Grandview Heights: Developments and News

Posted January 28, 200520 yr

Don't forget about the developments on Grandview Ave. itself. There's the cool looking new Global Living building and the apartment (condo?) building going up at 3rd and Grandview.

http://www.cityspaceresidential.com/theheights.asp

1

July 18, 200519 yr

From the 7/14/05 ThisWeek Newspapers. For aerials and site plans, go here.

City is waiting to hear details about center

Thursday, July 14, 2005

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Grandview Heights officials are waiting to learn more about a Cincinnati developer's proposal to build a shopping center along Dublin Road at Grandview Avenue. Bear Creek Capital is proposing to build a shopping complex that would include a large anchor store such as Home Depot or Wal-Mart on the 36-acre tract, director of administration Patrik Bowman said. "It would be a 'shopping power center,'" Bowman said. A power center is a shopping development with a small number of tenants, most of whom would be large stores, he said. About one-third of the site is in Grandview, while the remainder lies in Columbus, Bowman said.

July 19, 200519 yr

Looking at the map, thats a little bigger than I originally thought (Could they please take that hotel out as well).

Granted it would be in Grandview, but I don't think of Grandview till I get north of Goodale. This gateway to Grandview talk, south of the railroad, is just BS. The city is trying to determine if a strip mall at Dublin and Grandview would enhance or cause problems for the Grandview Ave strip of stores.

July 29, 200519 yr

It's funny because Bear Creek Capital has had this on their website for months. It was still an idea without a formal proposal. Anyway, on Columbus RetroMetro it was mentioned today, and there's a story in the Dispatch. If someone could post the story, that would be great.

Here's the link:

Columbus Dispatch: Grandview taking the long view (7/27/05)

Here's the site plan. Plenty of parking:

July 29, 200519 yr

yuck! keep that junk out of grandview!

July 29, 200519 yr

Grandview taking the long view

ARTICLE DELETED

July 29, 200519 yr

Grandview is caught in middle here.

I pass by the lot where the proposed shopping center is planned on being built often, and it's truly an eyesore. The lot contains a boarded up Howard Johnson (essentially on the space where the new retail is planned on the map above) and a frequently closed Chinese restaurant on the northeast corner or Grandview and Dublin.

The problem with turning the lot into retail similar to that found in downtown Grandview Heights is that the lot is isolated. It's boardered by a 5 lane roadway (Dublin Rd) to the south, railroad tracks and a hill to the north, Grandview Rd to the west, and some small commercial structures to the east. A retail area more akin to Grandview Heights would fail pretty quickly. I personally think the lot should be used for residential purposes, and then the lots stretching east on Dublin should be redeveloped into retail or restaurants. If the lot has to be used for retail, a shopping plaza would probably be the best fit from an economical point of view, though having that sea of parking directly visable from the intersection of Grandview and Dublin would be horrible. Here's hoping the city counsul comes up with a plan that both redevelops the parcel but also maintains Grandview's character.

July 29, 200519 yr

SS...thanks.

CMH...totally agree.

October 11, 200519 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 10/6/05:

Agreement OK'd for Kaplan Tract study

Thursday, October 6, 2005

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Grandview Heights City Council Monday approved an ordinance authorizing the city to enter into an agreement with the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) for a study of the Kaplan Tract at the corner of Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road. Bear Creek Capital is proposing to build a shopping complex on the 36-acre tract that would include a large anchor store such as Home Depot or Wal-Mart. About one-third of the site lies in Grandview and the remainder is in Columbus. The Grandview portion would have to be rezoned to allow the shopping center development.

October 19, 200519 yr

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

Kaplan Tract study part of regional growth strategy

Thursday, October 13, 2005

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A study of the Kaplan Tract the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) will conduct over the next two months is part of the agency's effort to create a regional growth strategy for the central Ohio region. "We chose the property as one of our target sites for the study because it is a piece of ground that is a very important piece for the city of Columbus and is a gateway for Grandview," MORPC regional growth strategy program manager Kim Gibson said.

The regional growth strategy "is an attempt to take a look at the growth we'll experience in the region over the next 30 years and to put it in context for each of the communities in the region and as a collective," she said. "We are examining the trends that are shaping how we are growing in terms of population and land consumption and what that means for local governments and their budgets," Gibson said.

