The Creekside Story: The New Creekside Project
In 2003 the City issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for redevelopment of a large tract of City-owned land approximately in the
center of Mill Street's north-south span. The RFP required that the developer continue the practice of linkages to Creekside,
along the lines of the Pour House/Old Bag of Nails project. A primary challenge for the developer is to accommodate vehicles
with ample parking without detracting from the evolving urban and pedestrian atmosphere in the area. The City also emphasized
its desire for true mixed-use development, with all uses taking advantage of Creekside views.
The Stonehenge Company (developer) partnered with the planning firm Bird Houk Collaborative to answer the City's call for
Olde Gahanna's future mixed-use project. The development team proposed a multi-story development with first-floor retail
facing Mill Street and Creekside Park. Upper levels will contain office space and condominiums. Most impressive is the
proposal to "hide" the parking areas in an underground garage and in the interior of the wraparound building concept.
The project will create about 389 new public parking spaces. The three buildings will consist of almost 200,000 square
feet of new mixed use development. In 2003, the City expressed its initial commitment to the broad concept and then
entered over 18 months of negotiations between the developer, the Community Improvement Corporation (CIC), and the City.
The process involved the public in a series of public forums for the project and through several
City boards and commissions.
In addition to the high-quality proposed design and architecture, the City chose the Stonehenge proposal because of
its ability to incorporate unique shopping and eating tourist attractions into a vital neighborhood that the City is
committed to sustaining into the future. By including residential and office units, the project has the potential to
become an area that is much more than a weekend destination spot. Mill Street can truly become an area where people
live, work, and play.
An important issue is the continued viability of the rest of Olde Gahanna. In places like San Antonio, water
focused development turns its back to the surrounding neighborhood. The City's emphasis on visual and
pedestrian connections into Creekside Park should avoid this redevelopment problem. The project should
spur redevelopment throughout the neighborhood, not just along the Creek. While the Stonehenge Co.
project will be an exceptional town planning accomplishment, its human-scale and environmental elements
will allow it to merge seamlessly into an overall Olde Gahanna redevelopment scheme.
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The Creekside Story…
Background
Information
Timeline
Overview
Creekside Park
Planning for Redevelopment
Olde Gahanna's Revitalization
West Gahanna Gateway
For more information on Creekside, please contact the Department of Planning Development
(Last Updated in March 2008)
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