April 12, 20214 yr Wow, a really well-done building. I was excited from the renderings, but it turned out particularly well. Great transparency and incredibly light in appearance. One of the few projects that utilizes wood in a way that doesn't look incredibly secondary and tacky. More of this, please.
April 12, 20214 yr 14 hours ago, GCrites80s said: Bexley isn't so much of NIMBYs now as compared to when Jay Leno was beating them up every night for blocking the demo of the porn theater in the early '90s. There's some, but Bexley overall has been pretty calm over new development. Granted, there hasn't been a ton of new development there, but I doubt we'll see mass protest if they ever rework Main Street.
October 17, 20213 yr On 4/10/2021 at 4:02 PM, Columbo said: The modernist building at the corner of Main and Parkview is finished. The three-story building serves as a retail bank branch and office headquarters for the Ohio State Bank that was established in 2019. Here are some photos of the finished building from the architect's website -- https://jbadusa.com/project/ohio-state-bank/ More interior and exterior photos available at https://jbadusa.com/project/ohio-state-bank/ The Ohio State Bank HQ building in Bexley received an Honor Award in the 2021 Architecture Awards by the Columbus chapter of the American Institute of Architects: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2021/10/07/aia-columbus-architecture-awards-here-are-the-hon.html
October 18, 20213 yr ^I love this building. I'd love to see more buildings of this scale built in other commercial corridors around town.
September 1, 20222 yr Don’t remember hearing about this project. Looks like someone did, though, and decided she needed to speak to the manager—er, judge. Bexley plans to appeal judge’s ruling on Livingston Avenue zoning “The city of Bexley plans to appeal an Aug. 17 decision by Franklin County Court of Appeals Judge Kim Brown on a zoning-related matter, Mayor Ben Kessler said. Brown’s decision overturns City Council’s Jan. 11 approval of a conditional-use variance for a planned mixed-use residential and commercial development at 2300 E. Livingston Ave. In late 2020, city officials announced that the Bexley Community Improvement Corp., the city’s nonprofit development entity, and The Community Builders, a nonprofit real estate development organization, planned to build the Livingston Avenue development and a similar development at 420 N. Cassady Ave. According to Brown’s ruling, the plan for 2300 E. Livingston Ave. was granted a conditional-use variance by Bexley’s Board of Zoning and Planning on Feb. 25, 2021. Brown’s Aug. 17 decision states that Leah Turner, who owns property adjacent to 2300 E. Livingston Ave., filed an appeal on Feb. 9, 2022 challenging council’s decision.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/bexley/2022/08/31/bexley-plans-to-appeal-judges-ruling-on-livingston-avenue-zoning/
September 1, 20222 yr 6 minutes ago, amped91 said: Don’t remember hearing about this project. Looks like someone did, though, and decided she needed to speak to the manager—er, judge. Bexley plans to appeal judge’s ruling on Livingston Avenue zoning “The city of Bexley plans to appeal an Aug. 17 decision by Franklin County Court of Appeals Judge Kim Brown on a zoning-related matter, Mayor Ben Kessler said. Brown’s decision overturns City Council’s Jan. 11 approval of a conditional-use variance for a planned mixed-use residential and commercial development at 2300 E. Livingston Ave. In late 2020, city officials announced that the Bexley Community Improvement Corp., the city’s nonprofit development entity, and The Community Builders, a nonprofit real estate development organization, planned to build the Livingston Avenue development and a similar development at 420 N. Cassady Ave. According to Brown’s ruling, the plan for 2300 E. Livingston Ave. was granted a conditional-use variance by Bexley’s Board of Zoning and Planning on Feb. 25, 2021. Brown’s Aug. 17 decision states that Leah Turner, who owns property adjacent to 2300 E. Livingston Ave., filed an appeal on Feb. 9, 2022 challenging council’s decision.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/bexley/2022/08/31/bexley-plans-to-appeal-judges-ruling-on-livingston-avenue-zoning/ Hopefully this person is ignored in the end. One human being doesn’t have the right to completely shut down development.
