Columbus

FICO 10 T and Vantage Score 4.0 are the newest versions of credit scoring models, aiming to provide a more comprehensive and accurate assessment of consumer credit risk. Here’s a breakdown [...]

Columbus suburb of Whitehall is getting a $300,000,000 development at East Broad and Hamilton Road The Columbus suburb of Whitehall is getting the first of a major $300,000,000 redevelopment of [...]

President Biden released his official budget proposal including tax plan on March 9, 2023.  As expected, he’s taking a run at sharply rolling back 1031s as he did in PY2022. The President’s [...]

Dublin’s Bridge Street District could almost double in size if proposal before Dublin’s Planning and Zoning Committee moves forward. This proposal comes from Columbus, Ohio area hotel developer, [...]

Amazon just closed on 392 acres for $116,653,320 on January 17, 2023 in Licking County, Ohio just outside of Columbus.  Most or all of it will be the cities of New Albany and  Johnstown. [...]

It’s a bit shocking that out of 227 cities in the ranking that Columbus ranks number 5. Columbus has even ranked ahead of powerhouse American cities such as Austin, Charlotte, and San Diego. The [...]

This will be a short post but wanted to draw attention to Columbus Underground’s Walker Evans with his monthly update of development news for Downtown Columbus, Old Town East, King Lincoln, Short [...]

The Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Ohio has chosen a winner in the year-old dispute between Tony and Alex Sekulovski’s Blue Horseshoe Ventures’ project named Arcadia and David [...]

An undeveloped block within the Grandview Yard has three new buildings that are currently under construction. The 125-acre project consists of one three-story commercial office building and two [...]

Retail industry publication, Chain Store Age, has selected Easton Town Center in Columbus, Ohio as the number one retail experience in the United States. This is no surprise to most of us [...]

Convenience Stores – Potential 100 Percent First Year Bonus Depreciation.  Generally single tenant, absolute net. As always, please consult with your tax professional before making any [...]

As usual in Columbus, the previously proposed height of 35 stories for the North Market Tower gets clipped to 26+/-, but the floor plates are larger per the latest revisions a few days ago. This [...]

While Columbus, Ohio is certainly a more affordable housing market than some I can think of in the country, it is quickly becoming less so.   To combat the growing problem Columbus Officials [...]

Local news sources reported this morning that the owners of the Columbus Crew have reached a preliminary deal with Franklin County and City of Columbus. Plans are to construct a new stadium [...]

Local Columbus fast casual restauranteur, Sweet Carrot, closed their two newest locations, Dublin and Polaris. I haven’t personally been in the Dublin location, but have Polaris after the [...]

Easton signed another net lease anchor tenant for its 16-acre expansion.  Arhaus Furniture https://www.arhaus.com/, with stores currently at Tuttle and Polaris, has signed a triple net lease for [...]

Although, I’m a Columbus commercial real estate agent, Realtor, I’m still very interested in residential activity in our market as I live here too.  The Columbus market continues to be very hot [...]

The project is under construction with the first 50 single-family homes coming along and a few occupied already.  Completion will be at least a decade away given the scale of this project.  1,200 [...]

The proposed $220 million 28 story Columbus Convention Center Hilton received an enlargement plus other changes were presented to the Columbus Downtown Commission late last month.  No vote was [...]

Westland Mall, along with Eastland and Northland malls, were developed in the 60s with the anchors, Lazarus, JC Pennys and Sears first and the remaining mall built after the anchors.  The large [...]