March 11, 20169 yr Best proposal in Old North Columbus/University District in a while. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
March 11, 20169 yr Gimmicky. But interesting all the same. Glad they're keeping the older buildings on High. I remember the Casa di Pasta, which loosely translated from the Italian was 'House of Pasta.' ?
March 11, 20169 yr This is already facing some opposition. I expect it will not be as fervent as last time around.
July 22, 20168 yr Pavey Project Going for Variance, Preservation Easement Sought The View on Pavey Square continues to work its way through the approval process, and many neighbors of the proposed Old North development continue to be mad about it. The latest proposal calls for a six-story building set behind the six original brick houses that line High Street between West Oakland and West Northwood avenues. A new three-story building at the corner of Northwood and High would require the demolition of the two other historic High Street buildings. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/pavey-project-going-for-variance-preservation-easement-sought-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
September 17, 20168 yr The View on Pavey Square got its approval from the University Area Review Board in a slightly reduced version. The new building proposed behind the six century-old houses along North High Street was reduced from six-stories to five-stories, but the project was otherwise unchanged. Below is the updated rendering of that back building, as seen from the rear alley: University District apartment project approved in smaller format By Mark Ferenchik, The Columbus Dispatch Friday, September 16, 2016 - 6:57 PM The main building of the View on Pavey Square apartment project will now have five stories, not six. That will mean fewer apartments and bedrooms than originally planned. But it is going to be built. The University Area Review Board gave conceptual approval to the project Thursday night. ... The scaled-down project for 2273 N. High Street will have 109 units with 210 bedrooms and 164 parking spots. That’s down from 115 apartments with 297 bedrooms and 230 parking spaces, when the larger of Pavey’s two buildings was to be six stories. A three-story building at the northwest corner of North High Street and West Northwood Avenue will be built as planned. ( . . . ) In August, the city’s Board of Zoning Adjustment approved a zoning variance for setbacks. To secure a building permit, the developers agreed to keep six century-old houses along North High Street. MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/09/16/university-district-apartment-project-approved-in-smaller-format.html
September 17, 20168 yr Glad this is moving forward, and very pleased (for once) with the demands from the area commissions for reductions in height and scale. This final result is still dense and urban, but preserves the historic buildings on High St and won't dominate the neighborhood. That said, the original version of this project is still the absolute ugliest, godforsaken, ziggurat from hell that I have ever seen. And I still can't believe they were able to produce those renderings and present them to the public with a straight face as an actual proposal. Shameful.
September 19, 20168 yr CU posted its report on the UARB approval of The View on Pavey Square: http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-view-on-pavey-square-development-approved-at-five-stories CU's report contains some different development stats than the earlier Dispatch article. Here's what CU reports: "In its approved form, Pavey will include 132 apartments — containing a mix of studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom and four-bedroom units — plus 6,587 square feet of retail and office space. A total of 253 parking spaces will also be accommodated with structured parking in the new building." This is greater than the Dispatch's reporting of "109 units with 210 bedrooms and 164 parking spots". No retail or office stats were listed in the Dispatch report. The CU report also contains this rendering of the back building that would be built along the rear alley. It shows an extra roof level that the Dispatch rendering did not show. Which would seem show six-stories for this back building. However, CU also refers to this back building as "five-stories":
September 19, 20168 yr The CU report at http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-view-on-pavey-square-development-approved-at-five-stories also showed renderings for the rest of The View on Pavey Square. Some of the renderings show changes to the project, while some are unchanged from the last major design revision from March: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,20875.msg794189.html#msg794189 The other new building proposed for the project is a three-story corner building at High & Northwood. The exterior has been changed from stone to brick and the window fenestration is different: The rest of block facing High Street looks unchanged. Here are the two views, first looking northward - then looking southward: The Northwood side of the back alley building (that connects with the Northwood & High corner building) got an updated rendering. The ground floor contains one of the entrances to the ground/below-grade parking garage in the back alley building: The Oakland side of the back alley building got an updated rendering. There is no parking garage entrance facing Oakland Avenue: Fortunately, there are no changes to the High Street design - which would retain six century-old houses in front of the back alley building:
October 1, 20168 yr Out-of-state developer planning 274-bed apartment complex near Ohio State A Kansas developer is planning to demolish a 1970s-era apartment complex just north of the Ohio State University campus to make way for more modern student rentals. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/30/out-of-state-developer-planning-274-bed-apartment.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
October 1, 20168 yr ^ This company's projects look seriously awful. No kidding, probably the worst I have ever seen. https://goo.gl/maps/Wb2nmEqkWQS2 https://goo.gl/maps/4PFmHFfKXwQ2
October 4, 20168 yr Yeah, those make HighPoint look like LeVeque in comparison. Hopefully the UAC will put pressure on them for something that doesn't look like a Soviet-era prison/public housing project.
