Bexley: Developments and News

Posted June 28, 200519 yr

Bexley project begins

Construction has started on Plaza Properties’ Bexley Gateway mixed-use project, a $17.7 million development. The project architect is Mike Fitzpatrick of Architectural Alliance. Continental Building Systems will handle construction.

MORE: http://www.dispatch.com

June 28, 200519 yr

Bexley? No kidding?

June 28, 200519 yr

http://www.bexleygateway.com/

there's a little rendering on that site, looks like it could be good

i think this is going on the spot just to the east of the n&s tracks on main st.

June 29, 200519 yr

http://www.bexleygateway.com/

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

June 29, 200519 yr

Here's another rendering:

Looks uber-snobby, kinda lik Bexley.

June 29, 200519 yr

hey! the old folks' home in avondale!

July 2, 200519 yr

My father, a current Bexley resident, is very excited about this place because he wants to stay in the area, but wants to take care of a smaller property as well. I bet a lot of people who want to still be a part of the Bexley community when the kids move out will want to live there. I can't imagine, though, it's set to attract too many people who would ordinarily buy houses of equal price elsewhere in Bexley.

July 2, 200519 yr

Wow, fancy! Is there a downtown Bexley?

July 2, 200519 yr

Yes, it is a district along Main Street.

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

July 2, 200519 yr

Ah, OK! I think I've only been along Broad in Bexley. Thus, I didn't know if there was any commercial center to go with the nice houses. Thanks, ColDayMan.

July 2, 200519 yr

Yes, it is a district along Main Street.

I thought it was Drexel Ave.

July 2, 200519 yr

no, main street is the main street, the center point of it all is drexel ave.

main st. is part of the National Road too

July 20, 200519 yr

All of downtown Bexley will look very different in the coming years...

Changes on Main

Development projects could alter the look of downtown Bexley

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Bexley’s cozy Main Street, where owners of the Lamp Shade have been selling their wares for three decades, exemplifies downtown America. In addition to a ’50s-era City Hall, Bexley has a vintage movie theater, several coffee shops and an ice cream parlor where customers can still order phosphates and where teenage workers earn scholarship money for good service.

But change is coming to Bexley’s tree-lined thoroughfare. Nearly a dozen development projects are in the pipeline, and the $90 million being spent on them could change the look and feel of Main Street forever. The development will bring gleaming, new condominiums, offices, shops and restaurants. But as rental rates rise, some of Bexley’s small businesses could become extinct.

July 20, 200519 yr

That Dawson's Place condo building is almost topped off, I believe.

"You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers

July 20, 200519 yr

WTF? Very interesting....

August 9, 200519 yr

Here's an article detailing all of the Bexley projects from ThisWeek Newspapers, 8/4/05:

In Bexley, the action's on Main

Thursday, August 4, 2005

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Even in the heat of summer, Bexley's Main Street continues to bloom. According to Bexley development director Dan Lorek, 11 projects are in some stage of progress and two more will appear on the Aug. 3 Main Street Redevelopment Commission agenda. The long list of new business development along Bexley's Main Street corridor includes the following:

* One Dawson Place

* Bexley Gateway North

* Connell's redevelopment

* A bank and retail planned for Roosevelt and Main

* A mixed-use development planned for the site of the Shell station at Roosevelt and Main

* Gateway Plaza South, another planned residential and retail space where the vacant Rite Aid stands

* Capital University's expansion and redevelopment

* Sky Bank will move into the vacant Cord Camera building

* A restaurant, Flavors Eatery, on the site of the Olde Duchess Cleaners.

August 16, 200519 yr

A small Capital project from the 8/11/05 ThisWeek Newspapers (Bexley):

Capital University gets OK to move forward on gateway

Thursday, August 11, 2005

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A new entrance gateway for Capital University was approved by the Main Street Redevelopment Commission on Aug. 3. The new entrance is at College Avenue and East Main Street. Plans include a plaza with the university seal in the decorative pavement, a two-story tower, an edge wall extending from either side of the tower and new landscaping surrounding the site.

Don Aungst, Capital's vice president of resource management, told MSRC members the university expects to have a donor to fund the tower and that the institution will be able to move forward with the full plan. Aungst updated the MSRC on other campus projects, as well.