January 24, 200619 yr

Author

Found some links on Columbus RetroMetro of some interesting looking projects from the Design Group:

http://www.dgcolumbus.com/projects/urban/housing/third_northwest

http://www.dgcolumbus.com/projects/urban/housing/1200_grandview

http://www.dgcolumbus.com/projects/urban/housing/avenue_one_lofts

http://www.dgcolumbus.com/projects/urban/housing/mx2

If you snoop around the DG Columbus website you'll find some other cool stuff like a mixed use project in Lancaster and info on the downtown Springfield masterplan.

January 24, 200619 yr

Excellent. Thanks!

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

January 24, 200619 yr

Author

DowntownColumbus.com has published a January 2006 Progress Report which talks about the new Clippers Stadium: http://www.downtowncolumbus.com/publications/ProgressReportJan06.pdf

January 25, 200619 yr

Good stuff. Nice to see some renderings for the planned stadium.

February 17, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 2/16/06:

Kaplan Tract proposal submitted

Thursday, February 16, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Bear Creek Development has submitted its plans for the Grandview portion of the Kaplan Tract to the city of Grandview Heights. The Cincinnati-based company will seek four conditional use permits to allow a mixed use development on the tract, which lies at the corner of Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road. One of the conditional use permits would allow the developer's plans for a Home Depot store to be built off of Dublin Road. Roughly two-thirds of the store would sit within Columbus, with the rest being in Grandview. The proposed 102,513-square-foot store would also include a 28,000-square-foot outdoor garden center and a 371-space parking lot.

Bear Creek's proposed development plan also includes a two-floor office/retail building. The first floor would house 33,000 square feet of retail space while the second floor would have 16,000 square feet of office space. Four restaurants are also proposed for the Grandview portion of the tract. Three of the restaurants would be 5,000; 5,200 and 7,495 square feet in size, respectively. The fourth would be smaller, at about 3,500 square feet, and would also include a drive-thru, a feature that would require a conditional use permit from the city.

From same:

Proposed moratorium may not be considered

Thursday, February 16, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Grandview Heights City Council members have discussed the possibility of placing a 90-day moratorium on development in the Grandview portion of the Kaplan Tract at Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road. Five members of council attended a meeting of a Big Box Retail Ad Hoc Committee on Friday and appeared to reach a consensus that legislation to implement a moratorium should be introduced to the full council. But opposition to the idea from Mayor Ray DeGraw, who was unable to attend Friday's meeting, may result in the moratorium concept not being introduced at all.

February 25, 200619 yr

From the 2/25/06 Dispatch:

Grandview considers development moratorium

Proposal could hurt business, mayor argues

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Kirk D . Richards

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Grandview Heights Mayor Ray DeGraw is speaking out against a proposed 90-day moratorium on development in the city. A moratorium is the wrong message to send when the city is seeking businesses to move in, DeGraw said. He intends to make that position clear when the council takes up the issue on March 6. But some council members say that a moratorium would give them time to review a study the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission is to release this month. Members say the study will give them guidance on how to handle an area that borders Columbus.

The mayor argues that a moratorium is unnecessary, saying officials would have time to address that area while developers seek approval from the Planning Commission and City Council. "We’re trying to bring businesses in," DeGraw said. "I don’t like the ‘M’ word."

March 11, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 3/9/06:

Council debates proposed moratorium

Meetings slated for public input on Grandview-Dublin Road intersection

Thursday, March 9, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Grandview Heights City Council Monday night held first reading of an ordinance to establish a 90-day moratorium on the processing, review and approval of any development proposals for the intersection of Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road. The intersection is the subject of a just completed study by the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) regarding the multi-jurisdictional issues relating to redevelopment of the area surrounding the intersection, which includes part of the Kaplan Tract. The tract extends into both Grandview Heights and Columbus.

If approved, the moratorium would be in place while the planning commission initiates a review of the city's community plan and zoning regulations to determine if the MORPC study findings necessitate changes in those documents. The moratorium would only apply to the area surrounding the intersection reviewed in the MORPC study.

March 21, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 3/16/06:

MORPC official reviews Grandview-33

Regional study makes recommendations for four corners of intersection

Thursday, March 16, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A Grandview Heights City Council ad-hoc committee March 9 heard an overview of the results of a Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission study of the intersection of Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road. The 103-acre Grandview Avenue/Dublin Road site was selected for a target area study as part of MORPC's effort to create a regional growth strategy for the seven-county central Ohio region.

The study of the four corners of the Grandview/Dublin intersection is designed to provide a long-term vision for redevelopment of the area, MORPC regional growth strategy program manager Kim Gibson told the committee. "This is looking 50 to 100 years out," she said. "What do you want it to look like? It's about the form of the buildings" not as much as what specifically might go in the structures. MORPC's vision for the area is to create a mixed-use, "town center type feel," Gibson said. "It would be a destination...

