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Developers ask to pause review of 71‑unit affordable building at 347 E. Gay after commission requests design revisions

Columbus City Council (Downtown Commission meeting) · January 13, 2025
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Summary

City staff and the project team presented plans for a six‑story, 71‑unit affordable apartment at 347 East Gay Street, but commissioners declined to approve the submission and asked the team to return with revised elevations, window and railing details and owner representation.

City staff and the project team presented plans for CLA 2400579, a proposed six‑story, 71‑unit affordable apartment building at 347 East Gay Street that would include a concrete podium, 21 structured parking spaces on the first floor, and a mix of amenities including bike racks and a community room.

The applicant team, represented by Andrew Johnson of Development Architecture Collaborative and Courtney Geiger of the same firm, described value‑engineering changes made since the project’s prior review: “We removed some of the windows, made some tweaks to some of the more expensive materials, to go with something that's a little bit more simplistic on the façade,”…

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