July 9, 200915 yr It's a good thing they're building all of those new developments since our cities are so overcrowded. At least in those first several pictures, the garages are relegated to the back of the houses facing an alley.
July 9, 200915 yr It's a good thing they're building all of those new developments since our cities are so overcrowded. At least in those first several pictures, the garages are relegated to the back of the houses facing an alley. You're joking, right? "cities over crowded?" The cores are NOT as full as they should be... Suburbia on the other hand is over packed....so what next? Repeat this process all over again until we cannot tell city from country? Keep the urban activity near the urban hub.
July 9, 200915 yr It's a good thing they're building all of those new developments since our cities are so overcrowded. At least in those first several pictures, the garages are relegated to the back of the houses facing an alley. I'm sure he is joking. You're joking, right? "cities over crowded?" The cores are NOT as full as they should be... Suburbia on the other hand is over packed....so what next? Repeat this process all over again until we cannot tell city from country? Keep the urban activity near the urban hub.
July 9, 200915 yr Yes, I was joking. UrbanOhio has a nice :roll: smiley that I forgot about. But, generally, I don't like to use smileys for sarcasm.
July 9, 200915 yr Usually, if it looks too outrageous to be serious, it's best to assume sarcasm. At least New Albany has a "downtown".
July 10, 200915 yr New Albany is reasonably well planned. I like it. The downtown is pretty cozy. I wouldn't knock it unless you've actually walked around there. It's very comfortable and peaceful. More of a retirement place. Of course the demographics of this website aren't going to favor it but it is MUCH better planned for instance than a place like Indian Hill whose architecture is effortlessly dull and consists of dirt roads and extrememly bland ranch houses mixed with new McMansions like that peice of crap Carson Palmer lives in. At least New Albany communities have tons of amenities. The buildings may be uniform but the other side of that is that you could get houses that stick out like a sore thumb by using cheap materials and terrible designs (basically a cheap attempt to capitalize on the location and school district). New Albany has a nice theme. I like it. Fun place to drive through. Mark my words: In 60 years people will be praising New Albany in the same way they praise Mariemont, Shaker, Bexley, Evanston, IL, etc. Criticizing current development was a hobby of Thomas Jefferson and Tocqueville who commonly b!tched about how ugly Manhattan was. Americans have always been percieved as a culture which cares little about the places they inhabit and we're known for building with such perishable materials. Somehow we've managed to influence the world with our own architecture and produce some very classic buildings as well as neighborhoods that have proven sustainable despite being sh!t on the way New Albany has been.
July 10, 200915 yr I'm not sure I'd describe Indian Hill that way (Madeira yes), but it did seem like New Albany had at least a mildly New Urbanist mentality versus most of the Delaware Cty. new stuff which is nearly all classic sprawling subdivisions.
July 10, 200915 yr Better than the typical McMansion thing, yes..but It is still sprawl we don't need. I have been there. I used to do work for people who lived there. Too sterile, and too much lawn chemical use. And although of higher quality, a lot of the materials used in these homes will probably not last as long as the kinds of buildings Thomas Jefferson saw. The materials look nice but are not quite the same...and are more pretend. Vinyl siding doesn't age very well, also. I am 50/50 on this place.. Part of me says 'nice' then part says Blaghhh! Probably the lawn chemicals and the bastardization of stream habitat. (my background is in ecology, hence my attention given to that)
July 10, 200915 yr I'm not sure I'd describe Indian Hill that way (Madeira yes), but it did seem like New Albany had at least a mildly New Urbanist mentality versus most of the Delaware Cty. new stuff which is nearly all classic sprawling subdivisions. Yeah, New Albany is really well manicured; IH more wild and untamed. It's fun to walk around New Albany. There seems to be more amenities. Things are reasonably close together, unlike Indian Hill which is entirely residential and spread out, with their (what, 5 acre?) lot minimum? Indian Hill is a hermit's refuge; New Albany is a community imo.
