Grandview movie theater to reopen today

Renovations include bigger restrooms, 'casually formal' look

Friday,  December 4, 2009 - 3:04 AM

By Alan Froman, THISWEEK NEWSPAPERS

 

After several delays, the oldest movie house in Franklin County is set to reopen tonight under a marquee bearing its original name: Grandview Theatre.  "We will be presenting a mix of independent and foreign films and classic movies, and we'll also have a number of special events and festivals," co-owner David Nedrow said.  Nedrow, a former manager at the Drexel North, and his wife, Jennifer Stancel, have spent months renovating the 83-year-old cinema, 1247 Grandview Avenue.

 

He and Stancel took possession of the single-screen cinema in October 2008, a month after the Drexel Grandview ended its 17-year run.  The West Side couple initially planned to reopen in January.  Instead, they spent the next year -- and more than $250,000 -- refurbishing the theater.  Work still wasn't finished earlier this week.  However, Nedrow said he expected the reupholstering of the theater's 297 seats to be completed before tonight's first screening at 7 o'clock.

 

Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/12/04/Grandview_Theatre.ART_ART_12-04-09_A12_PMFSQ5J.html

More about the Grandview Theatre opening and showtimes at http://grandviewtheatre.net/

 

Rising from the ashes along Grandview Ave.

Developer's housing/retail complex will fill gap left by fire in January

Sunday,  December 27, 2009 3:31 AM

By Mark Ferenchik

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Almost a year after a devastating fire erased a once-vibrant section of Grandview Avenue, crews are at work preparing the site for a rebirth.

 

The Wagenbrenner Co. is redeveloping the site north of 3rd Avenue in Columbus to include a four-story brick-and-glass complex called the Windsor, which will house 37 apartments and first-floor stores.

 

The $7 million project should be complete by early 2011, although some tenants could move in before that, said Angela Zeigler, chief operating officer for Wagenbrenner Management.

 

 

Full story at: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/12/27/GRANDVIEW.ART_ART_12-27-09_D1_N7G3IQ7.html?sid=101

This really is a great infill project literally rising from the ashes of the January fire.  The article included a location map and a much clearer image of the project rendering that I posted earlier.

 

LOCATION MAP

 

PROJECT RENDERING

I think it's going to look great when finished.

Rising from the ashes along Grandview Ave.

Developer's housing/retail complex will fill gap left by fire in January

 

Full story at: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/12/27/GRANDVIEW.ART_ART_12-27-09_D1_N7G3IQ7.html?sid=101

 

Wagenbrenner Co. begins rebuilding on fire site

Wednesday,  December 23, 2009 - 2:27 PM

By Alan Froman, ThisWeek Staff Writer

 

The Wagenbrenner Co. broke ground in a Dec. 16 ceremony for the redevelopment of the Kingswood Building site on Grandview Avenue.  The company is beginning construction of a four-story building that will have 11,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space on the first floor and 37 one- and two-bedroom residential units on the top three floors. 

 

"My brother and I brought our first property here in 1976," Mike Wagenbrenner said in remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony.  The fire that destroyed the two-story Kingswood Building last January "was devastating to us all," he said, but the company was determined to rebuild because of its commitment to the neighborhood.  Construction of the four-story building is expected to take seven to 12 months, Jeff Wagenbrenner said.

 

Full story at http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2009/12/23/1224gvwagenbrenner-start_ln.html?sid=104

Council hears developer's new proposal for Grandview Ave.

Wednesday,  February 3, 2010 - 12:25 PM

By Alan Froman, ThisWeek Staff Writer

 

Metropolitan Holdings LLC has filed with the city a proposal for a revised development plan for the property it owns at the corner of Grandview and Haines avenues.  The request, which would have to be approved by both the planning commission and city council, would require a new Planned Unit Development zoning to replace the one council approved in 2007 when Metropolitan Holdings submitted its original plan for the property.

 

The project council approved by a 4-2 vote in 2007 would have been a four-story mixed use commercial/residential building with more than 7,000 square feet of retail use on the first floor and a total of 24 residential units on the stories above.  At Monday's city council meeting, Metropolitan Holdings President Matt Vekasy said the current economic conditions made that plan unworkable.  Instead, the developer is now proposing to cosmetically rehabilitate the interior and exterior of the existing eight units on the property and to develop three new carriage houses at the rear of the site.  The eight existing units are housed in two buildings on the site.

 

The new carriage houses would add five residential units to the development and provide 17 garage spaces, according to a written overview of the project from Metropolitan that was included in council's packet for Monday's meeting.  Two of the carriage houses would contain two one-bedroom units over six garage spaces.  The other carriage house would contain one three-bedroom unit over five garage spaces.

 

Full article at http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2010/02/03/0204gvgrandview-ave_ln.html

 

GOOGLE MAP OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF GRANDVIEW AND HAINES

Facility would offer low-cost living near Grandview Yard

Protests have been minimal against the project, which could house formerly homeless people by summer 2012, say National Church Residences officials.

BY DONAVON CAMPBELL, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS

Published: Monday, March 29, 2010 - 12:15 PM EDT

 

National Church Residences officials say they're planning to build a 100-unit affordable housing facility near what will be the northern edge of the Grandview Yard development in Grandview Heights.  The project has been dubbed the Commons at Third, said Patrick Higgins, vice president of communications for National Church Residences.