March 28, 200619 yr

Both articles from ThisWeek Grandview, 3/23/06:

Bear Creek planning requests tabled

Critical staff report recommends denial of site plan, conditional uses

Thursday, March 23, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

The Grandview Heights Planning Commission last Wednesday tabled requests for a major site plan review and three conditional uses for the proposed redevelopment of the Grandview portion of the Kaplan Tract. Bear Creek Capital requested the commission table the measures after it received a copy of a city staff report recommending all four measures be denied.

Patrik Bowman, director of administration, said city staff members have major concerns about the applications, especially the one for the site plan review, which the staff found was incomplete. Attorney Nicholas Cavalaris, an attorney with Smith & Hale, the law firm representing the applicant, told the commission the developer needs more time to review and respond to the staff report. The applicant just received the report the day before the planning commission's meeting, he said.

April 11, 200619 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 4/6/06:

Action on Dublin Pike plan proposed

Thursday, April 6, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Attorneys representing the owner of the Kaplan Tract at the Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road intersection called for further discussion of the feasibility and appropriateness of proposed development strategies for the area surrounding the intersection. Attorneys Glen Dugger and Nicholas Cavalaris spoke at Monday night's Grandview Heights City Council meeting, where a resolution stemming from a March series of ad-hoc committee meetings was introduced.

The committee meetings reviewed a Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) report that offered a conceptual vision of what the best use of the area surrounding the intersection, known as the Dublin Pike planning area, might be. The district overlaps into both Grandview and the city of Columbus. At the final ad-hoc committee meeting last Thursday, a set of goals, objectives and strategies was proposed that could be used to revise and improve the vision for the area included in the city's 1997 community master plan. (See related story below.)

From same:

Committee recommends updating plan

Thursday, April 6, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

A Grandview Heights City Council ad hoc committee March 30 presented its recommendations for revising the city's community master plan's goals and strategies for development of the Grandview Avenue/Dublin Road area, the Dublin Pike district. At Thursday's meeting, ad hoc committee chair P'Elizabeth Koelker said the recommendations are an attempt to "boil down" the suggestions raised by city officials and residents at the committee's first two meetings.

Perhaps the best aspect of the MORPC study, said Patrik Bowman, the city's director of administration, is that it recommends striving for buildings in the area that can be adapted for use by multiple and varied tenants. "If we can get the form (of the buildings) right and have them be adaptive buildings and get away from warehouses, we can accomplish a lot," he said. "We need to get away from single-use buildings."

April 25, 200619 yr

From Tri-Village News (SNP), 4/19/06:

Grandview Avenue-Dublin Road redevelopment

Site plan on hold for now, city says

Officials want time to work with Columbus on Bear Creek Capital's proposal.

By KHALILA PERRIN

Developers won't present their ideas for a Grandview Avenue-Dublin Road shopping center to Grandview's planning commission today as originally planned. The developer, Bear Creek Capital, was set to present its site plan and three requests for conditional uses for 13 acres at the northeast corner of the intersection. The city announced last week the commission wouldn't hear the developer's proposals, however. It's the second time in two months the review has been postponed.

April 28, 200619 yr

The Grandview Metropolitan is set to begin construction this summer. It's a few blocks down 3rd St. from The Heights, which is currently under construction.

"The location of The Metropolitan is just one aspect of its uniqueness. The other facets are designed into the building and individual residences. The mid-rise, four-story building has a distinctive flatiron-shape. Architecturally, The Metropolitan draws from the 1930’s “Brick Deco” design of the neighborhood that surrounds it, then spins it in an unmistakably modern and timeless direction."

http://www.metropolitangrandview.com/

Information about The Heights:

"The Heights is a 5-story, 20 unit condominium home project on the corner of Grandview and Third Avenues. The condominium homes are on the second through fifth floor, with private, secure parking is on the ground level."

http://www.cityspaceresidential.com/theheights.asp

April 30, 200619 yr

I drove by The Heights the other day and it's beautiful. I don't know if it's "starting at $299,000" beautiful though.

It's nice to see Grandview getting it's density up. It really has the potential to be one of the premiere burbs of Columbus. I can definitely see myself moving there after I move on from Downtown.

