Dublin's Bridge Street corridor moves toward construction phase

 

 

Dublin's Bridge Street corridor will move from years of talking about its development to construction in 2015 as developers begin translating their visions into commercial and housing projects on both banks of the Scioto River.

 

The suburb in the past year has hammered out a tax increment financing district plan with Dublin City Schools as a key capital-related milestone toward construction of public improvements

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/01/02/dublins-bridge-street-corridor-moves-toward.html

http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2014/11/18/bridge-street-district-council-hears-3-proposals-for-pedestrian-underpass.html

 

http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2014/12/16/riverside-drive-realignment-council-picks-460k-pedestrian-underpass-design.html

http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2014/12/16/bridge-street-district-city-to-ink-right-of-way-pact-with-wendys-co-.html

 

Dublin approves latest Bridge Park plans

 

 

Dublin City Council gave its approval to Crawford Hoying Development Partners' latest Bridge Park plans Tuesday night, authorizing a series of waivers to development guidelines governing the Bridge Street District.

 

At a packed special meeting at Dublin City Hall, council members heard three hours of testimony from Crawford Hoying representatives and opposition from several residents, including a former Planning & Zoning Commission member and some passed over to replace those who had resigned from the commission in a dispute with council over control of the Bridge Street District oversight process.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/01/21/dublin-approves-latest-bridge-park-plans-slideshow.html

A look back at Dublin development issues from 2014 and a look ahead to the development issues in 2015 from ThisWeekNews:

 

2014: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2014/12/16/2014-year-in-review-bridge-park-east-road-projects-dominated-headlines.html

 

2015: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2014/12/29/road-projects-fiber-optic-network-upgrades-planned-in-2015.html

As was posted earlier, Dublin's long-planned and long-awaited Bridge Street District is moving ahead with approvals for Bridge Park East.  But those approvals didn't came without some frictions between Dublin's City Council and its Planning & Zoning Commission.  In December 2014, four members of the Dublin Planning & Zoning Commission resigned in a power struggle with Dublin City Council over the review of projects in the Bridge Street District.  Here are a series of links to Business First articles documenting this:

 

- Dublin P&Z members resign in dispute with council over Bridge Street:  http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/12/12/dublin-p-z-members-resign-in-dispute-with-council.html

 

- Dublin Mayor: Council has not curtailed power of Planning & Zoning Commission:  http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/12/12/dublin-mayor-council-has-not-curtailed-power-of.html

 

- Dublin players see Bridge Street District effort moving past tumult:  http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2014/12/19/dublin-players-see-bridge-street-effort-moving.html

 

- Dublin names new P&Z members after Bridge Street dispute:  http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/01/16/dublin-names-new-p-z-members-after-bridge-street.html

Plus, another twist in the Bridge Street District redevelopment saga that is not related to the previous P&Z vs. City Council dispute.  Business First also reported that the conservative political group 'Americans for Prosperity' was seeking City of Dublin documents related to public street and other infrastructure improvements tied to the Bridge Street District.  If you haven't heard of 'Americans for Prosperity' before, this is a group founded by the ultra-conservative billionaire Koch brothers:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/12/conservative-group-asking-dublin-for-records-on.html

Plus, another twist in the Bridge Street District redevelopment saga that is not related to the previous P&Z vs. City Council dispute.  Business First also reported that the conservative political group 'Americans for Prosperity' was seeking City of Dublin documents related to public street and other infrastructure improvements tied to the Bridge Street District.  If you haven't heard of 'Americans for Prosperity' before, this is a group founded by the ultra-conservative billionaire Koch brothers:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2014/12/conservative-group-asking-dublin-for-records-on.html

 

Now what, don't they have streetcars to protest?

More about the approved plans for Phase 1 of the Bridge Park development in Dublin's Bridge Street District:

 

Dublin City Council approved the basic development plan for the first phase of the larger Bridge Park project.  The plan, presented by Crawford Hoying Development Partners, calls for the construction of eight mixed-use buildings in phase one.  These eight buildings will range in height from five to six stories and will sit along Riverside Drive, with future phases planned in blocks north, south, and east of phase one.  This first phase of Bridge Park will include 371 housing units, 169,000 square feet of office space, 87,000 square feet of restaurant space and 1,868 garage and on-street parking spaces.

