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    Work Underway on Four-Story Building on Near East Side

    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.

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    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 project is being characterized as workforce housing, or housing that is geared toward middle-income families and located close to job centers.

    The building will hold 12 one-bedroom and 68 two-bedroom apartments, which will be affordable for renters making up to 80% of the area median income. It will have 74 parking spaces.

    The two-acre parcel the new building will sit on, which has been an empty field for years, was bought by the developer in early 2020 for $450,000. It shares a block with the Mt Vernon Plaza shopping center and adjacent townhomes, as well as the 13-story Mt Vernon Plaza apartment building.

    The previous owner of the site was a company affiliated with Yhezkel Levi, who has extensive holdings in the neighborhood, including the former Macon Hotel building around the corner, at 377 N. 20th St.

    A zoning variance for the project was approved by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in early 2019, after being given the green light from the Near East Area Commission.

    A rendering of Atcheson Place Lofts.
    This elevation reflects final changes made to the exterior design of the building. Both visuals by PCI Design Group and Woda Cooper Cos.
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    Brent Warren
    Brent Warrenhttps://columbusunderground.com/author/brent-warren
    Brent Warren is a staff reporter for Columbus Underground covering urban development, transportation, city planning, neighborhoods, and other related topics. He grew up in Grandview Heights, lives in the University District and studied City and Regional Planning at OSU.
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