Lifestyle Communities has submitted an updated mixed-use progression proposal for the former United Methodist Children’s Home site at 1033 N. High St after the previous one was rejected by Officials and citizens of the City of Worthington.
The proposal for the roughly 40 acres reduces the number of homes from 730 in the previous plan to 600, which would come with a combination of apartments, townhouses and single-family homes with a density of about 15 acre-consistent housing sets, according to the proposal.
Business progression on the North High Street is included.
The new proposal comes with a subarea on North High Street that would come with two 4- and 5-story mixed-use buildings in addition to a 3-story construction that would have a medical workplace and a new location for The Goat. a lifestyle communities restaurant with locations around Columbus.
The proposal includes a series of green spaces, with approximately 6 acres of wooded area opposite Greenbrier Court and a connection extending through the site.
The proposal is expected to be at the Oct. 14 assembly of the Worthington Architecture Review Board and the Municipal Planning Commission.
Worthington’s director of planning and construction, Lee Brown, said the company did not request a vote at the assembly and instead solicited comments from ARB and OAG members.
“They’re going to have a more global discussion,” he said.
“After obtaining feedback from the Planning Commission and guidance on the revised conceptual plan, the plaintiff will prepare to deal with the more technical facets of the pending application, such as effects on traffic, stormwater, application adjustments, etc. ,” Said Attorney Thomas. Hart, of the Isaac Wiles Law Firm, in a letter dated Sept. 10 and responded to Brown on Brown’s behalf. through lifestyle communities.
Two voicemails that were left for lifestyle communities and one for Hart asking for comment on this story were postponed to September 16.
The company is a zoning designation to expand planned sets for the assets and won a demolition permit to demolish all 15 buildings on the site in February.
The proposals for the UMCH have been at stake for some time.
On January 14, Lifestyle Communities asked not to be voted on its rezoning at an ARB and MPC assembly on January 14, and its previous proposal entered a pending phase.
The previous proposal presented in October 2020 and rejected through some city officials and citizens who criticized the architectural taste and expressed considerations about building density, traffic and lack of green spaces.
This is Lifestyle Communities’ third attempt to remodel the former UMCH site. A proposal with approximately 350 apartments and 250 houses with courtyards, townhouses and larger single-family apartments submitted to the network in 2015, but deserted due to opposition from residents.
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