 

He said the project is still a few years away as National Church Residences is just beginning the process of applying for tax credits to the Ohio Housing Finance Agency.  Higgins said NCR intends to turn in its application for credits in July.  Grandview City Council members voted in support of National Church Residences' tax credit application at a March 15 meeting.

 

Higgins said construction on the site, if the project moves forward, likely wouldn't get under way until July 2011, with an anticipated opening in summer 2012.  The Commons at Third project is expected to cost between $10 million and $12 million.

 

Full article: http://www.columbuslocalnews.com/articles/2010/03/29/multiple_papers/news/alltvcommo_20100329_1002am_3.txt

More about the Commons at Third project in today's Dispatch, with a location map for the project included...

 

Grandview council backs apartments for homeless

100-unit building would be barely inside Columbus

Tuesday,  April 6, 2010 - 2:53 AM

By Barbara Carmen

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Grandview's City Council sent a letter of support to National Church Residences, which is expected to get support today from Franklin County commissioners to build 100 studio apartments next year.  The proposed Commons at Third, 1290 Norton Avenue, would provide supportive services for 60 formerly homeless tenants as well as 40 low-income, disabled tenants.

 

Franklin County would chip in $1.25 million, and Columbus would provide $1 million, both from neighborhood-stabilization funds.  Most of the $10 million to $12 million needed for construction depends on obtaining Ohio tax credits to sell to investors.

 

Patrick Higgins, a National Church Residences vice president, thinks the project will win funding for the same reason it has won community support: Earlier projects worked.

 

LOCATION MAP FOR THE PROPOSED COMMONS AT THIRD

 

Full article: http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/04/06/copy/grandview-council-backs-apartments-for-homeless.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

Skate park launches

It's in a warehouse, it encourages graffiti, it's open late, and it has a risque name. So it's in tune with its clientele.

Wednesday,  April 28, 2010 - 2:52 AM

By Dean Narciso, The Columbus Dispatch

 

In a stark warehouse blocks from the budding Grandview Yard development, an indoor skateboard park has set up shop.  But it has a few strikes against it, at least for a kid asking mom or dad for permission to go.  The name, Skate Naked, is most obvious.  And no, clothing is not optional here.  Then there's the graffiti.  You're allowed to bring spray cans and tag the wooden ramps, although not with gang symbols.

 

"They were concerned about drugs and violence," co-owner Chad Keeler said of parents, who also raised eyebrows about the 2 a.m. closing time.  But patrons 13 to 18 must leave by midnight, Columbus' curfew.

 

Open two months, Skate Naked is the only skateboard-dedicated indoor park in central Ohio.  Adam Keeler, 30, Chad's brother, keeps a steady eye on and open rapport with his skaters - a mix of children and adults.  Each pays $10 to get in.  Keeler, a former car dealer, sold his Cadillac Escalade to cover startup costs, utilities and the $4,000-a-month rent on the 20,000-square-foot building at 1281 Edgehill Rd.

 

Full article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/04/28/skate-park-launches.html?sid=101

Rising from the ashes along Grandview Ave.

Developer's housing/retail complex will fill gap left by fire in January

Full story at: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/12/27/GRANDVIEW.ART_ART_12-27-09_D1_N7G3IQ7.html?sid=101

An update from Business First on the Grandview Avenue infill building that's replacing a building burned down in January 2009.  The new infill is now being called the Windsor Building.

 

Wagenbrenner's Windsor complex on Grandview Avenue getting new look, tenant mix

By Dan Eaton, Business First

Friday, October 22, 2010, 9:46am EDT

 

The Windsor building near Grandview Heights will mark a return to the burned-out site for the Wagenbrenner family, but it won’t be a replication.  A January 2009 fire that irreparably damaged the 70-year-old Kingswood retail and office complex in Columbus not only prompted its demolition but also led to a change in approach for its owners.  Kingswood was a two-story strip center housing more than two dozen retail and office tenants, but the four-story Windsor will have room for just five merchants on the first floor with the upper levels dedicated to apartments.

 

The project will include 14,000 square feet for retail use, and all but 1,700 square feet is leased.  Matt the Miller’s Tavern will be the largest tenant at 4,500 square feet.  It will become the second restaurant for owner Craig Barnum, who said the Grandview area is vibrant for dining spots.  Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt franchise operators also chose the Windsor for their second shop in Central Ohio.  Elli Nail Salon and Grandview Avenue Physical Therapy will take two other spaces.  The physical rehabilitation center, which has operated at a Wagenbrenner-owned building on West Third Avenue since the fire, is the lone original tenant returning to the site.

 

The Windsor will also include 37 apartments – 28 one-bedroom and 11 two-bedroom units.  The $7 million project is expected to be finished by spring.  Apartments could be occupied at the start of the year, with retailers arriving in the following months.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2010/10/22/wagenbrenners-grandview-ave-complex.html

I'll definitely have to stop by and see how its progressing. Haven't been to Grandview Ave for a while.

Rising from the ashes along Grandview Ave.

Developer's housing/retail complex will fill gap left by fire in January

 

Full story at: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2009/12/27/GRANDVIEW.ART_ART_12-27-09_D1_N7G3IQ7.html?sid=101

An update from Business First on the Grandview Avenue infill building that's replacing a building burned down in January 2009.  The new infill is now being called the Windsor Building.

