Post at Columbus Underground about a public meeting tonight regarding the widening of the railroad underpass on Third Avenue and improvements to W. 3rd Avenue and Rail Street in the 5xNW neighborhood / Grandview Yard development area:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/open-house-5xnw-third-ave-railroad-underpass-road-improvements

 

If you live, work or play in the 5XNW area – or are interested in seeing road/traffic & neighborhood improvements in Columbus in general this meeting is for you.  The City of Columbus is holding an Open House in conjunction with the 5XNW Area Commission regarding street improvements & widening the Railroad underpass on Third Avenue.  City Officials, Traffic Planners, etc. will be on-hand ... see details below.  We are proud of the zoning decisions, events, tree plantings, sidewalk installs, etc. that we have achieved in 5XNW.  Various volunteers working in conjunction with our group and NRI have been working to have a development such as this for years.  See details below – and see you there!

 

You are cordially invited to an open house for the community on the West 3rd Avenue and Rail Street Improvements

 

September 2, 2015,  5 – 6:30 p.m.

 

881 West Third Avenue  (southeast corner of 3rd Ave. and Edgehill Rd., same building as Ohio Health Urgent Care)

 

The city of Columbus is continuing its initiative to improve the public infrastructure on West 3rd Avenue between Olentangy River Road and Edgehill Road.  This open house will feature updated plans for West 3rd (between Giant Eagle and City of Columbus fire station) and a new Rail Street, including:

 

•      Resurfacing, pavement markings, traffic signals and signage

•      Constructing a shared-use path, sidewalks, curbs and Americans with Disabilities Act-compliant curb ramps

•      Adding street lights, street trees and landscaping

•      Building new two-span railroad bridge

 

Design is expected to finish in December 2015.  Construction is tentatively scheduled to begin in summer 2016 and subject to funding approval.

 

Representatives from the city of Columbus and design consultant EMH&T will be on-hand to answer questions in an open-house format; no formal presentation will be given.  Updated plans illustrating roadway features and property impacts will be on display.

 

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http://www.fifthbynorthwest.org

http://www.columbus.gov

^ As you can see by the below photos of Third Avenue at the overhead railroad bridge, this would be a great project to get done ASAP:

 

 

Columbus hopeful for state funds to rebuild 3rd Avenue railroad bridge

By Earl Rinehart, The Columbus Dispatch

Friday, September 4, 2015 - 5:45 AM

 

Columbus officials are confident the city will win state money to rebuild the railroad bridge over W. 3rd Avenue west of Olentangy River Road.  “We just have a good sense about it; this is an important project,” said Rick Tilton, assistant director of the city Public Service Department.

 

If the city receives the $5 million it’s requesting, work would begin next summer to rebuild the aging railroad span and resurface 3rd Avenue.  A shared-use path would be added to the south side of the street, and a sidewalk would be added on the north side.  “This is something the neighborhood has been wanting for a long time,” Tilton said. “It will make it a lot safer underneath the bridge.”

 

The road is narrower under the bridge, and there are no sidewalks.  The street is a major connector for cyclists headed to the Olentangy Trail at W. 3rd and Olentangy River Road.  Traffic signals would be added on Edgehill Road at 3rd and 5th avenues.  Part of Edgehill on the south side of W. 3rd will be replaced by an extension of Bobcat Avenue into Grandview Yard. ... The total cost of the project is $8.7 million and the city is seeking $5 million of that amount from the Ohio Public Works Commission.

 

MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/09/04/columbus-expects-to-get-state-funds-for-3rd-avenue-railroad-bridge-work.html

 

Been meaning to post this notice about the Northwest Boulevard and W. Third Avenue intersection originally posted at CU.  The former gas station on the southeast corner of this intersection has been demolished.  This is across Third Avenue from the Metropolitan condo building.  The former gas station building was last used as an office for Wheels Motor Sales. 

