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    40 Urban Development Projects Completed in 2020

    Once again, we’ve compiled a list of all of the development projects that we have been tracking this year. We sorted that list into categories – announcedunder constructioncompleted and miscellaneous. Despite the complete upheaval of our lives and the economy, 2020 was still a busy year for construction in and around Columbus. Downtown once again led the list, with more projects wrapping up there this year than any other neighborhood. Read on below for our list of projects that were completed in 2020.

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    Downtown

    Last summer saw six new apartment buildings open Downtown: Harlow on Main, Industry Columbus, Library Park Apartments (first two phases), Microliving at Long and Front, The Pierce and Xander on State

    The first units in the Reach on Goodale project are now complete, but work continues on the overall development. Work on the new-build portion of the development near the corner of Third and Long – now called @150 North Third Street – is wrapping up.

    The seven-story High and Cherry project also opened, as did the renovated office space in The Hayden.

    A parking garage fronted by a small retail space is now open at the corner of Long and Neilston (the garage was originally proposed for a different parcel a block away).

    A larger parking garage near the Greater Columbus Convention Center also opened up this year.

    Italian Village

    40 Lincoln, a parking garage wrapped by residences and containing some restaurant space, is on track to be completed before the end of the year.

    New developments continued to open along the North Fourth Street corridor, including a three-story building at the corner of First Avenue, and and Four x Five, a residential development at Fifth Avenue.

    Phase Two of The Broadview in Grandview. Photo by Brent Warren.

    Grandview Heights

    At Grandview Yard, two apartment buildings – Kipton North and Kipton South – opened for residents this year, as did The Junction townhomes on Bobcat Avenue.

    Elsewhere in Grandview, work on the second phase of The Broadview development is wrapping up.

    South Side

    Nationwide Children’s Hospital held an open house in March for the nine-story Behavioral Health Pavilion on Livingston Avenue.

    Two senior living developments also opened this year – Parsons Village Senior Apartments and The Livingston.

    Near East Side

    The Gemma, a mixed-use development at the corner of Oak and Ohio, is now open. Danja Yoga is an early tenant of the project.

    All of the housing within the 16-acre Legacy Pointe at Poindexter development is now complete. A public park is still planned for Hawthorne Avenue, and a piece of land east of Winner Street – next to the parking lot for OSU Hospital East – remains undeveloped, but that was sold to OSU in 2017. A museum is planned for the two remaining original Poindexter Village buildings.

    Short North

    Luxe 23, a mixed-use development at the corner of Third and High, is now open and will be home to a trio of new bar and restaurant concepts.

    The Residences at the Sutton – a 100-unit building that sits just west of the office portion of the development, at the corner of First and High – also opened earlier this year.

    Franklinton

    548 West State, an apartment building featuring a large mural, opened at the corner of State and Mill.

    The conversion of a former motel into Carol Stewart Village – housing for at-risk youth operated by Star House – was completed in September.

    Postle Hall, photo by Brent Warren.

    University District

    A pair of Ohio State projects on either side of Neil Avenue opened late in the year – the new Optometry Clinic and Health Sciences Faculty Office Building sits at the southeast corner of 11th Avenue, and the new Postle Hall sits just south of 12th Avenue.

    Dublin

    The first vendors at North Market Bridge Park opened for business in November. The market is located on the ground floor of a building that holds 60 apartment units as well as a parking garage.

    Also opening within the ambitious development was a 43-unit condominium building and a much-anticipated pedestrian bridge across the Scioto River.

    Other Neighborhoods

    A building with a modern design was completed on Main Street in Bexley.

    The re-imagining of the historic Maennerchor Building in the Brewery District was finalized this year.

    A one-story retail strip opened near the corner of North Broadway and High in Clintonville.

    A new 248-unit complex on the Far East Side will offer affordable housing.

    A former Giant Eagle was converted into a self-storage facility.

    Work is wrapping up and the first move-ins are scheduled for January 1 at The City, the 266-unit development that replaced a one-story retail strip at University City Shopping Center.

    A new hotel opened in Upper Arlington, part of the Westmont at the Lane development.

    The Belmont House, the residential portion of a larger proposed development off of Trabue Road, opened earlier in the year.

    The first phase of the Norton Crossing development in Whitehall opened this fall.

    READ MORE56 Urban Development Projects Under Construction in 2020

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    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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