A sprawling 137-acre property at 7495 Rings Road in southwest Dublin could soon give way to 633 homes under a rezoning proposal that city planners reviewed this week, pairing townhomes and apartments with retail, parkland and a looping trail on land that is currently zoned rural.
Dublin's Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed the concept plan Thursday and offered nonbinding feedback, according to NBC4 WCMH-TV. Separately, Citizen Portal described the commission's June 10, 2026, meeting as a large informal presentation, with early commissioner input on density, street connections and open-space linkage for the site. The land itself remains zoned Rural District, according to the City of Dublin, and a rezoning would be required before anything could move forward.
The housing mix outlined in the proposal includes 216 garden apartments, 198 townhomes, 155 detached single-family homes and 64 cottages, per the station's report. That total marks growth of 44 homes since the commission's June review, when commissioners had asked the applicant to consider reducing density. Dublin planning staff reported at Thursday's meeting that the proposal is slightly denser than what the Southwest Area Plan recommends, though staff generally supported the density because it would help the project fit alongside comparable planned Columbus housing nearby.
Parks, Trails and a Moved Retail Hub
Beyond the housing itself, the plan sets aside 23.6 acres for native meadow parkland and landscape buffers, 4.6 acres for public parks and plazas, and roughly 14 acres for stormwater management, the station's report notes. A multi-use trail would loop through the neighborhood, and roughly 6 acres of neighborhood retail is planned just south of the cottages — shops that the Envision Dublin Community Plan identifies as supporting uses and that the broader plan calls for as part of a mixed-housing vision for the Rings Road area.
That retail location was shifted from the property's northeast corner to bring it closer to planned Columbus homes nearby, according to the same report. Nearby residents have voiced concerns about traffic and road access as the project has taken shape. If commissioners eventually advance the concept, the applicant could use their feedback to prepare a formal preliminary development plan and rezoning request, which the Planning and Zoning Commission would then send to Dublin City Council with a recommendation; after a council decision, the final plan could return to the commission for approval.
The Applicant and Owner Behind the Plan
Application materials filed with the city list Saxum Investment Company, LLC, based in New Jersey, as the owner of the Rings Road site, per the station's report. The applicant is MKSK, a local planning and design firm that previously developed the master plan for Grandview Yard and led planning for the Scioto River corridor in Dublin's Bridge Street District, the report adds.
How It Compares to Other Dublin and Columbus Projects
The same commission meeting also took up a separate, smaller matter: two proposed retail buildings at The Corners, located northwest of Frantz and Rings roads, submitted by Daimler Group, which received nonbinding feedback as well. Daimler Group is separately leading design and construction on Bridge North, a roughly 7-acre mixed-use development already approved near Bridge Park.
Just south and west of the Rings Road site, Columbus rezoned land in November 2024 for Jameson Estates, a project planned to include roughly 2,000 homes. Farther southwest of the Rings Road site, on Hayden Run Road, Columbus rezoned land for Hayden Place in July 2025, a development that could add roughly 1,200 homes and will feed into the same street network as the Rings Road proposal. 10TV reported that Hayden Place is set to include more than 1,200 residential units and commercial space, with Columbus's Zoning Committee approving that rezoning on July 28.
For now, the Rings Road proposal remains at the conceptual stage, with no rezoning or preliminary plan yet approved. Any formal decision would still need to clear both the Planning and Zoning Commission and Dublin City Council before construction could begin on the rural tract.