 

Here's the before and after pics from February 2015 posted at http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/3rd-x-northwest-grandview/page/5:

 

 

So far there's no news or indication that this former gas station and auto sales lot is going to be developed on.  But, if nothing else, it does improve the looks of this intersection across from the beautifully done Metropolitan condo building.  See the pre-demoliton status of the intersection at the link below:

 

Google Aerial View of the Northwest Boulevard and W. Third Avenue intersection

Also been meaning to post this notice about 1376 King Avenue in the 5xNW neighborhood.  At http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/1388-1392-king-avenue - ColumbusTime posted "West of Strader’s Garden Center on King Avenue, at the intersection of King Avenue & Grandview Avenue.  Not certain what development is happening but the building is no more.  The lot backs up to the Chambers Rd. Kroger.  I could see more residential development." and this photo of the one-story building on the property in the process of the being demolished:

 

Here's a link to a Google aerial of that location, which shows the previous one-story building at this location and its proximity to the Kroger store immediately north of the site:  Google Aerial View of 1376 King Avenue (at the Grandview Avenue & King Avenue intersection)

 

Later in that thread, Josh Lapp posted this submitted site plan for a new three-story, 27-unit apartment building approved to be constructed to replace the demolished one-story building at 1376 King Avenue:

 

In a July 27, 2015 Development Roundup report from CU at http://www.columbusunderground.com/development-roundup-new-parks-bridges-apartments-and-more - this was reported about the 1376 King Avenue project:  "Construction should begin soon on a 27-unit apartment complex at 1376 King Avenue in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood.  Brexton President and CEO Tim Galvin said that they hope to wrap up construction on the three-story building by May of 2016."

 

And if you look at the most recent Google Streetview of 1376 King Avenue (dated September 2015) you can see that Brexton has its construction signs up, fenced off the site and has brought construction equipment to the site.

Came across this new apartment development at CU:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/t-h-e-griff-new-student-housing-2

 

I'm posting this in the 5xNW neighborhood thread because (although its being built for and marketed to OSU students) it seems like its part of the many apartment developments that buffer the northern part of 5xNW from the Ohio State campus - see this Google Aerial Map.  The Griff Apartments are being built at the end of Steelwood Road.  They are located just south of OSU's Business Incubator buildings along Kinnear Road, just west of the current Rogue Fitness manufacturing facility along Kenny Road and just north of the Northwest & Chambers intersection.

 

Here are a couple websites and a couple of renderings for the project:

 

http://thegriffosu.com/

https://www.facebook.com/THEGriffColumbusOhio/

 

Streetside:

 

Poolside:

More information about the Griff Apartments from CU at the link below - such as the four-story building has 288 units with 586 beds:

 

More Student Housing on the Way in Fifth by Northwest:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-griff-columbus-bw1

The six-building, 105-unit apartment project next to Giant Eagle along Edgehill Road has been completed.  Some photos from the project website - http://edgehillapartment.com/:

 

 

Couple of View on Fifth photos of completed Holly Avenue buildings from the project website - http://theviewonfifth.com/.

 

Holly Avenue clubhouse:

 

Holly Avenue townhouses:

 

 

And an early March 2016 view of the 6-story Fifth Avenue mixed-use building still under construction from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-update-grandview-heights-fifth-by-northwest:

The Metropreneur (formerly Metropreneur Columbus website) has been running a regular series that profiles local small companies and their urban office spaces.  This one is about Pixel Park, a video and animation company that moved into the former Jeni's headquarters at 1145 Chesapeake Avenue in the 5xNW neighborhood.

 

After Jeni's moved their offices into a larger Arena District location, Pixel Park took over their Chesapeake Avenue location last year.  Below is a 2014 exterior of that location from the County Auditor's website - note the Jeni's logo still on the door.  Below is an interior view from the Metropreneur:

 

 

 

More photos at http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/work-pixel-park-designs-colorful-fun-space/

It's interesting to have nice spaces such as this on a street with ZERO streetscape let alone consistent sidewalks (3rd is the worst, doesn't even have them except for Market District's parking lot). Even Dublin has sidewalks for their faux urban area...Westerville has a great streetscape for their actual urban area...

It's interesting to have nice spaces such as this on a street with ZERO streetscape let alone consistent sidewalks (3rd is the worst, doesn't even have them except for Market District's parking lot).

 

Surely you know that Columbus and Grandview are partnering to build a new sidewalk on the north side of Third Avenue and a larger multi-use pathway on the south side of Third Avenue this summer.  That project would also widen the narrow railroad span over Third Avenue that currently disconnects it with the sidewalks in the Harrison West and Victorian Village neighborhoods to the east.

 

Especially since it was posted here, here and here earlier on this page.

Anybody know what's throwing down on Chesapeake between Northwest Blvd. and the Kroger? 2-3 small one-story office/warehouse buildings just got demoed.

Anybody know what's throwing down on Chesapeake between Northwest Blvd. and the Kroger? 2-3 small one-story office/warehouse buildings just got demoed.