 

Wagenbrenner's Windsor complex on Grandview Avenue getting new look, tenant mix

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2010/10/22/wagenbrenners-grandview-ave-complex.html

 

More about the Windsor Building infill project on Grandview Avenue from This Week News - Grandview Edition:

 

Redevelopment at Kingswood Building site nearly finished

 

The Wagenbrenner Co.'s redevelopment of the Kingswood Building site on Grandview Avenue between Third and Fifth avenues is nearing completion.  The company expects to get the certificates of occupancy for the first two retail tenants in January and the businesses may move in as soon as February, Wagenbrenner Chief Operating Officer Angela Zeigler said.

 

The Windsor Building, as the development will be called, will feature 11,028 square feet of new retail space on the first floor and 37 one- and two-bedroom apartments on the upper three floors.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2010/11/10/redevelopment-at-kingswood-building-site-nearly-finished.html?sid=104

Preschool hopes to move into building at 855 Grandview Ave.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Community Newspapers

 

Grandview Heights Planning Commission members reacted favorably Nov. 17 to a proposal that a private pre-school would move its operations into a portion of the second floor of the building at 855 Grandview Ave.  Bill Greenlee of ROI Realty Services told the commission a request for a conditional use to allow a franchise of the Goddard School to move into the building is planned for the December commission meeting.  An informal discussion was held this month to make sure the general concept was viewed favorably by the commission and to hear about any concerns. 

 

Although a lease agreement has not been finalized, the preschool plans to occupy 8,000-10,000 square feet of the center floor of the three-story building, Greenlee said.  If the commission grants approval next month, the preschool would plan to move its operations to the Grandview Avenue site in January, using a temporary 3,600-square foot modular structure to house students and staff while the permanent space inside the building is completed, he said.  The goal would be to have the permanent space complete by April, Greenlee said.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2010/11/23/preschool-hopes-to-move-into-building.html?sid=104

Planning commission approves conditional uses for Goodale

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Community Newspapers

 

The Grandview Heights Planning Commission approved conditional use permits and parking variances that will allow the Open Door Art Studio and Old Skool Fight Sports and Fitness Academy to move into larger facilities on Goodale Boulevard.  Old Skool will move into the building at 1034 W. Goodale and Open Door will move into the building at 1050 W. Goodale.  The buildings are on separate lots but currently under common ownership.  As a condition of approval, the commission required that arrangements between the two applicants and another adjacent property owner be made to ensure sufficient parking is available.

 

The Old Skool academy is owned by Rob Pilger and currently operates at 1009 McKinley Avenue.  Pilger will be moving his business to 1034 W. Goodale, expanding from 2,000 square feet to about 3,025 square feet.

 

Open Door, a program of Columbus Center for Human Services, Inc., is an adult day rehabilitation center that operates as an art studio for adults with developmental disabilities.  Its studio is now located at 1365 W. First Avenue.  The center will purchase the building at 1050 Goodale Blvd., director Dona England-Afek said.  Another program of the Columbus Center for Human Services will move its operations into the West First Avenue site.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2010/11/23/planning-commission-approves-conditional-uses-for-goodale.html?sid=104

Open house focus is on Oakland Avenue

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Community Newspapers

 

The city of Grandview Heights will hold an open house meeting (Thursday, Jan. 13) to give details and gather residents' input on an upcoming project to improve Oakland Avenue.

 

The city has received nearly $975,000 for the project from the Ohio Public Works Commission through the State Capital Improvements Program.  Grandview received the funds as $631,868 in grant money and $341,751 as a loan, according to Patrik Bowman, the city's director of administration/economic development.

 

The street pavement and curb on Oakland Avenue will receive a total rehabilitation, Bowman said.  A new sidewalk will be installed on the residential (west) side of the street and a new eight-foot wide multi-purpose asphalt path will replace the sidewalk on the east side, he said. 

 

"It's being called a multi-purpose path because we'd expect a little more activity on it, including bicycles, skateboards and pedestrians," Bowman said.  The city will be working with the school district to determine the exact route of the path.  New water lines will also be installed on Oakland and the storm sewer system will be improved, Bowman said.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2011/01/12/open-house-focus-is-on-oakland-ave-.html?sid=104

More about the new four-story Windsor Building on the Columbus portion of Grandview Avenue.  The grand reopening was to take place on January 17, 2011.  Exactly two years after a three-alarm fire destroyed the previous two-story building on the property.  More about it from This Week Community News is below:

 

Wagenbrenner Co. building reopening set for Monday

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Community Newspapers

 

Two years to the day since the fire that displaced it, Grandview Avenue Physical Therapy will host a grand reopening Monday, Jan. 17, at the Wagenbrenner Company's new building on Grandview Avenue.  The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. and will be highlighted with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Grandview Mayor Ray DeGraw and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman are expected to attend the ceremony.  GAPT is the only original tenant to move back into the Wagenbrenner building site on Grandview Avenue between Third and Fifth avenues.

 

On Jan. 17, 2009, a three-alarm fire damaged the two-story Kingswood Building beyond repair, displacing all of the 27 business tenants save for the Z Cucina restaurant on the southern edge of the building, which was protected by the atrium-like structure that connected it to the main building.

 

The Wagenbrenner Company has built a new four-story development on the site, which has five retail spaces totaling 11,028 square feet on the first floor and 37 one- and two-bedroom apartments on the upper three floors.  The development has been named The Windsor Building.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2011/01/12/wagenbrenner-co--building-reopening-set-for-monday.html?sid=104

Haven't found any photos of the new Windsor Building or Monday's grand opening yet.  But I did find the developer's new website for the Windsor Building: http://columbuswindsor.com/Index.html

 

Here are the best renderings I've yet seen for the infill project (from the Windsor website):

 

 

Grand opening of the Windsor Building.  Well, the GAPT business anyway - since its the first tenant to move into the new building.  Nice write-up from This Week and a good large photo at their website too.  Unfortunately, their one photo was of the ribbon cutting at the GAPT ground floor entrance.  The entry looks very good, but its only a slice of the full project. 

