City has groundbreaking for multi-family urban grocer development downtown

Mike Wolanin | The Republic Columbus Mayor Jim Lienhoop addresses guests during a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on the new multi-family urban grocer development in downtown Columbus, Ind., Thursday, April 21, 2022.

COLUMBUS, Ind. — City leaders and developers have broken ground on a project estimated to have an economic impact of $50 million over five years.

The city of Columbus and Flaherty & Collins held an official ceremony for the multifamily urban grocer development now known as The Taylor on Thursday. According to a recent release, developers expect to open the first units to residents in the summer of 2023 and reach full completion that fall. The project site is located at Second Street and Lafayette Avenue.

The Taylor will include space for a grocery store and 200 apartments with a number of amenities for residents. These include a community lounge and kitchen, a tech lounge, a fitness center with on demand classes, a bike fixit station, a dog spa, a “bark park”, a pool, grilling stations, a pickleball court, in unit washers and dryers, and firepits.

The developer is expecting its studio, one and two-bedroom luxury apartments to appeal to both young professionals and empty nesters.

For the complete story and more photos, see Friday’s Republic.