LDG Development proposes 189 affordable apartments at West Broad Street and Georgesville Road
The developer filed variance requests for a two-building complex at 4051 W. Broad St., citing utility easements under Columbus's Zone In code.
An aerial visualization depicts the proposed 189-unit apartment community at West Broad Street and Georgesville Road.
Credit: Pique AI visualization; source: American Structurepoint / Berardi + Partners / LDG Development · Generated from retained filed drawings · Unofficial conceptual rendering — based on filed plans; proposal may change.
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City records show a zoning variance application dated Oct. 21 for a multi-unit residential development at 4051 W. Broad St. LDG Development proposes to build 189 affordable apartment units on the vacant parcel at the southeast corner of West Broad Street and Georgesville Road in the Greater Hilltop area. The developer, based in Louisville, Kentucky, plans to build on an approximately 6.42-acre parcel owned by Harding Hospitality, L.L.C. The development plan includes two three-story apartment buildings, a clubhouse, a playground, and more than 34,000 square feet of open space. Building 1 would run along West Broad Street with its main entrance facing the intersection, while Building 2 would sit on the south part of the site.
In 2024, the city rezoned the property to Regional Activity Center under Title 34 Zone In, establishing rules for walkable, higher-intensity development along major corridors. However, utility easements cross the parcel—including a 30-foot storm easement and a 25-foot sanitary easement through the middle—leaving buildable areas restricted to a strip along West Broad Street and the southern section of the site. Because Georgesville Road carries a higher designation on the city's thoroughfare plan, zoning officials treat it as the front street, subjecting the site's shorter, encumbered frontage to the strictest placement standards.
To accommodate those constraints, the application requests variances to increase the maximum front building setback along Georgesville Road from 30 feet to 56 feet and increase the maximum side street setback along West Broad Street from 15 feet to 20 feet. The developer also seeks to reduce required building facade coverage in the front street facade zone along Georgesville Road from 70 percent to zero percent and along West Broad Street from 50 percent to 41 percent. Additional variances would permit parking and circulation aisles between Building 2 and Georgesville Road, increase the maximum continuous street frontage along West Broad Street without a break from 500 feet to 549 feet, and eliminate a required street pedestrian entry along Georgesville Road for Building 2.
The Greater Hilltop Area Commission is scheduled to conduct an initial staff review of the variance application on Thursday, Nov. 5.
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BZA26-128 · BZA Variance — 4051 W BROAD ST COLUMBUS OH
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City records show a zoning variance application dated Oct. 21 for a multi-unit residential development at 4051 W. Broad St.
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BZA26-128 · BZA Variance — 4051 W BROAD ST COLUMBUS OH
City records show a zoning variance application dated Oct. 21 for a multi-unit residential development at 4051 W. Broad St.
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Document: Zoning Applications · BZA26-128, 4051 W. Broad St (Greater Hilltop Area Commission) - App.pdf · attachment 5422650 · 2026-10-21T04:00:00Z · 4.61 MB
City records show a zoning variance application dated Oct. 21 for a multi-unit residential development at 4051 W. Broad St.
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BZA26-128 Proposal: To construct a multi-unit residential development.
To accommodate those constraints, the application requests variances to increase the maximum front building setback along Georgesville Road from 30 feet to 56 feet and increase the maximum side street setback along West Broad Street from 15 feet to 20 feet.
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Variance(s) from C.C. 34.E.20.090.C, Building Placement, Setback, to increase the maximum front building setback along Georgesville Road from 30 feet to 56 feet and the maximum side street building setback along West Broad Street from 15 feet to 20 feet.
The developer also seeks to reduce required building facade coverage in the front street facade zone along Georgesville Road from 70 percent to zero percent and along West Broad Street from 50 percent to 41 percent.
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C.C. 34.E.20.090.C, Building Placement, Facade Zone, to reduce the minimum building facade required within or abutting the front street facade zone along Georgesville Road from 70 percent to zero percent and the side street facade zone along West Broad Street from 50 percent to 41 percent.
Additional variances would permit parking and circulation aisles between Building 2 and Georgesville Road, increase the maximum continuous street frontage along West Broad Street without a break from 500 feet to 549 feet, and eliminate a required street pedestrian entry along Georgesville Road for Building 2.
