Posted February 23, 200718 yr From ThisWeek Grandview, 2/8/07: Shoppes on Fifth to fill Ed Potter site Thursday, February 8, 2007 By GARY SEMAN JR. ThisWeek Staff Writer A local developer has big plans for the former Ed Potter Mercedes-Benz site on West Fifth Avenue. Kohr Royer Griffith, a full-service real estate firm, hopes to have the Shoppes on Fifth Avenue, which includes 26,000 square feet of retail space, ready by fall. Some of the existing buildings, including the Ed Potter showroom, will be incorporated into the new design. Retail and restaurant uses are planned for the site. Paul Bloomfield, vice president of the Kohr Royer Griffith, said the site was attractive for many reasons: It's situated near the affluent suburbs of Upper Arlington and Grandview Heights, and it's a stone's throw from Ohio State University, downtown and the 480-unit Meridian apartment complex. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/020807/Grandview/News/020807-News-300950.html
April 15, 200817 yr <b>First tenant opens at Shoppes on Fifth</b> Thursday, April 10, 2008 ALAN FROMAN, ThisWeek Staff Writer <img src="http://www.thisweeknews.com/sites/thisweeknews/041008/Grandview/News/524377-300903.jpg"> <i>The exterior of the Salon Lofts building at 945 W. Fifth Ave.</i> The first tenant at the Shoppes on Fifth retail development at the former Ed Potter Mercedes-Benz site on West Fifth Avenue is now open. Salon Lofts, a Columbus-based company that offers loft space to self-employed beauty care professionals, opened about two weeks ago. All other tenants are expected to be open by early June, said Paul Bloomfield, vice president of Kohr Royer Griffith, the real estate firm that purchased the property for the redevelopment. "We'll be completing our construction within the next two or three weeks," Bloomfield said. Papa John's Pizza will be the next tenant to open, he said. The anchor tenant will be Buffalo Wild Wings. Panda Express, four local tenants and a national dry cleaning business will also be tenants. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/041008/Grandview/News/041008-News-524377.html
June 26, 200816 yr Fifth by Northwest plan details: 'Vibrant' mixed use, landscaping, parks, walkability As the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Plan nears completion, Columbus's department of development has taken input from multiple public meetings as well as considered feedback from the Fifth by Northwest Neighborhood Area Commission and a working committee made up of area residents and stakeholders. That input has led to the creation of a document whose purpose is to provide guidelines to maximize the area's look, feel and livability heading into the future. For more information visit the Web site www.fifthbynorthwest.org.
September 23, 200816 yr Fifth by Northwest plan nears completion Wednesday, September 17, 2008 By ALAN FROMAN ThisWeek Staff Writer A draft of a neighborhood plan under development by the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission will be unveiled at a Sept. 30 public workshop. The workshop will be held at 6:30 p.m. in the Grandview Heights High School library, 1587 W. Third Avenue. The final plan is "about 80 percent complete," commission chair Andy Byerly said. The Fifth by Northwest Area Commission was formed last year. It reviews issues relating to the area roughly bounded by Kinnear Road to the north, the alley south of Third Avenue to the south, Wyandotte Road to the west and Olentangy River Road to the east. Read more at http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2008/09/17/0918gvfifth_ln.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=104&title=Fifth+by+Northwest+plan+nears+completion
October 18, 200816 yr It looks like they're going to have to do some major re-tooling on 5th to make it urban, or rather new-urban. 5th Ave is 25 MPH, but don't let that fool you, people go much faster through here as the development is car-oriented (drive-thrus, spread out buildings, parking lots right in front). Surely the traffic engineers are smart enough to know that posting a speed without any physical reinforcements on the road means it won't be followed. Or maybe I know better than people who dedicated their lives to this profession. I don't understand what "character" they would be preserving. By that they mean developments like the drive-thru McDonalds, but now they want it to be walkable? In this case it's an either/or proposition. Either they want a walkable neighborhood or they want what's there now.