May 9, 200619 yr

Grandview area to go Metropolitan

$6.6 million condo project designed to have urban feel

Monday, May 08, 2006

Mike Pramik THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

A condominium building is being designed to blend in with and yet stand out among the older multifamily homes near Grandview Heights. The Metropolitan, a four-story, 20-unit structure, will rise at the triangular-shaped intersection of Northwest Boulevard and 3 rd Avenue in Columbus. Matt Vekasy, whose Metropolitan Holdings is developing the $6.6 million project, expects it to appeal to urban dwellers who don’t necessarily want to live Downtown.

"It’s really a unique building and a unique site," he said. "It sets up for some dynamic interiors." Much of the housing in the Grandview Heights area was built in the 1930s. The city was laid out at the turn of the 20th century, so there are a lot of tight streets that create an urban atmosphere. A few developers, including Vekasy, have been canvassing the Grandview area for multifamily-housing sites in the past few years.

June 5, 200619 yr

From Tri-Village News (SNP), 5/31/06:

Redevelopment will mean the end of an era for some

By KHALILA PERRIN

George Glazos has been in the auto repair business for four decades. The past several weeks have been a waiting game, though. While the glass and metal garage doors of his auto repair business, Dublin and Grandview Auto Service, have opened and closed for nearly 30 years, soon they'll close for good.

He purchased the former Marathon gas station in 1978 shortly after moving to Grandview Heights with his wife in 1974. In the meantime, a Coldwell Banker sign planted at the front edge of the business' crumbling parking lot offers 1091-1093 Dublin Road for sale to passersby.

September 26, 200618 yr

From the 9/20/06 Tri-Village News:

Plans come into focus for two key development locations

By ROSEMARY KUBERA

Forget Wal-Mart. Grandview Heights city officials say the big-box retailer probably won't be moving in because it's increasingly unlikely that a sprawling, suburban-style shopping complex ever will be built at the northeast corner of Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road.

But nothing's certain yet. A status report on development plans for the 100-acre site was to be presented by Pat Bowman, city administrator, to the Planning Commission at 7 p.m. tonight at City Hall. "The majority of the site is in Columbus and zoned for exactly for what (the developer) wants to use it for," said Bowman. That is, a suburban-style shopping center. But Grandview has clout not only because part of the project is partially within its boundaries, but because Grandview "controls the road" on Dublin Road, said Mayor Ray DeGraw.

September 27, 200618 yr

Initial studies show an urban rather than suburban-style development would produce more revenue for both cities, said DeGraw.

Let's see more studies like these, please.

September 27, 200618 yr

The complex will extend east along Dublin Road from Grandview Avenue to the Franklin County Engineer's complex, 970 Dublin Road.

Instead of Wal-Mart-sized stores, Grandview wants smaller-scale buildings arranged in a grid-like or city-style design with parking provided behind them.

Please, Please, PLEASE do that! That exact concept is what I've been anticipating for that area of Dublin Rd. It would be an extremely large improvement to the overall area.

October 3, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 9/28/06:

Bear Creek to revise Kaplan Tract plan

Thursday, September 28, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN, [email protected]

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Bear Creek Capital has withdrawn its original proposal for the Kaplan Tract, at the northeast corner of Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road, and will submit a revised plan for developing the property within the next several weeks. The withdrawal was in response to concerns raised by the cities of Grandview Heights and Columbus over the plan, including its size and scope.

At its Sept. 20 meeting, the Grandview Heights Planning Commission tabled the matter until its Nov. 15 meeting, when Bear Creek is expected to formally present its revised plan.

Read more athttp://www.thisweeknews.com/index.php?sec=grandview&story=sites/thisweeknews/092806/Grandview/News/092806-News-232658.html

October 4, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 9/28/06:

Grandview Avenue

Commission hears presentation on mixed-use project

Thursday, September 28, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN, [email protected]

ThisWeek Staff Writer

The Grandview Heights Planning Commission Sept. 20 heard an informal presentation regarding a proposed mixed-use, multi-story development for the northeast corner of Grandview and Haines avenues. The development would be built at 1242-1250 Grandview Avenue and 1466-1474 Haines Avenue, the current site of two four-family buildings.

The presentation by Matthew Vekasy with Metropolitan Partners and architects from the DesignGroup firm did not represent a formal application. Tentative plans call for about 17,000 square feet of retail space on the first floor and condominiums on the upper stories. An underground garage, with entry and exit on Haines Avenue, would provide 44 parking spaces for retail. Residential parking would be located on the first floor level.

