February 18, 20223 yr Last night's State of the City presentation included the first concrete looks at the design of the new UA Community Center. Apologies(?) in advance for the absolutely ludicrous number of images here. Floor plans: Interior renderings: Exterior renderings: And a link to the whole presentation for those who may be interested.
March 4, 20223 yr Renderings show off Upper Arlington's Community Center at former Kingsdale Macy's site Upper Arlington residents can finally take a look inside the long-awaited Community Center going up at the former Macy's site Kingsdale Shopping Center. Renderings have been released that show off the facility, which will include an indoor pool, multi-purpose event space, locker rooms, fitness spaces, three gymnasiums, adventure play and teen space, a space for childcare, a walking/running track, senior programming, an outdoor multi-purpose terrace and shared classrooms, according to city officials. “For years, Upper Arlington has needed a space for residents of all ages to gather,” Bill Hosket, campaign committee honorary co-chairman, said in a release. “We’ve waited so long for this moment in our UA history. We owe it to our residents to have the best Community Center for everyone." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2022/03/04/renderings-of-upper-arlington-community-center.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 16, 20223 yr Rezoning sought for 29-unit condo project in Upper Arlington “A Columbus developer is eyeing the construction of a 29-unit luxury condominium complex at the northeast corner of Riverside and Fairlington drives. The corner currently contains four single-family homes. Moment Development founder Ohm Patel is seeking to rezone six parcels on 2.43 acres from R-1b, a one-family residence district, to RCD, a residential community development district. The development would be named Fairlington Heights. If approved by the Upper Arlington Board of Zoning and Planning and Upper Arlington City Council, the rezoning would enable Patel to build a two-story condo that could be between 2,950 square feet and 3,265 square feet; 10 two-story condos ranging from 2,150 square feet to 2,465 square feet; and 18 three-story row houses that would be approximately 2,725 square feet and include a rooftop patios.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/upper-arlington/2022/03/11/rezoning-sought-29-unit-condo-project-upper-arlington/9440877002/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=SectionFrontFeed-FeedRedesign
April 1, 20223 yr The City of Upper Arlington getting in on today's fun in their weekly newsletter: Quote Today, the City of Upper Arlington has released updated renderings for the exterior of the Upper Arlington Community Center (UACC). The new design is intended to convey a sense of welcoming to the facility while hearkening back to the community’s history. Additions to the building highlight the City’s trademark bear logo while also paying homage to the history of the site by mimicking the blue bricks that were part of the iconic Lazarus/Macy’s building that once stood here. “It is important that the design of the building be 'uniquely UA,'" said Katie Freeland, Associate Principal with MSA Design. "As we studied the architecture, we felt that the design needed a special element to differentiate it from other buildings within the area. The UACC will be a place where the community gathers, and we wanted to celebrate the idea of community by combining a familiar symbol of UA with the building design. The oversized scale of the bear really allows it to become part of the architectural experience – while the blue brick creates an interesting contrast with the other materials.” City Manager Steve Schoeny said of the design: “We wanted to honor the fond memories that so many residents have shared about the old building. We thought of having a perfume station or replacing the coffee kiosk with a shoe counter, but in the end decided the blue bricks made the most sense. The bear adds a great whimsical touch to the building that should invite interest from young and old. We think that the placement of the bear’s mouth outside the gymnasium is an “Instagram ready” feature that will become an iconic destination for influencers from around the world.”