December 26, 200816 yr Area commission satisfied with land-use plans Tuesday, December 16, 2008 - 12:39 PM By Kim Tolley, ThisWeek Contributor Members of the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission have approved a draft plan for growth and development addressing land use, transportation and other improvements in the Grandview area community. Mark Dravillas, a neighborhood planning manager for the Columbus Planning Division, gave the final presentation to 15 residents at the Dec. 9 meeting of the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. The plan recommends that the Industrial District and the area north to Chamber Road be used as employment centers. Mixed use is recommended for Fifth Avenue and Grandview Avenue south of Fifth. The focus of neighborhood activity with higher density and commercial buildings would be at the intersections of Fifth and Northwest and Fifth and Grandview. The plan states that new residential developments should offer a range of housing types, sizes and price points. Offices and multifamily units are recommended for Third Avenue to the east of North Star Road, with single- and two-family units to the west of North Star Road. Residents said they wanted to see more single-family housing. READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2008/12/10/Fifth_by_Northwest.html?sid=104
March 18, 200916 yr WHERE WE LIVE: FIFTH BY NORTHWEST Keeping it eclectic New area commission works to preserve neighborhood's varied character Monday, March 16, 2009 - 3:09 AM By Sherri Williams, The Columbus Dispatch Sidewalk cafes, edgy boutiques and independent shops mix with chain stores and fast-food restaurants in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood. But plans for continued commercial growth in the neighborhood just north of Grandview Heights mobilized residents to organize an area commission, whose development plan was approved by the Columbus City Council last week. Fifth by Northwest at a glance Households: 4,605 Population: 6,695 Owner-occupied: 14 percent Renter-occupied: 86 percent Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/03/16/5thnorthwest-WWL.ART_ART_03-16-09_B1_8PD7T44.html?sid=101
June 8, 201114 yr NCR’s 5th complex to rehab homeless set near Grandview Business First - by Carrie Ghose Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 12:45pm EDT National Church Residences plans to break ground Wednesday (June 1) for its fifth supportive-housing facility in Columbus to help the formerly homeless and disabled adults work their way to independence. The country’s largest nonprofit developer of affordable senior and family housing said Tuesday that the $16 million, three-story Commons at Third will have 100 studio apartments for low-income residents, with 60 units reserved for those recovering from chronic homelessness and disability. The facility is at 1280 Norton Ave., off Third Avenue and just north of Grandview Heights. READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2011/05/31/NCR-5th-complex-to-rehab-homeless-set.html
March 1, 201213 yr This infill development is being annexed from Clinton Township into the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood of Columbus - an internal annexation instead an annexation at the edge of Columbus. New apartment complex planned for Fifth by Northwest area Rezoning for Chesapeake Avenue properties is set for approval next month; 32 units are planned. By MARK DUBOVEC, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS Published: Monday, February 20, 2012 - 6:32 PM EST The city of Columbus is considering a proposed apartment complex in the Fifth by Northwest area after annexing property from Clinton Township. Metropolitan Holdings, a boutique commercial real estate brokerage firm, submitted plans to purchase properties at 1404, 1438 and 1472 Chesapeake Ave. and redevelop the sites into apartment buildings. Each property is composed of a number of different parcels, with each parcel containing a pair of multifamily dwellings. In total, there would be 32 residential units at the development. MORE: http://www.snponline.com/articles/2012/02/21/tri-village_news/news/tvchesapea_20120220_1055am_5.txt
March 1, 201213 yr That's an esoteric part of Chesapeake to say the least. The complex will raise its profile quite a bit. Folks moving in will be able to walk to Kroger, Meister's Bar and Super Game Team! cough, cough (plug) cough.
March 25, 201213 yr Photo update of Commons at Third (March 18): <img src="http://www.columbusunderground.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/construction-march-12.jpg">
May 8, 201213 yr This 32-unit project in the 5xNW neighborhood between Grandview and Upper Arlington is now under construction. The developer is advertising the project and has included a rendering of it. Below is the link to the advertising page and the rendering. The Chesapeake Avenue location is kinda interesting too. It's right behind the Kroger store on Northwest Boulevard. Chesapeake Avenue - 32 units
May 9, 201213 yr Watching 'em bang away at this thing right now. Indeed this is an interesting little alcove. Right in the middle of duplex/fourplex and large apartment complex country lies a couple of hidden streets full of small budget-oriented bungalows and concrete block houses. There's even a small former church and a community building with a park. Although some of the structures are a bit worse for wear, you can tell that this was a small community of its own at one point. Word has it that it was housing for workers at the small carnival grounds that once lied where Kroger is now. If you've ever been through the seemingly Appalachian or even Ozarks-like neighborhoods east of Groves and Hamilton, west of 62 on the Near Southwest Side(?), southwest of Brendon Woods or west of Hamilton Road between Winchester and Refugee, you'll kind of get the idea. This neighborhood in its current form may not be long for this world, though.