 

So the quest for a photo of the entire Windsor Building continues...

 

Grand reopening celebrated at site of building destroyed by fire

Wednesday, January 19, 2011 

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Community Newspapers

 

Sunny skies and moderate winter weather greeted the grand reopening of Grandview Avenue Physical Therapy at the Wagenbrenner Company's new building on Grandview Avenue.  The weather conditions were far different exactly two years earlier, when a fire damaged the two-story Kingswood Building beyond repair.  On Jan. 17, 2009, frigid temperatures played havoc with firefighting efforts and caused water from the fire hoses to freeze on the nearby trees.

 

GAPT is the only original tenant to move back into the Wagenbrenner building site, now called The Windsor Building, on the east side of Grandview Avenue between Third and Fifth avenues.  The reopening event included a ribbon-cutting ceremony, door prizes, free massages and food samples offered by two other future Windsor Building tenants, Matt the Miller Restaurant and Orange Leaf Yogurt.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2011/01/19/grand-reopening-celebrated-at.html?sid=104

I would have, but Grandview in this weather + me living in South Clintonville = haven't been to Grandview for a few months. Seems to be very promising though. Now if they could just do something with that suburban office w/ big parking lot eyesore that is Spencer Research. I'd like to see another version there across from Stauf's.

More about the new four-story Windsor Building on the Columbus portion of Grandview Avenue.  The grand reopening was to take place on January 17, 2011.  Exactly two years after a three-alarm fire destroyed the previous two-story building on the property.  More about it from This Week Community News is below:

 

Wagenbrenner Co. building reopening set for Monday

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

By ALAN FROMAN

ThisWeek Community Newspapers

 

Two years to the day since the fire that displaced it, Grandview Avenue Physical Therapy will host a grand reopening Monday, Jan. 17, at the Wagenbrenner Company's new building on Grandview Avenue.  The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. and will be highlighted with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Grandview Mayor Ray DeGraw and Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman are expected to attend the ceremony.  GAPT is the only original tenant to move back into the Wagenbrenner building site on Grandview Avenue between Third and Fifth avenues.

 

On Jan. 17, 2009, a three-alarm fire damaged the two-story Kingswood Building beyond repair, displacing all of the 27 business tenants save for the Z Cucina restaurant on the southern edge of the building, which was protected by the atrium-like structure that connected it to the main building.

 

The Wagenbrenner Company has built a new four-story development on the site, which has five retail spaces totaling 11,028 square feet on the first floor and 37 one- and two-bedroom apartments on the upper three floors.  The development has been named The Windsor Building.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/live/content/grandview/stories/2011/01/12/wagenbrenner-co--building-reopening-set-for-monday.html?sid=104

The developer posted some photos on the project on their Columbus Windsor facebook page.  The photos date from Feb. 25 and the exterior looks almost complete (one of the ground floor storefronts has some finish work remaining and the street trees are yet to be installed).  So what that in mind, here's a few of the exterior views from Grandview Avenue:

 

 

 

 

Many more exterior photos and some interior photos of the upper floor apartments at the facebook page linked above.

Edwards planning apartments north of Gowdy Field

Business First - by Brian R. Ball

Date: Friday, April 8, 2011, 6:00am EDT

 

A slow-rolling wave of redevelopment along Columbus’ border with Grandview Heights is attracting the interest of Edwards Communities Development Company.  The developer wants to build 205 apartments on 5.1 acres off West Third Avenue in the city, north of a trio of office buildings that have gone up at Gowdy Field.

 

The site is adjacent to 2.6 acres that Northstar Realty Group LLC wants to redevelop following the move of Lyon Video to the west side. Northstar, which owns both sites after affiliated partnerships bought them for a combined $4.3 million, is seeking to rezone them.  The rezoning request is scheduled for a first hearing April 18 before the zoning committee of the city’s Fifth by Northwest Area Commission.

 

 

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/04/08/apartments-on-tap-north-of-gowdy-field.html

More about this apartment proposal from the Dispatch:

 

Edwards plans upscale apartments near Grandview Heights

Upscale-apartment proposal is Edwards' third in city in a year

Saturday, April 9, 2011

By Jim Weiker, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Edwards Development Cos. plans to build a 190- to 205-unit apartment complex near Grandview Heights, the third Columbus-area apartment project the company has pursued in a year.  "We definitely feel there's a good market for upscale apartments at this point in central Ohio," said Ryan Szymanski, vice president of the Columbus firm.

 

Edwards' proposal calls for the apartments to be built on the north side of 3rd Avenue, west of Olentangy River Road and near the 90-acre mixed-used Grandview Yard development.  The one- and two-story apartments would be housed in a four-story, figure-eight-shape building.  Rents have not been determined, Szymanski said.

 

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2011/04/09/edwards-plans-upscale-apartments-near-grandview-heights.html?sid=101

A report on a redevelopment proposal about a large vacant parcel near the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue that was previously a landfill:

 

Officials have big plans for site of former landfill

Franklin County and a local developer hope a $3 million grant will help to build offices, retail and restaurants at Grandview Crossing

By MARK DUBOVEC, COLUMBUS LOCAL NEWS

Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 11:27 PM EST

 

Franklin County and its development partner hope a $3 million state grant will spur the redevelopment of a vacant landfill that straddles the Grandview-Columbus border.

