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  • NCH confirmed construction of its new hospital tower expansion will start in October. This rendering appears to be new. 

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  • Rendering today in CBF     https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2024/05/31/nationwide-childrens-2023-audit.html  

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Children’s releases design for 6-story research tower

 

Nationwide Children’s Hospital on Friday took the wraps off its planned six-story research facility across Parsons Avenue from the main hospital campus, giving the public a first look at the $93 million project.

 

Trustees this month are expected to approve the construction budget for the final piece of the hospital’s $842 million expansion. Construction is expected to start this year with completion in late 2012, the same year for the finish of the $480 million, 12-story main hospital tower going up now.

 

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(why the random tower south of the Franklin County Courthouse?)

 

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/01/04/daily37.html

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

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This is the rendering released by Children's Hospital.  This is a view from Livingston Avenue looking past the 12-story main hospital tower (under construction) and the existing main hospital complex.  Parsons Avenue is the crossing street.  The new six-story research building is located just beyond at the northwest corner of Parsons & Livingston.

 

 

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The Parsons & Livingston site is also shown in a view from the 12-story tower under construction.  The vacant Kroger store, CVS Pharmacy and Wendy's would be replaced with the new six-story research building in the rendering.

 

 

Children's releases design for 6-story research tower

 

(why the random tower south of the Franklin County Courthouse?)

 

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2010/01/04/daily37.html

 

Yeah, I don't get that either.

 

 

Nice rendering! I love the lush green forest in between Children's and Downtown. ;) They make it look as if you might encounter a bear if you tried to walk between the two!

What the heck is this building supposed to be that I circled?

 

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What the heck is this building supposed to be that I circled?

 

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That's what we'd all like to know!  It's not Miranova.  As you can see from the photo I previously posted, Miranova is blocked by the courthouse tower from this angle. 

 

I understand the concept of artistic license, but adding a fictional tower and a fictional forest to a professional rendering is really ridiculous.  I just hope the new research building is rendered correctly!  :wink:

That extra building almost looks like Sunshine Terrace in Franklinton, but four times bigger.

Hopefully this addition will give the Children's hospital a better and more cohesive feel. 

 

I spent a few days here almost 2 years ago, and I must say it gave me the willy's, and Ive been in a number of children's hospitals. 

 

Good thing German Village was near by. 

 

What the heck is this building supposed to be that I circled?

 

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Grange Insurance......on steroids *shrugs*

You know, it makes you wonder if there was something brewing for German Village before the market went south. I'm guesstimating that building would have been around a 30 to 35 story condo tower if it was an actuality.

That extra building almost looks like Sunshine Terrace in Franklinton, but four times bigger.

 

That's the best explanation I've heard so far!

One more article about the new research building from the Dispatch...

 

$93 MILLION FACILITY

Children's research expansion days away

Friday,  January 8, 2010 - 3:09 AM

By Suzanne Hoholik, The Columbus Dispatch

 

Construction of Nationwide Children's Hospital's third research facility is set to start Jan. 21.  The $93 million, six-story building will be built west of Parsons Avenue and north of Livingston Avenue, moving the hospital's campus west.  This is part of Children's $840 million expansion project.  When finished by fall 2012, the new research building will bring the hospital's total research space to 525,000 square feet.

 

Full story at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/01/08/Children.ART_ART_01-08-10_B3_9VG82CK.html?sid=101

 


 

And a bit more about the research building site from Rumor Mill: New Hotel at Parsons and Livingston at Columbus Underground:  "Attended the Merion Village Association meeting tonight and a Children's Hospital Representative gave an update.  The Family Dollar will be moving in the next 2 weeks and CVS will relocate this weekend and open Jan 10th.  The buildings (at the northwest corner) except the old Kroger space will be gone in a matter of weeks.  The Kroger space will be used for storage and will remain for 18 months.  The site will be a 6 story research building."

 

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the night view of the new tower, all lit up with construction lighting, looks amazing from the highway.  :clap:

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From the Columbus Dispatch, a photo of car being lifted toward the Children's Hospital 12-story tower that is under construction at the northeast corner of Parsons Avenue and Livingston Avenue on their existing campus.

 

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The car, a Civic donated by Honda, was lifted into the ninth floor of the tower.  The car will be kept in the expanded rehabilitation unit in the new main hospital so patients can practice getting in and out, steering and using the control panel.  The front of the car was removed so that it will take up less floor space. 

 

There is also a one minute video of the move:  Video: Car lifted into building at Nationwide Children's Hospital.

