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Commission tables two Columbus State–area affordable housing projects, seeks more detail after public concern
Summary
The Downtown Commission tabled two related five‑story affordable housing proposals near Columbus State Community College so applicants can supply more detailed construction documents, consistent elevations, landscape buffers, adjacency renderings and a clearer demolition/phase schedule.
The Downtown Commission voted to table review of two related redevelopment proposals near Columbus State Community College — Opportunity 0.1 (164 N. Grant Ave., proposed five stories and 82 units) and Opportunity 0.2 (149 Cleveland Ave., proposed five stories and 100 units, including 20 student units) — and asked applicants to return with additional details after public comment flagged concerns about the projects' scale and proximity to a nearby registered historic building.
Staff presented both cases together and described changes made since a July conceptual review: the applicants replaced vinyl siding with fiber-cement siding, moved refuse enclosures based on commission feedback, and removed two surface parking spaces to accommodate service areas, playgrounds and picnic areas. Jonathan McKay of Cooper Companies and Cynthia Hayes of PCI Design Group, representing the development team, said much of the design had been updated to address…
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