 

The county and Wagenbrenner Development Inc. have applied for a $3 million Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant to clean up Grandview Crossing, located at the northeast corner of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue.

 

Wagenbrenner Development, which purchased the nearly 36-acre site, intends to build a 439,000-square-foot mixed-use development, including three office buildings, plus retail stores and restaurants.

 

The total investment, according to the grant application, is expected to exceed $15 million and generate $300,000 annually in property and income taxes for Columbus, Grandview Heights and Franklin County.

 

MORE: http://www.columbuslocalnews.com/articles/2012/02/18/german_village_gazette/schools/gvalltvlan_20120210_1059am_1.txt

 

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

January 19, 2012 construction update of the Commons at Third housing project.  Photo from the twitter feed MyUrbanhood:

 

Edwards planning apartments north of Gowdy Field

Business First - by Brian R. Ball

Date: Friday, April 8, 2011, 6:00am EDT

 

A slow-rolling wave of redevelopment along Columbus’ border with Grandview Heights is attracting the interest of Edwards Communities Development Company.  The developer wants to build 205 apartments on 5.1 acres off West Third Avenue in the city, north of a trio of office buildings that have gone up at Gowdy Field.

 

The site is adjacent to 2.6 acres that Northstar Realty Group LLC wants to redevelop following the move of Lyon Video to the west side. Northstar, which owns both sites after affiliated partnerships bought them for a combined $4.3 million, is seeking to rezone them.  The rezoning request is scheduled for a first hearing April 18 before the zoning committee of the city’s Fifth by Northwest Area Commission.

 

 

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/04/08/apartments-on-tap-north-of-gowdy-field.html

An update on this Edwards Companies development from Columbus Underground:

 

Edwards Pushes for Urban Density with New Apartment Developments

By: Walker Evans, Columbus Underground

Published on April 16, 2012 - 7:30 pm

 

Columbus is seeing a huge influx of new apartment development, and the Edwards Communities is hard at work to make sure their developments are some of the first to come available for residents to move in and start renting.  Tribeca is the name of their community development located at 700 West Third Avenue, which is already under construction.  This development will feature 183 one and two bedroom apartment units, a fitness center, pool, theatre room, club room and an interior courtyard space.

(. . .)

Additionally, residents at Tribeca will be within close proximity to the ongoing development of Grandview Yard, which includes a recently announced Giant Eagle located right next door.  The new grocery store could break ground before the end of the year and is anticipated to be open by the Summer of 2013.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/edwards-pushes-for-urban-density-with-new-apartment-developments

 

Kroger may expand store near Grandview, Arlington

Business First by Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter

Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 3:58pm EDT

 

Kroger has a 20,000-square-foot expansion in the works for its store between Grandview Heights and Upper Arlington just weeks after news that competitor Giant Eagle will build a new store at Grandview Yard.

 

The Cincinnati-based supermarket chain will meet with neighbors about the project at 1375 Chambers Road during a May 14 meeting of the 5th by Northwest Commission, a panel that makes zoning recommendations for Columbus.  The company recently requested that the city abandon a portion of Chesapeake Avenue that runs from Northwest Boulevard into the store’s parking lot.  That section of Chesapeake closest to the store would make way for the proposed expansion.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/04/17/kroger-may-expand-store-near-grandview.html

A large site along Dublin Road is in line for some future development.  The 36-acre site is partially in the City of Columbus and partially in the City of Grandview Heights.  It was previously a quarry site that later became an unregulated landfill until it was closed down in 1967.  The area has since been overgrown and resembles a forested park.  However, it is still a landfill.  And it is also located at a desirable location west of downtown Columbus and south of Grandview.

 

Local developer Wagenbrenner Development has secured a $3 million state grant to clean up the property and prepare for future development at what will be called Grandview Crossing.  What the future development will be is unclear.  Previously, Wagenbrenner had mentioned office and retail development for the site.  However, a state press release on the grant award hinted at the possibly of up to 200 multifamily units as well as office and retail.  But regardless of what development might go on the 36-acre site, it won't be built soon.  The developer estimates that the site clean-up will not be finished before 2016.

 

Below are two recent articles about the 36-acre Grandview Crossing site from Columbus Business First and the Columbus Dispatch:

 

Business First: Wagenbrenner lands $3M Clean Ohio grant for Grandview Crossing project

 

Columbus Dispatch: Long-term project planned for Grandview

Walker Evans posted an interesting interview at Columbus Underground with Grandview Heights Mayor Ray DeGraw.  Mayor DeGraw talked about being the mayor of an inner-city community landlocked by other cities, the health of Grandview's commercial and residential areas, and the biggest redevelopment in Grandview's history - Grandview Yard.

 

Interestingly enough, Mayor DeGraw is former urban planner.  He moved to Columbus from New Jersey to attend graduate school at Ohio State in City and Regional Planning.  After graduating, DeGraw and his wife stayed in Grandview Heights to raise a family.

 

CU: Grandview Heights Makes Plans for The Future

 

 

Oh dear. This is what the Columbus side allows to be built on W 3rd.

 

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/gowdy-field-development/page/2

Oh dear. This is what the Columbus side allows to be built on W 3rd.

 

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/gowdy-field-development/page/2

 

Perhaps they wanted to make it look like the historic Ohio Pen.

Ha, actually painting a mural of it on the side would be sweet.