August 30, 200519 yr

From ThisWeek Newspapers (Bexley), 8/25/05:

Jeffrey Mansion needs rehab, rec director says

Thursday, August 25, 2005

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Bexley's home away from home -- the Jeffrey Mansion -- appears to need some of the three "R's" -- rehabilitation, renovation, refurbishment. Doug Jackson, director of the Bexley Recreation and Parks Department, whose offices are housed on the mansion's second floor, recently pointed out areas in need of repair. Included as most critical were tuckpointing, as many of the third-floor rooms show substantial water damage from leaks; new heating and air conditioning; securing caps on outside pillars; and cleaning ducts.

Full story: http://www.thisweeknews.com/thisweek.php?edition=Bexley&story=thisweeknews/082505/Bexley/News/082505-News-641472.html

October 19, 200519 yr

From ThisWeek (Bexley), 10/13/05:

New-house impact fees

McGregor challenges tax breaks for new development

Thursday, October 13, 2005

By MICHAEL J. MAURER

ThisWeek Staff Writer

As Ohio House of Representatives' local government committee continued hearings on a proposal to allow school districts and other governments to impose new-house impact fees, state Rep. Jim McGregor (R-Gahanna) repeatedly challenged existing state laws allowing tax breaks for new development.

H.B. 299 would allow counties, townships and school districts to impose fees similar to those currently imposed by cities for things such as sewer and water tap fees to pay for the initial capital costs of new schools and other facilities.

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/thisweek.php?edition=Bexley&story=thisweeknews/101305/Bexley/News/101305-News-27635.html

November 3, 200519 yr

From ThisWeek (Bexley), 10/27/05:

FINDING FUNDS

Committees ponder ways to fix mansion

BHF president says city could borrow $4-million over 20 years

Thursday, October 27, 2005

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Bexley Heritage Fund president Pete Halliday presented a funding proposal on Oct. 18 that focused on the rehabilitation of Jeffrey Mansion. Halliday spoke during a joint meeting of the finance committee and the parks, forestry and recreation committee. Following the presentation and subsequent discussion, parks, forestry and recreation committee chairman Matt Lampke said that over the next 30 to 60 days, council should look at putting a planning process together.

Full story: http://www.thisweeknews.com/thisweek.php?edition=Bexley&story=thisweeknews/102705/Bexley/News/102705-News-35492.html

November 16, 200519 yr

From Suburban News Publications, 11/9/05:

Mansion's programs mostly back in business

By LYNDSEY TETER

Jeffrey Mansion opened its doors to the public Monday morning after test results from Lawhon & Associates indicated the mansion was safe. "Nothing has really changed from the original situation," said Dave Long, the city's building director who made the recommendation for Mayor David Madison to close the mansion Oct. 25. "There is still lead present on the third floor, but further tests indicate the first and second floors of the mansion are open and safe for public use."

January 3, 200619 yr

From Bexley News, 12/28/05:

Leaders suggest forming foundation to fix mansion

By LYNDSEY TETER

A group of Bexley community leaders met last week at Jeffrey Mansion to further explore options to save Bexley's deteriorating community jewel. Organized by the Bexley Heritage Fund, Thursday's meeting was attended by City Council members, Mayor David Madison, Recreation Director Doug Jackson, members of the Bexley Heritage Fund and a representative each from the Jeffrey family, the Columbus Foundation and the New Albany Community Foundation. The group discussed how to move forward with plans to renovate and rejuvenate the city-owned Jeffrey Mansion and surrounding acreage into a self-sustaining cultural arts center.

February 26, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 2/16/06:

Jeffrey lead fix could could $95K

Thursday, February 16, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Completing the process of eliminating lead and asbestos problems at Jeffrey Mansion could cost as much as $95,000. The mansion, which houses the recreation department and Jeffrey Preschool, is the center of community recreational activities. It was briefly closed in late October by Mayor David Madison after lead was found in peeling and flaking paint, primarily on the third floor. An ordinance was introduced at Tuesday night's Bexley City Council meeting to appropriate $75,000 to pay for lead and asbestos abatement and corrective repairs.