 

From the Dispatch, a diagrammatic view of Bridge Park at http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/01/22/dublins-bridge-park-plans-advance-but-concerns-raised.html

 

From CU, a detailed block-by-block view of Bridge Park's phase one at http://www.columbusunderground.com/dublin-approves-plans-for-eight-mixed-use-bridge-park-buildings

 

• B1 – six-story, 157,833 sq.ft. building that will include ground floor restaurant and retail space, second floor office space and residential units on floors three through six.

• B2 – six-story, 91,081 sq.ft. building that will include ground floor restaurant and retail space, second floor office space and residential units on floors three through six.

• B3 – five-story, 83,961 sq.ft. building that will include ground floor restaurant, retail and office space, and residential units on floors two through five.

• B4 – five-story, 280,409 sq.ft. building that will include six levels of structured parking and five floors of residential units.

• C1 – five-story, 88,557 sq.ft. building that will include ground floor restaurant and retail space, and residential units on floors two through five.

• C2 - five-story, 94,440 sq.ft. building that will include ground floor restaurant and retail space, and office units on floors two through five.

• C3 - six-story, 89,173 sq.ft. building that will include ground floor restaurant and retail space, second floor office space and residential units on floors three through six.

• C4 – five-story, 335,086 sq.ft. building that will include six levels of structured parking and five floors of residential units.

CU also has Bridge Park renderings plus elevations for all eight buildings in this phase one development at http://www.columbusunderground.com/dublin-approves-plans-for-eight-mixed-use-bridge-park-buildings

Wow this looks like the Banks project under construction in downtown Cincinnati.  I wonder if they will get it done before Cincinnati too!

Casto’s Tuller Flats cleared in Dublin, spurring progress on Bridge Street District

 

 

The Casto real estate organization has cleared the planning process for its 420-unit Tuller Flats project in Dublin.

 

The Dublin Planning & Zoning Commission approved the final development plan this month.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/03/20/first-look-casto-s-tuller-flats-cleared-in-dublin.html

Revised plans for Bridge Park West cleared in Dublin

 

 

Crawford Hoying Development Partners LLC has gotten final design clearance for its Bridge Park West development in Dublin.

 

The Dublin Architectural Review Board on Wednesday approved the Dublin-based developer’s revised plans 4-0.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/04/17/first-look-revised-plans-for-bridge-park-west.html

Developer expects Bridge Park project to be done by end of 2017

BY JENNIFER NOBLIT, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS

Sunday, April 19, 2015 - 11:36 AM

 

The Bridge Street District in Dublin has been in the works since 2009 and its first major development is expected to break ground this summer.

 

Bridge Park plans to offer a mixed-use, high-density, walkable development on the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and state Route 161, and north of Bridge Street in Historic Dublin.  The entire Bridge Park project, born in 2012, is expected to cost developer Crawford Hoying more than $350-million. ... Construction on the first block of Bridge Park is expected to start June 1.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/04/07/developer-expects-bridge-park-project-to-be-done-by-end-of-2017.html

 

ThisWeekNews had much more about the pending Bridge Park project, in addition to the overview article posted above.  Below are links to articles about the financing of Bridge Park, the housing proposed for Bridge Park and the commercial/office components for Bridge Park:

• BRIDGE PARK FINANCING:  http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/04/07/bridge-park-financing-tools-helping-to-construct-350-million-project.html

• BRIDGE PARK HOUSING:  http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/04/07/bridge-park-housing-targeted-toward-millenials-empty-nesters.html

• BRIDGE PARK COMMERCIAL / OFFICE:  http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/04/07/much-of-commercial-office-restaurant-space-already-spoken-for.html

Meanwhile, on the western side of the Scioto River, north of Dublin's historic downtown - demolition for the Bridge Park West development has begun.  The Bridge Park West development will include 41 condo units, 15,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space.

 

Photo of the medical office building demolition at the site and renderings of the Bridge Park West development at http://www.columbusunderground.com/demolition-begins-at-future-bridge-park-west-site-in-dublin

Dublin City Council is considering additional incentives for future Bridge Street District developments:

 

http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/04/28/bridge-street-district-council-considers-additional-incentives.html

Dublin City Council is considering additional incentives for future Bridge Street District developments:

 

http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/04/28/bridge-street-district-council-considers-additional-incentives.html

 

APPROVED: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/05/05/bridge-street-district-council-oks-community-reinvestment-areas.html

Sitting at a red light on 161 I watched them demolish an old strip mall to make way for the Bridge Park development.

