Brent Warren

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 […]

The Central Ohio Transit Authority took to social media on August 10 to address what had become a growing chorus of complaints about late buses, last-minute cancelations, and general dissatisfaction with the quality and reliability of the bus service. The message, posted on Facebook and other sites, said that “fixing service is our immediate top […]

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus has submitted plans to the City of Columbus to demolish a five-story Downtown building it has owned since the 1960s. The building, which was constructed in 1908 and is located at 197 E. Gay St., holds the offices for the Diocese as well as Catholic Social Services and the […]

Cedar Square – the redevelopment of a large German Village parking lot that sits just off of Livingston Avenue – got its first vote of approval from the German Village Commission last night. Commissioners voted three-to-two on a “conceptual approval” of the development, which means they approved the footprint and overall design of the project […]

Less than a year after groundbreaking, the Reserve at Maryland is already welcoming its first tenants. The four-building affordable apartment complex, located at 1728 Maryland Ave., is made of prefabricated modules built at the Connect Housing Blocks factory on Westerville Road. The first building is complete and fully-leased, while the second is due to open […]

The 13-story building that has been rapidly rising at the southwest corner of High Street and Ninth Avenue since the spring has officially topped out. Initially referred to as 9th and High but now known as INTRO Columbus, the development reached the milestone about ten weeks ahead of schedule, according to DLR Group, the firm […]

The Italian Village Commission approved plans earlier this week to build a 428-unit apartment complex on the eastern edge of the neighborhood. The proposal, from the Cincinnati-based developer Merus, calls for five apartment buildings, a parking garage and several surface parking lots. Three of the proposed buildings are three stories in height while two stand […]