Market updates, neighborhood analysis, and data-driven guidance for renters, buyers, sellers, and investors across Columbus and Central Ohio.
German Village commissioners voted 3-2 on Sept. 3 to approve Cedar Square's 52-unit concept at 251 E. Livingston, with opponents citing scale and a bylaws dispute.
The Diocese of Columbus filed to demolish its 1908 building at 197 E. Gay St. for surface parking. The Downtown Commission votes September 22, 2026.
Nationwide Children's paid $7.6M for a Near East Side block on E. Main St., closing Aug. 7. No plans announced for the 3.62-acre site north of I-70.
Bernstein Cos. converted the former Continental Centre at 150 E. Gay St. into 409 apartments, earning CoStar's 2026 Redevelopment of the Year honor for Columbus.
Westwood Collective will turn Old Hilliard's former Chase Bank building at 4056 East Main Street into Lira Italian Kitchen, with new apartments next door.
Evergreen Real Estate Group broke ground on 240 units of affordable senior housing in Grove City and Columbus, funded by $74 million in OHFA-approved bonds.
Dublin City Council approved incentives for Northwest Bank's new 75,000-square-foot Bridge North headquarters, targeting a 2029 move and 300 jobs by 2034.
Upper Arlington's Shops on Lane Avenue is carving its former Bed Bath & Beyond box into three tenants while separately adding Anthropologie and CAVA.
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Dublin's free Christkindlmarkt runs Nov. 21 to Dec. 24 at Riverside Crossing Park, but the operator's name has already shifted between city announcements.
Columbus State and Woda Cooper broke ground on Opportunity Pointe, a 186-unit affordable housing project set to open in the Discovery District by 2027.
Edwards Companies promised Downtown Columbus's Preston Park would open to the public by October 2025. Ten months later, the gate still needs a key card.
One Hospitality opens the Sugar restaurant at 504 Park St. on Aug. 27 — Latin-Mediterranean dining with a ticketed Grand Opening Party from 5 to 11 p.m.
Columbus REALTORS: Central Ohio July sales up 6.3% to 3,083; median $350K (+2.3%); 6,193 listings — highest July inventory in more than 10 years.
Columbus Zone In Phase 2 draft released Aug. 20: nine districts across 40% of the city. Public comment opens Aug. 25 through Oct. 24 at columbus.gov/zoningupdate.
The Fitzgerald Bexley apartments opened Aug. 14 with 226 units on a former seminary site, plus 11,000 sq ft of retail and 12,500 sq ft of office space.
A partnership broke ground on a 959,579-square-foot speculative warehouse in Columbus's Rickenbacker area, due in early 2027 with no tenant signed and a 15-year tax break.
ALDI plans a 20,000-square-foot store on 1.7 acres at Cleveland Avenue and Spring Street next to Columbus State, with construction in 2027 and a 2028 opening.
Northland's $34.4M Kilbourne Run Sports Park opened after Columbus dropped a $250 turf-rental minimum and posted free walk-up hours on named fields instead.
The YMCA agreed to sell its closed 1827 Livingston Ave. branch to CMHA, which is asking a Columbus area commission to back 216 income-restricted apartments.
Core Acquisitions (Chicago) paid $15.5M for Market at Polaris — 111,328 sq ft anchored by PetSmart, Big Sandy, and Slick City — per Delaware County Auditor records.
Central Ohio had more homes for sale in June, but the regional median price still edged higher. The data describe a slower market, not a buyer takeover.
Pickleball Kingdom’s Hilliard page still lists play as coming soon, so the reported late-August opening remains a target rather than a confirmed debut.
Construction has started on The Ellis at Bridge Park, but developer statements about pricing, pre-sales and completion remain forward-looking claims.
Ohio opened a new $45.6M Welcome Home grant round today — $22.8M for foreclosure purchases and $22.8M for rehab and new construction — with Columbus nonprofits and Franklin County eligible to apply.
Dogwood Industrial (TPG Real Estate) paid $42M for Gahanna's fully leased Eastgate Business Center — 293,000 sq ft near John Glenn Airport in the East Columbus corridor.
Micro Center plans to unveil its remodeled Bethel Road store on Aug. 22. The retailer says the location remained open during construction.
