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Started 5 months ago by News
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County to finance Arena District garage
By Lucas Sullivan
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday December 9, 2011

Franklin County Treasurer Ed Leonard plans to buy $16 million worth of bonds to finance the expansion of a parking garage near the Arena District, an investment he said will both make money and save the Convention Facilities Authority millions of dollars in interest.

The additional 900 spaces at the 37 W. Vine St. garage are expected to help support growth in the Arena District, the Short North and convention and tourism business.

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2011/12/09/county-to-finance-garage-work.html

Posted 5 months ago #
Walker
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A construction team removed the metal structure from the top of the parking garage and drove it up High Street. Pretty wild. Here's a quick photo I took as they got ready to place it on a semi on Vine Street:

Posted 3 months ago #
0Angle
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Saturday traffic is usually gridlocked from Convention Center/North Market traffic, but yesterday it was triple bonus gridlock. I ALMOST rode on the sidewalk to escape.

Posted 3 months ago #
jpizzow
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I really hope they spruce up the aesthetics of the garage. It is pretty fugly.

Posted 3 months ago #
Walker
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jpizzow said:
I really hope they spruce up the aesthetics of the garage. It is pretty fugly.

I've never minded it too much. The upper floors are somewhat masked, though the design feels a little 90s-era dated. And the ground floor is mixed-use with Kooma and the offices of the Greater Columbus Sports Commission. ;)

Posted 2 months ago #
Pablo
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I seem to recall the garage won a design award when it was built. The expansion will be presented to the Downtown Commission for the 2nd time this Tuesday. I got a glimpse at the renderings - they looked OK to me.

Posted 2 months ago #
Walker
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A few new construction photos, here: http://www.columbusunderground.com/construction-roundup-april-2012

Posted 3 weeks ago #