Columbus City and Suburban Development News (Dublin, Worthington: preschool, foods, murder rate)

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Transportation Insider: Is panel permitted to add new permits? | The Columbus Dispatch

The proposed Columbus-Chicago high-speed rail line is still moving forward, as the city and MORPC are looking into the project more closely and determining what city involvement there will be in the project. They already helped pay for the initial economic assessment, so they have already shown interest. An environmental impact study is the next step needed for the project to land federal funding. There seems to be pretty high support for this, and if all goes forward, the project could be up and running by 2020.

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Transportation Insider: Is panel permitted to add new permits? | The Columbus Dispatch

The proposed Columbus-Chicago high-speed rail line is still moving forward, as the city and MORPC are looking into the project more closely and determining what city involvement there will be in the project. They already helped pay for the initial economic assessment, so they have already shown interest. An environmental impact study is the next step needed for the project to land federal funding. There seems to be pretty high support for this, and if all goes forward, the project could be up and running by 2020.

http://www.change.org/petitions/city...mbus-rail-line

Here is a petition being collected for TransitColumbus. If you support the project, sign it. They will be presenting the petition to the city to encourage further support.

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Preferred Living building apartments on both ends of Bethel Road now with Berkley House project south of Strader?s - Columbus - Business First

256 apartments in a 4-story complex are coming to the corner of Bethel and Riverside in Upper Arlington. Completion of the Berkley House project is expected around mid-2014. This is the same company responsible for the upcoming 325-unit apartment building at Bethel and Olentangy River Road.

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Bridge Street corridor investment details to be unveiled tonight in Dublin - Columbus - Business First

Dublin will announce some details tonight on its Bridge Street Corridor plan.

Edit: It's out now. http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/...-unveiled.html

So the details include:

-$300+ million in private investment.
-1,026 apartments.
-136 condominiums.
-A 196 room hotel with attached conference space for 800 guests.
-140,000 square feet of commercial office space with another 40,000 square feet of general commercial space.
-19,000 square feet for a grocer.
-31,000 square feet of retail space.

The development would be focused on 25 acres near and along Riverside Drive in multi-story buildings. All of it is inside of I-270.

A signature pedestrian bridge connecting both sides of the river, park space and other amenities will be part of Dublin's public investment, valued at more than $40 million.

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http://www.thisweeknews.com/content/...east-main.html

Whitehall plans to add landscaped medians to East Main and other city roads over the next few years to create boulevards and to delineate where the city boundaries are.

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First look: OhioHealth Neuroscience Institute at Riverside Methodist Hospital - Columbus - Business First

A look at the 9-story, $321 million neuroscience building under construction at Riverside Methodist.

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Scioto Audubon Metro Park Adds Obstacle Course

Scioto-Audubon Metro Park, just southwest of Downtown, has continued to improve with an added 9-section obstacle course.

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Bridge Street corridor investment details to be unveiled tonight in Dublin - Columbus - Business First

Dublin will announce some details tonight on its Bridge Street Corridor plan.

Edit: It's out now. Crawford Hoying unveils $300 million Bridge Park mixed-use project along Riverside Drive in Dublin - Columbus - Business First

So the details include:

-$300+ million in private investment.
-1,026 apartments.
-136 condominiums.
-A 196 room hotel with attached conference space for 800 guests.
-140,000 square feet of commercial office space with another 40,000 square feet of general commercial space.
-19,000 square feet for a grocer.
-31,000 square feet of retail space.

The development would be focused on 25 acres near and along Riverside Drive in multi-story buildings. All of it is inside of I-270.

A signature pedestrian bridge connecting both sides of the river, park space and other amenities will be part of Dublin's public investment, valued at more than $40 million.

Project to bring downtown vibe to Dublin | The Columbus Dispatch

A few more details about the project.
-Riverside Drive and 161 will have a traffic roundabout constructed to slow traffic way down in the area on what are generally a high-speed roads.
-About 10 restaurants are planned.
-This is only the first project of many planned for the 1,100 acre Corridor.
-Construction for all this will begin next year and be completed by 2018.

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Veterans Memorial board makes pitch to save building | The Columbus Dispatch

The Vets Memorial Board wants to save the old building from demolition in the planned redevelopment of the Scioto Peninsula. They have presented plans for a $60 million renovation and expansion.

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Mixed-Use Development Planned for Historic Dublin

Separate from the large mixed-use complex planned for the east side of the Scioto, a small mixed-use project has been proposed for the west side in what is downtown Dublin. 27 condos above ground-floor retail have been proposed for just north of Bridge Street.