Take a survey…
One thing I've been wondering about in terms of all the urban development is to what extent the various developers have done their homework. It's a new market to Columbus so it's not like there is a model to follow,…

Let's have a warm welcome for Weinland Park
It's just the early stages, but my radar is turning towards Weinland Park recently. In my opinion, Weinland Park wil be the next in line in terms of neighborhoods that will see significant revitalization in the coming years. I'll be…

Santer Communities Announces Avenue One Lofts in Harrison West
It's been a while, but here;s a recent addition to new projects. This time it's a loft building in Harrison West. Follow the link below and you can find your way to a rendering of the building. Not much more…

"The Heights"in Grandview in the news
These small snippets have a tendency to slip by me but again I ran into an update on a project that was slipped into another article: Link: GROUP HOPES TO BUILD RETAIL CENTER ON FORMER TIMKEN SITE(you'll have to do…

"City proposes cap for I-70/71 split"The Columbus Dispatch
It seems that the concept implemented at the 670 Cap with the successful Union Station Place may be getting a sister at the southern edge of the proposed RiverSouth District if the city has their way: Link: City proposes cap…

"Home sales up in July"Columbus Business First
It's a roller coaster ride for the Central Ohio real estate market this year. We're back in the up for July: Link: Home sales up in July – 2005-08-19.Columbus Business FirstAugust 19th, 2005…Central Ohio real estate agents sold 2,657 single-family…

"Gateway an open book"The OSU Lantern
It's alive! It's alive! Some of the residential apartments also opened August 1. And so begins the next chapter in the life of the University District: Link: Gateway an open book – The Lantern – Campus.Lindsey PondAugust 16th, 2005The doors…

"Gateway paves way for hope on High St."Columbus Business First
If you read my posting last week about the Gateway project and my big HAD I… monologue, investors in the area, to include Campus Partners, prove to be having the same train of thought for the University District as…

"Urban home values soar"The Columbus Dispatch
I'm speechless. According to the following article in today's Dispatch, Italian Village now leads the pack as the neighborhood that has seen the highest rate of appreciation in Franklin County according to the preliminary reports form the county auditor's…

"The Heights"in Grandview in the news
These small snippets have a tendency to slip by me but again I ran into an update on a project that was slipped into another article: Link: GROUP HOPES TO BUILD RETAIL CENTER ON FORMER TIMKEN SITE(you'll have to do…

"County OKs money for proposed courthouse"Columbus Business First
The proposed new county courthouse in the RiverSouth District passed another hurdle today and funds are being set aside to purchase the land: Link: County OKs money for proposed courthouse – 2005-08-17. Columbus Business FIrstAugust 17th, 2005Following an environmental review,…

"Gateway paves way for hope on High St."Columbus Business First
If you read my posting last week about the Gateway project and my big HAD I… monologue, investors in the area, to include Campus Partners, prove to be having the same train of thought for the University District as…

Let's have a warm welcome for Weinland Park
It's just the early stages, but my radar is turning towards Weinland Park recently. In my opinion, Weinland Park wil be the next in line in terms of neighborhoods that will see significant revitalization in the coming years. I'll be…

"Gateway an open book"The OSU Lantern
It's alive! It's alive! Some of the residential apartments also opened August 1. And so begins the next chapter in the life of the University District: Link: Gateway an open book – The Lantern – Campus.Lindsey PondAugust 16th, 2005The doors…

Columbus RetroMetro :: Warehouse District
I finally stumbled across the boundries for the Warehouse District on the Columbus INFObase website. I've added the map to the Districts Neighborhoods section of RetroMetro. There is currently only one living urban project falling into that district, but given…

Timken Site in the news
Timken is in the news again but not with any new developments aside from the appearance of additional partners in the proposed retail project to the northeast of Jeffrey Place just outside of Italian Village in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood: Link:…

"Interest rising for former Big Bear warehouse space"Columbus Business First
Grandview's former Big Bear complex seems to have some promising prospects…which is good news to say the least: Link: Interest rising for former Big Bear warehouse spaceBrian R. BallColumbus Business FirstAugust 19th, 2005…Developers based in Toledo and Troy, Mich.,…

Santer Communities Announces Avenue One Lofts in Harrison West
It's been a while, but here;s a recent addition to new projects. This time it's a loft building in Harrison West. Follow the link below and you can find your way to a rendering of the building. Not much more…

"Home sales up in July"Columbus Business First
It's a roller coaster ride for the Central Ohio real estate market this year. We're back in the up for July: Link: Home sales up in July – 2005-08-19.Columbus Business FirstAugust 19th, 2005…Central Ohio real estate agents sold 2,657 single-family…

"Closed landfills top candidates for cleanup grants"The Columbus Dispatch
Place your bets ladies and gentlemen. There's still time to pick the winner in the race for the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund dollars. Gowdy Field has moved into the position of top contender with the Timken site falling to the…