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C.C. 34.E.20.090.G, On-Site Parking, to permit parking spaces and circulation aisles between Building 2 and Georgesville Road. C.C. 34.F.40.030.A.1.a, Procedures for Large Sites, to increase the maximum continuous street frontage along West Broad Street without a frontage break from 500 feet to 549 feet. C.C. 34.E.20.030.C.1.a, Ground Floor Design, Building Entries, to eliminate the required building entry along Georgesville Road for Building 2.
The Greater Hilltop Area Commission is scheduled to conduct an initial staff review of the variance application on Thursday, Nov. 5.
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Greater Hilltop Area Commission 11/05/2026 Staff Review XX/XX/XXXX Board of Zoning Adjustment Order
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LDG Development proposes to build 189 affordable apartment units on the vacant parcel at the southeast corner of West Broad Street and Georgesville Road in the Greater Hilltop area.
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LDG Development ("LDG") proposes to build 189 affordable apartment units on a vacant site at the southeast corner of West Broad Street and Georgesville Road, 4051 West Broad Street, Franklin County Parcel No. 570-285103 (the "Property"), in the Greater Hilltop area.
The developer, based in Louisville, Kentucky, plans to build on an approximately 6.42-acre parcel owned by Harding Hospitality, L.L.C. The development plan includes two three-story apartment buildings, a clubhouse, a playground, and more than 34,000 square feet of open space.
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LDG is a developer based in Louisville, Kentucky.
The developer, based in Louisville, Kentucky, plans to build on an approximately 6.42-acre parcel owned by Harding Hospitality, L.L.C. The development plan includes two three-story apartment buildings, a clubhouse, a playground, and more than 34,000 square feet of open space.
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Property Owner: Harding Hospitality, L.L.C.
The developer, based in Louisville, Kentucky, plans to build on an approximately 6.42-acre parcel owned by Harding Hospitality, L.L.C. The development plan includes two three-story apartment buildings, a clubhouse, a playground, and more than 34,000 square feet of open space.
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The project includes two three-story apartment buildings, a clubhouse, a playground, and more than 34,000 square feet of open space.
Building 1 would run along West Broad Street with its main entrance facing the intersection, while Building 2 would sit on the south part of the site.
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Building 1 runs along West Broad Street and wraps the corner, with its main entrance on the angled facade facing the intersection. Building 2 sits on the south part of the site.
In 2024, the city rezoned the property to Regional Activity Center under Title 34 Zone In, establishing rules for walkable, higher-intensity development along major corridors.
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In 2024, as part of the first phase of Zone In, the City rezoned the Property to Regional Activity Center (RAC), a district meant for walkable, higher-intensity development along major corridors.
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The developer, based in Louisville, Kentucky, plans to build on an approximately 6.42-acre parcel owned by Harding Hospitality, L.L.C. The development plan includes two three-story apartment buildings, a clubhouse, a playground, and more than 34,000 square feet of open space.
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The Property is an irregular parcel of approximately 6.423 acres, with approximately 548 feet of frontage on West Broad Street, approximately 393 feet on Georgesville Road, and an angled cut of approximately 99 feet at the corner.
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However, utility easements cross the parcel—including a 30-foot storm easement and a 25-foot sanitary easement through the middle—leaving buildable areas restricted to a strip along West Broad Street and the southern section of the site.
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Utility easements cross the site and limit where buildings can go. A 30-foot storm easement and a 25-foot sanitary easement run through the middle of the site, another 30-foot storm easement runs along the south line, electrical easements follow Georgesville Road, and 60-foot easements cover the west corners. Public sewer lines run through the Property, and the City will not allow building over them. What remains buildable is a band along West Broad Street and the south portion of the site.
Because Georgesville Road carries a higher designation on the city's thoroughfare plan, zoning officials treat it as the front street, subjecting the site's shorter, encumbered frontage to the strictest placement standards.
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The front street designation compounds the problem. Georgesville Road carries the higher designation on the Multimodal Thoroughfare Plan, so the Department of Building and Zoning Services treats it as the front street, including the full corner cut, and treats West Broad Street as the side street. The strictest placement standards therefore fall on the Property’s shorter and more encumbered frontage, while the frontage the site naturally faces is held to side street standards.