdf On a side note - I used to be able to upload photos from my phone or inset snips into comments but now I'm limited to 5.06kB - what changed? Edited April 30, 20214 yr by Pablo
April 30, 20214 yr Amid a changing Weinland Park, Zora's House to build anew on site of former carryout Erica Thompson - The Dispatch - Apr. 29, 2021 "The Weinland Park-based nonprofit is the new owner of the site of the recently demolished D&J Carryout at North 4th Street and East 8th Avenue in the neighborhood. After years of exploring options for the property, Community Properties of Ohio donated the land to Zora’s House, a coworking and community space for women of color currently housed in an approximately 2,000-square-foot building on Summit Street. The organization will launch a $2.5 million capital campaign to construct a 10,000-square-foot building, with a tentative goal to open doors in late 2022."
April 30, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Pablo said: There's a multi story project proposed for 50 E 7th Ave across from the Kroger. It will replace a few 60's era apartment buildings. (Option 2 has a site plan for context). https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-1.pdf https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-2.pdf On a side note - I used to be able to upload photos from my phone or inset snips into comments but now I'm limited to 5.06kB - what changed? This looks great-so much better than what is there now, which could be charitably described as "quite unattractive" IMO.
May 1, 20214 yr On 4/30/2021 at 10:59 AM, Pablo said: There's a multi story project proposed for 50 E 7th Ave across from the Kroger. It will replace a few 60's era apartment buildings. (Option 2 has a site plan for context). https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-1.pdf https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-2.pdf On a side note - I used to be able to upload photos from my phone or inset snips into comments but now I'm limited to 5.06kB - what changed? It's interesting to me that it's now profitable to tear down 60's era apartment buildings and increase density. Campus neighborhoods are full of these, ripe for redevelopment. Zip code 43201 has the highest density in Columbus at just over 11,500 and rising with the current building boom.
May 1, 20214 yr 7 minutes ago, Pablo said: It's interesting to me that it's now profitable to tear down 60's era apartment buildings and increase density. Campus neighborhoods are full of these, ripe for redevelopment. Zip code 43201 has the highest density in Columbus at just over 11,500 and rising with the current building boom. Hopefully it starts happening more and more. That era of building is horrible and the increase of density would be awesome.
May 1, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Hopefully it starts happening more and more. That era of building is horrible and the increase of density would be awesome. The only advantage I see to keeping some of these is the affordable housing aspect.
May 1, 20214 yr 18 hours ago, Toddguy said: This looks great-so much better than what is there now, which could be charitably described as "quite unattractive" IMO. That grey paint didn't help at all.
May 2, 20214 yr Wow, these are some great projects! I'm kind of shocked that they're building new dense apartments across from Kroger on 7th. Not that I care, but I figured there'd be some pushback towards building such a big building on a already congested and busy side street. Also, it's great they're building apartments where the burnt down church was on Indianola! I figured it would take a long time to fill in that lot since it was relatively small and not in the most desirable campus neighborhood by any means.
May 10, 20214 yr On 9/9/2020 at 4:23 PM, ColDayMan said: Weinland Park development plan advances "I think it'll do a good job of pushing the bounds of Columbus' urban core out a bit further." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2020/09/09/major-wagenbrenner-development-gains-traction.html Work has started at the corner of 4th and 5th.
May 10, 20214 yr Whatever happened to the urban farm that slated to go here? Did it wind up somewhere else?
May 11, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, GCrites80s said: Whatever happened to the urban farm that slated to go here? Did it wind up somewhere else? Apparently that concept in its Weinland Park form never gained traction. However, a one-acre vertical greenhouse was built nearby on the OSU ag campus - a $35 million project called the Controlled Environment Food Production Research Complex: https://forum.urbanohio.com/topic/211-columbus-osu-university-area-developments-and-news/page/25/?tab=comments#comment-1011625
May 27, 20214 yr Took a look at the Thrive Companies Instagram today and they posted some pictures of the 5th and 4th development. Some new renderings we haven’t seen, with a rooftop pool and bar. Dirt is moving on the site also, so hopefully we see it going up soon.
May 27, 20214 yr 20 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Took a look at the Thrive Companies Instagram today and they posted some pictures of the 5th and 4th development. Some new renderings we haven’t seen, with a rooftop pool and bar. Dirt is moving on the site also, so hopefully we see it going up soon. This area of 5th is really starting to come together. Next to this site is another six story development that just started and the apartments at the corner of Grant and 5th are now going vertical.
