Dublin has threaded fiber, big land buys and mixed‑use approvals into a single growth pitch — and developers are already taking notice. The city says the package is meant to cut the time it takes to build and to recruit employers.

Plymouth‑based Roers Cos. is proposing a 152‑unit, four‑story apartment at 2501 S High St on Columbus' South Side.

A Dallas investor paid about $60.2M for The Pointe at Polaris office buildings, transferring roughly 245,500 sq ft in Columbus' Polaris submarket.

City records and the developer show a 27.27‑acre tract at 2575 W. Dublin‑Granville Rd is slated for 474 apartments and townhomes next to Don Scott Field.

A city partnership with the Central Ohio Community Land Trust helped deliver dozens of permanently affordable homes in 2025, most to first‑time buyers.

The Columbus Zoo has put an RFQ for an upper‑upscale, 130‑plus room hotel on its Powell campus with a May 22 submission deadline. The feasibility study estimates a $32M–$45M build and years of planning if a developer is chosen.

Supercharged Entertainment plans a 125,000-square-foot indoor center at Polaris, adding multi-level karting, arcade games and dining to the north-side retail mix.

Ground has broken on The Rhinebeck, a 263‑unit apartment project in Columbus's Fifth by Northwest, marking a major new wave of housing in 5xNW.

Nearly 27,000 foreclosures were filed in Ohio in 2025, and some central Ohio counties saw filings jump more than 60 percent — leaving homeowners racing to save their homes.

Granville leaders warn a proposed 550‑home Heath subdivision could swell school enrollment by roughly a third and saddle local taxpayers with millions in new costs.

Columbus' median home price rose to $341,700 in Q1 2026 — up 6.2% year‑over‑year — outpacing the national median and squeezing mid‑price buyers.

Trustees approved a one-year pause on new data-center approvals as neighbors push Grove City to block annexation and demand zoning changes. The pause buys time for review.

Two Lyra Drive apartment buildings at The Pointe at Polaris sold for about $60.2M, transferring 473 units to new LLC owners in Columbus' Polaris submarket.