"The Heights"in Grandview in the news
These small snippets have a tendency to slip by me but again I ran into an update on a project that was slipped into another article: Link: GROUP HOPES TO BUILD RETAIL CENTER ON FORMER TIMKEN SITE(you'll have to do…

Let's have a warm welcome for Weinland Park
It's just the early stages, but my radar is turning towards Weinland Park recently. In my opinion, Weinland Park wil be the next in line in terms of neighborhoods that will see significant revitalization in the coming years. I'll be…

"Study: Columbus homes 3 percent overvalued"Columbus Business First
Finally, a quantifiable analysis of homes values with regards to a possible real estate bubble. Out of 299 communities that were studied, we ranked 189 with a 3% overvaluation. There were a number of areas studied that were as much…

"Gateway an open book"The OSU Lantern
It's alive! It's alive! Some of the residential apartments also opened August 1. And so begins the next chapter in the life of the University District: Link: Gateway an open book – The Lantern – Campus.Lindsey PondAugust 16th, 2005The doors…

Monitor Your Credit
As of March 1, 2005, Ohio residents have access to free credit reports from the three big bureaus – Equifax, Experian and Trans Union. This free access should help consumers keep track of any inaccuracies or omissions in their credit…

Powell Ohio ranked 18th Best Place to Live by Money Magazine
Powell, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus, was ranked the 18th best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine. The magazine bases its list on economic, education and safety factors, including housing affordability, taxes and real-estate appreciation….

Columbus Ranks 4th in Top 40 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies Report
Expansion Management Magazine has ranked Columbus Ohio 4th in its seventh annual Top 40 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies for 2005. Topping this year s list from the perspective of companies actively engaged in the site location process is Tulsa,…

Columbus Ohio Ranks as 4th Cleanest U.S. City
According to Reader's Digest, the five cleanest cities in the United States are Portland, OR; San Jose, CA; Buffalo, NY; Columbus, Ohio; and San Francisco, CA, in that order. The magazine states Columbus has placed a moratorium on development of…

Columbus Ohio Ranked 78th Most Liberal
Columbus Ohio is the 78th most liberal city in America, according to a report released last week by the San Francisco-based Bay Area Center for Voting Research. The center studied the voting patterns of the nation's 237 largest cities to…

"Home sales up in July"Columbus Business First
It's a roller coaster ride for the Central Ohio real estate market this year. We're back in the up for July: Link: Home sales up in July – 2005-08-19.Columbus Business FirstAugust 19th, 2005…Central Ohio real estate agents sold 2,657 single-family…

"Closed landfills top candidates for cleanup grants"The Columbus Dispatch
Place your bets ladies and gentlemen. There's still time to pick the winner in the race for the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund dollars. Gowdy Field has moved into the position of top contender with the Timken site falling to the…

"Gateway paves way for hope on High St."Columbus Business First
If you read my posting last week about the Gateway project and my big HAD I… monologue, investors in the area, to include Campus Partners, prove to be having the same train of thought for the University District as…

"Planning Education at a Distance"The Ohio State University
One of the next things I was going to talk about was a way to start learning more about real estate and planning was to find some seminars. They are usually short, quick and packed with info. Some are good,…

"Study: Columbus homes 3 percent overvalued"Columbus Business First
Finally, a quantifiable analysis of homes values with regards to a possible real estate bubble. Out of 299 communities that were studied, we ranked 189 with a 3% overvaluation. There were a number of areas studied that were as much…

Let's have a warm welcome for Weinland Park
It's just the early stages, but my radar is turning towards Weinland Park recently. In my opinion, Weinland Park wil be the next in line in terms of neighborhoods that will see significant revitalization in the coming years. I'll be…

"County OKs money for proposed courthouse"Columbus Business First
The proposed new county courthouse in the RiverSouth District passed another hurdle today and funds are being set aside to purchase the land: Link: County OKs money for proposed courthouse – 2005-08-17. Columbus Business FIrstAugust 17th, 2005Following an environmental review,…

"The Heights"in Grandview in the news
These small snippets have a tendency to slip by me but again I ran into an update on a project that was slipped into another article: Link: GROUP HOPES TO BUILD RETAIL CENTER ON FORMER TIMKEN SITE(you'll have to do…

Columbus Ohio Ranked 78th Most Liberal
Columbus Ohio is the 78th most liberal city in America, according to a report released last week by the San Francisco-based Bay Area Center for Voting Research. The center studied the voting patterns of the nation's 237 largest cities to…

June 2005 Central Ohio Homes Sales Down Slightly
Home sales last month were down slightly from the previous year but still ahead for the first half of 2005 according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS Multiple Listing Service. The 2,766 residential homes sold in June 2005 was down…

