Revamping Tri-Village Take a look at upcoming developments in Upper Arlington and Grandview Heights By Helen Widman
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espite the height of the pandemic putting a wrench in new development last year, the Tri-Village area still has major plans in store for the near future.
Upper Arlington Emma Speight, community affairs director for the city of Upper Arlington, says the Arlington Gateway Project will likely be one of the most significant redevelopment projects the city has seen.
The project is estimated to cost around $100 million. âThis is a project thatâs been in the making for about five years now,â she says. âIt was first brought to the board of zoning and planning in 2016, and it has gone through various iterations over the years, finally reaching approval of the final development plan (in) ⌠2018, but then they made some amendments to it, and that was approved in 2019.â The Arlington Gateway Project is being managed by Continental Real Estate and will have a six-story apartment build-
ing that wraps around a seven-story parking garage. The ground floor will feature retail, shopping and restaurant space. East of the apartment there will be an additional five-story building with 139,000 square feet meant for office space. Although the project end date is pending, Speight estimates that it will take roughly two to three years to complete. While the pandemic extended the timeline, the Arlington Gateway couldnât be halted entirely. â(COVID-19) may have slowed the start of things down a little bit, but it has
Westmont at the Lane is a new mixed used development on the corner of Lane Avenue and Westmont Boulevard including residential apartments. 20
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