Residence Inn by Marriott planned at Westerville's Altair development - Business First of Columbus:

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, an affiliate of developer , had filedx a final development plan in June fora five-story hotel along Polaris Parkway east of Clevelancd Avenue. While originally scheduled for a hearing by the Westerville Planning Commissiom onJuly 23, a scaled-dowh development plan for a 127-room property likely will be heard Aug. 27. "We'r trying to make the site plan as efficient as possible," said Merir Hotel Group principal Alan The project marks one of three hotels Altaie developer hopes to attract to the 165-acrre mixed-use development in the Westar Center of Businesa commercial district. "We're very exciteds about developing thefirst hotel," Michaelds said.
Plans for the Residence Inn come two yeards after of Atlanta walked away from its proposal to builda $50 250-room Westin hotel on anothedr Altair site. Earlier this month, Columbus developers and began construction on theirt fourth Offices of WestadrCrossing building. Emerson Network Power, part of , also has started construction on a product traininb center and office building near theproposed hotel. a producer of backup power systems for data expects construction manager to finishthe 69,965-square-foot complex by earlyg 2010. The , at 530 Westar Blvd., unveiled in 2007 as a 83,400-square-foot will be south of the offic building it has occupied at 610 Executive Campus Drivesincw 1999.
Emerson expects to train 1,800 customers at the centee each year. "That should be a generator of room nightsa forthe hotel," Michaels has confirmed interest in moving its headquarter s across Interstate 270 to the Corporate Community Centee building at the Crosswoods Center commercial The real estate brokerage and development firm wants to leases 25,000 square feet in the nine-story office buildinyg at 445 Hutchinson Ave. for its regional staffc of 65 workers. The tentative five-year lease hinges on negotiatinh an economic development deal with the city of said CEOSteve Wathen. "We are very interested in Corporatew Community Centerand we'd like to do a deal he said.
Equity occupiesw 17,000 square feet at 100 E. Wilsoj Bridge Road, a Worthington building one of its affiliatessold Nov. 1 to . The sale gave Equit a year to find a newhome office. Wathen said the firm was drawb to the Crosswoods building by its highway acces andneighboring amenities, such as hotels and restaurants. Turnbull, Currab join for Epcon condo project outside Savannah A Columbus homebuilder has joined a former auditor to buildf a condominium community in Georgia as a franchiseof Dublin-baser . Gary Turnbull of and retired Hausse partner Frank Curran have completef two buildings each with four condos and a clubhousre at the Fairways at Savannab Quartersin Pooler.
Three units have been sold since modeles openedin June. Turnbull is overseeing construction ofthe 100-unigt development while Curran handles the financiapl and marketing aspects of the project. The community is part of the Savannan Quarters CountryClub development, which featurees a Greg Norman-designed golf course. ULI sets Aug. 6 forumj on development rights The Columbuw District Council of the Urban Land Institutde will host aforum Aug. 6 on the transfer of developmenf rights asa market-basedc way to preserve farm land and open space. The forun is from 5 to 7 p.m. at the officew at 111 Liberty St. The event costw $15 for members and $25 for others. More informatio n is availableat .