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April 19, 2018 12:07 pm
Brent Warren 
Just over five years ago, a proposal to build a seven-story residential building at the corner of East Hubbard Avenue and North Pearl Street was met with some resistance from residents in the neighborhood. Concerns included the scale of the 47-unit proposal and the impact it would have the adjacent Italian Village Park. An agreement […]
Four Short North Developments Opening this Summer
April 18, 2018 11:06 am Brent Warren 
The finish line is near for a handful of significant mixed-use developments in the Short North, with the first scheduled to start coming online in May. All told, the four projects are poised to bring an additional 274 apartment units, 34,000 square feet of office space, and over 16,000 square feet of retail space to the […]
Market Tower: More on Parking, Public Spaces, and the Case for Going Big
April 14, 2017 8:00 am Brent Warren 
Wednesday’s news that the City of Columbus has chosen the Wood Companies and Schiff Capital to develop the parking lot next to the North Market generated plenty of discussion about the plan, which proposes building a 35-story tower on the site. When Columbus Underground sat down to discuss the proposal earlier this week with the development team […]
Plans Moving Forward to Build 35-Story Tower on North Market Parking Lot
April 12, 2017 10:00 am Brent Warren 
The City of Columbus has chosen a 35-story tower as the winning proposal for the North Market parking lot. The proposal, called Market Tower, is from the Wood Companies and Schiff Capital Group. It would consist of approximately 200 residential units above office space, with restaurant and retail uses on the first two floors. The […]
Development Update: Hubbard Park Place
October 13, 2016 8:00 am Brent Warren 
It’s hard to miss the large building taking shape at the southeast corner of West Hubbard Avenue and Park Street in the Short North. The seven story mixed-use development — dubbed Hubbard Park Place — was first brought to the Victorian Village Commission in late 2013 by the Wood Companies and Schiff Capital Group. Although […]
First Residents Set to Move in to the Diplomat
October 7, 2016 8:00 am Brent Warren 
The final permits have been secured and finishing touches are being applied to the apartments and common areas of the Diplomat, the historic four-story building at the southwest corner of Buttles and High. When we last checked in on the Diplomat – which is being renovated by the Wood Companies in partnership with Schiff Capital […]
First Floor Expansion Added to Bollinger Hotel Proposal
August 12, 2016 10:56 am Brent Warren 
The latest proposal for Bollinger Tower calls for a first-floor addition that would extend the building toward High Street. The conversion of the 11-story building from affordable housing into a hotel received its first review from the Italian Village Commission last month. That initial proposal called for maintaining the existing green space in front, but […]
