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Three-story picture sign will hide construction of new type of Downtown condo, developer says
Saturday, June 16, 2007
By Mike Pramik
Jeff Edwards thought big when he set out to build a neighborhood Downtown, buying nine blocks worth of surface parking lots on which Edwards Cos. intends to build 260 condominiums.
This weekend, his company is putting up a three-story advertising sign that will show how one of the condo buildings will look. The area in front of the sign, at the northeast corner of 4th and Gay streets, will be landscaped. When the sign comes down late this year, the landscaping will accent the actual building.
“We thought it made a lot more sense than putting up two sheets of plywood with the names of the bank, the engineer, the architects and the project on them,” Edwards said.
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do quotes like this embarass anyone else? columbus is great, but seriously, get real.
anyway… another exciting project in the works.
This is a great idea for any city. Living in high rise expensive condo is nice, but, this is a place I would want to live. Add more choices for potential homeowners which hopefully will be enough to draw people downtown. Maybe 10K isn’t a pipe dream!
I’m guessing you mean 100K? 10K would be a steal!
:lol:
Checking the website, I don’t see specific pricing information yet, but after the kick off ceremony this afternoon maybe there will be more information soon.
http://www.neighborhoodlaunch.com/
The scale and density of the project reminds me of Jeffrey Place just right downtown. I like the focus the gay st. area is getting and I think this neighborhood will fit in nicely.
I’m guessing you mean 100K? 10K would be a steal!
:lol:
could be wrong, but i think thatsmydog was referring to to this discussion, not price.
It’s exciting to see projects like this coming downtown and making use of the parking lot fiasco along the Gay St/Long St blocks.
A friend of mine sent me the Edwards website and it has an abreviated virtual walking tour through the project (pretty cool)
http://www.neighborhoodlaunch.com
Do you think this kind of project would entice a “different kind” of resident than those who would buy a condo?
Sorry everyone, but I was actually referring to the mayor’s 10K by 2012, big projects like this just might do it!!!:)
I’m guessing you mean 100K? 10K would be a steal!
:lol:
could be wrong, but i think thatsmydog was referring to to this discussion, not price.
I’m guessing you mean 100K? 10K would be a steal!
:lol:
could be wrong, but i think thatsmydog was referring to to this discussion, not price.
Oh yea…that makes more sense……
Wow. The overview of their project on the site is impressive. I know it’s not super dense or anything, but I think a diverse range of housing options are needed downtown for everyone. Good stuff.
This type of housing could attract more families downtown.
I went to the “unveiling” ceremony (or whatever I should call it) this afternoon. Pretty standard fare, lots of mutual congratulations, but Coleman gave a fairly strong speech, emphasizing not just the merits of the project itself but how it meshes into a larger vision for the downtown core–a place where people can and will live again, not just work and leave.
No mention of specifics of projects far afield from the immediate project under discussion, however–nothing about public transit, for example. But nevertheless, it’s clear he’s not running out of steam on his downtown-revitalization mission, and that he thinks that this development is going to be a substantial piece of the puzzle.
He didn’t have time for any formal questions; no clue what some reporter might have managed to ask him in private afterward, of course.
Pretty cool.