May 6, 20223 yr ^On the Kingsdale topic... I have occasional access to someone who's "in the know" when it comes to UA development. I had a few minutes with him tonight and he said they expect the second building at Kingsdale to go vertical by June. Edited May 6, 20223 yr by CbusOrBust
June 4, 20223 yr Fate of Fairlington Heights condominium project in Upper Arlington City Council hands “Facing opposition from neighbors, Upper Arlington City Council this month is expected to determine the fate of a proposal to build 22 "luxury" condominiums at the corner of Riverside and Fairlington drives. Council is scheduled to review a rezoning request for the proposed Fairlington Heights condominium complex during its June 13 and 27 meetings. Upper Arlington City Council President Brendan King said council would not vote on the matter until at least June 27, after it's had three readings and three opportunities for public comment. The first reading was scheduled for June 6. The Upper Arlington Board of Zoning and Planning voted 4-2 on May 18 to allow the rezoning and would permit the project to move forward.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/upper-arlington/2022/06/03/fate-fairlington-heights-condominium-project-upper-arlington-city-council-hands/7469176001/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=MobileBelowHomepageFeed-FeedRedesign
June 14, 20222 yr On 6/3/2022 at 10:19 PM, amped91 said: Fate of Fairlington Heights condominium project in Upper Arlington City Council hands “Facing opposition from neighbors, Upper Arlington City Council this month is expected to determine the fate of a proposal to build 22 "luxury" condominiums at the corner of Riverside and Fairlington drives. Council is scheduled to review a rezoning request for the proposed Fairlington Heights condominium complex during its June 13 and 27 meetings. Upper Arlington City Council President Brendan King said council would not vote on the matter until at least June 27, after it's had three readings and three opportunities for public comment. The first reading was scheduled for June 6. The Upper Arlington Board of Zoning and Planning voted 4-2 on May 18 to allow the rezoning and would permit the project to move forward.” https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/upper-arlington/2022/06/03/fate-fairlington-heights-condominium-project-upper-arlington-city-council-hands/7469176001/?itm_medium=recirc&itm_source=taboola&itm_campaign=internal&itm_content=MobileBelowHomepageFeed-FeedRedesign Loving the “concerns” people are raising about this. This is from a new Columbus underground article, “Neighborhood concerns are obviously depreciated property values,” the website states. “Other concerns are crime, water collection/sewer concerns, traffic concerns, and parking concerns.” Not sure how a bunch of luxury condo units, that will probably cost $500,000+, will depreciate the area property values. These rich racist people need to move to Florida and go away.
June 14, 20222 yr 8 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Loving the “concerns” people are raising about this. This is from a new Columbus underground article, “Neighborhood concerns are obviously depreciated property values,” the website states. “Other concerns are crime, water collection/sewer concerns, traffic concerns, and parking concerns.” Not sure how a bunch of luxury condo units, that will probably cost $500,000+, will depreciate the area property values. These rich racist people need to move to Florida and go away. 🙄 I know this isn’t in City of Columbus, but this type of attitude is emblematic of the same problems with the area commissions and a big part of the reason the region is facing a housing crisis.
June 14, 20222 yr 4 minutes ago, amped91 said: 🙄 I know this isn’t in City of Columbus, but this type of attitude is emblematic of the same problems with the area commissions and a big part of the reason the region is facing a housing crisis. At least the city staff support it, “City staff support the rezoning needed to build the homes, and point out in a staff report that the project’s location – next to an aging shopping center that is zoned to allow a higher-density mixed-use development, and across the street from the Golden Bear center, where a planned redevelopment has already been approved – makes it an appropriate place for townhomes that would serve as a transition from those denser uses to the single family neighborhood to the east.”
June 14, 20222 yr 31 minutes ago, VintageLife said: Loving the “concerns” people are raising about this. This is from a new Columbus underground article, “Neighborhood concerns are obviously depreciated property values,” the website states. “Other concerns are crime, water collection/sewer concerns, traffic concerns, and parking concerns.” Not sure how a bunch of luxury condo units, that will probably cost $500,000+, will depreciate the area property values. These rich racist people need to move to Florida and go away. Don't you understand?? These towers will block out the sun and cause irreparable damage to migratory bird routes in the Atlantic Flyway!!