July 10, 200915 yr The materials look nice but are not quite the same...and are more pretend. Vinyl siding doesn't age very well, also. Siding didn't age very well hundreds of years ago when it was used, either. Siding isn't a bad material though imo. The main issue with it is those tacky seams that you see in cheap construction (but I doubt that's an issue in New Albany). Siding needs that clean, smooth seamless look. It's easy to long for the past when the ugly stuff has been erased for us. Not only were there countless fugly historic buildings that thankfully got torn down but not all lots were built. You could literallly have patches of wilderness-not connecting to anything- in the middle of the city that I'd imagine looked just as tacky as the surface lots in downtown Columbus right now. Development was just so sporadic when they first boomed. You know what's interesting is how the use of steel might change preservation. Skyscrapers have the potential to be preserved for well over a couple hundred years if I remember correctly. I wanna live to see 'landmark' skyscrapers from the '70s lol.
July 10, 200915 yr True, we have a stylized view of the past because only the most desireable structures remain, but none of the structures in New Albany are built to last; as much as those houses cost, the quality of materials and craftsmanship found in, say, a Bexley mansion, simply doesn't exist anymore. At least not at a price Columbus' so-called rich would ever be willing or able to pay.
July 10, 200915 yr "Mummy, where's Skipper?" "She's down at the retention pond, applying enhanced interrogation techniques to goslings."
July 10, 200915 yr You know, lot of those townhouses and colonials could be turned into shops -- much more gently than that '70s apartment complex in Montgomery that got turned into offices, shops and bars (which is still kind of cool).
July 27, 200915 yr Limited Stores eyeing New Albany for new HQ Business First of Columbus - by Brian R. Ball Friday, July 24, 2009 Women’s apparel retailer Limited Stores LLC could put its headquarters into the New Albany Business Park, assisted by a package of relocation incentives put together by the village. The retailer expects to move 145 employees in early 2010 into about 50,000 square feet at either the building at 6530 W. Campus Oval or a speculative office building at 7775 Walton Parkway at Water’s Edge. Read more at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2009/07/27/story2.html
March 27, 201015 yr New Albany hospital already expanding $15.9 million project to result in 300 jobs Friday, March 26, 2010 - 2:50 AM By Suzanne Hoholik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Construction on a 24,000-square-foot expansion of Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospital has begun. Hospital officials say the $15.9 million project, started last week, will add 18 inpatient rooms and four operating suites and create 300 jobs. The hospital opened in 2003 with 42 beds and eight operating suites. In 2006, doctors there performed 7,000 surgeries; in 2009, 8,813. "All of our beds being full is a common experience for the past year, and then some," said Hugh Jones, senior vice president of strategy and system development for the Mount Carmel Health System. PROJECT RENDERING FULL ARTICLE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/03/26/new-albany-hospital-already-expanding.html?sid=101
March 27, 201015 yr New Albany hospital already expanding $15.9 million project to result in 300 jobs And another news item about the expansion of Mount Carmel's New Albany Surgical Hospital from Columbus Business First. New Albany hospital’s expansion cleared to go by Mount Carmel
April 11, 201015 yr Marriott hotel could be New Albany's first Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 10:59 AM By GAIL MARTINEAU, ThisWeek Staff Writer Hotel Development Services, a company based in Oxford, Ohio, is planning a Marriott Courtyard Hotel near Forest Drive. The company is scheduled to go before the New Albany planning commission Monday, April 19, to get approval for its final development plan and ask for variances on such issues as building height, setbacks and window types. According to the planning commission agenda, the hotel would be located on 3 acres off Forest Drive near the Tutor Time child-care center and the Mount Carmel Surgical Hospital. New Albany community development director Jennifer Chrysler said the land around the site is zoned for retail businesses, which ideally would be anchored by a hotel. She and her staff have been working the last four years with a number of companies to bring hotels to the village, she said. Council members approved a 6-percent bed tax earlier this year in anticipation of the community's first hotel. Full article: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/newalbany/stories/2010/03/31/new-albany-hotel.html?sid=104