March 14, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 3/9/06:

Jeffrey Mansion restoration project likely to cost $1.6-million

Thursday, March 9, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-, WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A costs analysis on rehabilitating exterior and interior elements of Jeffrey Mansion shows the project has been estimated at $1,618,000. The restoration project and its funding was compiled by Dave Long, Bexley's director of Building Services, and Doug Jackson, the director of Parks and Recreation. At a special Bexley finance committee meeting March 6, Long presented council members with information generated from various engineers, architects and contractors for the purpose of providing specifications and cost estimates to repair the mansion. The historic building, 165 N. Parkview Ave., which celebrated its 100th birthday last year, houses the recreation department and is the center of recreation activities for the community.

March 14, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 3/9/06:

Plaza Properties proposes Gateway South

$18- to $20-million mixed-use development planned at Main and Sheridan

Thursday, March 9, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Representatives of Plaza Properties presented preliminary plans for an $18- to $20-million mixed-use complex to the Main Street Redevelopment Commission on March 1. The proposed development at the southwest corner of East Main Street and Sheridan Avenue (south of Main and between Sheridan and Alum Creek) would consist of parking facilities, offices, retail, restaurant and condominium uses. Frontages will be on Main and Sheridan. The mixed-use project includes three levels of 48 condominiums above a restaurant, as well as retail spaces, with a full level of underground parking and two levels of surface parking. The site combines three parcels for a total of 1.387 acres. The parcels are owned by Capital University and Trinity Lutheran Seminary, which are in contract with Plaza Properties to sell.

March 14, 200619 yr

so how do you get to this place from broad coming from downtown?

March 14, 200619 yr

Based on the renderings, this is one of the nicest looking mainstreet centers I have ever seen for Ohio. I wonder though if it perhaps a little too ambitious for Bexley. While Bexley is certainly nice and upscale, it isn't actually an ultra-upscale community. The median income for the city is $70,000, which is high, but not really considering that I can name plenty of other Ohio suburbs (especially in the Cleveland area) where the median income ranges from $100,000 to over $200,000. I wonder if the market is really there in Bexley.

March 20, 200619 yr

Plaza's Places

Developer Laurence Ruben has jumped into the area's blossoming housing market

Business First of Columbus - March 17, 2006

by Brian R. Ball, Business First

Developer Laurence Ruben and his family's Plaza Properties Inc. have built a portfolio of 4,400 apartments and nearly 3 million square feet of commercial development in nearly a half-century. The well-known apartment developer has now become a key contributor in the push to develop urban living options in Columbus. The most visible example of Ruben's renewed passion for residential development is rising along East Main Street at the western entrance to Bexley. The $25 million Bexley Gateway will include 34 condominiums and townhouses, as well as 24,600 square feet of retail and office space when it's completed this year. Plaza has already begun preparing for a $25 million expansion of the complex, with 48 more condos and 19,000 square feet of commercial space.

"It's a wonderful project; one of a lifetime," Ruben said. Columbus real estate consultant Ken Danter said Bexley Gateway is interesting for its mix of offices and retail with four- and five-story condo buildings. Ruben said the complex gives his hometown a chance to maintain its tax base by allowing residents to move into lower-maintenance condos. "You're keeping (residents) in Bexley," he said.

Full story at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/03/20/story3.html

March 21, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 3/16/06:

City takes steps to reimburse for repairs

Thursday, March 16, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A resolution passed by Bexley City Council Tuesday night would permit the city to be reimbursed for expenses incurred in repairing and renovating Jeffrey Mansion through the issuance of bonds. The resolution would allow up to $2-million to be issued in bonds or notes to reimburse the general fund, capital improvement fund or any other city funds for monies previously advanced for improving the facility.

May 23, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 5/18/06:

PHOTO: Ironworker Robert Grandy helps raise the final steel beam to the roof of the Bexley Gateway North project. A "topping out" ceremony was held last week at the site, at the corner of South Parkview Avenue and East Main Street. By Megan Nadolski/ThisWeek

Ruben 'tops out' Bexley Gateway

Rusty Bucket will open in August; tenants sought

Thursday, May 18, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Built at the corner of East Main Street and South Parkview Avenue, the nearly $24-million development is expected to change the face of the community's one-mile commercial corridor dramatically. Billed as "The Main Street Cornerstone," Bexley Gateway North has three major components:

* The Shoppes at Gateway, which when completed will have a distinctive turret and dominate the approach to the community on Main Street. The building is expected to feature upscale, casual restaurants and boutique shopping.

