…in Louisville.
Sorry if I got your hopes up. Mine were up too when I first stumbled upon this article that has details on multiple developers adding new mid-rise residential buildings near the University of Louisville campus. The image on the right is one of the 8-story buildings that contains student-oriented housing with ground floor retail and a hidden parking deck. It looks very similar in style to the South Campus Gateway, which has done wonders for the image of south campus next to OSU.
With Edwards already building a huge residential project (Neighborhood Launch) in the parking lot gap between downtown and CCAD/CSCC, wouldn’t it be nice if they were also doing something like this for the tens of thousands of students who go to school downtown, but have no place near by to live? Wouldn’t it be great to have some retail options around that area besides the campus bookstore and cafeteria? Columbus State alone contributes over $700 million per year into the local economy. Surely that’s got to be some incentive to developers.
Plus, I’ve always thought that Grant Avenue would make a great development corridor. There’s always so much focus on High Street, but Grant has a lot of existing amentities… just not a lot to tie them all together.
Looks like we’re still just as baffled as before. I’m wondering why Motorists or State Auto won’t build parking garages and free up space along Washington for bars, shops, etc which the thousands of students would go to if they existed since no one else offers these amenities in the immediate area (the closest vibrant streets being Gay and Parsons, both a pretty long walk, longer in the winter). Isn’t there a lot of money not being made here? You think Edwards looked into it but no one wanted to give up their precious surface lots?
I’m not sure how big those insurance companies are, but I think they could both do what Nationwide has done and invest some money into a real estate arm.
Then again, I don’t know if they even own their own parking lots. I’d imagine they would, but who knows…
Guys and Gals, you will be very happy with the housing that Edwards will be building for you….Usually they have enough amenities, you won’t want to go anywhere else during your time off from school…Tanning beds, gyms, swimming pools, tennis courts, theaters, community center, big screen t.v.’s in the community center, Playstation, Wii, X-box in the community room, among some of the amenities. Usually when they come in, with in a short time of being there, apartments are rented way before the completion of the project. They are very high class, sophisticated, resort living quarters. Take a look at edwards communities and look at past projects, then get excited.
No, the point was that they won’t be building this for US.
Will Columbus State students pay the high rent for those type of units/amenities? I thought most of them lived at home, saving their money for when they get into OSU.
I’m sure not all students would pay the rent, but some would. Not all students at OSU live on campus either. Some live at home and commute.
Personally, I went to CSCC with no intention of transferring to OSU (transferred to Franlkin down the street) and lived in the Brewery District / German Village area at the time. I would have lived closer to school if I would have had the option. And I doubt I’m the only student who felt that way.
Between the 28,000 students at CSCC, the 1,300 at CCAD, and 10,000 at Franklin, I think a development like what Edwards is doing in Louisville (426 units) could be easily done for our “secondary” campus neighborhood in Columbus.