April 11, 201015 yr Another article on the proposed Marriott Courtyard Hotel that would be built near the Mount Carmel Surgical Hospital in New Albany. The article link below also contains an interactive map of the proposed location. Developer needs OKs for New Albany hotel
April 13, 201015 yr NEW ALBANY 93 acres annexed for use by businesses Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 2:52 AM By Elizabeth Gibson, The Columbus Dispatch New Albany has absorbed another 93 acres of township farmland for its ever-expanding business park. The village has annexed 1,706 acres over the past decade, more than half of which has been for its 2,000-acre business park, said Jennifer Chrysler, the village's community-development director. The 93 acres that New Albany Village Council approved for annexation last night are adjacent to the northwestern section of the business park near Schleppi and New Albany-Condit roads. Annexation might sound like a sour deal for Plain Township, but Trustee Dave Olmstead, who used to serve on the village planning commission, said it's a smart move. Unlike many municipalities, New Albany lets the township keep its claim on annexed territory, overlapping the township and the city. That means Plain Township can keep collecting taxes, and office buildings bring in more money than agriculture. Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/04/07/93-acres-annexed-for-use-by-businesses.html
May 12, 201015 yr I think this is a different annexation for the same New Albany business park reported in the previously posted story (see above). Annexation would expand business park Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 3:19 PM By GAIL MARTINEAU ThisWeek Staff Writer New Albany and the New Albany Co. hope 102 acres from Jersey Township can be added to Business Park East. Village council members voted 4-0 Tuesday, May 4, to pass a resolution to provide infrastructure and services to the 102 acres. The additional land would expand the business park to almost 1,000 acres. Council had to approve the resolution prior to the annexation request going before the Licking County commissioners June 24. The land, which is owned by NACo, is part of Jersey Township and the Johnstown-Monroe Local School District. If Licking County commissioners approve the annexation agreement, the land would become part of the revenue-sharing agreement that the village and the Johnstown-Monroe school district approved in December. Full article: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/newalbany/stories/2010/05/05/annexation-would-expand-business-park.html?sid=104
December 5, 201014 yr <b>New Albany Helps Small Businesses Through Center, Scholarships</b> Regional Spotlight — By Melanie McIntyre on November 1, 2010 at 8:00 am <img src="http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/newalbany.jpg"> If most Central Ohioans know anything about New Albany, they generally know it is home to Limited Brands Founder Leslie Wexner. But that’s only part of the village’s story. Also, our recent interview with director of community development Jennifer Chrysler suggests village officials are intent on helping New Albany’s small business owners and entrepreneurs succeed, and harnessing their talent to better the business community as a whole. READ MORE: http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/albany-helps-small-businesses-center-scholarship-program/
January 30, 201114 yr New Albany to unlock 800 acres in Licking Co. to spur development Business First - by Brian R. Ball Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 6:00am EST A steady stream of new businesses moving into the New Albany Business Park during the past 2½ years and the completion of a Route 161 interchange at Beech Road has village officials and developer New Albany Company Ltd. stepping up efforts to open up more than 800 acres of development land in Licking County. The New Albany Business Park now covers about 3,000 acres along the Route 161 expressway. Tenants with nearly 1,900 workers have announced their intent to move into 1.5 million square feet of commercial office, data centers and distribution centers since mid-2008. That represents nearly 30 percent of the 5.1 million square feet built in the park since the late 1990s. The opening of the personal care and beauty section follows other specially designated parts of the park, such as the 92-acre Healthcare Campus and 452-acre Information Technology Campus. While the village promotes the “campus” designations, New Albany Co.’s president Bill Ebbing said those clusters of tenants do not limit what tenant may occupy space in those sections of the park. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/01/07/new-albany-to-unlock-800-acres-in.html