November 30, 200618 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 11/9/06:

Grandview Planning Commission

Bear Creek upgrades Kaplan Tract plan

Thursday, November 9, 2006

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

The Grandview Heights Planning Commission has begun its consideration of a revised development plan for a 40-acre site on the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue, which includes the land known as the Kaplan Tract. The commission held a public workshop Nov. 1 to discuss land-use issues relating to the proposed redevelopment of the site. Most of the Kaplan Tract site lies in Columbus. About 10 acres is within Grandview.

The tentative proposal is the result of months of talks between the developer, Grandview and Columbus, Bowman said. Grandview officials were seeking a plan more in line with recent development patterns in the city, he said. Both Columbus and Grandview believed two "big box" stores included in the original plan were "just too large," Bowman said.

Other concerns included the lack of office use and the inclusion of single-purpose buildings that would not be flexible enough to adapt to potential future changes in development needs, he said.

January 21, 200718 yr

From Tri-Village News, 1/3/07:

Vacant, run-down inn remains a security hazard, officials say

By ROSEMARY KUBERA

The former Knights Inn still stands at Grandview Avenue and Dublin Road. But it's not fit for habitation. "The whole building's been trashed," said Joelle Khouzam, Grandview Heights city attorney. "People have pushed in plywood (security barriers) and broken into rooms. There's a lot of damage and it is unsafe for anyone: fire, police, and those seeking shelter," she said.

"The place should be torn down," said fire Chief Henry Kauffman Jr. It is thought that homeless people, known to stay in the neighboring woods, keep breaking into the building, city officials said. The inn closed in 2005 and the structure is deteriorating. Parts of a canopy at the property's edge near Dublin Road collapsed and on Dec. 1 the city ordered owner Varu Inc. of Dublin to repair it and seal breaches or openings where people had broken in.

January 27, 200718 yr

Completed:

The Heights:

Boulevard Green:

Under Construction:

The Metropolitan:

1200 Grandview:

Planned:

Hilo and Northwest:

http://www.thisweeknews.com/?edition=Grandview&story=thisweeknews/072706/Grandview/News/072706-News-195156.html

Proposed:

Coda of Grandview:

Third Street Condos:

Planned Mixed-Use:

Grandview Commerce District:

http://www.thisweeknews.com/index.php?sec=grandview&story=sites/thisweeknews/102606/Grandview/News/102606-News-247063.html

Kaplan Tract/Dublin Pike

http://www.thisweeknews.com/index.php?sec=grandview&story=sites/thisweeknews/110906/Grandview/News/110906-News-258007.html

January 27, 200718 yr

That's my GRANDVIEW!!!

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

January 27, 200718 yr

You can keep it.

January 29, 200718 yr

You can keep it.

This, coming from Wonder Bread territory...

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

January 29, 200718 yr

Everytime I see The Heights, all I look at is how stupidly they routed those electric lines. Those people paid over $500k to stare at power lines out of thier windows. That kinda thing never shows up on the pretty renderings.

Also...I've never heard of those two proposed buildings. Do they have websites? Where are they going to be located?

January 29, 200718 yr

You can keep it.

This, coming from Wonder Bread territory...

My body's built strong in 12 ways and I'm serving knuckle sandwiches.

January 29, 200718 yr

Nice. I like the Metropolitan. It has a cool art deco vibe that you don't see much in modern condos.

[edit] or is that streamline moderne?

January 29, 200718 yr

Most people do not realize that a lot of those developments are in the city limits of Columbus, but called Grandview Heights to lump the entire area into one entity.

The first one, the Heights, was proposed and built right on the border of Columbus and Grandview. So the building is in the Columbus portion of Grandview Ave, which doesn't have burried power lines, like many urban columbus streets, and non-urban as well.

Therefore, it appears an oversight occured and the city approved the development, but didnt think to burry power lines, as that is usally done as a major capital improvement project, and usually only in areas which are in more of a decline/urban renewal (morse rd.)

I like to find things like that when they occur in Columbus. The city is so large that all government entities are unable to always pay attention to those kind of details when a new project occurs.

Grandview Heights was also very angry that Columbus approve that 5 story building right on their commerical strip consiting of 2 story buildings and homes. However, it appears they are warming up to Columbus efforts' to densify the area even further.

January 29, 200718 yr

That's nice! With its close proximity to downtown, it looks as if this area is seeing a density increase. Are these just residential condo projects, or will they include ground-level retail, parking bays, and so forth?