June 14, 20222 yr I've been discussing this for some time now among other circles in that I've often wondered how long Upper Arlington would survive relatively unscathed in growth of Central Ohio as a model for mid century ranch and bungalow developments. In some other major metros, there seems to be a natural progression toward picking these enclaves off. In some cases, nearly wiping out entire communities like this. What once was starter suburban homes close to the urban core or an exurban core is a vast landscape of potential. So here, with the demolition of seemingly perfectly good suburban starter homes, begins that phase. What will remain to be seen is the course in which Upper Arlington takes. Will it go the way of some similar ranch and bungalow neighborhoods in Denver and Charlotte and add density? Or go the other direction of Atlanta suburbs where a perfectly good, recently renovated, ranch is replaced with a New Albany style homes 2-4 times the size of the ranch it replaces while adding no density in terms of population? (Imagine paying 700k for a gorgeous top of the line ranch just to tear it down because you can't live without 4k SF and garage space for your GMV Suburban but you want to walk to uptown etc) Hillard being another example of a place where the growth in popularity and development of Old Hillard may put the surrounding community in the sights of this kind of transition. Then follows the implications, especially if it does not result in increased density, which this particular example in UA does.
June 14, 20222 yr 8 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: I've been discussing this for some time now among other circles in that I've often wondered how long Upper Arlington would survive relatively unscathed in growth of Central Ohio as a model for mid century ranch and bungalow developments. In some other major metros, there seems to be a natural progression toward picking these enclaves off. In some cases, nearly wiping out entire communities like this. What once was starter suburban homes close to the urban core or an exurban core is a vast landscape of potential. So here, with the demolition of seemingly perfectly good suburban starter homes, begins that phase. What will remain to be seen is the course in which Upper Arlington takes. Will it go the way of some similar ranch and bungalow neighborhoods in Denver and Charlotte and add density? Or go the other direction of Atlanta suburbs where a perfectly good, recently renovated, ranch is replaced with a New Albany style homes 2-4 times the size of the ranch it replaces while adding no density in terms of population? (Imagine paying 700k for a gorgeous top of the line ranch just to tear it down because you can't live without 4k SF and garage space for your GMV Suburban but you want to walk to uptown etc) Hillard being another example of a place where the growth in popularity and development of Old Hillard may put the surrounding community in the sights of this kind of transition. Then follows the implications, especially if it does not result in increased density, which this particular example in UA does. There is a new house on Lane avenue in UA across from the golf course that is exactly what you described. Someone purchased and demolished a perfectly fine looking home to build an even bigger McMansion in its' place. Blows my mind how much money some people are willing to just throw around. These are usually the types where the project of designing and building a new home is exciting for them then they live there for a year to two, get bored and start over with a new home.
June 14, 20222 yr 17 minutes ago, DTCL11 said: I've been discussing this for some time now among other circles in that I've often wondered how long Upper Arlington would survive relatively unscathed in growth of Central Ohio as a model for mid century ranch and bungalow developments. In some other major metros, there seems to be a natural progression toward picking these enclaves off. In some cases, nearly wiping out entire communities like this. What once was starter suburban homes close to the urban core or an exurban core is a vast landscape of potential. So here, with the demolition of seemingly perfectly good suburban starter homes, begins that phase. What will remain to be seen is the course in which Upper Arlington takes. Will it go the way of some similar ranch and bungalow neighborhoods in Denver and Charlotte and add density? Or go the other direction of Atlanta suburbs where a perfectly good, recently renovated, ranch is replaced with a New Albany style homes 2-4 times the size of the ranch it replaces while adding no density in terms of population? (Imagine paying 700k for a gorgeous top of the line ranch just to tear it down because you can't live without 4k SF and garage space for your GMV Suburban but you want to walk to uptown etc) Hillard being another example of a place where the growth in popularity and development of Old Hillard may put the surrounding community in the sights of this kind of transition. Then follows the implications, especially if it does not result in increased density, which this particular example in UA does. This has already been happening in Upper Arlington for years, particularly North of Lane Ave. and South of Fishinger Rd. Asbury Rd. is unrecognizable to what it was 10 years ago. The most tragic example was 2590 Onandaga Dr., which for decades had a gorgeous early 20th century home on it that was destroyed for someone's Mc. Mansion.
June 14, 20222 yr Yeah, Bexley pioneered the teardown and UA kept it alive starting in the '80s (or even earlier).