May 27, 20214 yr 3 minutes ago, Luvcbus said: This area of 5th is really starting to come together. Next to this site is another six story development that just started and the apartments at the corner of Grant and 5th are now going vertical. I love this area, the projects all seem a little different so it adds a lot to the area. Hopefully something nice goes in to the west is this on the opposite corner.
May 27, 20214 yr 8 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I love this area, the projects all seem a little different so it adds a lot to the area. Hopefully something nice goes in to the west is this on the opposite corner. Agreed. I'm also very excited about "The Lusso"... Assuming it gets final approval, this area of 5th will have a crazy amount of construction going on! (Not sure how to add a link so) i pulled this tiny snippet about The Lusso from CU: "The proposal, announced today by Homestead Companies and Lykens Companies, calls for 315 units and 398 parking spaces to be built on eight of the 22 acres that make up the Clark Grave Vault site. A five-story apartment building and four-story townhomes are being proposed for the first phase of the development, which will be heard by the Italian Village Commission. That portion of the proposal would be located on the south side of East Fifth Avenue, adjacent to the railroad tracks that form the neighborhood’s eastern boundary and just north of the large, green-roofed buildings that make up the Clark Grave Vault manufacturing facility." So much going on around the city. I just can't get enough! Lol
May 27, 20214 yr 18 minutes ago, Luvcbus said: Agreed. I'm also very excited about "The Lusso"... Assuming it gets final approval, this area of 5th will have a crazy amount of construction going on! (Not sure how to add a link so) i pulled this tiny snippet about The Lusso from CU: "The proposal, announced today by Homestead Companies and Lykens Companies, calls for 315 units and 398 parking spaces to be built on eight of the 22 acres that make up the Clark Grave Vault site. A five-story apartment building and four-story townhomes are being proposed for the first phase of the development, which will be heard by the Italian Village Commission. That portion of the proposal would be located on the south side of East Fifth Avenue, adjacent to the railroad tracks that form the neighborhood’s eastern boundary and just north of the large, green-roofed buildings that make up the Clark Grave Vault manufacturing facility." So much going on around the city. I just can't get enough! Lol The Lusso is part of the upcoming Italian village commission meeting, so hopefully we hear something soon after. here are some more renderings from that. Edited May 27, 20214 yr by VintageLife
May 27, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, VintageLife said: The Lusso is part of the upcoming Italian village commission meeting, so hopefully we hear something soon after. Great! I've been patiently waiting and wondering... If it gets approved, it will be a plus to have another way to connect to the Jeffrey Park area
May 27, 20214 yr 25 minutes ago, VintageLife said: The Lusso is part of the upcoming Italian village commission meeting, so hopefully we hear something soon after. here are some more renderings from that. I was driving around on 2nd one day kind of recently trying to figure out where the new road would connect. But there's two big kind of nasty looking older buildings or old manufacturing looking places where I assume the road would be built. Do you know if they would be clearing one of them out for the road that would be built to connect to Grant at 5th?
May 27, 20214 yr 14 minutes ago, Luvcbus said: I was driving around on 2nd one day kind of recently trying to figure out where the new road would connect. But there's two big kind of nasty looking older buildings or old manufacturing looking places where I assume the road would be built. Do you know if they would be clearing one of them out for the road that would be built to connect to Grant at 5th? I am not 100% sure, but yeah I think the building is being torn down, but don’t quote me on that.
May 27, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, VintageLife said: I am not 100% sure, but yeah I think the building is being torn down, but don’t quote me on that. I really hope you are correct! That would *really* make a huge difference, for the better, on 2nd
May 27, 20214 yr 1 minute ago, GCrites80s said: It looks half-torn-down already in the site plan picture. Wow! Really?! Wonder if they're tearing it down now, or it just looks like that in the picture because it's such a piece of sh*t? If they are in the process of tearing it down, I will definitely be driving thru in the next day or so to check it out!
June 1, 20214 yr Aubrey Apartments at 5th and Summit (5-27-21) The 3M site always felt so vast and empty to me after it was cleared, especially compared with the built environment of the surrounding neighborhoods. Its great to see the work start here on 4th and 5th development. Activating such a large vacant lot can really help both 5th Ave and 4th St. Marker Development's 6-story apartment building at 300 East Fifth Avenue is now known as The Crossline Apartment on the former church site at the SE corner of Indianola and 8th The new playground at Indianola Park is open
June 1, 20214 yr The 3M site is interesting. Before the 3M purchase the company was D.L. Auld founded in 1870. By the 1920s it began concentrating on automobile radiator cap emblems (including the famous Ford blue oval) and, I believe, built their first factory on this site. Electroplating wastes (chromium, cadmium, etc) were piped into injection wells on the site. The site has been since cleaned up. More info in one of the responses in this forum: http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/249499-help-badge-has-old-ship-d-l-auld-co.html
June 15, 20213 yr On 6/1/2021 at 2:00 PM, NorthShore647 said: Marker Development's 6-story apartment building at 300 East Fifth Avenue is now known as The Crossline Tower crane base alert! I drove by this yesterday and couldn't grab a picture. But, it looks like there will soon be another tower crane going up.
