Columbus, GA Proposed/In-Progress/Completed Projects (Manchester, Buckhead: mortgage, trendy, to relocate)

[DWColumbus]

If Macy's does close, they are going to have to find a good replacement for Macy's fairly quickly and hopefully something for the Parisian space as well. The only reason the Parisian space set empty for so long was because it was held by Dillard's so hopefully they can find something to fill those locations. Maybe converting the Parisian space to separate store spaces could be a possibility now.

[Fountain-of-youth]

At Home resolves contract negotiation issues, headed for Peachtree Mall after all | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Welp looks like At Home will be coming to Peachtree Mall after all.

[JayHey]

Columbus State dedicates $25 million dorm | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Clearview Hall opens on CSU's Main Campus, it will be the new dedicated freshman dorm on the main campus. It looks world class.

[Fountain-of-youth]

Originally Posted by Fountain-of-youth

At Home resolves contract negotiation issues, headed for Peachtree Mall after all | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Welp looks like At Home will be coming to Peachtree Mall after all.

And a tattoo parlor is on the way.

[DWColumbus]

Originally Posted by Fountain-of-youth

And a tattoo parlor is on the way.

In the mall? That sounds like a strange place for a tattoo parlor

[Fountain-of-youth]

Originally Posted by DWColumbus

In the mall? That sounds like a strange place for a tattoo parlor

Yes!

Infamous Ink Tattoo Co. bringing skin art, body piercings to Peachtree Mall in Columbus | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

[DWColumbus]

Seafood restaurant bringing its shrimp, fish and crab claws to Columbus

This sounds delicious, of course I love seafood!

[Columbus1984]

Originally Posted by DWColumbus

Seafood restaurant bringing its shrimp, fish and crab claws to Columbus

This sounds delicious, of course I love seafood!

First location in Georgia too. Looking forward to this.

[JayHey]

Originally Posted by DWColumbus

This sounds delicious, of course I love seafood!

Shrimp Basket is good and it brings back memories of college spring breaks, but don't forget existing Columbus fish and chicken shacks that are already doing a great job - Shark's with a few locations around town and Zeb's on Warm Springs road.

Also a moment of silence for the best one of these fry shacks that ever existed - The Fishin' Chicken in the center at Moon Road and Miller.

[Airforceguy]

Using $10 million in Transportation Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax funds, the final two gaps in the 22-mile linear park will be spanned over the next year.

Columbus wouldn’t be the city is it today, Jones said, nor would it realize the potential it can realize without the final two gaps in the trail being spanned.

“The RiverWalk was really a catalyst for everything that is going on in Columbus right now, particularly in the Uptown area,” Jones said, while speaking to the Coalition for Sound Growth today. “Without the RiverWalk, I don’t think we’d have the community that we have today. Just imagine what it would be like without it down there.”

Both of the gaps are in the First Avenue corridor between TSYS and Bibb City, and Jones said the effect on that stretch of land could be profound. He compared the RiverWalk to a highway linking two cities, but with broken spots where travelers are forced off the highway to go places they don’t want to go. Once the gaps are bridged, traffic naturally increases, bringing more people through the area, he said.

“As with any roadway or highway, it also tends to promote economic development,” Jones said. “Those two sections, particularly the one at the North Highlands Dam, are isolated. Folks just don’t go that way because they’re forced to get off the RiverWalk and can feel isolated.”

Jones said it could be a catalyst for jumpstarting the city’s planned City Village project to revitalize the First Avenue corridor in that area.

“I think that once the RiverWalk is completed you’re going to see a lot more activity in that area,” Jones said.

The southern-most gap is the section that runs by the old City Mills complex, which is currently under renovation. It forces users to leave the RiverWalk and travel on First Avenue for a short while before going back down to it. The span will run the RiverWalk through the space between the old mill buildings and reconnect to the path a short way to the north. The cost of that will be between $1.2 and $1.5 million, Jones said.

The next gap is created by the presence of the North Highlands Dam, which will require users to surmount about 30 feet of elevation in a short span. To avoid an impossibly steep path, architects and engineers designed switchbacks, like mountain roads, which allow for a less steep path up and over. The much more elaborate project will cost about $8.5 million, Jones said.

Read more here: Chattahoochee Riverwalk is a catalyst for past and future economic growth in Columbus, city planning director Rick Jones says. | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

Chattahoochee Riverwalk is a catalyst for past and future economic growth in Columbus, city planning director Rick Jones says. | Columbus Ledger-Enquirer