 

Now, both the photo and video are very interesting, of course.  But from an urban development perspective, the photo and video give some more updates about the on-going construction and redevelopment occurring at the Parsons & Livingston intersection. 

 

  • The photo shows the recently completed brick building at the southwest corner of Parsons & Livingston which houses CVS Pharmacy.  This is located on the site map below at the area labeled "Former Bobb Chevrolet".  The CVS Pharmacy building replaced the Bobb Chevrolet dealership building previously at that location.

 

  • The video of the move shows the Children's Hospital West Campus that is under construction at the northwest corner of Parsons & Livingston.  This aerial view provides a glimpse of the site excavation and earthmoving that's going on behind the construction fences.  This is located on the site map below at the area labeled "Future West Campus".  A rendering of the six-story research office building is located here.  The six-story building will replace the Kroger and Wendy's previously at that location.

 

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  • 1 year later...

From the Columbus Construction Update - Spring 2011 at Columbus Underground:

 

"The Nationwide Children’s Hospital expansion project continues construction with most of the visible exterior work completed on the new 12-story building and progress being made on the new 6-story office building."

 

The 12-story hospital expansion at the northeast corner of Parsons and Livingston

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The six-story hospital research office building at the northwest corner of Parsons and Livingston

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More updates on Children's Hospital 12-story expansion of its main hospital complex at the northeast corner of Parsons and Livingston and its six-story medical research building on the new West Campus at tbe northwest corner of Parsons and Livingston.  Site plan and photos from the Nationwide Children's Hospital website.

 

 

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Construction camera view of the 12-story main hospital expansion

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Nationwide Children's Hospital Construction Camera also has an outstanding panoramic view of the six-story west campus building, the 12-story hospital expansion and the future green space located here.

Landscape architects MSI Design planned the multi-use green space in front the 12-story main hospital expansion updated above.  Renderings from MSI Design:

 

 

Night-time rendering of the 12-story building at the northeast corner of Parsons and Livingston.

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Site plan of the green space at the northeast corner of Parsons and Livingston.

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Rendering of the green space at the northeast corner of Parsons and Livngston.

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Section thru the green space showing the underground parking garage and below-grade courtyard space.

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I think this part of rider's post *clearly* states that they are not taking credit for the photos: "From the Columbus Construction Update - Spring 2011 at Columbus Underground:"

 

That said, if that's not satisfactory, the photos can be removed. And no, UrbanOhio is not a site that supports stealing others' work.

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I'm totally cool with rider posting photos from Columbus Underground. No worries. ;)

  • 2 months later...

Construction photos and updates from Nationwide Children's Hospital

 

Aerial view of the construction.

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View of the main hospital building from the Research Building III (RB III) construction site.

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View looking east from RB III.

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The main entry canopy’s steel structure is being installed.  RB III in background.

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View of the RB III construction site taken from the roof of the new hospital building.

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MORE: http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/construction-news-and-updates

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  • 3 months later...

First patients move into in-progress tower at Nationwide Children’s

By Carrie Ghose, Business First staff reporter

Date: Monday, January 9, 2012, 12:36pm EST

 

The first patients moved into two floors of the newly built main tower at Nationwide Children’s Hospital on Monday, while crews ready interiors of the rest of the 12-story hospital.

 

The time line of the $840 million expansion expected early opening of floors four and five, which will house intensive care for heart transplants and cardiac care, acute care for surgical patients and a burn and wound-care unit.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2012/01/09/first-patients-move-into-in-progress.html

This is great news.  Removing the KFC will get rid of the one remaining blight at Parsons & Livingston.

 

Nationwide Children’s Hospital buys neighboring KFC for $2.25M

By Carrie Ghose, Business First staff reporter

Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 6:00am EST - Last Modified: Friday, January 20, 2012, 9:38am EST

 

After years of trying, Nationwide Children’s Hospital has finally gotten control of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant across from its expanding campus on Columbus’ east side.  The restaurant closed Jan. 15 after Children’s bought it for $2.25 million.

 

The hospital had a longstanding offer on the property, which has housed a KFC since 1984. Louisville, Ky.-based KFC Corp. bought the property for $170,000 that year.  Messages seeking comment were not returned.