June 16, 20213 yr 5 minutes ago, cbussoccer said: Well that was fast! Yea, I was heading down 4th to run to Kroger and was surprised to see that popping out from behind Budd Dairy this morning.
June 16, 20213 yr 40 minutes ago, TH3BUDDHA said: We have an erection! Ok Time Out for you-go sit in the corner.
June 17, 20213 yr On 6/16/2021 at 9:24 AM, TH3BUDDHA said: We have an erection! I was driving down 670 West this morning, and I could see it peaking up from the distance. Looks like it’s all set up!
June 21, 20213 yr Though this could technically fall into about three zones, Its on the UARB dockets so I went with University Area. Looks like a new developer out of Chicago (does not appear to be affiliated with CA out of Chicago who developed Uncommon) has proposed a very similar 150 unit development at 50 E 7th. The project would demo the two existing 70s(?) era structures in favor of a single building with 150 units with 70 parking spots. The project would require four variances from UARB - Increasing the max dwelling density of 1 unit per 700 sq/ft to 1 unit per 244 sq/ft - Reducing the parking min requirement from 251 spaces to 70 spaces - Increasing the max permitted lot coverage from 30% to 82% - Increasing the max height from 35ft to 67ft Conceptual Renders
June 21, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, DevolsDance said: Though this could technically fall into about three zones, Its on the UARB dockets so I went with University Area. Looks like a new developer out of Chicago (does not appear to be affiliated with CA out of Chicago who developed Uncommon) has proposed a very similar 150 unit development at 50 E 7th. The project would demo the two existing 70s(?) era structures in favor of a single building with 150 units with 70 parking spots. The project would require four variances from UARB - Increasing the max dwelling density of 1 unit per 700 sq/ft to 1 unit per 244 sq/ft - Reducing the parking min requirement from 251 spaces to 70 spaces - Increasing the max permitted lot coverage from 30% to 82% - Increasing the max height from 35ft to 67ft Conceptual Renders Close - but it's in the Weinland Park neighborhood.
June 21, 20213 yr Plus an earlier version of this project was also posted here: On 4/30/2021 at 10:59 AM, Pablo said: There's a multi story project proposed for 50 E 7th Ave across from the Kroger. It will replace a few 60's era apartment buildings. (Option 2 has a site plan for context). https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-1.pdf https://universityarea.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/21_0329-Columbus-Housing_Option-2.pdf On 5/1/2021 at 9:26 AM, Pablo said: It's interesting to me that it's now profitable to tear down 60's era apartment buildings and increase density. Campus neighborhoods are full of these, ripe for redevelopment. Zip code 43201 has the highest density in Columbus at just over 11,500 and rising with the current building boom.
June 21, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, DevolsDance said: Though this could technically fall into about three zones, Its on the UARB dockets so I went with University Area. Looks like a new developer out of Chicago (does not appear to be affiliated with CA out of Chicago who developed Uncommon) has proposed a very similar 150 unit development at 50 E 7th. The project would demo the two existing 70s(?) era structures in favor of a single building with 150 units with 70 parking spots. The project would require four variances from UARB - Increasing the max dwelling density of 1 unit per 700 sq/ft to 1 unit per 244 sq/ft - Reducing the parking min requirement from 251 spaces to 70 spaces - Increasing the max permitted lot coverage from 30% to 82% - Increasing the max height from 35ft to 67ft Conceptual Renders It is in a good place for what they are asking for IMO-right across from Kroger, right by High. The massing looks fine to me-it will all come down to materials. 150 units stuffed into that relatively small space is what we need in prime locations, right? Grocery and a Circulator right there, uber, etc. You would not need to have a car here/could get by without a car here(for all of you in your relative youth and all). *The existing stuff is hideously ugly anyway. I love the density coming up in the area south and east of campus. It is like a light and day difference to the 80's and will only make the area even more vibrant and alive. Edited June 21, 20213 yr by Toddguy
July 6, 20213 yr Aubrey Apartments at 5th and Summit (7-3-21) Maker's The Crossline Apartment Building Some additional shots of the crane on 5th Grant Park at 5th and North Grant Avenues The 3M Site / 4th & 5th Development Infill behind recently renovated duplex's along 11th, just east of the gateway garage
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