Concerned citizens of the city of Upper Arlington are working to delay an extremely rushed City Council vote on the development of the former Macy’s site at Kingsdale / Five Points. The vote is scheduled to occur on November 30, 2020. We are not against development of the area and agree something needs to be done with this site. However, the current plan proposed by the developer, Continental Real Estate, Inc., is not the best fit for our community. 

The scale, density, and height of the proposed plan are not compatible with surrounding neighborhoods.  The occupants of the 562 proposed apartment units and the cars in the project’s 905 allotted parking spaces will dramatically increase traffic in all directions and compromise the safety of our children on neighborhood streets. We ask that City Council allow time to do their due diligence before making a decision on a plan that they acknowledge has not been finalized.

A summary of this proposed plan is as follows. (Source: Kingsdale Mixed-Use Project):

A six-story building with 104 senior housing units, located on the northwest portion of the site, with a 6,000 square foot restaurant, including outdoor dining, on the ground floor facing Tremont Road.

A seven-story building to the east/center of the property, along Northwest Boulevard, with five floors of 383 apartments and two amenity courtyards over a two-story parking garage.

*A nine-story building on the southwest area of the site, with 75 two-bedroom apartments, 50,000 square feet of office space on the top two floors, and structured parking.

*NOTE: This building site has been identified as a potential location for a prospective public use, subject to the Community Center Feasibility Task Force study process that is currently underway.

Eight, two-story townhouses fronting Northwest Boulevard that would back up to the two levels of structured parking for the seven-story building.

The two structured parking arrangements, combined with surface parking, would comprise a total of 755 new spaces. Additionally, Continental has secured a shared-use agreement for up to 150 existing parking spaces at the north end of the Giant Eagle Market District parking lot.

Relocation of the existing traffic signal on Northwest Boulevard and a new traffic signal at Tremont Road and Ridgecliff Road as an entrance into the site from the west, as well as a north/south internal drive connecting Kingsdale Center through to the Chase Bank parking lot.

We urge you to sign this petition to delay the vote until we have a plan that will be beneficial to all parties involved, including the residents of Upper Arlington. If you have concerns and would like your voice to be heard, please join us in signing this petition.  We are hopeful that we will be able to move forward and truly partner with both City Council and Continental to generate a plan that benefits everyone.