January 30, 201114 yr McCOY COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS Venue puts New Albany on map Thursday, January 20, 2011 - 2:55 AM The Columbus Dispatch The booking of country star LeAnn Rimes was hardly a monumental task for Ted DeDee, executive director of the Jeanne B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts in New Albany. DeDee, a 35-year veteran of managing performing-arts venues, most recently spent 13 years in Nashville with the Tennessee Performing Arts Center and the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, where he built relationships with plenty of talent managers. He called an old contact a year ago with the hope of landing Rimes - a connection that makes the Friday concert one of the highest-profile offerings to date at the New Albany center. The exterior of the $15 million facility - with a 786-seat auditorium - opened in 2008. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/weekender/stories/2011/01/20/venue-puts-new-albany-on-map.html?sid=101
January 7, 201213 yr New Albany Year-in-Review: Village booms to city in 2011 By BRETT NUCKLES, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWSPAPERS Published: Monday, December 19, 2011 - 7:08 AM EST It was a year of rapid economic growth for New Albany's business sector as the city hit major milestones this year, transitioning from village to city and turning its finances around. Here's a look at the top city stories for New Albany in 2011: MORE: http://www.snponline.com/articles/2011/12/23/multiple_papers/news/allnacityy_20111216_0831pm_7.txt
January 12, 201213 yr New Albany hopes to keep business booming in new year By BRETT NUCKLES, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS Published: Friday, January 6, 2012 - 11:21 AM EST New Albany officials are hoping for continued economic boom times in 2012, following what was a banner year for business expansion in the city. National brands including restaurant giant Bob Evans made a commitment to New Albany last year, and officials say the city's business park will continue to grow in the next 12 months. In 2012, companies including Nationwide, PharmaForce, and TJX will finally be up and running in New Albany after completing construction on new facilities. (. . .) Renovations to the city's Village Center will continue in 2012, with new pavement, sidewalks, trees, streetlights and more to be installed along state Route 62, from High Street to Third Street. Residents also can expect new walking trails, with several extensions planned for 2012. MORE: http://www.columbuslocalnews.com/articles/2012/01/06/multiple_papers/news/allnacityp_20120106_0543am_6.txt
January 25, 201312 yr 3rd developer joins battle to build outlet mall By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter Business First - Jan 18, 2013, 8:46am EST Horizon Group Properties Inc. has identified the northwest quadrant of the Beech Road interchange in western Licking County as the site for an outlet center. The Rosemont, Illinios-based developer has not revealed the size of the proposed center, where retailers often sell overstock and “second-quality” merchandise. New Albany Company LLC, land developer of the interchange, asked the city last month to consider a preliminary development plan that would allow it to concentrate approved retail development of up to 92 acres into one quadrant rather than divided between the northwest and southeast quadrants. ... However, the zoning application hasn’t identified a specific retail development at the interchange, which serves as the gateway to the New Albany Business Park’s Personal Care and Beauty Innovation Campus. READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2013/01/18/3rd-front-opens-in-outlet-mall-battle.html
January 28, 201312 yr New Albany Co., Daimler teaming up on Market Street project By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter Business First - Dec 21, 2012, 6:00am EST Developers are moving ahead with plans for a two-story retail-and-office complex in the commercial center of New Albany, spurred by plans to build a community wellness and medical project next door. Daimler Group Inc. and New Albany Co. LLC say the $6 million project will include 13,000 square feet of street-level retail space and 13,000 square feet of second-story office and medical space. The building will go up at the corner of Market and West Main streets next to New Albany Co.’s Market Square development. The site is south of where the suburban city intends to build a $9 million facility with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital signed as medical office tenants. Healthy New Albany, a nonprofit wellness promotion organization, would run a community wellness center at the 52,000-square-foot complex planned for the corner of Main Street and Village Hall Road. READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/12/21/new-project-heading-to-new-albany.html