 

Library expansion on current site is in the works

BY JENNIFER NOBLIT, THIS WEEK NEWS

Wednesday, May 20, 2015 - 11:08 AM

 

The Dublin branch library will get a new building within the next few years, but it will stay put.  Columbus Metropolitan Library officials have been planning to replace the Dublin branch, which is not big enough for the demand placed upon it by its patrons. ... The Dublin branch library is currently 20,147 square feet and the plans are to increase the size to 42,500 square feet, said Ben Zenitsky, Columbus Metropolitan Library marketing and communications specialist.

( . . . )

Plans are still in the works, but Zenitsky said architects NBBJ are "exploring all options" for fitting a larger building on the current site. ... Dublin officials are working to fit the new building into the Bridge Street District vision.  During a May 11 work session, Dublin City Council members discussed the possibility of building a parking garage on the library site.

 

According to Terry Foegler, Dublin's director of strategic initiatives and special projects, putting a parking garage on the site would add another 200 to 250 parking spots to Historic Dublin and could cost $4.5 to $5.5 million.  "To be able to leverage the opportunity for additional parking spaces ... is significant," City Manager Dana McDaniel told council May 11.  "It would be an additional 250 spaces to support the west side of the river and the library."  Zenitsky would not confirm a parking garage for the site, but said conversations are ongoing.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/05/19/library-expansion-on-current-site-is-in-the-works.html

 

Meanwhile, on the western side of the Scioto River, north of Dublin's historic downtown - demolition for the Bridge Park West development has begun.  The Bridge Park West development will include 41 condo units, 15,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of retail/restaurant space.

 

Photo of the medical office building demolition at the site and renderings of the Bridge Park West development at http://www.columbusunderground.com/demolition-begins-at-future-bridge-park-west-site-in-dublin

 

Finishing up this demo to make way for the Bridge Park West development: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/05/12/earth-moving-heralds-start-of-major-construction.html

 

Sitting at a red light on 161 I watched them demolish an old strip mall to make way for the Bridge Park development.

 

YAY!

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-to-begin-this-summer-on-eight-mixed-use-buildings-in-dublin

More about the Bridge Park construction schedule from Business First: "Construction ready to begin for first section of Bridge Park in Dublin": http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/06/12/construction-ready-to-begin-for-first-section-of.html

 

 

According to the above linked article, here is the construction schedule for Bridge Park as it stands now:

 

Block C: Approved and ready for construction.  This section consists of 93,000 square feet of office space, 43,000 square feet of restaurant space, 9,000 square feet of other retail plus 154 apartments and an 850-slot parking garage.

 

- The developer, Crawford Hoying, said the next six phases would have construction starts through March 2016, driven in part by market demand for the product types.  The article did mention Block B and Block A - which are the next two development blocks south of Block C along Riverside Drive to the new roundabout:

 

Block B: Final plans have been submitted for commission review.  That section has a fall construction start and consists of 46,000 square feet of offices, 50,000 square feet of restaurants, 13,000 square feet of retail and 218 apartments.

 

Block A: Won't start until later this year or spring 2016.  That section has a 150-room hotel and conference center for 500 attendees, plus another 89,000 square feet of office space and another parking garage.

Casto Comunities is pursuing a $50 million, 420-apartment development to the east of Crawford Hoying's Bridge Park development in Dublin’s Bridge Street District.  Below is a map showing the 16.9 acres that an affiliate of Casto recently acquired and an adjacent 15 acres in contract by Casto for future multifamily development:

 

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/05/08/tuller-flats-land-bought.html

Snazzy Crawford Hoying produced video of what the massive Bridge Park East development will look like at the Business First link below:

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/07/watch-dublins-bridge-park-comes-to-life-in-new.html

Some new renderings of Bridge Park East from http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/07/watch-dublins-bridge-park-comes-to-life-in-new.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some new renderings of the smaller Bridge Park West development (the one next to Dublin's historic downtown west of the Scioto River) from http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/07/watch-dublins-bridge-park-comes-to-life-in-new.html

 

 

 

The Banks @ Dublin is looking good.

