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Planning panel conditionally approves BridgeNorth final plan, including Tempo hotel and corporate headquarters
Summary
The Dublin Planning & Zoning Commission granted conditional approval for the BridgeNorth final development plan, which includes a Tempo hotel, a new corporate headquarters and a central public park, while adding conditions on the hotel corner, northeast plaza, garage design and open-space details.
The Dublin Planning & Zoning Commission voted to approve the final development plan for BridgeNorth (case 26-020FDP), clearing the way for a mixed-use block that includes a Tempo hotel, office space, multifamily buildings, a large central park and a multi-level parking garage.
Matt Canterbury, representing the Daimler Group and the applicant team, said the project "will lead us forward for over 850,000 square foot of development, the first Tempo Hotel in Ohio, a corporate headquarters new to Columbus with 80,000 square feet" and described a program that anticipates a full 75,000-square-foot office tenant and a series of retail and food-and-beverage tenants. Canterbury told commissioners the team accepts staff’s recommended conditions and the 19 conditions outlined in staff materials.
City planning staff (Miss Singh) presented the staff recommendation to approve the parking plan, five administrative departures and 43 waivers for the block, while flagging areas that need additional refinement. Singh told the commission staff was "comfortable with the requested waivers" for lot dimensions and layout but recommended further work on the Northeast plaza layout, pedestrian circulation, bike parking, and architectural details for the hotel corner.
Commissioners focused questions on open-space calculations, whether Riverside Crossing Park was being double-counted to meet open-space requirements, how Longshore Street would function (vehicular access vs. pedestrian-first programming) and safety at the proposed bridge and plaza crossings. In response, Canterbury and the project architect, Chris Myers, said the team will pursue programming measures (for example, closing the curbless center portion of Longshore during events) and continue refinements with staff on materials, canopies and lighting.
After deliberation the commission voted to approve the parking plan, administrative departures and waivers and accepted the final development plan with conditions addressing the amenity-deck edge, loading-dock paving materials, continued refinement of the hotel corner, bicycle parking prior to building permit and finalization of pedestrian and stormwater details. The motion carried with a majority of commissioners in favor.