September 1, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, amped91 said: Don’t remember hearing about this project. Looks like someone did, though, and decided she needed to speak to the manager—er, judge. Bexley plans to appeal judge’s ruling on Livingston Avenue zoning “The city of Bexley plans to appeal an Aug. 17 decision by Franklin County Court of Appeals Judge Kim Brown on a zoning-related matter, Mayor Ben Kessler said. Brown’s decision overturns City Council’s Jan. 11 approval of a conditional-use variance for a planned mixed-use residential and commercial development at 2300 E. Livingston Ave. In late 2020, city officials announced that the Bexley Community Improvement Corp., the city’s nonprofit development entity, and The Community Builders, a nonprofit real estate development organization, planned to build the Livingston Avenue development and a similar development at 420 N. Cassady Ave. According to Brown’s ruling, the plan for 2300 E. Livingston Ave. was granted a conditional-use variance by Bexley’s Board of Zoning and Planning on Feb. 25, 2021. Brown’s Aug. 17 decision states that Leah Turner, who owns property adjacent to 2300 E. Livingston Ave., filed an appeal on Feb. 9, 2022 challenging council’s decision.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/bexley/2022/08/31/bexley-plans-to-appeal-judges-ruling-on-livingston-avenue-zoning/ Karen's have ruined if for when people legitimately need to speak to a manager now. smh.
September 1, 20222 yr I'm fine with that. We were able to do away with titles and hierarchy completely at my business once the Karen stereotype made it embarrassing to ask for the manager.
September 2, 20222 yr 20 hours ago, GCrites80s said: I'm fine with that. We were able to do away with titles and hierarchy completely at my business once the Karen stereotype made it embarrassing to ask for the manager. Well when there is a legitimate need to speak to someone when stuff is really messed up, then what is the go-to phrase now? "I want to speak to your boss"? "I need to speak to someone in charge"? You know, when the person you are talking to or about is being a jerk and something actually needs to be done. If an employee is being rude, abusive, etc. to you or someone else, just who do you ask for? "I just need to speak to someone who is not you, above you in your chain of command, and who is not an a$$hole like you"??? lol
September 23, 20222 yr Resident pushback delaying plans for affordable housing in Bexley Legal action by a Bexley resident has stalled a national nonprofit developer's effort to build affordable housing in the city. The Community Builders, a Boston-based affordable housing developer that opened an Ohio office in 2019, has been working with the city-affiliated Bexley Community Improvement Corp.on a plan to develop apartment buildings on two sites at 420 North Cassady Ave. and 2300 E. Livingston Ave. The projects cleared zoning in February 2021 and were upheld by Bexley City Council following a challenge from eight residents. Then Bexley resident Leah Turner, who owns a property adjacent to the proposed Livingston Avenue development, appealed the decision in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Kim Brown ruled in the resident's favor this August, saying the decision by Bexley City Council "is illegal, arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable and unsupported." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/09/23/bexley-affordable-housing-community-builders-legal.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 23, 20222 yr 29 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Resident pushback delaying plans for affordable housing in Bexley Legal action by a Bexley resident has stalled a national nonprofit developer's effort to build affordable housing in the city. The Community Builders, a Boston-based affordable housing developer that opened an Ohio office in 2019, has been working with the city-affiliated Bexley Community Improvement Corp.on a plan to develop apartment buildings on two sites at 420 North Cassady Ave. and 2300 E. Livingston Ave. The projects cleared zoning in February 2021 and were upheld by Bexley City Council following a challenge from eight residents. Then Bexley resident Leah Turner, who owns a property adjacent to the proposed Livingston Avenue development, appealed the decision in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Kim Brown ruled in the resident's favor this August, saying the decision by Bexley City Council "is illegal, arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable and unsupported." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/09/23/bexley-affordable-housing-community-builders-legal.html What a great neighborhood! Gosh I would hate to live by people like this.
September 23, 20222 yr Paywalled article ... I don't supposed there was a PDF link there to the decision by Judge Kim Brown? 🥺🤨
September 23, 20222 yr 19 minutes ago, Gramarye said: Paywalled article ... I don't supposed there was a PDF link there to the decision by Judge Kim Brown? 🥺🤨 https://media.bizj.us/view/img/12347181/bexley-decision.pdf
September 23, 20222 yr Guarantee these are the same people who will complain on Facebook that housing is too expensive.
