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The central Ohio housing market added listings but lost sales in September 2026: inventory rose 12.3% to 6,530 as closed sales fell 5.7%, per Columbus REALTORS®.
Franklin County commissioners weigh two township rezonings on October 13: a used-car lot on South Hamilton Road and retail zoning for the Lennox Town Center.
Columbus City Council will weigh 216 Demorest Road apartments on a rural church site in Grove City, a plan the Westland Area Commission rejected 0-8.
Columbus issued $66.8 million in new-construction building permits in one week, led by a 273-unit apartment cluster and a $28.2 million Harmon Avenue project.
Columbus listed the 1926 Huntington National Bank building on its historic register under an emergency, letting the owner seek state tax credits for a law school.
A downtown Columbus tower keeps getting taller: the 25-story Estrella returns to the city's Downtown Commission on October 27, up from what Ohio backed in 2025.
Town High Plaza wants to raze three fire-damaged storefronts at 171-191 South High Street. The Downtown Commission said no, and City Council hears the appeal Monday.
Federal data shows Columbus-area home values up about 3.3% over the year to the second quarter of 2026, a touch faster than the 3.0% national gain and cooler than a year earlier.
Columbus City Council has finalized the rezoning of 21.3 acres on the southwest side, including part of McCoy Park, for a private NWSL training facility.
Nationwide Realty Investors won Columbus Downtown Commission approval for One Twenty Vine, a 242-unit apartment plan on an Arena District lot at 154 Vine Street.
Columbus housing permits added 1,599 new residential units in the third quarter of 2026, down from 1,799 a year earlier, with July carrying most of the total.
Columbus building permits added 188 new housing units in the week of September 21, but 168 of them came from a single northeast-side apartment cluster.
A residents' group turned in 3,976 signatures to put Worthington's rezoning of the former Harding Hospital site, cleared for 246 apartments, before voters.
Columbus issued 17 demolition permits in August 2026, up from 11 in July, with the South Side seeing the most activity and no historic-district buildings on the list.
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Columbus broke ground on 23 land-trust condos at Broad and Gould, priced near $199,000 for income-qualified buyers.
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The Reserve at Maryland's second modular building opens Sept. 16 on Columbus's Near East Side — 84 units total at 60% AMI, buildings 3 and 4 follow Oct. 16.
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INTRO Columbus topped out Sept. 8 — ten weeks early. The 13-story mass timber tower at High and 9th is the tallest mass timber student housing building in the U.S.
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Columbus's $267M Lower Olentangy Tunnel enters its final construction weeks. Here's what the five-year sewer project means for Near West Side flood risk.
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Columbus HRC approved a 106-unit, six-story apartment complex at 1036 S. Front St. in the Brewery District, clearing the former WWCD radio building, built in 1962.
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Ohio Brownfield Remediation Program closes Thursday, September 11. COCIC has secured $28.9M for six Franklin County sites and is taking discovery meeting requests.
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A Near East Side church is shopping 2.4 acres to development partners, including a full block on East Long Street. The RFP is live at eastpact.org/rfp.
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The NRP Group broke ground on Stone Ridge at High Street, 150 affordable apartments at 45 West Barthman Ave. on Columbus's South Side, set to open in 2028.
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Columbus’s first new Trader Joe’s in 20-plus years is planned for 2109 Ikea Way in Polaris, with permits for a 12,500-square-foot store under city review.
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Today is the last day for Franklin County's informal property value review sessions before the county submits 2026 triennial values to the state.