OSU Gets Approval to Build Combined Heat and Power Plant
September 17, 2020 7:11 pm
Brent Warren
The Ohio Power Siting Board has approved a proposal from Ohio State University to build a combined heat and power plant on its main campus. The natural gas-powered facility, which was opposed by the Sierra Club and several other environmental organizations, will be located on about one acre of OSU-owned land at the northeast corner […]
Work Underway on Four-Story Building on Near East Side
September 16, 2020 9:32 am Brent Warren
Construction crews are busy at 1001 Atcheson St. on the Near East Side, where an 80-unit apartment building is on track to open by next fall. The four-story building is a project of the Woda Cooper Companies (formerly the Woda Group), a Columbus-based developer of affordable housing. To be known as Atcheson Place Lofts, the […]
Timeline: A Look Back at the Events That Led to Today’s Scioto Peninsula Groundbreaking
September 14, 2020 1:03 pm Brent Warren
Today’s groundbreaking on the Scioto Peninsula is being celebrated as a milestone for Downtown Columbus, but it was a long time in the making. The seven-acre first phase of the project is expected to be completed by the fall of 2022, with the full 26-acre site perhaps being built-out in about a decade’s time. Here’s […]
Leaders Celebrate Scioto Peninsula Groundbreaking at Uncertain Time for Downtown
September 14, 2020 1:02 pm Brent Warren
Work will officially get underway today on a major new mixed-use development on the Scioto Peninsula. Now known as The Peninsula, the first phase of the new development will bring a 200-room hotel, 250,000 square feet of office space, 329 residential units and 1,400 parking spaces to about seven acres of land directly west of […]
Developer Announced for Kingsdale Macy’s Site
September 8, 2020 7:30 pm Brent Warren
The City of Upper Arlington announced today that a developer has been chosen to redevelop the former Macy’s store – and surrounding parking lot – at the Kingsdale Shopping Center. The six-acre parcel, which was bought by The Kroger Company for $10.5 million in 2015, is now in contract and will transfer to the Continental […]
Renderings for 4th and 5th Development Revealed
September 4, 2020 4:25 pm Brent Warren
The housing committee of the Weinland Park Community Civic Association has given the go-ahead to a 315-unit development at the northeast corner of East Fifth Avenue and North Fourth Street. Renderings of the project that were shared with the committee show commercial space along Fifth Avenue featuring large windows and room for outdoor seating. The […]
New Report Lays Out Affordable Housing Strategy for Region
September 4, 2020 8:47 am Brent Warren
There have been plenty of reports and studies in the last several years on the shortage of affordable housing in Central Ohio. And last year, a $100 million housing fund was established and Columbus voters approved a $50 million bond package to address that shortage. A new effort was unveiled this week which aims to […]