And about the power lines... UGLY. Here in Lexington, we suffer from a massive intrusion of power lines. They are being buried in front of new development projects, and have been buried at UK and in the downtown. But that's all.

May 25, 200718 yr

From ThisWeek Grandview, 5/24/07:

Plan tabled; developer to consider options

Thursday, May 24, 2007

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Staff Writer

Grandview Heights Planning Commission May 16 tabled a rezoning request that would allow a five-story mixed-use condominium/commercial/retail development to be built on Grandview Avenue at Haines Avenue. The applicant, Metropolitan Holdings, requested the matter be tabled to allow it to consider its options after the commission repeated its opposition to a five-story project being built on Grandview Avenue. The developer is seeking a rezoning to Planned Unit Development (PUD).

Director of Administration and Development Patrik Bowman told the commission it is the developer's obligation to demonstrate the special benefits the community will receive that would overcome the concerns about the size of the proposed building and its potential impact on Grandview Avenue and the surrounding neighborhood. The proposal was originally brought before the commission last fall, but in November Metropolitan Holdings President Matthew Vekasy agreed to delay consideration of the rezoning request while the city worked with the Lincoln Street Studio consulting firm on a planning study for Grandview Avenue.

More at http://www.thisweeknews.com/?story=sites/thisweeknews/052407/Grandview/News/052407-News-358506.html

October 7, 200717 yr

Walgreens may shuffle shops in Grandview

Neighborhood stores would relocate

Saturday, October 6, 2007

By Martin Rozenman, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Walgreens has plans to build a pharmacy just north of Grandview Heights, displacing neighborhood shops. That has some residents in Columbus' newly named Fifth by Northwest area concerned that the Grandview-like charm they enjoy is slipping away. "We're not excited about a new Walgreens, and we were not excited about CVS before that," said Becky Obester, co-chairwoman of the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission. "(CVS) took out another mom-and-pop center. … It took out the neighborhood feel." If it passes Columbus' zoning hurdles, Walgreens would replace four businesses on W. 5th Avenue near Grandview Avenue. The landowner says Walgreens will make architectural concessions to maintain the neighborhood feel.

Walgreens would displace Trustworthy Hardware, The Laptop Guy, CK Nails and nutritional supplement retailer GNC as well as the production area of the French Loaf bakery. The Laptop Guy, CK Nails and GNC plan to accept Kohr Royer Griffith Real Estate Services' offer to relocate to its new Shoppes on Fifth Avenue, where the Ed Potter Mercedes-Benz dealership was located. Trustworthy is looking for a new Grandview location, manager Matt Gehrisch said.

October 29, 200717 yr

Attractive building - looks like the Metropolitan project is nearing completion.

A dramatic addition

Metropolitan offering 20 condo buyers some unique floorplans

Monday, October 29, 2007

By Mike Pramik, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Not that it needs it, but the Metropolitan condominium building near Grandview Heights comes with a glowing neon sign in front. The four-story, 20-unit structure is impossible to miss, striking a dramatic profile at the five-point intersection that includes Northwest Boulevard and 3rd Avenue. Developer Metropolitan Holdings is putting the finishing touches on the building in anticipation of the first units being completed by mid-December.

The Metropolitan is one of a handful of recently built condo developments either in or near Grandview Heights. Others include Cityspace's Heights at Grandview, a 20-unit building at Grandview and 3rd avenues, and Santer Communities' Boulevard Green at 1834 Northwest Blvd.

November 2, 200717 yr

Damn, that was built fast!

November 15, 200717 yr

The initial color scheme in that drawing makes the Metropolitan building look so nice whereas the colors they actually ended up choosing to go with look terrible, IMO. Hopefully someday they'll go back to the original color scheme because the building itself could be really nice looking, right now it looks like Devine was it's make up artist.

November 15, 200717 yr

this looks good imo. I cant believe there has been so little activity on this thread. This is a nice addition to gv

November 16, 200717 yr

If someone is the the hood (ColDay), could you please snap some shots of the finished product? Thanks!

November 19, 200717 yr

Bah.

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

November 19, 200717 yr

Bah.

ha! And while youre at it, could you do a photo tour of Gview heights. Just give me a taste of the entire 'hood. I can't go to Stauf's in Cincy, so if you could take pictures of it, that'd be greeeeaaat....thaaanks! :-)

Sign In

Grandview Heights: Developments and News

Featured Replies

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Most Popular Posts

Luvcbus

Pablo

Luvcbus

Posted Images

Create an account or sign in to comment

Recently Browsing 0

Account

Navigation

Search