 

Couldn't find any building permits for these (1313 & 1317 Chesapeake Avenue) at the City's Building Permit tracking site: https://ca.columbus.gov/ca/default.aspx

 

The demolition permits were listed for 1313 & 1317 Chesapeake Avenue on the City's demolition list, but no replacement use or reason for the demos were noted: (PDF LINK) https://www.columbus.gov/bzs/document-library/reports/demolition-activity/2016-Year-To-Date-Demolition-Permit-Report/

The owners of the Short North’s Press Grill have officially expanded into a second location at 1505 W. Fifth Avenue in the 5xNW neighborhood.  CU has more info on this second Press Grill location - with many interior and exterior photos of it - at http://www.columbusunderground.com/press-grill-on-fifth-avenue.

 

The Press Grill renovated an existing building at 1505 W. Fifth Avenue that has an interesting retail history documented via Google streetview.  In 2007, the building was a Starbucks:

 

In 2011, Graffiti Burger took over the space and did some minor renovations.  Meanwhile, the parcel next door saw the "retail-space-built-in-front-of-an-older-house" arrangement get demolished and replaced with a new retail building:

 

The August 2015 streetview shows the 1505 W. Fifth Avenue building getting a major renovation and front addition for the Press Grill:

 

The November 2015 streetview shows the front addition enclosed and a side patio space under construction:

 

And the finished Press Grill renovation of 1505 W. Fifth Avenue:  http://www.columbusunderground.com/press-grill-on-fifth-avenue

^You can't even tell it was originally a Friendly's anymore!

This 32-unit infill project on Chesapeake Avenue - originally posted in this thread at http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16555.msg618644.html#msg618644 - got completed a few years ago.  But I just came across the developer's webpage for the project and it had some finished photos.  It turned out pretty well.

 

From http://www.visiondevinc.com/chesapeake.php:

 

 

 

 

This 32-unit infill project on Chesapeake Avenue - originally posted in this thread at http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16555.msg618644.html#msg618644 - got completed a few years ago.  But I just came across the developer's webpage for the project and it had some finished photos.  It turned out pretty well.

 

From http://www.visiondevinc.com/chesapeake.php:

 

 

 

 

 

These are all over the Grandview area, I have friends that live in some of them and they are all well laid out and appointed.  Not too bad as far as rent is concerned either.

Looks like a Smoothie King is going in at 5th and Northwest.  I forget what it's taking the place of (in the strip of store fronts with Bibibop).

Is it on the west, middle or east side of the building?

Work to Start on Missing West Third Avenue Sidewalks

 

 

Construction is scheduled to start next week on a long-awaited infrastructure fix for a section of West Third Avenue, just west of Olentangy River Road.

 

Residents of both the Fifth by Northwest and Harrison West neighborhoods have complained for years about the condition of the street as it passes underneath the railroad tracks that run along the eastern edge of Grandview Yard. With no sidewalks, a narrow right of way, and an embankment on both sides of the road, people walking along Third in either direction were faced with no good options for getting through to the other side.

 

More below:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/work-to-start-on-missing-west-third-avenue-sidewalks-bw1

Is it on the west, middle or east side of the building?

 

Towards the east end.  I saw an OPEN sign this past weekend there.

Update on the three-story, 27-unit apartment building replacing two demolished one-story buildings at 1376 King Avenue - previously posted in this thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16555.msg778538.html#msg778538:

 

Project website: http://brextonllc.com/our-work/king-avenue-apartments/

 

Previous buildings on site - July 2014:

 

During construction - October 2015:

 

Finished building, nearly finished site - September 2016:

 

The Griff Apartments is also finished - previously in this thread at https://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16555.msg781066.html#msg781066.  This four-story building with 288 units and 586 beds is being marketing to OSU students, but it is located within the Fifth by Northwest boundaries.

 

http://thegriffosu.com/

 

http://thelantern.com/2017/03/the-griff-new-to-campus-area-wins-best-place-to-live/

 

 

 

^^ The King Ave building turned out really well. What a nice little project. I hope we continue to see more like that popping up in the neighborhood.

 

"The Griff" on the other hand... Yeesh. I honestly can't believe that they'd be able to get almost 600 OSU students to voluntarily live in a prison-like megablock on a site as isolated as that.

The View on Fifth building between Norton and Holly along W. Fifth Avenue has finished construction and is now occupied.  This six-story building contains 153 residential units, a parking garage and 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.  The total development project in this area also includes 132 additional units within four townhouse buildings built along Holly Avenue a few years ago.