August 9, 201212 yr National Church Residences (NCR) opened another one in its series of attractive and successful Commons projects at 1280 Norton Avenue. This is the fifth Commons housing development operated by NCR in Columbus. This project - called The Commons At Third - is a $11 million, three-story building with 100 studio apartments and supportive services for formerly homeless and disabled low-income single adults. The Commons at Third is located 1/2 block north of Third Avenue within Columbus and just northwest from the Grandview Yard development within Grandview Heights. Below are articles about the July 16 opening of the Commons At Third from Business First and This Week News along with a photo of the Commons at Third from Columbus Underground: Business First: National Church Residences opens Commons at Third providing apartments for homeless This Week News: Those facing 'tough times' find solace in new housing
December 14, 201212 yr As the new Giant Eagle supermarket begins construction along W. Third Avenue in the Grandview Yard development, the project is having an impact beyond just its own construction. Two existing nearby supermarkets are being impacted. Below are two articles from Business First about this. The first talks about an existing 72,250 sq. ft. Kroger supermarket within one mile of the new 92,000 sq. ft. Giant Eagle getting a 19,100 sq. ft. addition. The second talks about the existing nearby 67,000 sq. ft. Giant Eagle on W. Fifth Avenue being sold ahead of the new Grandview Yard supermarket opening: Giant Eagle at Grandview Yard getting bulked-up Kroger rival supermarket Giant Eagle on Fifth Avenue sold ahead of Grandview Yard opening
July 11, 201311 yr MODERATOR NOTE: Reposting articles wiped out by the server crash Six-Story Mixed-Use Development Announced on Fifth Avenue By: Walker Evans, Columbus Underground Published on June 28, 2013 - 8:00 am A new 285-unit mixed-use development called The View on Fifth was announced this morning by JSDI Celmark, the developers behind the similarly named The View on High. The main six-story building located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Holly Avenue will contain 153 residential units, a parking garage and over 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The remaining 132 units will be housed in three story structures facing Holly Avenue with surface parking. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/six-story-mixed-use-development-announced-on-fifth-avenue This is the six-story portion that would face Fifth Street: This is the three-story portion that would face Holly Avenue:
July 11, 201311 yr More about the View of Fifth project from Business First: First Look: Resort-style View on Fifth apartment complex planned near Grandview Luxury apartments planned for Fifth Avenue near Grandview
January 18, 201411 yr More about the View of Fifth development going up in the 5xNW neighborhood - previously updated here in this thread. Columbus Underground had an update on two similar mixed-use developments by the same developer featuring apartments, retail and structured parking targeting the upscale student market near OSU. Below are the updates about the View on Fifth project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/project-update-view-on-high-and-view-on-fifth-bw1: Project Update: View on Fifth Developer Jerry Solove is developing the project with Mike Balakrishnan under the name of JSDI Celmark. The View on Fifth is at 965-1015 West Fifth Avenue. The Fifth Avenue building has six stories with 153 residences, and 24,000 square feet available. The Holly Avenue building includes 132 garden units. Prospective residents would move into the View on Fifth in August 2014 (in time for the start of fall semester)
January 18, 201411 yr More information about the projects can be found at www.theviewonfifth.com. Below are two renderings of the project from the website:
February 7, 201411 yr Couple of late January 2014 photos of the three-story Holly Avenue townhouses at the View on Fifth project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-january-2014
April 11, 201411 yr From Columbus Underground at http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-march-2014-part-2 - two late March construction photos of the View on Fifth project. The Holly Avenue townhouse units are going up at quick rate: The warehouse building previously facing Fifth Avenue has been demolished. This clears the way for the planned six-story building to be built along Fifth Avenue:
April 11, 201411 yr The View on Fifth also has a facebook page with some new renderings and construction photos at https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-View-on-Fifth/1422332481351632?id=1422332481351632&sk=photos_stream
April 25, 201411 yr Some shots from yesterday of the View on Fifth including the site of the 6-story building.
May 2, 201411 yr CASTO Bringing Retail to View on Fifth Development By Walker Evans, Columbus Underground April 30, 2014 - 3:32 pm CASTO announced today that State Street Capital Realty (one of their independent brokerages) is taking on the position of leasing agent for the new retail space currently under construction at The View on Fifth development in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood. The six-story 285-unit mixed-use development will sit at 1005 West Fifth Avenue once completed, and will contain 25,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. ... Retailers will have access to structured parking located with a freestanding six-story garage in an area known for already being a very walkable community with a high sales per square foot ratio in the dining and personal services retail sectors. ... No specific retailers have been announced at this point, but retailers are expected to cater to the mix of Millennial and Empty Nester tenants that the residential side of the project is targeting. ... Retail spaces at The View on Fifth are expected to be available for occupancy in time for the grand opening planned in July 2015. MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/casto-bringing-retail-to-view-on-fifth-development
July 20, 201410 yr View on Fifth is going up! ;) PHOTOS: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-july-2014 <img src="http://www.columbusunderground.com/wp-content/themes/patterns/timthumb.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.columbusunderground.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F07%2Fconstruction-roundup-july-28.jpg&q=90&w=650&zc=1&"> <img src="http://www.columbusunderground.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/construction-roundup-july-29.jpg">
August 15, 201410 yr Those are a little weird looking, but they're not on 5th, but the section of the development that's on Holly Avenue. The main building will be much nicer, imo.