* At the center of Gateway, on South Parkview, will be Park Three, a structure housing three luxury brownstones. Each brownstone measures more than 3,000 square feet and features its own private elevator and attached two-car garage.

* Anchoring the north end of Gateway, on South Parkview, is a 32-unit condominium complex, called The Alexander, which Ruben named for one of his sons.

Read much more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?edition=Bexley&story=thisweeknews/051806/Bexley/News/051806-News-155226.html

June 14, 200619 yr

MSI presents plans to redo pocket park

ThisWeek Bexley, 5/11/06

The Bexley Tree & Public Gardens Commission viewed three options to redo the small pocket park east of Bexley City Hall, next to the Drexel Theatre on East Main Street. Kyle Albert of MSI, the city's planning consultant, presented concepts for the current area that is about 36 by 21 feet in diameter.

Each of the three plans include heavy plant screening for the adjacent visitors park. "This is an opportunity to create seating space for the outdoor portion by the Drexel."

June 20, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 6/15/05:

RENDERING: This is an artist's rendering of how the Bexley Gateway South development will appear when finished

Gateway South gets early OK

$25M project includes office, retail, condos, restaurant

Thursday, June 15, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Bexley Gateway South received conceptual approval from the Main Street Redevelopment Commission to continue with plans for a mixed-use complex. The development will be across the street from the Bexley Gateway North project, under construction on East Main Street. Gateway South, a $25-million development, will include parking facilities, office, retail, restaurant and condominium uses with frontages on Main Street and Sheridan Avenue.

August 8, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 8/3/06:

Group to study park, mansion; plan to follow

Thursday, August 3, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A committee sponsored by the Bexley Heritage Fund is expected to present a plan to city council on future operations and financing of Jeffrey Mansion and Park in September. The group is expected to begin meeting this month. A resolution officially authorizing the creation of the committee was expected to come before council for approval at a special meeting Aug. 2 at Jeffrey Mansion. Council has recently discussed costs amounting to close to $2-million to get the mansion back into structural shape. This would include painting parts of the exterior facility and repairs to the roof and heating and cooling systems.

August 10, 200618 yr

Planning commission, BZA approve CSG plan

ThisWeek Bexley, 7/27/06

At a joint meeting of the Bexley Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals on Monday, both entities voted to give a favorable recommendation to city council on the Columbus School for Girls' campus master plan.

As the CSG plan moves ahead, it is expected to reshape academic and arts facilities on the Bexley campus. The school's footprint of 8.8 acres will stay the same. What is anticipated over the next three to five years is a number of site and building changes, including the removal of portions of the existing facility, the construction of new classrooms and event spaces, additional off-street parking, improved vehicular circulation and greenspace enhancement.

August 21, 200618 yr

From Bexley News, 8/16/06:

Committee's mission will be study of mansion

By DAVID J. CROSS

Community leaders and Bexley city officials will discuss Jeffrey Mansion's future as a revenue source for the city in the coming months. Pete Halliday, of the Bexley Heritage Fund, said a recently formed committee charged with examining the mansion's potential is in the process of searching for community leaders to sit on the committee. City Council unanimously approved the creation of a committee sponsored by Halliday's group at a July 25 meeting. It also was decided council members Robyn Jones and Jeff McClelland would represent the city on the committee.

September 4, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 8/31/06:

'Save the Mansion' committee forms

Subcommittees to mull funding, uses; ideas include razing or refurbishing Jeffrey, building anew

Thursday, August 31, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

The newly formed "Save the Mansion" committee held its first meeting Aug. 23 at Jeffrey Mansion, 165 N. Parkview Ave. Issues raised included ways to enhance and fund future mansion operations and whether the mansion should be torn down to make way for a new building or kept, while erecting another building on site to house various recreational activities. Mayor David Madison told members the city will need to spend nearly $2.1- to $2.2-million just to bring the mansion up to code. "Would it make any sense to tear it down, build a beautiful two-story building and put the parks and recreation offices somewhere else?" Madison asked. According to architect Stephen Schwartz, a former Bexley resident, it would cost $6-millionto reproduce Jeffrey Mansion.

September 11, 200618 yr

From Bexley News, 9/6/06:

Meeting could help resolve ongoing debate of project

A proposal that could bring condominiums to the former site of the city's tree nursery will be the focus of discussion next Wednesday.

