CMHA Opens 82-Home Senior Community in Grove City

Cobblestone Manor opened in April 2026 as the Columbus Metropolitan Housing Authority’s first development in Grove City. The completed $28.6 million community contains 82 apartments for older residents with income restrictions; it should not be described as a completed $125 million project.

What opened

The CMHA project announcement identifies Cobblestone Manor as an 82-unit senior community at 1050 Lamplighter Drive. CMHA put the development cost at $28.6 million and described it as its first Grove City development.

WOSU’s opening report confirmed that the complex opened on April 20, 2026. It reported a fitness center, community room, library, computer room and paved walking trail.

Who the apartments serve

WOSU reported that about three-quarters of the apartments were reserved for people with annual incomes near $20,000, while the balance would serve residents earning up to approximately $55,000. Those are eligibility descriptions from the opening coverage, not current vacancy or waiting-list data.

The project adds a specific type of housing: income-restricted apartments for older adults. It does not measure the full need for senior housing in Grove City or establish how many eligible residents obtained homes.

Correcting the $125 million framing

The earlier CREN headline paired the completed complex with a $125 million housing push. Hoodline’s account assembled that larger figure from several proposed acquisitions, preservation efforts and future developments.

Those separate projects were at different stages and did not constitute one approved or completed Cobblestone Manor investment. CREN therefore removed the $125 million figure from the headline and treats future CMHA work as a separate reporting assignment.

What remains unknown

The available sources do not provide current occupancy, waiting-list length, operating subsidy per apartment or resident outcomes. Amenities and eligibility rules alone cannot establish whether the supply meets demand.

Income restrictions also require continuing compliance after opening. A ribbon-cutting confirms that the physical development reached completion, but it does not substitute for later reporting on leasing, maintenance and whether eligible residents can access the apartments.

The next useful records will be CMHA occupancy reporting, compliance documents for the income restrictions and public approvals for any additional Grove City sites. Those records can distinguish completed apartments from financing authorizations and early proposals.