January 28, 201312 yr Mellow Mushroom the first tenant for NACo-Daimler project By Lori Wince, ThisWeek Community News Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 2:01 PM The retail businesses on Market Street in New Albany will increase by at least one in 2013, with the addition of a Mellow Mushroom restaurant in a new building that will be constructed by the New Albany Co. and the Daimler Group. Tom Rubey, development director for the New Albany Co., said New Albany's planned two-story 48,000-square-foot community health facility on Johnstown Road at Village Hall Road is sparking interest in other developments on Market Street, which is why the New Albany Co. and Daimler chose to construct their complementary building. READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2013/01/02/mellow-mushroom-the-first-tenant-for-naco-daimler-project.html
January 31, 201312 yr Health facility is city's top 2013 project By LORI WINCE, ThisWeek Community News Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 2:05 PM New Albany officials in 2013 are anticipating a great deal of construction in the Village Center, starting with a new community health facility on Johnstown Road. ... "(In 2013) you're going to see a lot of construction in the Village Center," said New Albany Mayor Nancy Ferguson. "A lot of our residents wish the Village Center was more developed, but it's a challenge. A lot of people are interested in New Albany, and it's a great place to have a business, but they'd like it to be a little more populated." Ferguson said more businesses could be attracted to the Village Center thanks to a partnership with the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, which will lease space in a planned community health facility at the southwest corner of Village Hall and Johnstown roads. The 48,000-square-foot health facility will be built by New Albany. The Wexner Medical Center is expected to occupy 35,000 square feet -- or 70 percent -- of the facility for clinical outpatient and rehabilitation services and physician offices. (. . .) The New Albany Co. and the Daimler Group have agreed to build a 26,000-square-foot building at the northwest corner of Market Street and Johnstown Road. It is anticipated to include more medical office and retail space and could complement the health facility, city officials say. (. . .) The city plans to upgrade High Street in 2013, adding street trees, brick-lined sidewalks, new curbs and lighting north of Main Street at an estimated to cost of $1.1 million. READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2013/01/02/health-facility-is-citys-top-2013-project.html
January 31, 201312 yr Casto, Weiler teaming up to build apartments near New Albany By Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter Business First - Jan 11, 2013, 6:00am EST Two top development groups in Columbus are teaming up to build hundreds of apartments near New Albany in what could become the first of many joint ventures for the partners. The Casto development organization joined with Robert Weiler Co. and Donald W. Kelley Associates to buy 61 acres in northeast Columbus for $5.8 million in December from New Albany Company LLC. The land between Morse and Thompson roads sits just west of New Albany’s southern border. (. . .) The $24 million first phase of what’s named Albany Glen will go up on a portion of the property closest to Morse Road. About a third of those 260 apartments will be one-bedroom units and the rest will offer two bedrooms. The first apartments should be ready for occupancy by fall. The land is zoned to have as many as 628 units, but the number of apartments to be built in the second phase is under consideration. READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2013/01/11/development-vets-team-on-rentals.html
October 22, 201311 yr More about the Center for Healthy Living (aka The Core) being built in the center of New Albany. Above is a rendering of it from an earlier posted article. New Albany builds community fitness center Facility, called the Core, comes with dreams of city health, happiness By Lori Kurtzman, The Columbus Dispatch Friday, October 18, 2013 - 9:38 AM It’s a major project in the center of town. The New Albany Center for Healthy Living — the Core, they’re calling it — will be 55,000 square feet of medical, educational and fitness space built with a lofty goal: making New Albany the healthiest community in the nation. (. . .) The New Albany Company, the real-estate development company that arguably built the city, donated the land for the center, and Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital signed on as partners. The $13 million project, which will include lap pools, outdoor gathering spaces and a public parking lot, broke ground in August and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2014. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/10/18/new-albany-builds-its-core.html