Crawford Hoying ready to move on Bridge Park with Dublin deal in hand

By Brian R. Ball, Staff Reporter

Columbus Business First - Aug. 11, 2015, 4:44pm EDT

 

Crawford Hoying Development Partners LLC has secured an agreement with Dublin that will allow it to begin construction of its massive Bridge Park project.  “It’s the last piece needed,” Principal Brent Crawford said. “... We needed that piece to close our construction loans, which will now happen in the next few weeks.”

 

The public financing and development agreement unanimously passed Dublin City Council Monday night.  The deal calls for the city to contribute $43.1 million toward the construction of two parking garages and roadways for the project's initial phase, with Crawford Hoying and its investors picking up the remaining $290.5 million project cost over the next several years.

 

That includes $155 million for Phase 1, which will include eight buildings on 12.5 acres east of the Scioto River and the mixed-use Bridge Park West project on the other side of the river in Dublin's downtown historic district.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/08/11/crawford-hoying-ready-to-move-on-bridge-park-with.html

Dublin city manager: Bridge Park will 'set the tone' for future development

By Brian R. Ball, Staff Reporter

Columbus Business First - Aug. 12, 2015, 2:40pm EDT

 

The approval of a development deal for Crawford Hoying Development Partners LLC should give Dublin guidance on how to approach future projects along the city’s emerging urban corridor.

 

Dublin City Manager Dana McDaniel told me the city carefully crafted the deal city council approved this week to leverage $300 million in private investment during the next several years.

 

The city has worked on the broader Bridge Street vision for more than six years while Crawford Hoying unveiled its vision for the development in October 2013.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/08/12/dublin-city-manager-bridge-park-will-set-the-tone.html

Dublin’s vision for walkable Bridge Street District fits with emerging trends

By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter

Columbus Business First - Aug. 14, 2015, 2:59pm EDT

 

Dublin’s planned Bridge Street District may become one of the country’s best examples of a suburb retrofitted for walkability, but it certainly won't be the only one.  For this week's cover story, I reported on the city's aim to woo young professionals, empty nesters and businesses by creating a walkable, urban-style corridor, starting with the massive Bridge Park mixed-use development spanning both sides of the Scioto River.

 

City leaders told me they are responding to a demographic shift that will see most growth from singles living alone and households without children, on both ends of the age spectrum.  It’s a trend most cities and suburbs are recognizing, said Ed McMahon, a senior research fellow at the Urban Land Institute, a nonprofit advocating for sustainable land use.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/08/dublin-s-vision-for-walkable-bridge-street.html

 

^ The above blog post references last Friday's Business First cover story about Dublin's Bridge Street District.  The full article will be behind a paywall for the next month.  But here's an excerpt that gives you the gist of that article - which touches on development density, evolving office location trends, and the impact of older empty-nesters and younger non-nesters on future residential demand:

 

The hip new Dublin – city poised to add an urban touch in a generational change

By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter

Columbus Business First - Aug. 14, 2015, 6:00am EDT

 

Dublin has been the epitome of an American suburb for more than 40 years, and a successful one at that.  The tony community quickly sprawled northwest of the Columbus outerbelt in the 1970s as housing developments sprouted around Jack Nicklaus’ famed Muirfield Village Golf Club and businesses put stakes down with new buildings and highway frontage.

 

Dublin continues thriving, with 14,000 households commanding median income of $113,000 and 3,000 businesses calling it home. ... But it’s time for a change of pace.

 

The city’s quaint historic downtown along High Street and an underperforming strip center across the Scioto River to the northeast are being overhauled into a dense, walkable district of shops, restaurants, offices and residences.  It is part of a master plan that developers and city leaders say is necessary if Dublin hopes to remain competitive over the next half-century amid a nationwide shift in demographics, household formation and business location trends.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2015/08/14/the-hip-new-dublin-city-poised-to-add-an-urban.html

Dublin really could set the tone for future suburban development in outer-belt Columbus.  And yes, I know Bridge Park is technically inner-belt but you know what I mean!

Crawford Hoying: 1st phase of Dublin's Bridge Park could open in a year

By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter, Columbus Business First

Updated: Sept. 16, 2015, 7:16am EDT

 

Dublin officials, Crawford Hoying Development Partners LLC employees and others gathered Tuesday to mark the city’s Bridge Park “groundbreaking,” a term used loosely as heavy trucks were rolling by during the event, moving plenty of ground.  The first phase of developer Crawford Hoying’s $350 million mixed-use development along Riverside Drive is well underway.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/09/crawford-hoying-1st-phase-of-dublins-bridge-park.html

It looks better than Highpoint on Columbus Commons.  Props to Dublin.