By DAVID J. CROSS

The decision regarding a controversial plan to build upwards of 30 condominiums at the former site of Bexley's tree nursery could be simplified for City Council next week if two government bodies approve the project. A joint meeting of Bexley's Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals is scheduled for 6 p.m. next Wednesday at City Hall, 2242 E. Main St., to review the project and discuss whether council should approve it. Previously, the two government bodies were split on recommending an earlier design for the project, meaning City Council could only approve the project with a super majority vote -- six of seven members approving.

September 15, 200618 yr

From the 9/13/06 Dispatch:

Vote put off on school’s expansion proposal

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Kirk D . Richards

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

More than 80 people came to Bexley City Hall last night to share their opinions about Columbus School for Girls’ plan to demolish a historic home and replace it with a classroom building. After a two-hour hearing, Councilman Rick Weber asked his colleagues to again table a rezoning that would permit the demolition to give more time to absorb what was discussed. Council members said they will vote on the issue at their next meeting, Sept. 26.

September 26, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 9/21/06:

Brice plan rejected by Bexley BZA, commission

Council may have to rebid former tree-nursery site

Thursday, September 21, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

The Bexley Planning Commission and the Board of Zoning Appeals, at a special Sept. 13 joint meeting, overwhelmingly voted against a request by developer L. Rider Brice for a zoning change from residential to a planned-unit residential (PUR) district, at the former tree-nursery site. The change would permit a residential condominium development in north Bexley.

The negative recommendations now go to Bexley City Council. Council will remove the zoning-change legislation from the table and vote on it at its next regularly scheduled meeting Sept. 26, said zoning and development member Rick Weber.

September 27, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 9/21/06:

Jeffrey backers to present ideas to save mansion

Thursday, September 21, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A group called the Save the Mansion Committee intends to present to Bexley City Council its ideas about Jeffrey Mansion at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10. The group is sponsored by the Bexley Heritage Fund. Pete Halliday, fund president and committee chair, has appeared at council several times in the past four years, urging the city to consider enhancing the 101-year-old mansion.

September 27, 200618 yr

^ I can't believe that I just read that whole article about the project in Bexley and still don't know what's wrong with it. It sounds like it was soundly bashed by the commission, but the only explanation given was that it is "seriously flawed" or that it should be used as a nature park instead.

September 27, 200618 yr

^ I'm with you there. I don't see the problem. It seems that most of the opposition is coming from people who just flat out don't want change. Other opposition is coming from those associated with losing bidders for the property, which should be discounted entirely.

September 30, 200618 yr

From the 9/27/06 Dispatch:

ThisWeek Bexley: CSG development plan tabled again (9/21/06)

Bexley OKs home’s razing, but girls school may move it

Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Kirk D . Richards

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

On a 5-0 vote, the Bexley City Council approved a controversial rezoning last night, allowing the Columbus School for Girls to demolish a home that some consider historic and replace it with a building for classrooms. But an attorney for CSG told the audience of about 50 that there has been some interest in moving the house intact, to give the school the site to expand but preserve the home.

November 3, 200618 yr

From Bexley News, 10/18/06:

Mansion's upgrades to be group's mission

Council members are working on a proposal that would charge a commission with implementing improvements at Jeffrey Mansion.

By DAVID J. CROSS

Bexley City Council members Jeff McClelland and Robyn Jones are expected to draft an ordinance creating a commission that would seek to implement changes at Jeffrey Mansion. Jones and McClelland, who represent the city's interests on the Save the Mansion Committee, are expected to ask City Council to allow the proposed commission's pursuit of improvements at the mansion as sought by the Bexley Heritage Fund. At City Council's meeting Oct. 10, resident Pete Halliday, president of the Bexley Heritage Fund, presented plans to revitalize the site, including turning the 101-year-old Jeffrey Mansion into a self-sustaining event center.

November 21, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 11/2/06:

City ponders commission to oversee mansion plans

Group would develop strategy for restoration and expansion

Thursday, November 2, 2006

By INA HORWITZ-WHITMORE

ThisWeek Staff Writer

An ordinance was introduced at Bexley City Council's Oct. 24 meeting to create a Jeffrey Mansion commission that will work to develop a plan for the restoration and expansion of Jeffrey Mansion as a multi-purpose community center. According to council member Rick Weber, the zoning and development committee is expected to review the ordinance at a 5:30 p.m. meeting Nov. 14 and could adopt the ordinance at council that night.