September 23, 20222 yr If the board approves the dwelling units, doesn’t that make it legal? That is the point of a board correct?
September 23, 20222 yr 2 hours ago, Pablo said: https://media.bizj.us/view/img/12347181/bexley-decision.pdf Ugh. Zoning. The gist of the decision is that the Bexley zoning code does not allow even conditional use permits to allow the placement of a multistory residential structure on a site zoned commercial. The court interpreted the "conditional use" options of "dwelling units on first floor" and "dwelling units above first floor" to mean dwelling units as part of a commercial development, not as dwelling units, full stop. It based this reading on a separate prohibition in the Bexley zoning code on any development in a commercial zone that duplicated R-6 and R-12 residential zones, i.e., where single- and multi-family dwellings are allowed. Also, based on the history of the case, the Bexley City Council appears to have been milquetoast at best in its support for this project, possibly even inviting an assumption of opposition by idiosyncratic silence. The City Council tried to "recuse" from hearing the conditional use requests at all and allowed a direct appeal from the Board to the Court of Common Pleas, when the Court of Common Pleas is supposed to review final decisions of the City Council and there doesn't appear to be any statutory mechanism for the City Council to just say "actually, we don't want to weigh in on this, just take it straight to court." The court's decision here was actually the second time the court saw the case; the first time, the court bounced it back down to City Council with directions not to dodge making a ruling on the proposal. Then the City Council approved the project in a very perfunctory fashion, which in turn made it easier for the judge to hold Council's approval of the conditional uses arbitrary and capricious. (Think of when you ask your kid why he/she did something and they answer with nothing but a smile and a shrug.) Incidentally, as I read the judge's logic, she may have affirmed the decision if this were a multi-story mixed use project with ground floor commercial rather than a wholly residential development. I'm still unconvinced because it seems like other conditional uses are allowed to occupy the entire property in question, begging the question of what's so different about the two involving dwelling units. As I noted, the judge did at least address that question by citing to a separate prohibition in the Bexley code about duplicating uses reserved to residential zoning areas. The logic may hold up (after all, the same argument structure could be used more favorably against someone who wanted to build a single 900-sf ranch home on the old funeral home site rather than a 50+ unit multifamily, so the argument that the law puts that off limits is not entirely absurd), but it still feels off.
October 15, 20222 yr Livingston, Cassady developments proceed as court reviews appeal “Planned mixed-use residential and commercial developments at 2300 E. Livingston Ave. and 420 N. Cassady Ave. are moving forward while the city of Bexley awaits a decision from a state appeals court. The city released an Oct. 10 statement explaining its appeal of an Aug. 17 Franklin County Court of Appeals decision that had the potential to halt the project at 2300 E. Livingston Ave. In the statement, the city said The Community Builders (TCB), a nonprofit developer of mixed-income housing, continues to move forward with architectural review for the Livingston Avenue plan while the 10th District Court of Appeals reviews the case. Although the Livingston and Cassady developments continue to move forward, their ultimate fate will be decided when the 10th District Court of Appeals’ issues its decision, but there is no timeline for that, according to the city’s statement.“ https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/bexley/2022/10/14/livingston-cassady-developments-proceed-as-court-reviews-appeal/69563948007/
December 30, 20222 yr Numerous Parks and Recreation projects are planned across the City of Bexley in 2023, including new access to the Alum Creek Trail: "Construction of a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge at Schneider Park near the Astor Avenue entrance. The bridge will connect the Alum Creek Trail to central Ohio’s regional bikeway system, at an estimated total cost of $800,000. Work is scheduled to begin in spring or summer 2023 and be completed by the end of the year, pending final designs." You can find all the projects planned across Bexley in 2023 here: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/bexley/2022/12/30/bexleys-2023-outlook-includes-new-recreation-and-parks-projects/69763692007/
