RPM Living Files Plans for Seven-Story Redevelopment on North High Street

Developer RPM Living has submitted a Certificate of Appropriateness application to Columbus's University Impact District Review Board proposing a seven-story mixed-use student housing complex at 2060 N. High St., according to city filing records. The application initiates preliminary design review for the redevelopment of a roughly two-acre footprint situated at the northeast corner of North High Street and East Woodruff Avenue across from the Ohio State University campus.

The project site spans four Franklin County parcels bound by North High Street to the west, East Woodruff Avenue to the south, Tuller Street to the east, and Frambes Avenue and two adjacent properties to the north, as detailed in the board submission. The redevelopment footprint encompasses the current sites of the Ohio Stater apartment complex and PJ's Sandwiches.

Filed civil engineering documents indicate the proposed seven-story structure would house 228 residential units containing 866 student beds, an integrated structured parking garage, and approximately 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space designed to include a coffee and juice bar, according to the initial project summary. Site compliance drawings prepared by Columbus civil engineering firm E.P. Ferris & Associates and architectural plans by Niles Bolton Associates outline the building layout and pedestrian access points along North High Street. The site layout plan specifies two dedicated ground-floor bicycle rooms providing storage for 125 bicycles, alongside loading facilities and structured garage ramps detailed in the engineering plans.

The submission to the University Impact District Review Board is limited to exterior design, scale, and neighborhood compatibility. City officials announced that the application remains at the initial design review phase and does not authorize building demolition or construction.

Before any construction can take place, the developer must secure Certificate of Appropriateness approval from the review board, satisfy municipal zoning compliance reviews, and obtain separate commercial building and demolition permits from the Columbus Department of Building and Zoning Services. Existing commercial businesses and apartment operations across the four parcels remain open and active as the proposal begins its public review schedule.

Developer RPM Living has submitted a Certificate of Appropriateness application to Columbus's University Impact District Review Board proposing a seven-story mixed-use student housing complex at 2060 N. High St., according to city filing records. The application initiates preliminary design review for the redevelopment of a roughly two-acre footprint situated at the northeast corner of North High Street and East Woodruff Avenue across from the Ohio State University campus.

The project site spans four Franklin County parcels bound by North High Street to the west, East Woodruff Avenue to the south, Tuller Street to the east, and Frambes Avenue and two adjacent properties to the north, as detailed in the board submission. The redevelopment footprint encompasses the current sites of the Ohio Stater apartment complex and PJ's Sandwiches.

Filed civil engineering documents indicate the proposed seven-story structure would house 228 residential units containing 866 student beds, an integrated structured parking garage, and approximately 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space designed to include a coffee and juice bar, according to the initial project summary. Site compliance drawings prepared by Columbus civil engineering firm E.P. Ferris & Associates and architectural plans by Niles Bolton Associates outline the building layout and pedestrian access points along North High Street. The site layout plan specifies two dedicated ground-floor bicycle rooms providing storage for 125 bicycles, alongside loading facilities and structured garage ramps detailed in the engineering plans.

The submission to the University Impact District Review Board is limited to exterior design, scale, and neighborhood compatibility. City officials announced that the application remains at the initial design review phase and does not authorize building demolition or construction.

Before any construction can take place, the developer must secure Certificate of Appropriateness approval from the review board, satisfy municipal zoning compliance reviews, and obtain separate commercial building and demolition permits from the Columbus Department of Building and Zoning Services. Existing commercial businesses and apartment operations across the four parcels remain open and active as the proposal begins its public review schedule.