It looks better than Highpoint on Columbus Commons.

 

Not exactly the highest bar to jump over...

I'd prefer a bar.

150-room, upscale hotel to anchor convention portion of Bridge Park in Dublin

 

 

An upscale AC Hotel by Marriott could anchor the convention and hospitality section of the Bridge Park mixed-use project at Route 161 and Riverside Drive in Dublin.

 

Developer Crawford Hoying Development Partners' expected choice of the AC flag marks the second time in six weeks that an area developer has formally selected the upscale Marriott International Inc. (NYSE:MAR) brand for a Central Ohio project.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/10/26/150-room-upscale-hotel-to-anchor-convention.html

Bridge Park's AC Hotel gets approval by Dublin City Council

 

 

The developer of the Bridge Park residential and commercial project in Dublin has received initial approval for a hotel, conference center and office building.

 

Dublin City Council on Monday approved basic development and site plans for Crawford Hoying Development Partners LLC’s proposed 150-room AC Hotel by Marriott as well as an adjacent, 19,000-square-foot events center and a 114,000-square-foot office building.

 

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/12/08/bridge-parks-ac-hotel-gets-approval-by-dublin-city.html

More about the 8-story 150-room AC Hotel and an adjacent 19,000 square-foot events center, plus a six-story 114,000 square-foot office building and 610-space parking garage approved by Dublin City Council:

 

http://www.columbusunderground.com/eight-story-dublin-hotel

 

Another hotel approved along Bridge Street.  But its not in the "Bridge Street District" area east of the Scioto River.  This one is in the Bridge Street/Rt. 33/SR 161 area between the historic downtown and the Rt. 33/I-270 intersection - location map.  Rendering from http://www.indushotels.com/NewProjects.aspx and http://www.indushotels.com/Home2Suites.aspx:

 

 

Home2 Suites, offices are coming to Salvi's Bistro site

Four-story, 80,481-square-foot hotel and two-story, 14,000-square-foot office building are planned

BY JENNIFER NOBLIT, THIS WEEK COMMUNITY NEWS

Wednesday, August 5, 2015 - 9:56 PM

 

The former Salvi's Bistro will soon be demolished to make way for a hotel.  Dublin developer Crawford Hoying got the OK last week for the demolition of the former restaurant at 5000 Upper Metro Place.

 

Last Thursday, July 30, the Administrative Review Team approved the teardown and forwarded to the Dublin Planning and Zoning Commission a development plan for a new four-story, 129-suite hotel at the 2.57-acre site, which sits on the west side of Frantz Road, south of state Route 161.

( . . . )

Along with an 80,481-square-foot hotel, a two-story, 14,000-square-foot office building also is planned for a future phase.  Crawford Hoying is proposing to build 122 parking spaces to service the site.  According to information in the plans, the hotel will be a Hilton brand: Home2 Suites.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/dublin/news/2015/08/04/home2-suites-offices-are-coming-to-salvis-bistro-site.html

Inside the Grand of Dublin, a nursing home designed to get people out of bed – PHOTOS

By Carrie Ghose, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First

October 9, 2015, 4:46pm EDT

 

People who recently toured the massive Grand of Dublin nursing home and senior living complex likened it to an indoor Easton Town Center, or even Disneyland.  The first residents move in to the Vrable HealthCare Co. complex on Oct. 23, after some eight years of planning, permits, zoning, plus construction delays during two brutal Central Ohio winters.

( . . . )

The Grand of the title applies in both luxury finishes throughout and the scale: The 133,000-square-foot complex is built as five separate buildings connected under a single roof, enclosing a replica town square including pharmacy, salon, theater, chapel, general store and ice cream parlor.  There's even a small replica of Vrable's former Digger & Finch Pub, which had to be torn down as part of street relocations surrounding the Grand and the Bridge Park development under construction immediately to the south.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2015/10/inside-the-grand-of-dublin-a-nursing-home-designed.html

Big Sandy Superstore buys site in Dublin, plans to open in the spring

By Brian R. Ball, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First

November 16, 2015, 2:55pm EST

 

Big Sandy Superstore has completed its purchase of the long-vacant BJ’s Wholesale Club site in Dublin. ... Big Sandy Chairman Robert Van Hoose Jr. confirmed the household furnishing’s retailer had closed on the 109,958-square-foot retail space at 6825 Dublin Center Drive.