February 6, 20232 yr Hmmm… Capital University looks to sell apartments near Bexley Gateway for redevelopment “The site, at 2160 to 2184 E. Main St., currently is home to the Trinity Lutheran Seminary Apartments, which sit between Bexley City Hall and Bexley Gateway. NAI Ohio Equities and the Robert Weiler Co. are brokering the sale. The firms will put a request for proposals out this week; proposals are due April 10. Mike Simpson, president of NAI Ohio Equities, said they hope to find a buyer in the next 90 days. The site currently is zone mixed-use commercial. Simpson said they envision a dense, mixed-use development to replace the aging apartments on the site with housing, retail, office and structured parking. Simpson said that redevelopment likely would start in about a year, adding that the city of Bexley likely wants to see some affordable housing worked into the project. About $10 million would be needed to renovate the apartments, built in the 1970s, to today's standards, Mae said. Only 12 students live in the apartments right now and they'll move out at the end of the school year.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/02/06/bexley-property.html
February 6, 20232 yr 53 minutes ago, amped91 said: Hmmm… Capital University looks to sell apartments near Bexley Gateway for redevelopment “The site, at 2160 to 2184 E. Main St., currently is home to the Trinity Lutheran Seminary Apartments, which sit between Bexley City Hall and Bexley Gateway. NAI Ohio Equities and the Robert Weiler Co. are brokering the sale. The firms will put a request for proposals out this week; proposals are due April 10. Mike Simpson, president of NAI Ohio Equities, said they hope to find a buyer in the next 90 days. The site currently is zone mixed-use commercial. Simpson said they envision a dense, mixed-use development to replace the aging apartments on the site with housing, retail, office and structured parking. Simpson said that redevelopment likely would start in about a year, adding that the city of Bexley likely wants to see some affordable housing worked into the project. About $10 million would be needed to renovate the apartments, built in the 1970s, to today's standards, Mae said. Only 12 students live in the apartments right now and they'll move out at the end of the school year.” https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/02/06/bexley-property.html Hopefully they bring it right to the sidewalk! Main has so much potential from downtown all the way to Whitehall.
April 14, 20232 yr Bexley affordable housing project goes before appeals court A proposed affordable housing development in Bexley remains in limbo as a panel of appellate judges debate how the city's zoning code should be applied. The 10th District Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Thursday in the case, which pits Bexley resident Leah Turner against affordable housing developer The Community Builders and the Bexley Board of Zoning and Planning. Attorneys for the parties spoke during Thursday's hearing. The Community Builders has been working with city-affiliated Bexley Community Improvement Corp. on a plan to develop an apartment building at 2300 E. Livingston Ave. Turner, who lives adjacent to the site, has led opposition to the three-story, 27-unit apartment building on Livingston. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/04/14/bexley-the-community-builders.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 23, 20231 yr Continental Real Estate Cos. could develop East Main Street site in Bexley "Frank Kass of Continental Real Estate Cos. is under contract to buy about 3 acres in Bexley from Capital University. The 2160 to 2184 E. Main St. site is home to the Trinity Lutheran Seminary Apartments, which sit between Bexley City Hall and Bexley Gateway. Kass is proposing a mixed-use project with 219 apartments, 9,000 square feet of ground floor retail and 12,000 square feet of office space. He's also planning a parking structure with about 300 spaces. The sale is not yet closed. The proposed project still has to go through processes with the city of Bexley to get plans and zoning approved. Kass said he is also working with the city and schools to potentially get tax increment financing to help build the parking garage." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/06/23/bexley-main-street-sale-capital-unviersity-kass.html Edited June 23, 20231 yr by Luvcbus
June 23, 20231 yr 7 minutes ago, Luvcbus said: Continental Real Estate Cos. could develop East Main Street site in Bexley "Frank Kass of Continental Real Estate Cos. is under contract to buy about 3 acres in Bexley from Capital University. The 2160 to 2184 E. Main St. site is home to the Trinity Lutheran Seminary Apartments, which sit between Bexley City Hall and Bexley Gateway. Kass is proposing a mixed-use project with 219 apartments, 9,000 square feet of ground floor retail and 12,000 square feet of office space. He's also planning a parking structure with about 300 spaces. The sale is not yet closed. The proposed project still has to go through processes with the city of Bexley to get plans and zoning approved. Kass said he is also working with the city and schools to potentially get tax increment financing to help build the parking garage." https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/06/23/bexley-main-street-sale-capital-unviersity-kass.html This could be good or meh. Continental has done a decent job with their mixed use stuff, but it don’t anything exciting or new. Hopefully this gets approved, because that area would be good for that type of development.
