New phase of Grandview Yard apartments will have street-level office, retail space
July 17th, 2013
Brian R. Ball, Columbus Business First
The second phase of apartments within the Grandview Yard redevelopment will have 28,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor.
Developer Nationwide Realty Investors Ltd. unveiled plans for 120 apartments within the project before the Grandview Heights Planning Commission Wednesday night after leasing up the 154-unit Apartments at the Yard since the first 46 units became available in October.
The second phase of residential on the former Big Bear Stores Inc. office and warehouse complex and other adjacent industrial properties will consist of a mix of one- and two-bedroom apartments offering between 700 and 1,000 square feet on three floors within four interconnected buildings. That’s according to an outline Nationwide Realty shared with me via e-mail just prior to the meeting.
The property also will offer some private garages.
Unveiling of the plans follows a land swap between the developer and the owner of a business at 873 Williams that shifted the company’s parking lot on the west side of the property facing Bobcat Avenue. That opened up the mixed-use project site along Yard Street for redevelopment.
Both Bobcat and Yard will get extended north of Burr Avenue to Williams Avenue as the Grandview Yard inches north of the Apartments at the Yard.
Grandview Heights Director of Administration Patrik Bowman told me the plan has support in part because it keeps an existing employer in place.
The city hopes the commercial space also could attract more office tenants to the Yard, which has little office space available.