 

Below are some aerial photos of The View on Fifth building and the Holly Avenue townhouses from the project website at http://theviewonfifth.com/:

 

 

Here is an overhead aerial of The View on Fifth building.  The building spans between Holly Avenue and Norton Avenue along W. Fifth Avenue and then extends back along Norton with a parking garage, additional units and an interior courtyard with a swimming pool:

 

 

View from the interior courtyard:

 

 

Here are some ground level photos of The View on Fifth building.  First, a view from Norton & Fifth:

 

 

View from Norton of the parking garage:

 

 

Streetscape view along Fifth Avenue at Norton:

 

 

Streetscape view along Fifth Avenue further west:

 

 

Streetscape along Fifth Avenue showing an occupied storefront in the middle of the block:

 

 

Streetscape along Fifth Avenue showing the restaurant at Holly & Fifth:

 

 

Streetscape view at Holly & Fifth.  Some of the previous built townhouses are visible down Holly Avenue:

They certainly didn't require much streetscape planting, did they? They need to look at undergrounding some of the power lines along Fifth as well... It's a little ridiculous that it's so prominent on such a thoroughfare.

5th looks terrible when you head west around sunset. All you see is the poles and lines like something out of an early '90s Compton video.

New Apartment Building Under Construction in Fifth by Northwest

 

A four-story, 160-unit apartment building is under construction in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood. The new development, called the Quinn, sits on a 2.8-acre piece of land at 1341 Norton Avenue.

 

Construction work started a few months ago, and interest from potential renters is expected to be high, according to Chad Seiber of Mulberry Design + Build, who is a partner in the project.

 

More below:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-apartment-building-under-construction-in-fifth-by-northwest-bw1

 

Hotel project next to Cap City clears zoning hurdle

 

 

The city's zoning commission has paved the way for a long-sought six-story hotel in Fifth by Northwest.

 

More below:

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/12/13/hotel-project-next-to-cap-city-clears-zoning.html

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.

 

Just went to the cited link to see what this development was about.  The beach and the pool like nice. Japanese developer?

 

The Meridian, a 480-unit apartment complex in the 5xNW neighborhood near Grandview Heights is wrapping up an extensive interior/exterior renovation project.  Columbus Business First has an article and photo slideshow about this at the below link:

 

https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/02/06/take-a-look-inside-the-meridian-as-the-apartments.html

Fast Forward: Fifth by Northwest

 

The Columbus neighborhood sandwiched between Grandview Heights and Upper Arlington may not have the same level of name recognition as its adjacent areas, but Fifth by Northwest (5xNW) still continues to see its own steady stream of new urban development. Unlike The Short North or Italian Village where development largely follows a linear spine, 5xNW is seeing a more dispersed boom clustered around several pockets of activity.

 

The industrial area near the Grandview Yard Market District grocery store has most rapidly converted to new apartment buildings while areas closer to Grandview Avenue reflect a vision that aligns more closely with the existing vibe of that strip. In the far northeast corner, a mix of hip restaurant concepts and student-centric housing with proximity to OSU have emerged in recent years with plenty of opportunity for more to come in the future.

 

More below:

https://www.columbusunderground.com/fast-forward-fifth-by-northwest-we1

 

Just a thought - Most of us older locals know the area as Tri-Village. I've always thought the 5xNW name was clunky.

FWIW, 5xNW looks and sounds a lot like SxSW--the music and creative festival in Austin.

 

I usually just call the area "Grandview" although that technically isn't correct either.

 

What really doesn't help is that what is essentially "Downtown Grandview" along Grandview Ave is actually municipal Columbus north of 3rd Ave. Grandview Heights, which informally lends its name to the broader area, really only makes up a small portion of it.

It's actually not even 3rd in some places. The dumpster behind Grandview Cafe is the border east of Grandview Ave.

I actually like "Fifth by Northwest". It reminds me of the Hitchcock movie North by Northwest. And it is better than Tri-Village....generic and we already have too many "villages" JMHO.

 

 

*I also thought "Tri-Village" was farther west and was Grandview, Marble Cliff, and Upper Arlington?

^I've always thought Tri-Village was the area of Columbus surrounded by those three municipalities. Regardless, I like the higher density developments happening throughout Tri-Village.  :)

^^ Right. Who cares what it is called, as long as it is densifying with good new developments!