June 23, 20231 yr 25 minutes ago, VintageLife said: This could be good or meh. Continental has done a decent job with their mixed use stuff, but it don’t anything exciting or new. Hopefully this gets approved, because that area would be good for that type of development. Agreed. Hopefully the project brings the building(s) closer to the sidewalk to match the development to the West. The article says the new development will house 219 units. Does anyone know how many there are in the current structures on the property?
June 23, 20231 yr 27 minutes ago, CMHOhio said: Agreed. Hopefully the project brings the building(s) closer to the sidewalk to match the development to the West. The article says the new development will house 219 units. Does anyone know how many there are in the current structures on the property? Found this from an article, According to the statement, “The property currently houses 12 Capital undergraduate and graduate students and their families, and 20 Columbus State Community College students who live there as part of a lease agreement.”
June 23, 20231 yr The parcel looks roughly like this. Mixed use works nice here since the development directly west is already partially mixed use
June 24, 20231 yr 8 hours ago, Imwalle said: The parcel looks roughly like this. Mixed use works nice here since the development directly west is already partially mixed use I hope they keep the mature trees out front and also someone develops that lot across the street.
June 25, 20231 yr 22 hours ago, columbus17 said: I hope they keep the mature trees out front and also someone develops that lot across the street. Doubt it - the site will most likely be wiped clean.
August 25, 20231 yr Frank Kass reveals plans for Bexley redevelopment project, including potential Cameron Mitchell restaurant A prominent Central Ohio developer plans to build a $73 mixed-use development on East Main Street in Bexley, complete with apartments, office space and a potential Cameron Mitchell restaurant. Frank Kass of Continental Real Estate Cos. is under contract to buy 3 acres from Capital University for $7.5 million. Kass and his team presented plans to redevelop the site to the Bexley Board of Zoning and Planning on Thursday evening; no action was taken. Kass hopes to start construction in April 2024 and finish in the spring of 2026. The site today is home to vacant apartments. "What Continental does is redevelopment," Kass told me. "When you redevelop a more urban site, it's more expensive, it's more complicated, there are more processes." Plans for the five-story mixed-use project include 218 apartments, about 10,000 square feet of ground floor-retail and 12,000 square feet of office space. Kass also told the board he has a verbal agreement with Cameron Mitchell to put a Hudson 29 in the ground floor of the building. (A representative of the restaurant group was not able to provide additional information.) As currently planned, the project will include six three-bedroom apartments and the rest will be one- and two-bedroom units. Kass said that he wanted to bring apartments to the Main Street area because there aren't many "21st century" apartments for young professionals in Bexley. "If young folks want to get a foothold in Bexley, they can rent here," Kass said. The developer is also planning a parking structure with about 300 spaces. According to plans presented to the city, there are plans for both surface parking spaces and a parking structure. Kass said the parking structure would be funded via a TIF, which the school board will have to approve next month. There is no abatement being considered for the property. Edited August 25, 20231 yr by VintageLife
August 25, 20231 yr 20 minutes ago, jonoh81 said: I know it's not Clintonville or GV, but are NIMBYs going to try to stop this? Oh I’m sure they will try. It might be hard to try and stop this one. It’s in the perfect location for a mixed use development.
August 25, 20231 yr Word on the street that some of the activists involved in blocking the low income housing on Livingston are okay with this development. Of course, there may be other groups opposed.