October 4, 20168 yr Yeah, those make HighPoint look like LeVeque in comparison. Hopefully the UAC will put pressure on them for something that doesn't look like a Soviet-era prison/public housing project. Yea it looks just as bad as what it's replacing :|
December 8, 20168 yr Browns Considering Building New Practice Facility at Tuttle Park The Cleveland Browns are considering Tuttle Park as the site of a new practice facility. Changes would involved converting the existing softball fields into three football fields ringed by small bleachers. The Tuttle Park Recreation Center would be torn down and replaced with a new, larger facility, and about 70 parking spaces would be added for patrons to use (Browns fans would be directed to park at the Schottenstein Center and walk across the Lane Avenue bridge to access the facility). The park’s outdoor hockey rink, memorial garden, and playground equipment would all be relocated under the plan. Tuttle Pool would not affected. http://www.columbusunderground.com/browns-considering-building-new-practice-facility-at-tuttle-park-bw1
December 8, 20168 yr ^More here: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/08/Browns_facility.html
December 12, 20168 yr I found this humorous: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2016/12/11/1-commentary-let-browns-pay-us-to-stink-up-city-park.html It is admirable that the Browns remain committed to learning how to play the game of football. But it is awfully presumptuous that they would think local taxpayers would be eager to underwrite even a portion of that Sisyphean effort.
December 29, 20168 yr :clap: Browns scrap plans for summer training camp in Columbus The Cleveland Browns are canceling a bid to bring their summer training camp to Columbus, scuttling plans by city officials to expand a recreation center to accommodate the team. The National Football League franchise notified city officials Wednesday that it would no longer invest $5 million toward a $16 million renovation and expansion of the Tuttle recreation center north of Ohio State University. The Browns would have held several weeks of training camp there beginning in 2018. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/12/28/browns-pull-out-of-plans-for-summer-training-camp.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 3, 20178 yr The CU report at http://www.columbusunderground.com/the-view-on-pavey-square-development-approved-at-five-stories also showed renderings for the rest of The View on Pavey Square. Some of the renderings show changes to the project, while some are unchanged from the last major design revision from March: http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,20875.msg794189.html#msg794189 The other new building proposed for the project is a three-story corner building at High & Northwood. The exterior has been changed from stone to brick and the window fenestration is different: The rest of block facing High Street looks unchanged. Here are the two views, first looking northward - then looking southward: The Northwood side of the back alley building (that connects with the Northwood & High corner building) got an updated rendering. The ground floor contains one of the entrances to the ground/below-grade parking garage in the back alley building: The Oakland side of the back alley building got an updated rendering. There is no parking garage entrance facing Oakland Avenue: Fortunately, there are no changes to the High Street design - which would retain six century-old houses in front of the back alley building: Saw that Cazuela's is moving locations, I wonder if this means that work will be starting on this project soon? If so you're looking at almost 3-4 miles of consistent construction on High Street.
August 5, 20177 yr Owner of Evolved Hopes to Restore Vacant Hudson Theater Building The new owner of the former Hudson Theater hopes to breathe some life into the long-vacant building, although exactly what form that will take has yet to be determined. Nick Wolak, the owner of Evolved Body Art, bought the building at 367 E. Hudson St. in May, and is now hoping to hear from community members and neighbors about what they would like to see done with it. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/owner-of-evolved-hopes-to-restore-vacant-hudson-theater-building-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 14, 20177 yr The Pavey project is completely fenced off and it looks like environmental remediation is underway.
August 14, 20177 yr The Pavey project is completely fenced off and it looks like environmental remediation is underway. Including Cazuelas?
