Marker Development has announced a new development located in the current location of the Godman Guild Association in Weinland Park, Columbus.
The new development will add another phase to the company’s Crossline project, which is currently under construction and scheduled to complete this summer. This is Marker’s second development project in Weinland Park. The new development will bring another 275 residences with secured parking, amenities, and ground floor commercial space to the neighborhood.
“We are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to work with the Godman Guild Association and continue building on our relationships with Weinland Park Community Civic Association, neighbors and friends who have welcomed us into their community,” Marker Development’s VP of Acquisition & Development Grant Dolven shared. “We love the vibrancy and community of Weinland Park and are thrilled to be a part of its fabric.”
“We are very excited to begin an impactful new chapter in Guild history,” said Ellen Moss, president and CEO of Godman Guild Association. “The closing of this deal with Marker Development gives Godman Guild the unique opportunity to expand and upgrade the programs and services we provide through the creation of a state-of-the-art workforce development center at our new headquarters. This is a tremendous value add for our programs and for local workforce development initiatives.”
Marker Development, and its affiliate Marker Construction, is a full-service development and construction firm with over 140 associates and two fully staffed offices in Bellefontaine and Columbus.
The Weinland Park development is planned to be completed by summer 2024, with pre-leasing to start in the first quarter of 2024.
Partners include Moody Nolan, Marker Construction, Korda/Nemeth Engineering, Jezerinac Geers & Associates, Advanced Engineering Consultants, Dickinson Wright LLP, and Smith and Hale.
Jonathan Moody, President and CEO of Moody Nolan, stated: “It is such an honor to be able to work with the Marker team to help ‘build community’. My father grew up in this neighborhood and I am so proud to be able to come full circle to serve in this way.”
“We greatly appreciate the community’s engagement and productive dialogue throughout the design process, resulting in thoughtful building programming of additional housing near multiple transit alternatives. Lease rates have not been established at this time. At minimum, 20 percent of units will be available to those making 80 percent and 100 percent of the area median income,” said Chris Gump, Vice President of Finance and Development for Marker.
The Crossline name comes from the origins of Weinland Park as a “streetcar suburb.” This line allowed the neighborhood’s growth, and the “line” symbolizes the grid of the streets, the streetcar lines that once crossed through the community, and its juncture in people’s lives in Weinland Park.