Columbus Ohio Ranks as 4th Cleanest U.S. City
According to Reader's Digest, the five cleanest cities in the United States are Portland, OR; San Jose, CA; Buffalo, NY; Columbus, Ohio; and San Francisco, CA, in that order. The magazine states Columbus has placed a moratorium on development of…

May 2005 Central Ohio Home Sales
Over 2,653 homes sold in May 2005 which is 6.7 percent higher than the number of homes sold last year in May. Thus far, home sales during the first half of the year are now 1.2 percent higher than the…

Central Ohio County Auditor Websites
See below for a list of county auditor web sites for the Central Columbus Ohio area. Most county auditor web sites allow you to see tax valuations, the amount the seller paid for the home, site maps, and property descriptions….

Columbus Ohio ranked high for wireless Internet
According to a study by computer chip maker, Intel, Columbus Ohio is the 16th best city in the country for wireless Internet access. Among other Ohio cities, Toledo ranked No. 5, Cincinnati ranked No. 43, Cleveland ranked No. 62 and…

Columbus Ranks 4th in Top 40 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies Report
Expansion Management Magazine has ranked Columbus Ohio 4th in its seventh annual Top 40 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies for 2005. Topping this year s list from the perspective of companies actively engaged in the site location process is Tulsa,…

April 2005 Central Ohio Home Sales
The average sale price of a Central Ohio home last month was $173,143 – up 1.3 percent over April of 2004. However, the average sale price year to date stands at $170,094, up 4.4 percent from the same period…

Powell Ohio ranked 18th Best Place to Live by Money Magazine
Powell, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus, was ranked the 18th best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine. The magazine bases its list on economic, education and safety factors, including housing affordability, taxes and real-estate appreciation….

June 2005 Central Ohio Homes Sales Down Slightly
Home sales last month were down slightly from the previous year but still ahead for the first half of 2005 according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS Multiple Listing Service. The 2,766 residential homes sold in June 2005 was down…

Columbus Ohio Ranked 78th Most Liberal
Columbus Ohio is the 78th most liberal city in America, according to a report released last week by the San Francisco-based Bay Area Center for Voting Research. The center studied the voting patterns of the nation's 237 largest cities to…

Columbus Ranks 4th in Top 40 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies Report
Expansion Management Magazine has ranked Columbus Ohio 4th in its seventh annual Top 40 Real Estate Markets for Expanding Companies for 2005. Topping this year s list from the perspective of companies actively engaged in the site location process is Tulsa,…

"Study: Columbus homes 3 percent overvalued"Columbus Business First
Finally, a quantifiable analysis of homes values with regards to a possible real estate bubble. Out of 299 communities that were studied, we ranked 189 with a 3% overvaluation. There were a number of areas studied that were as much…

"Gateway to renewal"Columbus Business First
For those of us following urban development you may take this next statement as a given. One of the main things that I hoped would come from the South Campus Gateway project had nothing to do with High Street. It…

"Average home value up 21%"The Columbus Dispatch
Sounds like great news…but the county is actually just catching up with their real-estate valuations. The numbers reflected in the county auditor's property value data do not directly correspond with the actual market value of the property. If they did,…

Transportation Equity Act signed into law
Just a quick update: The president signed the Transportation Legacy Act bill, which I discussed earlier this week this week, into law. Now we just need to do something about gas prices so that people will be able to use…

"The Heights"in Grandview in the news
These small snippets have a tendency to slip by me but again I ran into an update on a project that was slipped into another article: Link: GROUP HOPES TO BUILD RETAIL CENTER ON FORMER TIMKEN SITE(you'll have to do…

Timken Site in the news
Timken is in the news again but not with any new developments aside from the appearance of additional partners in the proposed retail project to the northeast of Jeffrey Place just outside of Italian Village in the Milo-Grogan neighborhood: Link:…

"Planning Education at a Distance"The Ohio State University
One of the next things I was going to talk about was a way to start learning more about real estate and planning was to find some seminars. They are usually short, quick and packed with info. Some are good,…

Columbus RetroMetro :: Warehouse District
I finally stumbled across the boundries for the Warehouse District on the Columbus INFObase website. I've added the map to the Districts Neighborhoods section of RetroMetro. There is currently only one living urban project falling into that district, but given…

Powell Ohio ranked 18th Best Place to Live by Money Magazine
Powell, Ohio, a suburb north of Columbus, was ranked the 18th best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine. The magazine bases its list on economic, education and safety factors, including housing affordability, taxes and real-estate appreciation….

June 2005 Central Ohio Homes Sales Down Slightly
Home sales last month were down slightly from the previous year but still ahead for the first half of 2005 according to the Columbus Board of REALTORS Multiple Listing Service. The 2,766 residential homes sold in June 2005 was down…