August 14, 20177 yr The Pavey project is completely fenced off and it looks like environmental remediation is underway. Including Cazuelas? Yes, the old location. Cazuelas moved a block north.
August 16, 20177 yr The Pavey project is completely fenced off and it looks like environmental remediation is underway. Including Cazuelas? Yes, the old location. Cazuelas moved a block north. Looked like they were carefully salvaging some materials from the houses that are being torn down; really like to see that!
August 24, 20177 yr Demo work has begun for The View on Pavey Square http://www.columbusunderground.com/buildings-demolished-as-work-on-pavey-development-begins-bw1
September 3, 20177 yr Looks like major demo is complete. The streetscape along High is unchanged with the exception of the corner of Northwood and High. I'm glad the old High St. homes will be renovated as part of this project. The back side, however, is wiped clean.
October 2, 20177 yr Subsurface investigation underway at Arcadia and High (former Patrick J's site). Maybe we'll hear about a project soon?
November 10, 20177 yr Historic Neil Avenue Building Among Three Sold by Columbus City Schools Columbus City Schools auctioned off three properties this week, including a two-story brick building at 2571 Neil Ave. that once held the Open Air School, a school for children that had been exposed to tuberculosis. The Neil Avenue building, which in recent years held the district’s Student Support Services, was bought by Kelley Real Estate Group for $1.15 million. Located at the northwest corner of Neil and Hudson Street, it sits on a 1.22-acre site that had been appraised at $900,000. More below: http://www.columbusunderground.com/historic-neil-avenue-building-among-three-sold-by-columbus-city-schools-bw1 "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 16, 20177 yr Clintonville resident wants to turn tiny, old utility buildings into housing A Clintonville resident wants to turn two vacant utility buildings just south of the neighborhood into housing. Dean Monnin has filed paperwork with the city to rezone the commercial structures owned by Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co. to permit two housing structures. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/11/15/clintonville-resident-wants-to-turn-tiny-old.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
November 16, 20177 yr ^The building in on the right was part of the trolley carhouse complex. You can see the archways on what was the back wall of the carhouse where trolleys used to enter. Could be an interesting residence.
November 21, 20177 yr Looks like major demo is complete. The streetscape along High is unchanged with the exception of the corner of Northwood and High. I'm glad the old High St. homes will be renovated as part of this project. The back side, however, is wiped clean. They were doing foundation work today, pilings and excavation.
December 9, 20177 yr Utility buildings near Clintonville becoming residences with private courtyard Dean Monnin has dreamed of living in an old industrial space, but never really wanted a condo or a spot in "a super urban setting." "I live in Clintonville and love the charm of the old neighborhoods," he said. Monnin calls his new purchase "the best of both worlds." More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2017/12/08/first-look-utility-buildings-near-clintonville.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 15, 20177 yr Out-of-state developer planning 274-bed apartment complex near Ohio State A Kansas developer is planning to demolish a 1970s-era apartment complex just north of the Ohio State University campus to make way for more modern student rentals. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/30/out-of-state-developer-planning-274-bed-apartment.html Looks like this project on W. Norwich is moving forward. This is quite an excavation with a lot of rock to haul away. Has anyone seen a rendering of the final project?
December 15, 20177 yr Out-of-state developer planning 274-bed apartment complex near Ohio State A Kansas developer is planning to demolish a 1970s-era apartment complex just north of the Ohio State University campus to make way for more modern student rentals. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2016/09/30/out-of-state-developer-planning-274-bed-apartment.html Looks like this project on W. Norwich is moving forward. This is quite an excavation with a lot of rock to haul away. Has anyone seen a rendering of the final project? I was curious as to why there were dump truck staging on Neil Ave.; I just assumed they were for the Pavey Square project.
December 18, 20177 yr The Norwich apartment building. Storefront? On Norwich? Interesting... Looks better than expected. Is going to make the rest of the smaller buildings on that stretch feel dwarfed by these 2 bigger developments but probably all the better for future redevelopment.
December 18, 20177 yr Storefront? On Norwich? Interesting... Storefront in this context likely doesn't mean a retail space, that's just the terminology you use in detailing and construction documents for the street facing door/glazing system, in this case for the main entrance and building lobby. That said, this project still looks bad but is much improved from the developer's previous completed work. It's also in an out of the way spot and will add decent density, so not the worst addition all in all.