December 24, 200618 yr

From Bexley News, 12/20/06:

Potential of land still a subject of discussion

By DAVID J. CROSS

Discussion over what Bexley should do with the site of its former tree nursery is expected to continue at Tuesday's council meeting. Councilman Rick Weber told city officials Dec. 12 that the city's attorney on the matter, Mike Minister, is expected to give an opinion on whether Bexley can accept a bid for the land near Parkview and Caroline avenues from resident Jay Schottenstein.

In December 2003, a bid from L. Rider Brice to develop 30 plus condominiums on the site was accepted over a proposal from Schottenstein. At that time, Schottenstein wanted to purchase the land for $150,000 and make $100,000 in improvements to it before turning it into a nature preserve and giving it back to the city. After much controversy over the number of condominiums that should be built at the site, Brice's proposed project was rejected by both the city's planning commission and board of zoning appeals, opening discussion about accepting Schottenstein's bid.

February 14, 200718 yr

From the 1/1/07 Dispatch:

CONSTRUCTION ZONE

Bexley Gateway to grow

Monday, January 01, 2007

Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Plaza Properties recently closed on a 1.4-acre parcel in Bexley and plans to build a second phase of its Bexley Gateway development. Bexley Gateway South will be a mixed-use development similar to the Gateway project, a Plaza Properties spokeswoman said. The new land is south of Main Street opposite Gateway and includes the former Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant.

The first phase of Gateway is nearing completion. It will contain offices, retail shops, 35 condominiums and three brownstone-style residences. The first two announced retail tenants are Rusty Bucket restaurant and Mozart’s Bakery and Cafe.

February 15, 200718 yr

From ThisWeek Bexley, 2/3/07:

City considers next step in tree-nursery saga

Angered by council's rejection, Schottenstein lawyer warns, '...hold on to your assets with both hands'

Thursday, February 3, 2007

By QUINN BOWMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

The next chapter in the Bexley tree nursery saga will open February 16. Bexley City Council's zoning and development committee will discuss the city's course of action. On January 24, council rejected the remaining public bid for the property. The unused city property along Alum Creek -- near the North Parkview and Caroline curve -- remains in city hands after years of political and bureaucratic wrangling over who would buy the land from the city and for what use.

Although council voted unanimously to both reject the bid from Bexley residents Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein and to pass a resolution to sell the property, details of how that would occur remain uncertain, returning the site to its 2003 status. The long process of the land deal revolves around what should be done with the property. The Schottenstein plan would have preserved the vacant property as a park and a bid from L. Rider Brice would have led to the land becoming residential development.

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/020307/Bexley/News/020307-News-348107.html

March 16, 200718 yr

From Bexley News, 3/14/07:

Residential component could fit into site plan

Council is reviewing its options for the former site of city's tree nursery, while another element could be added.

By DAVID J. CROSS

A high-end residential development could still be built on the former site of Bexley's tree nursery. Mike Shannon, an attorney representing resident Jay Schottenstein, said Thursday there have been discussions about turning the about two-acre plot of land into a nature preserve with a possible "high-end residential component."

City officials were expected to tackle the issue Tuesday during a Zoning and Development Committee meeting aimed at exploring the city's options for the site, located near Parkview and Caroline avenues.

March 20, 200718 yr

Village at Bexley condo project back on track

Business First of Columbus - March 16, 2007

by Kevin Kemper, Business First

Nearly five years after buying their homes, seeing property values drop and fighting with their builder, residents of a Columbus condominium community are watching another developer come in with plans to finish the project for $12.4 million. The Village at Bexley, a planned 70-condo community that since 2004 has amounted to just 17 condos, is experiencing a rebirth since the project was purchased at a Franklin County sheriff's sale in February 2006.

The development, off College Road south of Bexley, was bought by Soundview Real Estate Partners LLC, a real estate investment firm from Stamford, Conn. Soundview acquired the development for $1.5 million, government records show, and this month it signed a deal with the Village at Bexley Condominium Association that clears the way for as many as 73 more condos to be built.

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