The Next Great Place to Live in Columbus

I said it in my original post and I stick by it, the best way to see a city is to run through it. If you are in a car there is no way you could appreciate the next great place to live in Columbus. You would drive right by it and not realize the views it will have or the things that are going up around it. The place I'm talking about is "The Annex in the RiverSouth District".

First let me start by saying I didn't have my camera this time, but I plan on running by again this weekend and I'll update this post with pics.

The Annex sits right in the middle of nearly every project the city is working on. Within 3 blocks you have:

• The new Main Street Bridge
• Columbus Commons (less than a block away)
• The new RiverSouth Parking Garage
• The new Franklin County Courthouse
• The renovated Lazarus Building
• The new Scioto Mile

Everything listed above is within easy walking distance and are currently being worked on. Imagine waking up on a Saturday and spending the day at Columbus Commons (1 block away) and then on Sunday hitting up the Scioto Mile (again, 1 block away). Also, I don't think people realize, currently, a good portion of the units will have excellent views of the river/parks. And here's the best part, these units are priced to be affordable to young professionals.

The piece that I love, that I think is sometimes overlooked, is that you are directly across the street from the Lazarus building. If you have not seen the Lazurus building up close you might not think this a big deal, but I highly suggest stopping by it. It is amazing and you can see why it won national awards. Plus the ground floor is geared toward retail, and while the spots are not filled yet, if the statement "business follows people" is true, I can't see this staying vacant for long.

At first I was skeptical about this development, but I now see that this could be the spark downtown needs. With a couple hundred people living in the heart of the city within the next couple months, I see big changes coming.