Brent Warren

Mayor Andrew Ginther announced last week that the city will not be building a new Franklin County Municipal Courthouse and will renovate two existing buildings instead. The news came after lots of work had already been done to move the original plan forward, and millions of dollars had been spent on the project – the […]

Plans are advancing to turn a gravel parking lot a block west of the North Market into apartments. The Arena District site, long-owned by an affiliate of local building supplier Hamilton Parker, is a two-acre square formed by Spruce Street, Armstrong Street, Vine Street, and Kilbourne Street. A preliminary site plan filed with the City […]

Change is coming to Ohio State University’s North District, the part of campus that abuts Lane Avenue and stretches from High Street to Neil Avenue. Fencing is currently being put in place around Drackett and Taylor Towers, dorms that were built in 1960s and will each undergo a full renovation. In January, flooding caused by […]

Madison North is the latest Edwards Companies project to be completed Downtown. The first residents started moving into the 15-story building last month, and a new public art piece is scheduled to be installed on its facade in September. The art piece, by Spencer Finch, will feature 31 LED lights that will each be programmed […]

Work on the new landscaped walkway running above East Capital Street Downtown appears to be mostly complete, but members of the general public will have to wait a bit longer to experience it. Known as Preston Park, the project is being built and paid for by the Edwards Companies, the developer behind a slew of […]

The City of Columbus has released a draft proposal and zoning map that lays out nine new districts and covers a little over 40 percent of the city’s land area. The proposal represents the second phase of the larger zoning reform initiative known as Zone In. The first phase, which was passed by City Council […]

By Nick Evans Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Amy Acton is promising to tackle corruption in Ohio if elected this November. On Wednesday, Acton shared a series of executive actions she’d take on day one through executive orders. “We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Acton told reporters at a Columbus event. “But I […]

Bexley’s Main Street has seen plenty of construction over the last 20 years or so, including a two-story Giant Eagle, a modern bank building, a new city hall, a four-story condos-over-retail building, and the Bexley Gateway, which opened in 2008 and holds 31 condominium units. The Fitzgerald, a new 226-unit mixed-use development at 2200 E. […]

A vacant lot that has been the subject of much discussion and several different development proposals over the last three decades has changed hands. Nationwide Children’s Hospital closed on the three-and-a-half acre parcel at 818 E. Main St. earlier this month, paying $7.6 million for the site. Located at the corner of East Main and […]

A new report details how construction costs are rising nationwide, and local experts say they are seeing a similar trend in Central Ohio. The report (PDF), from the real estate services company JLL, states that building costs are up 5 percent since the beginning of the year and are projected to increase by 8 percent […]