Interesting profile and recent economic development history lesson about the City of Grandview Heights from The Metropreneur Columbus:

 

Grandview still focused on redevelopment, attracting businesses

The Metropreneur Columbus - Regional Spotlight

By Melanie McIntyre on August 31, 2012 at 8:00 am

 

With its proximity to downtown Columbus and The Ohio State University, it’s arguable that Grandview Heights has long been an attractive bedroom community.  But that wasn’t good enough for city officials.  They wanted businesses to take up residence there as well, and in recent years they set out to attract them. So far, it appears their efforts are working.

 

Economic development in Grandview became a top priority almost a decade ago, when it was announced that Penn Traffic was bankrupt, which meant the entire Big Bear operation in the city would be closed.  Big Bear occupied about one million square feet of warehouse space.  With the loss of Big Bear and several other major employers, Grandview lost about 7 percent of its revenue.

 

READ MORE: http://www.themetropreneur.com/columbus/grandview-still-focused-on-redevelopment-attracting-businesses/

A large site along Dublin Road is in line for some future development.  The 36-acre site is partially in the City of Columbus and partially in the City of Grandview Heights.  It was previously a quarry site that later became an unregulated landfill until it was closed down in 1967.  The area has since been overgrown and resembles a forested park.  However, it is still a landfill.  And it is also located at a desirable location west of downtown Columbus and south of Grandview.

 

Local developer Wagenbrenner Development has secured a $3 million state grant to clean up the property and prepare for future development at what will be called Grandview Crossing.  What the future development will be is unclear.  Previously, Wagenbrenner had mentioned office and retail development for the site.  However, a state press release on the grant award hinted at the possibly of up to 200 multifamily units as well as office and retail.  But regardless of what development might go on the 36-acre site, it won't be built soon.  The developer estimates that the site clean-up will not be finished before 2016.

 

Below are two recent articles about the 36-acre Grandview Crossing site from Columbus Business First and the Columbus Dispatch:

 

Business First: Wagenbrenner lands $3M Clean Ohio grant for Grandview Crossing project

 

Columbus Dispatch: Long-term project planned for Grandview

More about this 36-acre Grandview Crossing redevelopment site from Columbus Underground.  CU talked with the site developer, Wagenbrenner Development, about this and three other urban infill projects they are working on in the article: Wagenbrenner Continues Urban Infill Development in 2013.  The Grandview Crossing project is discussed under the heading "The Former Kaplin Landfill Site".

This Week News had a recent article about the Grandview Area Chamber of Commerce presenting its 2012 Architectural Design Awards.  Two projects of note include one project we've discussed in this thread previously and one project we haven't discussed.  Here's the ThisWeekNews article: Awards recognize city's best in architecture

 

Here's the project we've discussed in this thread previously here, here and here: The Windsor Building at 1400 Grandview Avenue:  This is a mixed-use four-story building with ground-floor retail and 37 apartment units of the upper three floors.  The new four-story building replaced a two-story building that was completely destoryed by a fire in 2009.

 

 

Here's the project we haven't discussed previously: Adcon Retail Building at Northwest Boulevard & King Avenue:  This is a single-story retail building built at the northwest corner of the Northwest Blvd./King Ave. intersection.  The new retail building replaced an abandoned gas station at the corner.

 

Something new for city in 2013: spending money

Grants, levy mean plethora of upgrades in new year

By ALAN FROMAN, ThisWeek Community News

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 2:44 PM

 

For the first time in recent memory, the city of Grandview Heights is heading into a new year with a full to-do list. "It's probably the first time we are in a stable financial position" since he took office in 2004, Mayor Ray DeGraw said.  The city expects to operate at a budget surplus in 2013 instead of a deficit, he said.

 

In addition to voters' approval of a levy in November that gives the city operating revenue and funds to use for street improvement projects, Grandview had "a great year" in winning grants and low-interest loans that will allow it to proceed with a variety of projects, DeGraw said.  "You're going to see a lot of activity all over town over the next couple years," he said.

 

READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2013/01/02/something-new-for-city-in-2013-spending-money.html

City wins grants worth $5 million for projects

By ALAN FROMAN, ThisWeek Community News

Wednesday, January 2, 2013 - 2:47 PM

 

The city of Grandview Heights will receive a combined $4,999,999 in grant money and a zero-interest loan for infrastructure improvements in the Grandview Yard area.  The project will include extending Yard Street and Bobcat Avenue to Williams Avenue; improvements to Northwest Boulevard at Burr Avenue and to the alleys near the HealthSouth medical center that will be built at the northeast corner of Northwest and Goodale; adding a right-turn lane on Burr Avenue; and lining the existing sanitary sewer on Goodale between the railroad bridge and Northwest Boulevard.

 

The city also will receive $2.8 million in grant money and a zero-interest loan for improvements to Goodale from Grandview Avenue to Lincoln Road.  The project will include upgrading the sanitary sewer; adding a bike lane on the south side of the street; and making improvements to the intersection at Grandview Avenue and Goodale to make it safer, Mayor DeGraw said.

 

The city will receive the funding in July.  Engineering work for the Goodale project will be completed in 2013.  While work on some of the improvements will begin before the end of next year, most of the work will be completed in 2014.  Work on the Grandview Yard infrastructure project is expected to begin a little earlier than the Goodale construction.

