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New Albany company to donate 25 acres for Nationwide Children's outpatient center as council reviews CPUD rezoning
Summary
Developer representatives told the council the New Albany Company will donate roughly 25 acres in the proposed Gant CPUD to Nationwide Children's Hospital for a 100,000-square-foot outpatient facility; council set the comprehensive rezoning for a second hearing Aug. 20 and staff said the donation will proceed if the zoning moves forward.
Developer representatives and city staff announced an in‑meeting commitment that Subarea 1 of the proposed Gant (Ganten) CPUD will be donated to Nationwide Children's Hospital to support a new suburban outpatient campus.
Aaron Underhill, an attorney with Underhill and Hodge representing the New Albany Company, told the City Council the rezoning would modernize a 1998 PUD and create three subareas, with the zoning text updated to allow medical and supporting office uses in the north subareas. Underhill said the CPUD preserves entitlement for 294 residential units in Subarea 3 and allows flexibility in unit types to address school district concerns.
Tom Ruby, speaking for the developer, announced the donation: “the entirety of sub area 1 will be donated to Nationwide Children's Hospital,” and described the hospital's planned program as a roughly 100,000‑square‑foot outpatient campus with urgent care, subspecialty clinics, physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy and behavioral health services.
Patty McClymon, who also appeared in her role with Healthy New Albany, noted the hospital presence could expand local access to pediatric specialty and behavioral health services. City staff said the rezoning request remains at the comprehensive plan stage and must return for a formal preliminary and final development plan review with the Architecture Review Board and Planning Commission before any building plan is approved.
Why it matters: the land donation would secure a major health provider's local presence without requiring the city to buy property, and it will shape the planned mix of uses, infrastructure needs and school‑district impacts for the larger 108‑acre rezoning area. Staff and developer representatives said they will continue coordinating with the school district, planning bodies and the city before the Aug. 20 hearing.
What's next: Council set the ordinance for second reading and public hearing on Aug. 20; staff and the developer said more detailed plans, entitlement stages and school‑impact coordination will follow in subsequent planning reviews.