November 3, 201311 yr Bob Evans has completed its new headquartes in New Albany. In 2011, Bob Evans announced it was leaving its previous headquarters on Columbus' South Side located at the former Southland Mall. Columbus officials were not happy when it was learned that Bob Evans turned down city incentives to stay and accepted state incentives to move a mere 20 northeast to New Albany. Below is an excerpt from a recent Dispatch article about that: "At the time, the decision to move and build did not sit well with Columbus officials, who had offered Bob Evans more than $14 million in incentives to stay. City leaders were furious that the company was leaving the city with its 360 jobs and $600,000 in annual tax revenue. ... But even as Bob Evans settles in to its new place, it has fulfilled the company's promise to Columbus not to leave its South Side campus vacant. ... It is 100 percent sold. Starting in June 2012, Bob Evans sold several buildings, including the former Southland Mall, to buyers including Electronic Classroom of Ohio and New Mill Capital, the Los Angeles private-equity firm that buys and sells commercial properties." There's more about the Electronic Classroom of Ohio (aka Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow or ECOT) purchase of the former Bob Evans headquarters located in Columbus in this section's Random Developments thread at http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,419.msg633375.html#msg633375 and from Business First at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/06/28/bob-evans-unloads-southland-mall.html. Below is an excerpt and link to the Columbus Dispatch article about the new Bob Evans headquarters in New Albany. Additional posts after this one contain excerpted and linked articles from ThisWeekNews and Business First: High-tech Bob Evans headquarters in New Albany reflects farming origins By Mary Vanac, The Columbus Dispatch Thursday, October 31, 2013 - 8:14 AM As the story goes, Bob Evans drove north on Rt. 23 from Gallipolis in 1968 to find a good place to base his growing sausage business. “You can’t run a company from Gallipolis. You have to go to a big city,” said Joe Eulberg, executive vice president of human resources at Bob Evans Farms, retelling the story. When Evans got to the “city limits, Columbus, Ohio” sign on S. High Street, he stopped and opened a sausage sales office there. Over the next four decades, the Bob Evans Farms headquarters grew as a hodgepodge of buildings. By 2010, Bob Evans leaders had come to another fork in the road. “We spent millions of dollars trying to fix that campus after years of neglect,” Eulberg said. “We can spend another $30 million, $40 million there, and it still wouldn’t be right.” So the leaders decided to buy a 40-acre property in New Albany on the Franklin County side of the Licking County line and build a new headquarters. ... The company officially opened its $46.5 million campus on Saturday. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2013/10/31/bob-evans-hq-reflects-farming-origins.html
November 3, 201311 yr Bob Evans headquarters now open in New Albany By LORI WINCE, ThisWeek Community News Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 11:29 AM Four hundred Bob Evans Farms employees moved into their new headquarters last week in New Albany. The three-building complex includes offices, a test kitchen, a training facility and the second Bob Evans Express, an on-the-go version of the restaurant. The complex has a modern look but retains the feel of a farm, with a paddock for horses on the north side of the building and a silo and the beginnings of a small orchard on the south side. During the grand-opening celebration Saturday, Oct. 26, company officials referred to the complex as "Farm North," referencing the company's original homestead farm in Rio Grande in southern Ohio. (. . .) Steven Davis, company chairman and CEO, said the company realized it needed a new facility after employees at the location on South High Street in Columbus asked for a fitness facility. He said after a full review of the Columbus facility, occupied since 1968, officials realized the company could not expand at that location. Company officials chose New Albany to build and are pleased that the building they vacated on South High Street has been filled with companies that are expected to create 900 jobs in the city of Columbus. The new Bob Evans Farms campus in New Albany is on 40 acres. The three buildings total 153,512 square feet and are used for the headquarters, training, and for shipping and receiving. They were built with a gold certification from the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and the campus has several outdoor features, including a pond and a one-mile walking path. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2013/10/28/bob-evans-headquarters-now-open-in-new-albany.html