 

READ MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2013/01/02/city-wins-grants-worth-5-million-for-projects.html

Something in the Grandview Heights part of the Columbus/Grandview area.  American Electric Power (AEP) is replacing an older maintenance facility along Goodale Bouelvard setback far from the street with a larger building that will be built to the right-of-way.  Columbus Underground has a report about the project with a rendering of the new building at http://www.columbusunderground.com/new-aep-building-planned-for-goodale-boulvard-in-grandview-heights-bw1.  ThisWeekNews has more about this project below:

 

AEP will redevelop, upgrade Goodale facility, add workers

By ALAN FROMAN, ThisWeek Community News

Monday, August 5, 2013 - 2:29 PM

 

American Electric Power has had a presence on West Goodale Boulevard for more than 100 years.  It will continue to operate on the boulevard after the Grandview Heights Planning Commission's approval last month of the utility's plan to redevelop and upgrade its site at 1333 W. Goodale Blvd.  AEP plans to demolish the current building and construct a new 33,000-square-foot office and service building. 

 

The meter laboratory and underground line group operations currently housed in a building on West Broad Street will be moved to the Goodale site. "We saw the opportunity to combine the two operations here in Grandview," said David Rinaldi, an architect at AEP.  The existing 21,000-square-foot building on Goodale will be razed.  More than two-thirds of the new facility will be used as warehouse space and for truck parking.  The project will be built right up to the right of way as the city prefers, Rinaldi said.

 

The new building will fit in more with the changing nature of Goodale Boulevard, Director of Administration and Economic Development Patrik Bowman said.  The city asked AEP to "look up and down the boulevard" for inspiration to design a more-appropriate building for the area, he said.  "They came up with a nice blend that all in all is an attractive structure for the type of building it is," Bowman said.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2013/07/30/aep-will-redevelop-upgrade-goodale-facility-add-workers.html

ThisWeekNews had a review of 2013 for the Grandview area and a preview of issues they will be facing in 2014.  The continued expansion of the Grandview Yard development and park improvement projects lead the list of 2014 projects:

 

2013 Review: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2013/12/17/despite-crime-scares-city-moved-forward-in-2013.html

 

2014 Preview: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2014/01/02/grandviews-2014-yard-parks-will-change-along-with-leadership.html

A large site along Dublin Road is in line for some future development.  The 36-acre site is partially in the City of Columbus and partially in the City of Grandview Heights.  It was previously a quarry site that later became an unregulated landfill until it was closed down in 1967.  The area has since been overgrown and resembles a forested park.  However, it is still a landfill.  And it is also located at a desirable location west of downtown Columbus and south of Grandview.

 

Local developer Wagenbrenner Development has secured a $3 million state grant to clean up the property and prepare for future development at what will be called Grandview Crossing.  What the future development will be is unclear.  Previously, Wagenbrenner had mentioned office and retail development for the site.  However, a state press release on the grant award hinted at the possibly of up to 200 multifamily units as well as office and retail.  But regardless of what development might go on the 36-acre site, it won't be built soon.  The developer estimates that the site clean-up will not be finished before 2016.

 

Below are two recent articles about the 36-acre Grandview Crossing site from Columbus Business First and the Columbus Dispatch:

 

Business First: Wagenbrenner lands $3M Clean Ohio grant for Grandview Crossing project

 

Columbus Dispatch: Long-term project planned for Grandview

 

More about this 36-acre Grandview Crossing redevelopment site from Columbus Underground.  CU talked with the site developer, Wagenbrenner Development, about this and three other urban infill projects they are working on in the article: Wagenbrenner Continues Urban Infill Development in 2013.  The Grandview Crossing project is discussed under the heading "The Former Kaplin Landfill Site".

 

This "Former Kaplan Landfill Site" at the northeast corner of Dublin Road & Grandview Avenue is getting cleaned up and cleared off.  Below is a late November 2014 photo from http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-november-2014-part-1:

 

Below is an aerial drone video of the site from Wagenbrenner Development.  Three projects are shown in the video.  The Dublin Road/Grandview Avenue project site is the first one and is shown from 0:04 to 0:31 in the video:

 

More about the "Former Kaplan Landfill Site" at the northeast corner of Dublin Road & Grandview Avenue (aka Grandview Crossing) from CU:

 

Big Box Retail a Possibility for Grandview Crossing Site

By Brent Warren, Columbus Underground

November 28, 2014 - 7:00 am

 

Remediation work continues at Grandview Crossing, the nearly 40-acre former landfill site near the intersection of Dublin Road and Grandview Avenue.  Wagenbrenner Development partner Joe Williams recently told Columbus Underground that a range of uses are still on the table for the site – although the increasing interest in urban acreage from big box retailers would definitely be a factor in its development.

 

“What we’re hearing demand-wise is big box,” Williams said. “There’s just no place for these guys to go, they’re not seeing opportunities in the (suburban) green-fields anymore, and they’ve seen the success of places like Lennox and the Kroger at 7th and High…and with Grandview Yard going completely mixed-use office, there’s a pent-up demand for the Lennox-type users who want to serve the core, and that’s a pretty good location for that.”

 

Williams added that the site’s relative isolation is also a positive; with railroad tracks behind it and commercial and institutional properties along the other edges, there are few immediate neighbors to be negatively impacted by a large-scale development.

 

MORE: http://www.columbusunderground.com/big-box-retail-a-possibility-for-grandview-crossing-site-bw1

Residential project proposed for Grandview Avenue where ‘landmark structure’ now sits

 

 

The Grandview Heights Planning Commission this week will get a look at the concept for a housing development at West First and Grandview avenues.