August 31, 20231 yr 218-Unit Development Proposed for Main Street in Bexley A new proposal would bring a 218-unit mixed-use development to a prominent spot on Main Street in Bexley. The project, from Continental Real Estate Companies, was presented to the Bexley Board of Zoning and Planning (BZAP) on August 24. No action was taken at the meeting – it was meant to be an initial, conceptual review only – although plenty of residents showed up to participate in what turned out to be a three-hour-plus discussion of the proposal. Several residents of the Alexander condominiums located next door attended the meeting and voiced concerns about how the project would impact vehicular access to their homes. The concept presented at the meeting calls for a five-story building on about three acres, at 2200 E. Main St. In addition to apartments, the building would hold around 11,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor, 11,800 square feet of office space on the second, and enough parking to accommodate 320 cars (mostly within a two-story parking garage, but some on a surface lot in the rear of the building). More below: https://columbusunderground.com/218-unit-development-proposed-for-main-street-in-bexley-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 14, 20231 yr Bexley affordable housing project on hold after appeals court rules in favor of resident opposing it A Bexley affordable housing development remains on hold following an appeals court ruling in favor of a resident opposing the project. The 10th District Court of Appeals agreed earlier this week with a trial court's opinion that a multifamily project doesn't fit into Bexley's city code. The city had interpreted the code in a way that would have allowed the project. A panel of judges – Laurel Beatty Blunt, David Leland and Terri Jamison – determined that the zoning for the district in question doesn't allow apartments. "The zoning code unambiguously prohibits multifamily housing in the commercial service district," the ruling said. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/09/14/bexley-affordable-housing-ruling-appeals-court.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 15, 20231 yr The area in question is currently zoned as 'Commercial Service'. Commercial Services under Bexley Code are allowed residential on first and above first floors as a 'Conditional Use'. It really seems to me that the Board of Zoning and Planning should have authority to allow this development. Edited September 15, 20231 yr by Imwalle
September 15, 20231 yr 13 minutes ago, Imwalle said: The area in question is currently zoned as 'Commercial Service'. Commercial Services under Bexley Code are allowed residential on first and above first floors as a 'Conditional Use'. It really seems to me that the Board of Zoning and Planning should have authority to allow this development. But then one person would be upset and we can’t have that. Edited September 15, 20231 yr by VintageLife
September 15, 20231 yr CBF Morning Run: Bexley, affordable housing and NIMBYism Four things to know and it's time to say yes in my backyard Quote The Community Builders has been working with city-affiliated Bexley Community Improvement Corp. on a plan to develop an apartment building at 2300 E. Livingston Ave. Units would be priced for people making 30%, 50%, 60% and 80% of the area median income. That's a good thing. There simply is not enough housing in Central Ohio, and especially affordable housing. We are in a crisis and every affordable unit is important. But a Bexley resident who lives adjacent to the site has led opposition to the proposed three-story, 27-unit building. At first, she and other neighbors of the Livingston Avenue site raised concerns about the impact on traffic, parking, safety, density and property values, according to city documents. Those are all code for Not in My Backyard. https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/09/15/cbf-morning-run-bexley-nimbyism.html
September 16, 20231 yr I fail to see how this 3 story apartment building is worse than a 2 story funeral home? Apparently death is more palatable than renters?
November 28, 20231 yr Proposed project with 200+ apartments, restaurants, more "If approved by the city, the project would be built at 2200 East Main Street. The developer, Frank Kass, with Continental Real Estate Companies, said it would have 232 apartments, a Cameron Mitchell restaurant on the ground floor, a space for an OhioHealth doctor's office, a few casual restaurants, a common area, a gym for apartment residents, and 300 parking spaces. Kass said he's also working with Bexley City Schools to move its administrative offices to the building." https://myfox28columbus.com/news/local/this-will-change-bexley-proposed-project-with-200-apartments-office-space-and-restaurants
November 29, 20231 yr On 11/28/2023 at 8:52 AM, Luvcbus said: space for an OhioHealth doctor's office Nice - Bexley currently doesn't have any PCP doctor's offices as far as I'm aware. If one goes in here, you could actually live in Bexley without NEEDING a car
December 1, 20231 yr Developer still plans for Bexley affordable housing project to move forward A national affordable housing developer isn't giving up on a potential Bexley project. The Community Builders, which is based in Boston but has a Central Ohio office, proposed two affordable housing developments Bexley: one on Livingston Avenue and one on Cassady Avenue. The Livingston project has been the subject of a years-long legal battle. Most recently the 10th District Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a resident opposed to it, stymieing it for the time being. But the developer still hopes to advance the project. Franklin County Commissioners this week held a public hearing about the Livingston Avenue project, a standard part of U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's environmental review process. The county is the responsible party for HUD funding, which the developer hopes to secure. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/12/01/bexley-affordable-housing.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 1, 20231 yr 53 minutes ago, Pablo said: If you're a masochist, please enjoy a 6 hour meeting for this project. I like development, but I don’t think I can do that to myself.