 

The move of the retailer of appliances, electronics, furniture and mattresses should further bolster the comeback of the adjacent Dublin Village Center.  In fact, Hoose said that center's revival during the last year proved a big selling point for Big Sandy.  “We think Dublin Village Center is poised to make a comeback with the (city of Dublin’s) redevelopment of the Bridge Street District,” Hoose said in reference to the redevelopment corridor from Sawmill Road to Frantz Road.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2015/11/16/big-sandy-superstore-buys-site-by-dublin-village.html

And finally, moving back the mixed-use urban-scaled redevelopment of the Bridge Street District.  Crawford Hoying produced this time lapse and flythrough video of their multi-phase Bridge Park development that is now underway there:

 

Dublin's Bridge Park lands restaurant/brewery and fitness center as 1st tenants

 

 

The first two tenants at Dublin’s Bridge Park will help visitors work out and wind down.

 

Crawford Hoying Development Partners LLC said Thursday that Ram Restaurant & Brewery and Mesh Fitness will be part of the $300 million, mixed-use development’s first phase on track for completion this fall.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/02/18/dublins-bridge-park-lands-restaurant-brewery-and.html

Bridge Park hotel, event center could open in time for 2017 Memorial Tournament

 

 

A 150-room hotel and 500-seat event center could be open for business in Dublin’s Bridge Park by the 2017 Memorial Tournament.

 

Crawford Hoying Development Partners LLC has earned approval from the city’s planning and zoning commission for an AC Hotel by Marriott and adjacent 19,000-square-foot event center, as well as a 500-space parking garage.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/02/22/bridge-park-hotel-event-center-could-open-in-time.html

Dublin’s proposed Riverside Park to offer ice skating, rock climbing, river access

 

 

Dublin is showing off a final draft of plans for a $44 million Riverside Park that would bring outdoor ice skating, rock climbing and kayak access points to the heart of the city.

 

Stretching along both sides of the Scioto River, the park would anchor the suburb’s walkable Bridge Street District with public plazas and outdoor activities all tied together by an iconic pedestrian bridge.

 

More below:

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/03/16/first-look-dublin-s-proposed-riverside-park-to.html

The previous Dublin development thread has been divided into two threads.

 

This one is now the 'Dublin: Bridge Street District projects and news thread', which encompasses any news about the Bridge Street District planning process and any projects occurring within the Bridge Street District area shown below:

 

Condos and retail eyed in new Bridge Street District project in downtown Dublin

By Evan Weese, Staff Reporter - Columbus Business First

Updated: March 7, 2016, 2:39pm EST

 

Dublin’s Bridge Street District may be getting another large mixed-use development.  A group of investors has acquired the site of several ranch-style homes and a Sunoco gas station at Bridge Street and Monterey Drive, with plans to redevelop the 6.2-acre site with a mix of retail and residential components.

 

Scott Walker, owner of Olympus Homes Inc., said he and his fellow investors in Dublin Development LLC are weighing options for what they’re calling Monterey at Bridge Street. ... Dublin Development paid $3.78 million for 12 parcels making up the site, according to three separate transactions recorded by the Franklin County auditor.  Walker said he and two Nashville-based investors plan to use the entire site for the mixed-use development, from the Sunoco at 201 W. Bridge Street to Monterey Park on the southern edge.  It would stretch west to a neighboring Marathon service station on Bridge Street that's not a part of the project and east to the Dublin Cemetery.

 

Although a more detailed proposal is expected by year’s end, the developers know they want to include luxury condominiums on the southern portion of the site and a retail component facing Bridge Street. ... "In the last few years there have been different folks who have looked at this site," said Terry Foegler, Dublin's director of strategic initiatives.  "What’s encouraging now is there seems to be a developer ... that has gone ahead and taken the risk to close on key expensive sites.  It's the first real expansion of the Bridge Street District west of the historic downtown," he said.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/03/07/exclusive-more-condos-and-retail-eyed-along-bridge.html

Check out a video rendering of Bridge Park's AC Hotel, including the view from the rooftop bar

 

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http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2016/04/first-look-check-out-a-video-rendering-of-bridge.html