A Culver's is on paper for a vacant 2.5-acre property at 1548 Georgesville Road, west of Interstate 270 near Bolton Field Airport. The September drawings describe a 4,700-square-foot restaurant. The Georgesville Road service drive, so far, still has an empty lot.
Plans filed with Columbus, NBC4 reported, list Sebastian Maurer as the applicant. He submitted preliminary plans in July and filed a final site plan for first review in late September. Final, in this process, still meant a first look. The city requested corrections in October, and a city spokesperson said revised plans had not come back.
Two Lanes on Paper
Those latest drawings show two drive-thru ordering lanes, a 640-square-foot patio and 65 parking spaces. Butterburgers and frozen custard are the brand. A site plan is not a lunch rush.
Maurer still has to submit revised drawings for another review. Until that happens, October is where the file sits.
The Sign-Off That Has Not Happened
Columbus must approve separate stormwater and sanitary sewer plans before it signs off on final site and building plans, city guidance says. Construction also requires a building permit, according to the city. The filings described this week are not that permit, and they do not come with a construction schedule or an opening date for Georgesville Road.
Opening Dates, Just Not Here
Other central Ohio Culver's restaurants have moved past the correction stage. NBC4 reported summer openings in Canal Winchester, Heath and Lancaster, and a Fishinger Boulevard location in Hilliard's Mill Run neighborhood targeting a late-December opening. The chain already has restaurants in Reynoldsburg, Powell, Marysville, the Hilliard area and Hamilton Quarter near New Albany.
More addresses remain in planning, including North Cassady Avenue near John Glenn Columbus International Airport and E. Dublin Granville Road near Worthington. NBC4 has also reported plans underway at 4600 E. Broad St. in Whitehall and 1000 E. Dublin Granville Road in north Columbus, part of at least five additional central Ohio locations described as in the works. Georgesville Road is the proposal whose latest public step is a request for corrections.
A Service Drive That Already Serves Lunch
The site is near Georgesville Square, the shopping center anchored by Kroger. Nearby fast food already includes McDonald's, Chipotle, Taco Bell, Arby's and Jersey Mike's. Grove City is also recycling old KFC buildings: Dunkin' has proposed a drive-thru at 1970 Stringtown Road, and Bojangles has confirmed plans for the former KFC at 2815 London Groveport Road.
Those are second acts for buildings that already exist. This one is 2.5 vacant acres and a site plan the city sent back. The next concrete step is a revised set of drawings, not a custard machine.