August 15, 201410 yr ^Agreed. I'm glad they're not on the main 5th Avenue corridor. Yikes. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 1, 201410 yr Late October 2014 view of one of the nearly completed townhome buildings along Holly Avenue in The View on Fifth development from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-october-2014-part-3
December 1, 201410 yr Late November 2014 construction pics of the mixed-use building going up along Fifth Avenue in The View on Fifth development from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2014-part-1 View of the under-construction Fifth Avenue mixed-use building from one of the side streets of The View on Fifth development:
January 16, 201510 yr I don't know what this is about, but not far from the new View of Fifth some demolition occurred on a small building across Edgehill Road from the new Giant Eagle.
January 16, 201510 yr I don't know what this is about, but not far from the new View of Fifth some demolition occurred on a small building across Edgehill Road from the new Giant Eagle. I ran across this today in the development agendas. It's from August. 5. APPLICATION: Z14-021 (14335-00000-00269) Location: 1281 EDGEHILL ROAD (43212), being 2.8± acres located on the west side of Edgehill Road, 443± feet north of West Third Avenue (010-063723 and 010-003020; Fifth by Northwest Area Commission). Existing Zoning: M, Manufacturing District. Request: AR-2, Apartment Residential District. Proposed Use: Multi-unit residential development. Applicant(s): Continental Bell, Ltd.; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.;
January 16, 201510 yr I can't even remember what some of these buildings looked like even right after they get demo'ed. Most are very anonymous-looking 1950s warehouses. I haven't seen any redevelopment plans. But it seems nothing comes down without something new going in its place in this part of town since the warehouse spaces do rent.
January 16, 201510 yr I don't know what this is about, but not far from the new View of Fifth some demolition occurred on a small building across Edgehill Road from the new Giant Eagle. 105 units, more details (incl. a site plan and elevations) here, https://columbus.gov/bzs/zoning/council-variance-case-logs/case-logs/CV14-026-1281-Edgehill-Road/
January 16, 201510 yr I ran across this today in the development agendas. It's from August. 5. APPLICATION: Z14-021 (14335-00000-00269) Location: 1281 EDGEHILL ROAD (43212), being 2.8± acres located on the west side of Edgehill Road, 443± feet north of West Third Avenue (010-063723 and 010-003020; Fifth by Northwest Area Commission). Existing Zoning: M, Manufacturing District. Request: AR-2, Apartment Residential District. Proposed Use: Multi-unit residential development. Applicant(s): Continental Bell, Ltd.; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; 105 units, more details (incl. a site plan and elevations) here, https://columbus.gov/bzs/zoning/council-variance-case-logs/case-logs/CV14-026-1281-Edgehill-Road/ Thanks guys! That's actually a pretty significant development. I'm surprised this is the first I've read about it.
January 16, 201510 yr I don't love the layout of the project (a little too suburban-style with too much parking), but the good news is that buildings will front both Edgehill and Norton, so you won't be able to see much of the parking anyway given the orientation of the site. And yes, it's a bit surprising no one noticed this before, since the announcement is from last summer.
March 5, 201510 yr Late February 2015 construction pics of the mixed-use building going up along Fifth Avenue in The View on Fifth development from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-february-2015 And a view from a side street of the back of the Fifth Avenue mixed-use building:
March 20, 201510 yr I ran across this today in the development agendas. It's from August. 5. APPLICATION: Z14-021 (14335-00000-00269) Location: 1281 EDGEHILL ROAD (43212), being 2.8± acres located on the west side of Edgehill Road, 443± feet north of West Third Avenue (010-063723 and 010-003020; Fifth by Northwest Area Commission). Existing Zoning: M, Manufacturing District. Request: AR-2, Apartment Residential District. Proposed Use: Multi-unit residential development. Applicant(s): Continental Bell, Ltd.; c/o David L. Hodge, Atty.; A lot of work going on there now. Also you can see the View on 5th in the background.
April 13, 201510 yr ^ The land for the 105-unit Edgehill Road project has been cleared off. Late March photo from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-march-2015-part-1
April 13, 201510 yr View on Fifth construction photos from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-march-2015-part-1
May 11, 201510 yr Front and back views of the View on Fifth construction from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2015-part-1
June 4, 201510 yr Two late May views from Fifth Street of the View on Fifth construction from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-may-2015-part-1
August 13, 20159 yr Late July photos of the 105-unit Edgehill Road project from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-july-2015-part-1
August 15, 20159 yr Late July photos of the 'View on Fifth' building from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-july-2015-part-1. Also: LINK TO GOOGLE AERIAL PHOTO OF 'VIEW ON FIFTH' CONSTRUCTION SITE View from Holly Avenue (side street) looking toward Fifth Avenue View from Fifth Avenue showing same building corner as above View looking down Fifth Avenue showing building front View from Norton Avenue (side street) looking toward Fifth Avenue
September 2, 20159 yr Work continues on the six-building, 105-unit apartment project next to Giant Eagle along Edgehill Road. Late August photos from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-in-columbus-august-2015
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