Brent Warren

A new apartment building that is currently under construction across the street from the East Market will be the first of its kind in the region. It is made of stackable housing modules – each of which has a nearly-finished interior, complete with appliances – that were built in a factory on Westerville Road. Local […]

A scaled-down proposal for the former United Way Headquarters site at 360 S. Third St. will heard by the Downtown Commission next week. Originally envisioned as a 12-story, 136-unit building with a parking garage and 30,000 square feet of commercial space, the new plan calls for a five-story building with 82 apartments. In 2022, United […]

Voters will decide in November whether or not to approve a half-percent sales tax increase to fund transit improvements, and efforts to draw attention to the initiative are starting to ramp up. The Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) recently released a list of more than 80 different bikeway and sidewalk projects that would be funded […]

A plan to build a 13-story apartment building at the southwest corner of High Street and Ninth Avenue is moving forward, meaning that the Bier Stube’s decades-long run as a south campus fixture is coming to an end. Cleveland-based Harbor Bay Ventures received a Certificate of Appropriateness for the development from the University Impact District […]

WestBend, the large mixed-use development planned for a former auto salvage yard tucked between McKinley Avenue and the Scioto River, is about to head into its next stage. Michael Amicon, of Upland Development Co., said that after nearly two years of environmental remediation and other site prep work, vertical construction is now on track to […]

Believe it or not, there are cities in Ohio that have seen more vehicle-into-building crashes than Columbus over the course of the last dozen years. A group called Storefront Safety Council has built a database that tracks just these types of crashes all over the country. Using media reports as well as public records from […]

A new type of crosswalk is being tested out in a handful of Columbus neighborhoods. In between the standard white lines, the new crosswalks feature colors and patterns not typically seen on Columbus streets. There were traditional crosswalks at each of the locations previously, but the added color has caused neighbors to take note; several […]

A portion of Henderson Road that serves as the northern border of Upper Arlington could get a significant redesign. The suburb has been holding public meetings and gathering feedback on the concept from residents as part of its Envision Henderson initiative. The Henderson “Boulevard” concept, first presented in August, calls for filling in the existing […]

Work is scheduled to start later this year on a significant redesign of Italian Village Park. The 0.8-acre park is bordered by Hubbard Avenue to the north, Kerr Street to the east, Hull Alley to the south, and by the new Parkside on Pearl apartment building to the west. Stephanie Garling, Communications and Marketing Manager […]

The first residents moved in last month to the Parkside on Pearl development in Italian Village. The seven-story, 35-unit building, located at the corner of Hubbard Avenue and Pearl Street, offers some of the most expensive apartments in Columbus. Tyler Puhl, President of the Wood Companies, said that the building is about 45 percent leased, and […]