No matter what neighborhood or suburb you visit in Columbus, you’re likely to find plenty of construction right now. New apartment buildings, offices and always plenty of highway construction.
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In this new installment of our Construction Roundup series we take a look at some of the major projects under construction throughout Downtown Columbus, The Arena District, the Discovery District, Franklinton, The Scioto Peninsula, Grandview Heights and Grandview Yard.
New buildings rise at “The Peninsula” a 26-acre development on the Scioto Peninsula next to COSI.Another view of construction at “The Peninsula”, which includes a hotel building, office building and apartment building in phase one.A view of construction at “The Peninsula” from Broad Street.Work continues at the CoverMyMeds campus in Franklinton.Another view of the CoverMyMeds campus from the east side of the site.Work has formally begun at the mixed-use Gravity 2.0 site in Franklinton.The first couple of buildings are nearing completion at Grandview Crossing, a 55-acre mixed-use development near the intersection of Grandview Avenue and Route 33.The nearly completed Lower.com Field will open to soccer fans in July.Another view of Lower.com Field, the new home of the Columbus Crew SC, as seen from Nationwide Boulevard.A new office building is nearly complete in the Arena District, which houses new corporate offices for Chipotle.A new office building is nearly complete on the White Castle headquarters redevelopment site.Another view of apartments and offices next door to the new White Castle HQ.Construction is well under way on a 10-acre site just south of Grandview Yard.More townhomes are under construction at Grandview Yard.The new 26-story Hilton Hotel expansion continues to rise above the Columbus Convention Center.New homes are being completed along Fifth Avenue in Harrison West.New mixed-use development rises on the former Battelle parking lot side on Fifth Avenue.A new mixed-use apartment development on Fifth Avenue is progressing with construction.A parking lot on Grant Avenue has been cleared for a new eight-story apartment development in the Discovery District.More apartments on Grant Avenue under way at the Library Park development site.Nationwide Children’s Hospital continues with expansion of another facility building along Livingston Avenue just outside Downtown.A group of two-story buildings were recently demolished to make way for a new 13-story apartment building at Broad and Young Streets.
Back in the 1880s, the Plain City community wanted a village public square. Little did they know that more than 140 years later, a future generation would have the same idea.
Walker Evans is the co-founder of Columbus Underground, along with his wife and business partner Anne Evans. Walker has turned local media into a full time career over the past decade and serves on multiple boards and committees throughout the community.