November 4, 201311 yr Yeah, I agree. Certainly beats their old headquarters. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 15, 201411 yr More about the Center for Healthy Living (aka The Core) being built in the center of New Albany. Above is a rendering of it from an earlier posted article. New Albany builds community fitness center Facility, called the Core, comes with dreams of city health, happiness By Lori Kurtzman, The Columbus Dispatch Friday, October 18, 2013 - 9:38 AM It’s a major project in the center of town. The New Albany Center for Healthy Living — the Core, they’re calling it — will be 55,000 square feet of medical, educational and fitness space built with a lofty goal: making New Albany the healthiest community in the nation. (. . .) The New Albany Company, the real-estate development company that arguably built the city, donated the land for the center, and Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital signed on as partners. The $13 million project, which will include lap pools, outdoor gathering spaces and a public parking lot, broke ground in August and is scheduled to open in the fall of 2014. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/10/18/new-albany-builds-its-core.html Construction photo of the two-story community health facility (aka The Core) from the ThisWeekNews preview of 2014 New Albany projects at http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2014/01/02/city-2014-will-bring-more-jobs-health-center.html
January 25, 201411 yr More about the Center for Healthy Living (aka The Core) being built in New Albany. It's no longer being called "The Core". Too bad, that was a good name. More about the name change from the Dispatch at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/01/23/union-county-officials-cant-stay-put.html “The Core” is no more. New Albany’s huge new health complex — which is under construction and set to open this year — now will be called the Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, named for the resident who founded a heap of health initiatives in the city, including the hugely popular New Albany Walking Classic. The city council voted on Tuesday to honor Heit by putting his name on the 55,000-square-foot complex, which will combine health-care, fitness and community-wellness activities. Early promotional material referred to the center as the Core, but rumor had it that some residents weren’t happy with a name that seemed more appropriate for a body-building gym. Plus, the new name forms such a nice acronym: Get healthy at the PHCHNA!
March 3, 201411 yr The Dispatch ran a large Sunday profile of New Albany last month. Les Wexner, founder of The Limited (now L Brands) and local real estate developer Jack Kessler formed the New Albany Company in 1986. Since then they have transformed the formerly small village of New Albany and its surrounding countryside into a city of over 8,000. First, with the development of million-dollar estates. Then, with less expensive (relative to the million-dollar estates) executive-style residential developments. Then, with the development of a sprawling business park that winds its way through these residential developments. The latest development in New Albany is a series of denser, more urban projects near the intersection of Market and Main Streets - the center of the historic village core. Below are five projects currently under construction near Market and Main in New Albany. All are expected to be completed by the end of 2014. Below the project list is a link to the full article at the Dispatch and a map of the developments: • The $13 million Philip Heit Center for Healthy New Albany, a 55,000-square-foot hub for health and wellness programs. The city is building it in partnership with Healthy New Albany, Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. • The $6 million Market & Main building, a 27,000-square-foot office building that will include a restaurant and retail tenants on the first floor. It is a joint venture of the New Albany Co. and the Daimler Group, another local developer. • Strait’s Farm, a 51-home, $24 million residential development designed for homeowners looking to downsize and be closer to the center of New Albany. M/I Homes will develop the project on land purchased from the New Albany Co. • A $3 million Market Street extension and roundabout at Market and Main streets, designed to spur commercial growth. • A $45 million school-expansion project. Columbus Dispatch: New Albany thriving, as Wexner and Kessler foresaw
January 20, 201510 yr Mellow Mushroom pizza shop opened in the Market & Main Building recently built in "downtown" New Albany. Traditional on the outside, trippy on the inside. Photo-tour from Business First: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/12/first-look-mellow-mushroom-s-trippy-cabin-in-the.html
January 28, 201510 yr A development look back at 2014 and look ahead to 2015: 2014: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2014/12/15/year-in-review-new-builds-new-jobs-made-2014-merry-for-city-leaders.html 2015: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2014/12/26/city-leaders-want-to-add-developable-land-in-2015.html