On 9/10/2017 at 1:13 AM, ColDayMan said:

New Apartment Building Under Construction in Fifth by Northwest

 

A four-story, 160-unit apartment building is under construction in the Fifth by Northwest neighborhood. The new development, called the Quinn, sits on a 2.8-acre piece of land at 1341 Norton Avenue.

 

Construction work started a few months ago, and interest from potential renters is expected to be high, according to Chad Seiber of Mulberry Design + Build, who is a partner in the project.

 

More below:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-apartment-building-under-construction-in-fifth-by-northwest-bw1

 

The Quinn apartment building in 5xNW is now completed.  

 

A photo of the finished project was included in CU's construction roundup at https://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-east-side-south-side-grandview-we1.  This is another residential project that is urbanizing this section of Norton Avenue between W. Fifth Avenue to the north and W. Third Avenue to the south.  Below are some before and after streetviews of Norton Avenue.

 

2016 streetview of Norton Avenue looking northward -- The vacant one-story light industrial/warehouse building to the left is the site of the new 4-story, 160-unit Quinn apartment building.  Beyond the Quinn site is the six-story, 153-unit View on Fifth project (still under construction in 2016):

 

 

2018 streetview of The Quinn under construction looking north -- Beyond this construction site is the six-story, 153-unit View on Fifth project (completed in 2017) which also has a parking garage facing the Quinn site and ground floor retail facing Fifth Avenue:

 

 

2016 streetview of Norton Avenue looking southward with the Quinn site to the right -- The 3-story, 105-unit Edgehill apartment complex is to the left.  Edgehill spans over to the next street east (Edgehill Road) which is across the street from the Giant Eagle at Grandview Yard.  Further down Norton Avenue is the Commons at Third, a 3-story, 100-unit building built by National Church Residences for formerly homeless and disabled low-income adults:

 

 

2018 streetview of The Quinn under construction looking south -- The 3-story, 105-unit Edgehill apartment complex was completed in 2016.  The 3-story, 100-unit Commons at Third was completed in 2012:

 

 

Finished 2019 view of the Quinn from https://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-east-side-south-side-grandview-we1 looking north with the View on Fifth (completed in 2017) visible in the background:

On 11/23/2016 at 4:18 PM, ColDayMan said:

Work to Start on Missing West Third Avenue Sidewalks

 

 

Construction is scheduled to start next week on a long-awaited infrastructure fix for a section of West Third Avenue, just west of Olentangy River Road.

 

Residents of both the Fifth by Northwest and Harrison West neighborhoods have complained for years about the condition of the street as it passes underneath the railroad tracks that run along the eastern edge of Grandview Yard. With no sidewalks, a narrow right of way, and an embankment on both sides of the road, people walking along Third in either direction were faced with no good options for getting through to the other side.

 

More below:

http://www.columbusunderground.com/work-to-start-on-missing-west-third-avenue-sidewalks-bw1

 

An update from ABC6 about the "long-awaited infrastructure fix for a section of West Third Avenue".  After just over two years, it is still being awaited:

 

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/drivers-frustrated-after-setbacks-cause-major-delay-in-grandview-construction-project

 

But it is getting closer to the finish.  Here's the latest update the Columbus Public Service Department.  The eastbound Third Avenue traffic is still being detoured while the railroad bridge opening is being widened.  The bad news is that the westbound Third Avenue traffic is also scheduled to be detoured from May 6, 2019 thru June 3, 2019.  According to the City website, all bridge work is expected to finish in July 2019.  Road and sidewalk work will start once the bridgework is completed and is scheduled to finish September 2019:

 

https://www.columbus.gov/publicservice/streets/project-information/3rd-Avenue-between-Edgehill-Road-and-fire-station/

 

 

I'm moving to 5xNW soon, and I know this area has been a bottle neck for a very long time, but as someone who does not own a car and works downtown, I'm SO happy they're adding sidewalks here. Hopefully it's a bit bike friendlier as well. I'll be using this intersection a lot both on foot and bike.

New Development Near Grandview Avenue Moving Forward

 

 

A 62-unit apartment project near Grandview Avenue is now moving forward after receiving a vote of approval from the Columbus City Council.

 

The three-story building, from local developer Avenue Partners, is located at 1450 Broadview Ave. A parking garage on the first floor of the building will hold 86 cars and will be accessed from Ida Avenue.

 

Although the exterior design is different, the project will be marketed as the second phase of the Broadview, a 64-unit building built several years ago that sits directly to the south.