June 14, 20222 yr Upper Arlington Council to Vote on Condo Development The Upper Arlington city council will soon weigh in on a proposed condo development near Fishinger Road. The project has already passed the Board of Zoning and Planning, which voted 4-2 in favor at its meeting on May 18. The proposal, from Columbus-based Moment Development, would require the demolition of three single family houses located on five parcels at the northeast corner of Fishinger and Fairlington Drive. The site is just east of the Scioto View shopping center, and south and west of homes on Donna Drive and Fishinger. Owners of some of those homes have come out against the project, posting yard signs in the area and creating a website that encouraged people to attend public meetings and to sign a petition. “Neighborhood concerns are obviously depreciated property values,” the website states. “Other concerns are crime, water collection/sewer concerns, traffic concerns, and parking concerns.” More below: https://columbusunderground.com/upper-arlington-council-to-vote-on-condo-development-bw1/ "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 14, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, GCrites80s said: Do people really think their property can lose value in this market? If you bring in a bunch of crime condos, yes….
June 15, 20222 yr I'm using "Crime Condos" forever now, thanks. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 15, 20222 yr "These people must be criminals, they only have to put up $300,000 to get in and will pay only $1200 a month in condo fees."
June 17, 20222 yr The June Community Center update is out: https://communitycenter.upperarlingtonoh.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/06/220613-UACC-Council-Presentation_FINALr-compressed.pdf I'll spare you the details here, but it looks like they're aiming to start construction by the end of this year with a target opening date of Fall 2024. There's also new exterior design options:
June 18, 20222 yr I'll take option B, give me that glass! But I do prefer the red brick on the garage instead of gray, so I guess option C?
June 18, 20222 yr 7 hours ago, 17thState said: I'll take option B, give me that glass! But I do prefer the red brick on the garage instead of gray, so I guess option C? Option 1A is the two on the left. Option 1B is the two on the right. For the record, I'll take 1B as well.
June 18, 20222 yr both look oddly dated - the one on the right reminds me of 1960's cladding... shades of Snyder Memorial Hall at U of Toledo...
June 18, 20222 yr 11 hours ago, Luvcbus said: Option 1A is the two on the left. Option 1B is the two on the right. For the record, I'll take 1B as well. I got it, I just meant I'd take the glass from B and the red brick clad garage from A. I'd make my own combination option C if I had the final say
June 20, 20222 yr On 6/18/2022 at 8:27 AM, buckeye1 said: both look oddly dated - the one on the right reminds me of 1960's cladding... shades of Snyder Memorial Hall at U of Toledo... Mid-century is the thing right now, especially in the public sector and quasi-public entities such as hospital systems.
June 29, 20222 yr Rezoning denied for Fairlington Heights condo project "A proposal to build up to 22 two- and three-story condominiums at the northeast corner of Fishinger Road and Fairlington Drive must go back to the drawing board after a rezoning bid for the project was denied. An attorney for the proposed Fairlington Heights condo project said his client, Moment Development founder Ohm Patel, will come back to the Board of Zoning and Planning with revised plans. "We brought this project before you because we felt it was good for the city," said Joe Miller, an attorney for Patel. "Mr. Patel and Moment have put in a great deal of time and expense for this matter since last fall." https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/communities/upper-arlington/2022/06/29/rezoning-denied-fairlington-heights-condo-project-upper-arlington/7761859001/
July 15, 20222 yr Less than two weeks after BZAP denied their rezoning request, the developers behind the Fairlington Heights project (now called Scioto Villas, apparently) are back with a new plan. The old plan: The new plan: It looks like they've replaced all of the three-story townhouses with the "master units" from the original plan, reducing the development from 22 to 15 homes.
July 15, 20222 yr 13 minutes ago, icheb42 said: Less than two weeks after BZAP denied their rezoning request, the developers behind the Fairlington Heights project (now called Scioto Villas, apparently) are back with a new plan. The old plan: The new plan: It looks like they've replaced all of the three-story townhouses with the "master units" from the original plan, reducing the development from 22 to 15 homes. Still a decent amount, but those townhomes looked so much better than these do.
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