 

Kyle Kegg, a 1993 graduate of Grandview Heights High School, said his Concierge Real Estate and Investment affiliate will bring a six-residence project named the Brownstones at Grandview to the commission Wednesday as part of an "informal discussion" of the concept. The project site is 1192 Grandview Ave.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/12/15/residential-project-proposed-for-grandview-avenue.html

Interesting, but the house that is there now is pretty nice.

With the revenue from the Grandview Yard development beginning to roll in, Grandview Heights is looking toward some long planned municipal upgrades:

 

New City Hall, fire station on leaders' radar

City mulls money moves that could allow for replacement of municipal building, 90-year-old station, more

By Alan Froman, This Week News

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 - 11:16 AM

 

The City of Grandview Heights is poised to initiate a series of major projects that could include construction of a new firehouse and municipal building.  "We're talking about taking a look at all our facilities," Mayor Ray DeGraw said.  "The idea would be to take some money from the general fund to start a capital fund."  The new fund also would be supported by bonds, he said.

 

The city's firehouse was built 90 years ago and the municipal building has numerous deficiencies, city leaders said.  Voters defeated a bond issue in May 2002 that would have funded renovations to the facilities.  No major improvements have been considered since.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2014/11/18/new-city-hall-fire-station-on-leaders-radar.html

^^^More about the development proposal for the northeast corner of Grandview and 1st Avenues in Grandview Heights:

 

Developer wants Grandview Heights’ OK to raze 1904 house

By Earl Rinehart, The Columbus Dispatch

Monday, December 22, 2014 - 10:36 AM

 

A 1904 house at the northeast corner of Grandview and 1st Avenues is at the center of a development debate.  For developer Kyle Kegg, the “highest, best use” of the property is for six walk-up brownstone condominiums usually associated with places such as New York and Chicago.  Kegg wants to demolish the house and build the three-story Brownstones at Grandview.

 

For Tracy Liberatore, the president of the Grandview Heights Marble Cliff Historical Society, the best use would be leaving the house alone or incorporating it into the development.  “Our job isn’t to come in and just say no” to development, Liberatore said after a meeting of the city’s planning commission last week. But it is to protect buildings such as the house, she said. ... The house at 1192 Grandview Avenue is on the society’s list of the suburb’s landmarks, which affords it protection under city code, City Administrator Patrik Bowman told the commission.

 

The code “is not particularly well-written and not necessarily updated,” Bowman said, but the building definitely is a landmark. “It doesn’t get demolished just because there’s something better,” he said.  Bowman noted that a vote by the Grandview Heights City Council to remove the house from the list of city landmarks would be required before it could be demolished.

 

The house is at the southern edge of the city’s Grandview Avenue commercial district.  It houses the Kegg’s The Mortgage Concierge.  To the south are mostly large brick homes dating from the early 1900s through the 1940s.

 

MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/12/22/developer-wants-grandview-heights-ok-to-raze-1904-house.html

For further context about this Grandview & 1st proposal, see this google map streetview: http://goo.gl/maps/pEdPe

 

First Avenue marks the current dividing line on Grandview Avenue between a residential section to the south, and the main commercial corridor of Grandview Heights to the north.  The 1904 house at this corner is a holdover from Grandview's more rural days when it was built "as part of the surrounding vegetable farms that became the city’s first neighborhoods and later its main commercial strip" (quote from the previous article).

 

Here is the existing 1904 house, which currently contains a mortgage business at 1192 Grandview Avenue.  The next property to the north (in the background) is a three-story building at 1200 Grandview Avenue built in 2008 that contains ground floor businesses and upper story loft condos:

 

Here is the proposed 3-story development for the same northeast corner of Grandview & 1st.  The new development would contain a ground floor office for the existing mortgage business plus six condo units:

 

This is going to be a difficult proposal for Grandview.  On the one hand, the proposed three-story Brownstones at Grandview is more compatible with the two northern corners of Grandview & 1st in scale, setback and architectural design than the existing house.  The proposed design is in keeping with the newer 1200 Grandview Avenue building as well as the more historic 3-story commercial building at the northwest corner.  And it would bring in additional revenue to a commercial lot in this land-locked community.

 

On the other hand, the 1904 house is a recognized part of Grandview's history; and is well-maintained; and is attractive in its own right at this corner.  Plus, it has official local landmark status which requires additional approval from Grandview City Council.  So despite the advantages of the proposed development for this corner, it would be a difficult call to demolish this house for it.  It seems like this corner could go in one of these four directions:

 

1) Deny the proposed development and keep the 1904 house at this corner.

2) Approve the proposed development and demolish the 1904 house at this corner.

3) Approve the proposed development and relocate the 1904 house from this corner to another location.

4) Incorporate the existing 1904 house at this corner into a modified new development at this corner.

Mr. Brownstone can certainly result in moral dilemmas.

^ First, your WWF post in the OSU football thread has got WWE.com ads following me around here at UO.  Now what, ads for G N' R? :roll:

I guess they didn't sell enough copies of Chinese Democracy so they have to advertise more.

2014 was an excellent development year for the City of Grandview Heights.  2015 promises to be even better - as Nationwide's Grandview Yard development is now far enough along to generate income tax revenue that will allow Grandview to make some much needed upgrades to city facilities and infrastructure:

 

2014: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2014/12/16/sun-shines-on-city-in-2014.html

 

2015: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/grandview/news/2014/12/29/grandviews-bustin-out-all-over-in-2015.html