November 23, 20159 yr Senior living chain expanding to Columbus, looking for real estate Assisted living complexes starting construction in New Albany and Orange Township are the first foray out of Michigan for the new First & Main senior living chain, and developer Granger Group is planning more in Central Ohio. Each with 104 units, including 44 specialized for residents with memory impairments, the 100,000-square-foot campuses are set to open in late 2016 along East Main Street in New Albany, and along Powell Road east of Route 23 near Lewis Center. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/11/23/senior-living-chain-expanding-to-columbus-looking.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 5, 20169 yr Construction to begin on $14M Marburn Academy in New Albany By Brian R. Ball, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First Updated: Sept. 15, 2015, 12:45pm EDT Marburn Academy has scheduled a Sept. 27 groundbreaking for a 64,000-square-foot facility for its students with learning disabilities. The start of construction comes more than two years after the nonprofit school bought 17 acres off the 161 expressway at 9555 Johnstown Road next to the Windsor subdivision built by M/I Homes Inc. ( . . . ) The school will open in late 2016 after a $14 million investment in land and development costs. At full capacity, the building will have a capacity of 350 children with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and ADHD. MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/09/09/construction-to-begin-on-14mmarburn-academy-in-new.html
January 5, 20169 yr Land dedicated for new municipal park BY LORI WINCE, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS Monday, December 21, 2015 - 7:09 PM New Albany City Council on Dec. 15 voted to dedicate four parcels at the northeast corner of Main and High streets as a municipal park. ( . . . ) Earlier this month, the city purchased less than an acre at 8 S. High St. from the Williams L. Willis Sr. and Marilyn McConnell Willis Trust Fund for $320,000. It is adjacent to three city-owned lots: 0.08 acre at the corner of High and Main streets; 0.108 acre at 19 E. Main St. on the east side of Cherry Alley; and 0.108 acre at 21 E. Main St. between Cherry Alley and Second Street. MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2015/12/21/main-and-high-streets-land-dedicated-for-new-municipal-park.html
January 5, 20169 yr 2015 YEAR IN REVIEW: Amazon subsidiary's arrival among headliners for 2015 http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/newalbany/news/2015/12/28/year-in-review-amazon-subsidiarys-arrival-among-headliners-for-2015.html
January 28, 20169 yr Expansion of Market & Main complex coming to New Albany The second phase of New Albany’s Market & Main development is being finalized. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/01/28/first-look-expansion-of-market-main-complex-coming.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 18, 20169 yr The Metropreneur profiled an office remodel for On-Target Design - an interactive Web, Graphic Design and Video Production Studio located in New Albany: http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/work-ontarget-designs-cool-office-remodel-new-albany/ On-Target Design found a 860 square-foot house in the historic village core of New Albany, that was built in the late-1800's but looked anything-but-historic, and renovated it into a 1500 square-foot office space. While On-Target redid the building, the City of New Albany redid the streetscape in front with new sidewalks, curbs, street lighting and buried overhead wires. Below is an exterior before and after: On-Target took a less traditional renovation strategy to the interior. They re-used license-plates from their previous office space and used re-claimed materials, such as metal roofing from an old barn in New Albany and wood from an old barn in Marion, where two of the company's founders grew up. They also exposed the original brick walls and the original hardwood floors in the building: More photos at http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/work-ontarget-designs-cool-office-remodel-new-albany/
August 4, 20168 yr It's no Carmel, IN, but... Apartments coming to downtown New Albany Developers are bringing new residential flair to New Albany’s village center, aiming to appeal to young professionals and empty nesters. The master-planned suburb’s primary developer New Albany Co. and frequent partner Daimler Group Inc. have tapped Kaufman Development, well versed in urban multifamily projects, for work on a 130-unit apartment community at Market and Main streets. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/08/04/first-look-apartments-coming-to-downtown-new.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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