 

Children’s plans green space at the corner of Livingston and Parsons avenues, with long-term plans for office or clinical space, a spokeswoman said in an email to Columbus Business First.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/01/20/nationwide-childrens-buys-neighboring.html

 

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Hospital>Sprawl. With at least 3 out of 4 corners of the intersection belonging to the hospital along with the blocks of Livingston up to Ann St I wouldn't be surprised if the area was designated as, "The Chi-Ho District". There are parallels to pre-2000 Downtown Columbus in that you have a decent number of employees in the neighborhood for work, but virtually no amenities to lure them down E Livingston (they're not going to set foot inside Teresa's or Fero's for lunch) and just one on Parsons  (Planks) that is close by. Just as dense office towers alone didn't revitalize Downtown, the surrounding neighborhood won't stabilize from the hospital's mere existence; it has to be utilized in order to be an asset that plays a role in improving the neighborhood rather than an insular entity.

This is great news.  Removing the KFC will get rid of the one remaining blight at Parsons & Livingston.

 

Nationwide Children’s Hospital buys neighboring KFC for $2.25M

By Carrie Ghose, Business First staff reporter

Date: Friday, January 20, 2012, 6:00am EST - Last Modified: Friday, January 20, 2012, 9:38am EST

 

After years of trying, Nationwide Children’s Hospital has finally gotten control of the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant across from its expanding campus on Columbus’ east side.  The restaurant closed Jan. 15 after Children’s bought it for $2.25 million.

 

The hospital had a longstanding offer on the property, which has housed a KFC since 1984. Louisville, Ky.-based KFC Corp. bought the property for $170,000 that year.  Messages seeking comment were not returned.

 

Children’s plans green space at the corner of Livingston and Parsons avenues, with long-term plans for office or clinical space, a spokeswoman said in an email to Columbus Business First.

 

MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2012/01/20/nationwide-childrens-buys-neighboring.html

 

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Great news!

^Indeed. Long-time coming...

It turns out that my assessment of why Children's Hospital built their Livingston Avenue Parking Garage around the KFC at Parsons & Livingston was right on the mark.  Below is an excerpt from this post in the Parsons Avenue development thread which looked at multiple Children's Hospital development projects:

 

3) LIVINGSTON AVENUE PARKING GARAGE

According to the hospital website, this is a 1500-space garage that is dedicated for hospital staff parking and was opened in February 2008.  The parking garage fronts both Livingston Avenue and Parsons Avenue.  But the garage footprint does not extend to the corner of Livingston and Parsons.  The corner is occupied by a KFC restaurant.  The parking garage was actually built around the KFC!  Quite an unusual arrangement! 

 

I don't know the history of the parking garage project or why the KFC remains at the corner.  However, it is quite possible that Childrens Hospital and the KFC owner could not come to an agreement to purchase the property.  According to the auditors website, this KFC property is corporately owned, not locally owned.  Maybe corporate KFC asked for an extremely high price and Childrens said "to hell with KFC, we'll build around you".  Because that's what it looks like.  Anyway, here are views of the parking garage looking from Livingston moving toward the KFC at corner of Parsons & Livingston.

 

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Hospital>Sprawl. With at least 3 out of 4 corners of the intersection belonging to the hospital along with the blocks of Livingston up to Ann St I wouldn't be surprised if the area was designated as, "The Chi-Ho District". There are parallels to pre-2000 Downtown Columbus in that you have a decent number of employees in the neighborhood for work, but virtually no amenities to lure them down E Livingston (they're not going to set foot inside Teresa's or Fero's for lunch) and just one on Parsons  (Planks) that is close by. Just as dense office towers alone didn't revitalize Downtown, the surrounding neighborhood won't stabilize from the hospital's mere existence; it has to be utilized in order to be an asset that plays a role in improving the neighborhood rather than an insular entity.

 

I don't think many people in the medical field get to bolt for meals.

Hospital>Sprawl. With at least 3 out of 4 corners of the intersection belonging to the hospital along with the blocks of Livingston up to Ann St I wouldn't be surprised if the area was designated as, "The Chi-Ho District". There are parallels to pre-2000 Downtown Columbus in that you have a decent number of employees in the neighborhood for work, but virtually no amenities to lure them down E Livingston (they're not going to set foot inside Teresa's or Fero's for lunch) and just one on Parsons  (Planks) that is close by. Just as dense office towers alone didn't revitalize Downtown, the surrounding neighborhood won't stabilize from the hospital's mere existence; it has to be utilized in order to be an asset that plays a role in improving the neighborhood rather than an insular entity.

 

I don't think many people in the medical field get to bolt for meals.