December 5, 20231 yr Continental Real Estate Cos. project on Bexley's East Main Street changes design, aims for December zoning approval The site of vacant apartments on East Main Street in Bexley is one step closer to getting new life, although some community members have raised concerns about the redevelopment project. Continental Real Estate Cos. wants to build a $77 million mixed-use development at 2160-2184 E. Main St. in Bexley, complete with 232 apartments, office space, a potential Cameron Mitchell restaurant and other tenants. On Nov. 29, the Bexley Architectural Review board approved an updated design for the project, a slightly narrower version than the look unveiled in August. Then on Nov. 30, Continental's Frank Kass and his team presented plans to redevelop the site to the Bexley Board of Zoning and Planning, their second appearance before that board. Although no action was taken, the meeting lasted six hours, as many residents spoke about the project. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/12/04/bexley-frank-kass-continential-main-street.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 5, 20231 yr 17 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: Continental Real Estate Cos. project on Bexley's East Main Street changes design, aims for December zoning approval The site of vacant apartments on East Main Street in Bexley is one step closer to getting new life, although some community members have raised concerns about the redevelopment project. Continental Real Estate Cos. wants to build a $77 million mixed-use development at 2160-2184 E. Main St. in Bexley, complete with 232 apartments, office space, a potential Cameron Mitchell restaurant and other tenants. On Nov. 29, the Bexley Architectural Review board approved an updated design for the project, a slightly narrower version than the look unveiled in August. Then on Nov. 30, Continental's Frank Kass and his team presented plans to redevelop the site to the Bexley Board of Zoning and Planning, their second appearance before that board. Although no action was taken, the meeting lasted six hours, as many residents spoke about the project. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2023/12/04/bexley-frank-kass-continential-main-street.html This is a perfect project for that location. I hope Bexley tells people to kiss grass and approve this.
December 19, 20231 yr These people are the worst: Bexley mixed-use project lands zoning approval, but neighbors want to take Continental Real Estate to court Also Monday, though, the Alexander Condominium Association filed a lawsuit against Continental and Capital University,seeking an injunction to prevent use of an easement that residents argue will become a public driveway if Continental's project moves forward. Residents of the neighboring Alexander condo building have been opposed to the project for its size, density and perceived impact on their own residences. At this week's meeting, attorney Bryan Hunt announced the lawsuit, which argues an easement meant only to be used by the Capital property will become a public thoroughfare following the project given Continental's plans for a public garage at the site. The easement runs across a drive used by condo residents, according to the lawsuit. "The parties that created the easement never contemplated that the easement would be used for ingress and egress to an improvement as large and intense at the development," the suit says. "The proposed use of the easement is an unlawful expansion of the easement."
December 19, 20231 yr First of all, it's hilarious that the Alexander Condo people have an issue with the size of the proposed development, considering it's the same f*****g height and a similar footprint. The white building with the rotunda on the corner is the Alexander building. The one in color is the proposed development Maybe they were unhappy about the results of the shade study ;) Also, the easement in question.
December 19, 20231 yr 14 minutes ago, Imwalle said: First of all, it's hilarious that the Alexander Condo people have an issue with the size of the proposed development, considering it's the same fucking height and a similar footprint. The white building with the rotunda on the corner is the Alexander building. The one in color is the proposed development Maybe they were unhappy about the results of the shade study ;) Also, the easement in question. I really hope the judge just dismisses this, but the other stupid lawsuit in Bexley was pushed through, so I see this probably happening. I will never understand how people think it’s okay to move to an area and then try and say, nope you’re not allowed here sorry.
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