Creekside Gahanna

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Creekside Gahanna

Creekside Gahanna, more formally called Gahanna-Creekside, is a mixed-use development located in downtown Gahanna, Ohio (also known as Olde Gahanna).

Mixed-use development Type of urban development strategy

Mixed-use development or often simply Live-work space is a type of urban development strategy for living spaces (housing) that blends residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment uses, where those functions are physically and functionally integrated, and that provides pedestrian connections. Mixed-use development can take the form of a single building, a city block, or entire neighbourhoods. The term may also be used more specifically to refer to a mixed-use real estate development project—a building, complex of buildings, or district of a town or city that is developed for mixed-use by a private developer, (quasi-) governmental agency, or a combination thereof.

Gahanna, Ohio City in Ohio, United States

Gahanna is a city situated in northeast Franklin County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Columbus. The population was 33,248 at the 2010 census. It was founded in 1849.

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Creekside Gahanna encompasses 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2) of property along Gahanna's Big Walnut Creek. The development features 71 luxury condominiums, 100,000 square feet (9,300 m2) of commercial space in three separate buildings, and amenities designed to incorporate the area's natural landscape. Current retail businesses include Pigskin Brewery, Cold Stone Creamery, and Local Cantina, Barrel and Boar, Creekside Conference and Event Center, Golden Nail and Salon, and others. Other significant business tenants include, Bird-Houk Collaborative, C-Suites Executive Offices, Fourth Floor Interactive, Gahanna Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Metropolitan Emergency Communications Center, a 911 dispatch center which handles fire and EMS requests for Gahanna and other portions of eastern Franklin County as well as part of Fairfield County. [1]

Big Walnut Creek river in the United States of America

Big Walnut Creek starts near Mount Gilead, Ohio in Morrow County. It flows south to eastern Delaware County and parallels Alum Creek. It passes to the east of Sunbury and into Hoover Reservoir. The reservoir crosses into Franklin County and flows through Gahanna and Whitehall. Near Obetz it is joined by its principal tributaries Alum Creek and Blacklick Creek at the Three Creeks Columbus Metro Park. It flows through southern Franklin County and joins the Scioto River near the Franklin-Pickaway Counties line at 39°47′57″N83°00′34″W.

Cold Stone Creamery company

Cold Stone Creamery is an American ice cream parlor chain. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, the company is owned and operated by Kahala Brands. The company's main product is premium ice cream made with approximately 12–14% butterfat, made on location and customized for patrons at time of order. Cold Stone has also expanded its menu with other ice cream related products, including: ice cream cakes, pies, cookie sandwiches, smoothies, shakes and iced or blended coffee drinks. Since 2008, the company has been co-branding its locations with other chains in an attempt to not only increase its presence outside the United States, but transform its business model from seasonal to year-round.

History

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Creekside Gahanna dedication Plaque

In 2003, the city of Gahanna issued a request for proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of a large tract of city-owned land in the center of Mill Street's north-south span. The RFP required the developer was to accommodate vehicles with ample parking without detracting from the evolving urban and pedestrian atmosphere in the area. The city’s request also emphasized its desire for a true mixed-use development, with all uses taking advantage of views of the adjacent Big Walnut Creek.

A request for proposal (RFP) is a document that solicits proposal, often made through a bidding process, by an agency or company interested in procurement of a commodity, service, or valuable asset, to potential suppliers to submit business proposals. It is submitted early in the procurement cycle, either at the preliminary study, or procurement stage.

The Stonehenge Company, then of New Albany, Ohio and later of Gahanna, partnered with the professional architecture and planning firm Bird-Houk Collaborative to propose a multi-story development with first-floor retail facing Mill Street and what would become Creekside Park. Upper levels would contain office space and residential condominium units. Public parking would be hidden in an underground garage with parking for the condominium residents provided inside the “wraparound” residential building. Approximately 389 new public parking spaces would be created.

New Albany, Ohio City in Ohio, United States

New Albany is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, just northeast of the state capital of Columbus. Most of the city is located in Franklin County and a small portion extends into adjacent Licking County. The population was 7,724 at the 2010 census. Founded in 1837, it is now a growing suburb in the Columbus area. New Albany is a very wealthy community, with a per capita income that ranks 12th out of 1,065 places in the state of Ohio. The mayor of New Albany is Democrat Sloan Spalding who was elected in 2015.

The city expressed its initial commitment to the broad concept, selected Stonehenge as the developer, and then entered more than 18 months of discussions with Stonehenge and the Community Improvement Corporation. The process involved the public in a series of public forums for the project and passed through several city boards and commissions. [2]

Groundbreaking occurred began in May 2005 and the development celebrated its official grand opening on May 1, 2008.

The Creekside development project was forced into foreclosure in early 2011 when Huntington Bank filed a suit against Stonehenge and its project owner affiliate, claiming that they defaulted on over $30 million in loans. [3] Approximately one year later, the Creekside development was purchased by Michigan-based Strathmore Development Company for $10.5 million. [4]

Construction timeline

Spring 2005
Summer 2005
Fall 2005
Winter 2005
Spring 2006
Winter 2006
Winter 2007
Spring 2008
Spring 2011
Summer 2012

Creekside facts

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Waterfalls at Creekside Gahanna

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References

  1. Downtown Gahanna reborn at Creekside. The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
  2. The Creekside Story: The New Creekside Project Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine .. City of Gahanna. Retrieved on 2008-06-07.
  3. Gahanna's Creekside development faces foreclosure. The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved on 2012-11-19.
  4. Buyer found for Gahanna's Creekside development. The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved on 2012-11-19.
  5. Residents, community leaders turn out for development's grand opening. Rocky Fork Enterprise. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
  6. Gahanna TIFs rank tops among community financing tools in U.S. Columbus Business First.Retrieved on 2008-06-11.

Coordinates: 40°01′14″N82°52′48″W / 40.020524°N 82.880095°W / 40.020524; -82.880095