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Developer sets plan for condo tower on E. Main
May 18, 2007
by Brian R. Ball
Land developer Mark W. Jones has considered but ultimately rejected various plans to redevelop a pair of 19th-century buildings at 220 and 226 E. Main St., which he has owned for 10 years.
But the World Furniture building, vacated a dozen years ago, could aspire to lofty living after serving as storage space, artist studios and a temporary gallery.
Jones said plans call for incorporating the facades of the buildings into his proposed Time Tower, which will have eight-, 10-, 12- and 15-story-high sections. Parking would be provided in a two-level automated garage under the building.
The planned building’s staggered heights, Jones said, would offer more and better views of the downtown skyline for residents.
“It gives us three rooftops for terraces and more balcony units,” he said.
Jones expects Time Tower to join an expansion of housing in the Market Mohawk neighborhood. His plans are to be reviewed May 24 by the Downtown Commission.
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Love it. Priced right too!
Reminds me of Urban Oasis but much more affordable.
Oh! Nice! I didn’t even notice there was a page 2 (I hate when news sites break their stories in half just to serve more ads) with pricing info:
These sound great. Cant wait to see how they turn out. I liked what they did in the Hartman building.
If that is 2 bedrooms for around 250,000 that is a great price point, what is the cross street at this location? How far east is this?
Main & 5th
Units facing west should have a pretty nice skyline view of the rest of the buildings downtown.
I agree about facing west. I am also pleasantly surprised at the location, I figured for price point they would be closer to market exchange area. If city center is ever redeveloped this could be a very nice location, with the proximity to the red brick district and city center, these are looking very nice. I cannot wait to see pictures of models, and what the interiors would look like.
June 7th, 2007
Columbus certainly has its share of surface parking lots. And one Downtown developer is vowing not to add to the asphalt.
Time Tower, a 48-unit condo tower planned for Downtown, will employ the most innovative garage yet seen in central Ohio.
The mechanized system automatically parks vehicles underground. Drivers leave their vehicles on a first-floor platform; the machinery does the rest, dropping the car under the building and finding the nearest empty space.
Developer Mark Jones said the $1.4 million system will help keep the area free of more parking lots.
Time Tower’s units, ranging from 795 to 1,100 square feet, will be priced from $175,000 to $225,000. Jones said he might try to qualify some condos as low-priced units through the Columbus Housing Trust Fund.
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hmmm….that parking system sounds cool, but what happens if it breaks down? You’re car is trapped underground???
I wonder if this sort of system is in use anywhere else?
Very interesting…
Reminds me of this:
Which is actually NOT a parking garage (though it’s frequently spread around as a “space-age parking garage”) – it’s actually part of a combination auto-dealership/theme park in Germany: more.
I wonder if this sort of system is in use anywhere else?
i could be wrong, but doesn’t carlye’s watch have parking like this?
from brad’s bits:
^ You’re right, but I think CW’s system is a bit different. At CW, you pull into stalls, which either lift your car up or down. I think three cars can fit vertically into one stall.
This system sounds more like the forklift systems that pick up your car and file it into a cubby hole.
What’s the deal with Time Tower now-a-days?
Never happened. Probably due to financing.