Very true. My wife is a nurse practioner at children's and she's lucky to get ten minutes for lunch during a sometimes 15-16 hr workday. I do agree though that it would be great if the neighborhood had more amenities to attract people to the area. There are so many parents that stay for long periods of time from out of state or at least out of the city and it really would be ideal for there to be a hotel within walking distance to the hospital for those who do not want to use ronald mcdonald house. On a positive note, I will say most of my wife's immediate coworkers(other NP's or doctors) seem to enjoy living downtown or in the german village area. There is definite interest from the employees to live in the surrounding areas and I would love to see more revitilization along livingston and parsons. I feel that area has alot of potential.

  • 4 weeks later...

An article that examines the economic impacts of the two major medical expansion projects in Columbus.  The Nationwide Children's Hospital expansion projects will create 2,400 new jobs.

 

Hospital projects provide prescription for job growth

New facilities for Nationwide Children’s, OSU will mean thousands of new hires

By Steve Wartenberg, The Columbus Dispatch

Monday, February 13, 2012 - 7:04 AM

 

The new hospitals and research buildings rising over the newly renamed Wexner Medical Center at Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital campuses are more than massive steel and concrete structures.  They are job creators.

 

These projects, together valued at $1.94 billion and covering 3.5 million square feet of hospital and research space, are expected to create 8,400 permanent, full-time jobs.  And these jobs, in turn, will create the need for at least 10,000 more people working for companies that support the two hospitals or benefit from increased spending in the community, said a local economist.

 

MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/business/2012/02/13/prescription-for-job-growth.html

  • 3 months later...

Nationwide Children's Hospital will be hosting a community open house on Sunday, June 10 for its 12-story, 750,000-square-foot tower addition.  An official grand opening for the new main hospital tower is scheduled for June 20.  More about tomorrow's open house from This Week News below:

 

Nationwide Children's Hospital - Community day June 10 to celebrate expansion

 

The Children's Hospital expansion also includes a new six-acre front lawn/green space that will complement the existing Livingston Park, a new LEED-certified central energy plant and the two-story underground parking garage located beneath the front lawn connected to the new tower.  Another expansion project across from the main campus at the northwest corner of Livingston & Parsons is a six-story, 225,000-square-foot building.  This will be the hospital's third research building and is slated to open in early fall.

 

 

Patients, families, dignitaries help Nationwide Children's dedicate new hospital

By Ben Sutherly, The Columbus Dispatch

Monday, June 11, 2012 - 2:28 PM

 

With bursts of confetti in a carpeted big top, former and regular patients of Nationwide Children’s today joined with hospital leaders and a host of notable Ohioans for the formal dedication of a new $430 million inpatient hospital.

 

Columbus Mayor Michael B. Coleman said the new hospital, part of a $783 million campus expansion, boosts the South Side neighborhood and entire community while serving as an economic engine for the city.  He noted the hospital is responsible for $1.3 billion in economic activity and is in the process of creating 2,000 new jobs.

 

MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/06/11/Nationwide-Childrens-dedicates-expansion.html

 

Man I sure wound up in that ER for minor stuff a lot being an only child. I remember sitting in the ER waiting room bored out of my mind in like 1984 looking at the kids who actually were hurt or sick while Joe Jackson's "Steppin' Out" played over the P.A.

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Business First had some news yesterday about two projects Children's Hospital announced along Livingston Avenue at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/05/28/nationwide-children-s-planning-outpatient-office.html

 

The first project is on an 11-acre site at the corner of Grant & Livingston Avenues located immediately west of the hospital's West Campus, where a six-story research building was completed in 2012.  This site was purchased from the Columbus Africentric School in 2013 - more about that purchase in this article from Business First.

 

Children's announced that they are planning to build an outpatient building at the Grant & Livingston site.  The new outpatient building would move services such as primary care, dentistry and behavioral counseling out of their main hospital building.  Construction is not expected to start until early 2015.  The site now is the football field for the Columbus Africentric School, which is moving to a new location, but Africentric is being allowed to use the field through this fall’s football season.  Location maps and more about this Grant & Livingston location in the Columbus City Schools thread at http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3204.msg610266#msg610266

 

According to the Business First article, the size, design and cost of this new outpatient building has not been determined.

But it was the second construction project announced by Children's Hospital at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/05/28/nationwide-children-s-planning-outpatient-office.html that was really interesting.  This project location is at the southeast corner of Parsons & Livingston.

 

This is the former KFC location that the hospital purchased for $2.25 million in 2012 - more about this purchase earlier in this thread.  The hospital had been trying to purchase this corner location that was corporately-owned by KFC for 20 years.  While KFC refused to sell, Children's eventually was forced to build its 1500-space Livingston Parking Garage around the corner KFC lot.  Now that Children's owns this corner, they have announced a construction project for this 25,000 square foot lot.