A Franklin County weekly transfer report showed a $329,900 median, but it cannot by itself establish that the housing market cooled as mortgage rates rose.
Ohio opened a $120M brownfield cleanup fund round today through Sept. 11. Columbus has won nearly $30M in prior rounds — apply now at development.ohio.gov.
Service!’s downtown Columbus training restaurant remains listed as coming soon, making its program clearer than its opening timetable.
The NRP Group's first Columbus project pairs 336 apartments with 138 M/I Homes townhomes on a 27.5-acre site near Ohio State University Airport.
The Gahanna Creekside redevelopment site is cleared, but detailed plans still face design work and public review before construction can begin.
Harvest Bar + Kitchen’s Clintonville reopening followed a July 2024 fire. The event was mistakenly republished as current news and is corrected here.
Columbus leaders set a regional goal of 200,000 homes over 10 years, but the figure should not be presented as a proven annual shortage.
Welcome to the Farm plans an August 22 opening at 906 North High Street, but its employment, lease, capacity and economic effects remain undisclosed.
A 242-unit Arena District apartment concept remains in design, with no published hearing outcome, construction date or rent schedule.
The Columbus Food Truck Festival’s second day runs until 10 p.m. August 15 at the Franklin County Fairgrounds, with more than 45 advertised vendors.
Eolian started the 200-megawatt Flint Grid battery project in Licking County, but its effect on data-center connections and consumer bills is not established.
Anything Bagel opened August 14 at 6115 McNaughten Center, reviving the former Block’s shop while making claims about its inherited recipe and new program.
M/I Homes withdrew the Heath Hills proposal after conflict over development and school boundaries, while Ohio Senate Bill 173 remains pending in committee.
The Crew advanced after three home matches, but claims that the tournament tested Astor Park leasing or nearby short-term rentals lack supporting data.
Gahanna completed demolition along Mill Street for a proposed mixed-use project, but detailed approvals, financing and a construction date remain unresolved.
Bank Run’s reservable event facilities are operating in Lockbourne, but Metro Parks still labels the larger park under construction and limits general access.
OHFA conditionally reserved federal tax credits for the 65-unit Mercy on Main proposal, but the award is not final financing, construction or completed housing.
Columbus stopped its new municipal courthouse project after the mayor cited a cost above $335 million, but the replacement renovation still lacks a public scope.
Pelotonia added a shorter downtown loop in Columbus for its August ride, but the organizer’s pre-event estimate should not be reported as a final rider count.
Four Upper Arlington transfers exceeded $1 million in one Franklin County report, but a single week does not establish a luxury-market trend.
Festival Latino is moving from Genoa Park to Columbus Commons and the Ohio Theatre, changing parking, weather planning and indoor programming.
Franklin County posted tentative 2026 parcel values averaging about 10% higher for residences and opened an informal review process.
The 2026 Dublin Irish Festival ran July 31 through August 2 at Coffman Park. Official pages confirm the program, but final attendance was not posted.
Merus has started Dixon Commerce Center, a speculative 190,960-square-foot building in Obetz, with completion currently projected for April 2027.
The 2026 Ohio State Fair ran July 29–Aug. 9 with two new buildings and a broader fairgrounds capital program still underway.
Industry reporting places the sale of a Cardinal Health-leased warehouse near Rickenbacker at $49 million, or about $140 per square foot.
Opus has started a three-building speculative industrial project near Canal Winchester, while its job total remains a developer projection, not hiring.
Summit Crossing remains planned for 664 homes, but a timing correction places the initial plat approvals in July 2025 rather than July 2026.
Dublin’s planning commission approved the final Bridge North plan for 296 homes, a hotel, offices and retail, but construction and financing remain ahead.
Tonchin is preparing its first Ohio restaurant at 965 North High Street, but neither the company nor public reporting has established an opening date.
Olde Towne East’s July 12 tour offered 11 homes, gardens and a church, but no public attendance or preservation-outcome report was available afterward.
Columbus now permits ADUs by right and offers project guidance, while an independent study says separate sewer connections may still raise development costs.
Columbus scheduled the free Jazz & Rib Fest for July 24–26 along the Scioto Mile, with music at West Bank and Bicentennial parks.