December 19, 20177 yr Nope. No storefront. This project had near-unanimous condemnation from the University Area Commission, but (naturally) it was approved anyway. Basically a giant rooming house. The concept of micro-apartments is fantastic, but cramming 274 of them into a single ugly box behind other ugly boxes is ridiculous. Micro apartments should have been scattered among all the other new buildings up and down High Street. Micro-apartments as affordable housing should be required in new residential buildings around campus -- and the rest of the city.
January 16, 20187 yr Subsurface investigation underway at Arcadia and High (former Patrick J's site). Maybe we'll hear about a project soon? CROSS-POSTED IN THE CLINTONVILLE DEVELOPMENT THREAD: A surprisingly decent proposal for the Patrick J's site at 2711-2725 N. High Street. This site spans the Old North neighborhood to the south and the Clintonville neighborhood to the north. According to the linked article below, "The site spans Glen Echo Creek, which flows through a tunnel that passes under the Tim Horton’s parking lot, High Street, and the former White Castle parcel. The proposed buildings are all situated to the south of that tunnel, while a parking lot serving the project sits to the north. Because Glen Echo Creek serves as the boundary between the neighborhoods, none of the proposed buildings will need to go before the Clintonville Area Commission." The project does require University District approvals and cleared its first hurdle when the zoning committee of the University Area Commission signed off on the required variances. The next step is a conceptual review by the University Impact District Review Board (UIDRB) on Thursday: http://www.columbusunderground.com/proposal-submitted-for-former-patrick-jswhite-castle-site-bw1
January 16, 20187 yr Nice looking project! Smart move to keep the variance in the University District to avoid the Clintonville Area Commission! I think the display with the section through the building shows how visible the building will be from Arcadia.
January 16, 20187 yr I like it! Schooley Caldwell really does good work - this looks like a solid addition to the streetscape, and will be a great location for residents right next to two grocery stores. The decorative arch at the intersection with Arcadia as an homage to Olentangy Park is also a nice touch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olentangy_Park
January 16, 20187 yr I'll just say I like the idea of this and agreed on the Olentangy Park touch. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 17, 20187 yr Borror, White Castle to partner on new project at former Patrick J's site near Clintonville Borror and White Castle are showing off plans for a mixed-use project at the former Patrick J's bar site on N. High Street near Clintonville. The developer and the restaurant company want to build a four-story development at 2711 N. High St. and 2725 N. High St. at E. Arcadia Avenue. The plan includes two-story commercial frontage along High Street with a four-story residential and office component behind. In all, the buildings will include about 3,907 square feet of restaurant space, 2,226 square feet of retail, 11,200 square feet of office space and 53 apartment units in the development, said Jeff Baur, executive vice president with Borror. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/news/2018/01/17/borror-white-castle-to-partner-on-new-project-at.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
January 18, 20187 yr Hard to determine if the vintage White Castle-inspired first floor treatment and the Olentangy Park arch are awesome or tacky, but Schooley does good work so it's worth a try.
January 18, 20187 yr What are peoples' opinions on the back-building? I think the parts closest to the street look pretty decent assuming it ends up clad with high-quality materials (and based on their past works it probably will be), but the elevated portion in the back strikes me as a little uninspired. “To an Ohio resident - wherever he lives - some other part of his state seems unreal.”
January 19, 20187 yr What are peoples' opinions on the back-building? I think the parts closest to the street look pretty decent assuming it ends up clad with high-quality materials (and based on their past works it probably will be), but the elevated portion in the back strikes me as a little uninspired. My guess is to make it look uniform and the porte cochere if you will in the middle kind of hinders the weight of the finish. Not an engineer but that's my engineer's guess.
January 19, 20187 yr It doesn't have anything to do with weight. It's an aesthetic and a cost decision. Relatively inexpensive panels creating the illusion that the upper floors disappear thereby making the lower portion appear more prominent. This isn't necessarily a bad thing.
January 25, 20187 yr Update on the Borror project: http://www.thisweeknews.com/news/20180122/former-site-of-white-castle-patrick-js-apartments-more-in-works-for-split-lot
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