 

Construction is expected to start this fall on a five to six story faculty office building at the corner of Parsons & Livingston.  NBBJ is designing the building.  Although the final design is not complete, Children's Hospital officials in the article did confirm that the first floor will be leased for retail use.

More local media reportage on Children's Hospital construction announcement this week for the following projects:

 

1) New outpatient building at the 11-acre Grant & Livingston site

2) New 5 to 6-story faculty office building with ground-floor retail at the 25,000 sq. ft. corner lot at Parsons & Livingston

 

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/05/28/Nationwide-Childrens-Hospital-plans-expansion.html

 

http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2014/05/30/about-nationwide-childrens-plan-to-grow-again.html

 

The Dispatch reported that the 5 to 6-story office building at the southeast corner of Parsons & Livingston would include a tunnel underneath Livingston Avenue.  That tunnel would connect this building with the underground parking garage at the northeast corner of Parsons & Livingston that was built along with the 12-story main hospital tower in 2012.

Below are two maps showing the Children's Hospital campus after the completion of the 2012 projects - which included the 12-story hospital tower at the northeast corner of Parsons & Livingston and a 6-story research building at the northwest corner of Parsons & Livingston.  This map shows the KFC still occupying the southeast corner of Parsons & Livingston and does not show the further private development of the southwest corner (CVS Pharmacy at the corner / Scrambler Marie's restaurant west of CVS / 3-story gym/restaurant building under construction south of CVS):

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This map shows the two newly announced construction projects in relation to the main hospital campus.  This map also shows property owned by Children's on the west side of 18th Street, north of I-70 labeled "Future Development".  This is approximately 4 acres that's being used for remote staff parking lots.  Children's had once considered this location for the outpatient building which will be built instead at the Grant & Livingston site.

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On 5/29/2014 at 2:19 PM, Columbo said:

Business First had some news yesterday about two projects Children's Hospital announced along Livingston Avenue at http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2014/05/28/nationwide-children-s-planning-outpatient-office.html

 

The first project is on an 11-acre site at the corner of Grant & Livingston Avenues located immediately west of the hospital's West Campus, where a six-story research building was completed in 2012.  This site was purchased from the Columbus Africentric School in 2013 - more about that purchase in this article from Business First.

 

Children's announced that they are planning to build an outpatient building at the Grant & Livingston site.  The new outpatient building would move services such as primary care, dentistry and behavioral counseling out of their main hospital building.  Construction is not expected to start until early 2015.  The site now is the football field for the Columbus Africentric School, which is moving to a new location, but Africentric is being allowed to use the field through this fall’s football season.  Location maps and more about this Grant & Livingston location in the Columbus City Schools thread at http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php?topic=3204.msg610266#msg610266

 

According to the Business First article, the size, design and cost of this new outpatient building has not been determined.

 

More about this Outpatient Services Building that Children's Hospital is planning to build at the northeast corner of Livingston and Grant.  Still no renderings of the building.  But according to this report from ThisWeekNews, a 7-story, 200,000 sq. ft. building is planned:

 

Hospital plans new ambulatory center

Construction of the 200,000-square-foot building at Livingston and Grant avenues is to begin in January

By GARY SEMAN JR., This Week Community News

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 2:04 PM

 

Nationwide Children's Hospital revealed a new development plan that would put a seven-story, 200,000-square-foot building on the outskirts of German Village.  Construction on the Livingston Ambulatory Center building, at the northeast corner of Livingston and Grant avenues, is set to begin the first week of January.

 

Angela Mingo, community relations director for Nationwide Children's, made a presentation about the project at the German Village Society Board of Trustees' meeting Aug. 10. ... Mingo said the hospital will take over the space adjacent to the former Columbus Africentric Early College, 300 E. Livingston Avenue.  Students still attend the school but will be relocated to a new site in 2016.

 

Nationwide Children's has hired the architectural firm of NBBJ and Gilbane Smoot as the construction manager Mingo said.  The plan is to complete construction by late 2016 and move in shortly after in 2017.

 

MORE: http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/stories/germanvillage/news/2014/08/18/hospital-plans-new-ambulatory-center.html

  • 2 weeks later...

The Ronald McDonald House across Livingston Avenue from Children's Hospital just finished a 57 room expansion.  The Nationwide Children's Hospital Ronald McDonald House now has 137 guest rooms, a commercial kitchen, a rooftop garden and five separate houses for families facing long hospital stays.

 

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/09/08/a-comforting-home.html

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I'm liking this view of Livingston at Parsons,

 

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