 

More below:

https://www.columbusunderground.com/apartments-near-grandview-avenue-moving-forward-bw1

Oh wow, the density of the current buildings from the '40s isn't that low, but the new development's will indeed be much higher.

I lived across from it for five years.

 

https://www.google.com/maps/place/1450+Broadview+Ave,+Columbus,+OH+43212/@39.9873585,-83.0460526,3a,75y,119.81h,77.21t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYSeKJJL62PA_VBbK3Ku24w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m5!3m4!1s0x88388e5012ef87fd:0x47427ddbd9ea4965!8m2!3d39.987239!4d-83.045653

On 4/27/2019 at 12:56 PM, Columbo said:

 

An update from ABC6 about the "long-awaited infrastructure fix for a section of West Third Avenue".  After just over two years, it is still being awaited:

 

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/drivers-frustrated-after-setbacks-cause-major-delay-in-grandview-construction-project

 

But it is getting closer to the finish.  Here's the latest update the Columbus Public Service Department.  The eastbound Third Avenue traffic is still being detoured while the railroad bridge opening is being widened.  The bad news is that the westbound Third Avenue traffic is also scheduled to be detoured from May 6, 2019 thru June 3, 2019.  According to the City website, all bridge work is expected to finish in July 2019.  Road and sidewalk work will start once the bridgework is completed and is scheduled to finish September 2019:

 

https://www.columbus.gov/publicservice/streets/project-information/3rd-Avenue-between-Edgehill-Road-and-fire-station/

 

 

 

Another update on the widening of the Third Avenue railroad bridge.  Construction photo posted 7/29 at https://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-short-north-grandview-yard-we1

If you thought this would be an update on the West Third Avenue bridge widening project - it's not. ?

 

But I do have a completion (of sorts) for another 5xNW project.  The View on Fifth filled its last ground floor retail space. ? ? ?

 

Here's the report from Business First below:

 

 

View on Fifth adds final ground-floor tenant

 

Rewild Yoga will open a 1,600 square foot studio at The View on Fifth development this fall, joining a number of ground floor retailers in the West 5th Avenue development.  The studio will go in next to Salon Lofts and Waxxpot on the ground floor.

( . . . )

Solove Real Estate and Celmark Development developed the building in 2013 with 285 residential units and 25,000 square feet of retail space. ... With this new retail addition, the ground floor of the building will be fully leased.

 

MORE:  https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2019/09/19/view-on-fifth-adds-final-ground-floor-tenant.html

I have a very serious question. I don't know which thread to post this in other than this one.

 

I recently moved to this area and I'm just flabbergasted at the lack of sidewalks along Northwest Boulevard. What in the actual world is going on? As soon as Grandview Heights ends, the quality of Northwest plummets. North of King, there are no sidewalks, yet tons of people are forced to walk through the grass. The intersection of of Chambers and Northwest is atrocious and it's absurdly ridiculous that Chambers also lacks sidewalks considering the sheer amount of foot traffic walking along it in dangerous conditions. This is right by the neighborhood grocery store and the number 3 bus line, for goodness sake. The conditions are deplorable and I can't believe it looks like this in this day and age. A lot of college students without cars live around here as well.

 

I don't own a car, either. What is the hold up? Northwest--in its entirety--is prime for a road diet. What gives here? To whom can I complain to? And who must I vote for to fix this as a Columbus resident?

 

If the excuse on lack of progress here is that too many municipalities mix/meet up in this area, I'm going to scream, lol.

 

Sorry for the rather stern rant but I'm pretty discouraged with this whole area. There is so much potential here and yet it remains a car dependant crap shoot.

^There is a Fifth by Northwest area commission, which likely has similar concerns.

 

Chambers jumps in and out of city limits on both sides of Northwest, so the condition is not too surprising. 

The city has been adding sidewalks to the neighborhood slowly over the years. Northwest's sidewalks stopped just north of the 5th and Northwest strip mall until oh, 2014 when they were extended north to King. I was hoping at the time that they would GO. ALL. THE. WAY. to Chambers so that BS where the sidewalk tries to spill you onto the street would go away but that didn't happen. In 2018 the city added a sidewalk to the west side of Broadview Ave. between Ida Ave. and 3rd as the private sector finished the sidewalks on the east side of the street. So this work does indeed happen independent of private developer projects, but you don't hear about it ahead of time in a lot of cases.