Columbus authorized an agreement for a proposed 518-unit Discovery District project, while separate votes, designs and financing remain necessary.
Great Southern Metro Park opened April 1 on the Scioto River in south Columbus, adding 70 acres of trails, prairie, play areas and fitness features.
Columbus Oktoberfest is scheduled for Sept. 11–13 at the Ohio Expo Center, while claims that the event raises German Village demand lack evidence.
COTA’s finalized Line 30 will connect Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Ohio State and downtown in September; Dublin service will use an extended Line 1 instead.
Amara has replaced Milestone 229 on the Scioto Mile, but the riverfront restaurant’s opening history is more complicated than the original announcement suggested.
Columbus voters approved a $500 million affordable-housing bond in 2025. The city has begun funding rounds, but the authorization is not 500 million new construction.
Columbus says the first Zone In rezoning could support up to 88,000 homes, but that figure measures theoretical capacity rather than approvals or construction.
Ohio paused consideration of new data-center tax exemption requests while lawmakers study the industry; previously approved benefits remain in place.
Freddie Mac recorded a seven-week low on July 2, but rates rose the following week, showing why one national survey should not be framed as a buying window.
Central Ohio posted more sales and inventory in May 2026 while its median price reached $350,000, a combination that requires more context than a seller-market label.
Bexley’s spring sales data show a sharp median-price increase, but the small local sample and changing mix of homes make broad value claims unreliable.
Upper Arlington’s Nov. 3 ballot combines a $273.5 million facilities bond with a 4.9-mill operating levy and a district-estimated tax impact.
Redfin’s rolling German Village data show a higher median price and longer marketing time, contradicting the earlier claim that prices were simply flat.
One broker report said Clintonville homes sold in 10 days, while a broader Redfin measure showed 30 days. Geography and time windows explain much of the gap.
Hilliard selected a restaurant-and-apartment concept for the former Chase site on Main Street, but negotiations, approvals and final design remain ahead.
Canal Winchester records cap Lock Pointe Village at 120 apartments and show infrastructure work advancing, correcting earlier 122-unit language.
Columbus funded Hilltop RISE’s acquisition of two West Broad Street properties, but affordability, renovation and corridor effects need later records.
Cobblestone Manor opened as CMHA’s first Grove City development, providing 82 income-restricted senior apartments at a reported cost of $28.6 million.
Bishop Elementary was dedicated in August 2025, not 2026. Dublin families should use current district tools instead of treating school assignments as fixed.
Redfin, Zillow and a broker report use different periods, geographies and measures for Westerville, so their prices and market times cannot be merged.
Meta’s Prometheus project is tied to major power arrangements near New Albany, but CREN cannot attribute a specific household bill increase to the site.
Dublin records show Bright Road Reserve advancing through review, but projected home prices do not establish gains for nearby owners or the wider market.
Nationwide Realty Investors plans 148 apartments and retained office space at 280 N. High St., with the first residents currently targeted for mid-2027.
Columbus approved rezoning for 419 homes at the former State Library site, but building design, demolition timing and affordability remain unresolved.
An updated North Market project sheet lists 142 residences, not the 174 previously reported, plus hotel, office, club, market and parking components.
CMHA records describe WestRich as a 234-unit Franklinton project with mixed-income financing, correcting the 235-unit count used in earlier coverage.
The Columbus Metropolitan Library confirmed more than 120 authors for its free July 11–12 festival at Main Library and Topiary Park.
Ohio approved a $10 million state housing-tax-credit allocation for 380 proposed affordable apartments at 525 Sawyer Boulevard.
Recent brokerage reports show improving Columbus office absorption and heavy Class A leasing, but vacancy remains elevated and submarkets continue to diverge.
Columbus continues to add apartments, but current reports show different conditions downtown and in the suburbs rather than one citywide rent direction.
Intel moved its Ohio One production timeline into the next decade, but available public records do not support one countywide percentage for land-value losses.
German Village recorded a high median sale price in June, but a small monthly sales count and different data boundaries make sweeping comparisons unreliable.
City records show several distinct housing and mixed-use projects moving through Franklinton, but they do not support one verified $365 million total.
