Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority highlights Grandview Yard in 2024 Year in Review
April 7th, 2025
Originally published by the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority
In their 2024 Year in Review, the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority takes a deep dive into the economic impact of Grandview Yard, located in Grandview Heights, Ohio, highlighting the 15-year collaboration as a development success story.
Project Highlight: Grandview Yard
Celebrating Another Major Phase of a 15+ Year Journey
Looking back, few could have envisioned the eventual transformation of the 125+ acre brownfield site west of Route 315 and north of Goodale Street. Its success is one of the great development stories in central Ohio of the last half century. Now known as Grandview Yard, the area has been steadily developed into a dynamic mix of multifamily residences, office buildings, individual homes, restaurants, medical offices, retailers, hotels, and greenspaces. In all, the $1.0 billion development includes 1.2 million square feet of commercial space with more than 1.4 million anticipated at full completion.
Another major phase of development for Grandview Yard is now underway. Anticipated to be completed in 2026, the 385-unit Parkline apartment complex on the corner of West 1st Avenue and Yard Street will anchor a significant block of the development, bringing Grandview Yard’s total residences to nearly 1,900. “Investing $100 million in the Parkline project underscores our ongoing commitment to this community and our confidence in the strength of the market,” says Brian J. Ellis, President of Nationwide Realty Investors, and the developer of Grandview Yard.
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“Grandview Yard development started in 2007, just a year after the Finance Authority was established,” says President Patty Huddle. “We’ve been proud to be involved in it from the very beginning.”
What was once a feared fallow brownfield, has today become a diverse mix of uses serving key community needs and an important source of revenue for the City to fund needed services for the public.
“We’re so grateful to NRI and other partners for 15 years of collaboration,” says Huddle.