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Construction of boat docks and other recreational facilities took thred yearsto complete. Triglyphg principal Marty Finta Sr. said the developefr has struggled during thehousing slump, but two of four home s built at Snug Harbor have A house by and Triglyph’s modeo home are without buyers. The developer has sold 21 sitews in the first section ofthe 120-acre “Now,” Finta said, “we’re positioned to move The community will include a Mediterranean-style clubhousew dubbed Villa di Luce set alonfg the channel.
The lighthouse-inspired buildingh design by of Columbus is complete with working The developer expects houses to startfat $200,000 for 900-square-foot cottages and top out abov $1 million for residencez of more than 3,00o square feet. Finta said marketing is schedulecd to begin this summer on sites for 22 cottagesxand boathouse-style homes on a 7-acre island outside the Snug Harbor channel. The owner of the LeVequ Tower in downtown Columbus has picked a new marketint team to pitch office space in the landmark Wayne Harer andClayton Davis, both from , will leaswe the tower. The 44-story building has 120,000 square feet a third of itscommercia space.
The selection of Continentap Realty marks the third change in Friedmanh RealEstate Group’s leasing strategyt since it purchased the buildingt in 2005 for $8.5 million. It took the marketing effortt in-house in 2006 but latef hired to market the West BroadStreety property. Friedman’s director of leasing and asset management, Eric Slutzky, said leasing in the like thedowntown overall, has remained stagnant. “We just wanted try a differeny approach and see if some new bloord can havesome success,” Slutzky A Continental Realty brochure states the 82-year-old towetr has up to 45,009 square feet of adjacent space available.
The asking rate on most office suitesis $13 a squard foot, including expenses. Marcus & Millichap namee Glass as local manager, promotes Weinstockj California-based has named Michaelo Glass as regional manager of its Columbuzs office after promoting Steven Weinstoc k tosuburban Chicago. Glass adds oversighft of Central Ohio to the regional manager role he has playedr in Cleveland sinceApril 2007. He was salezs manager in the firm’s Chicago Glass worked at LaSalle Bank as a credit analysf and commercial loan officer beforer joiningMarcus & Millichap in 2001. Weinstoc k was named regional manager ofthe firm’s officwe in the Chicago suburb of Oak Brook, Ill.
The will include a mix of mostlyh owner-occupied residences and a few for-sale propertiez in its 10th annual showcasew of downtown livingJune 13. Tour Co-Chairman Kevinm Wood of the saidthe self-guided City Hop will includwe nine properties in downtown propef rather than a roster of residences that in past years included addresse in the neighboring Short A dearth of new housing projects also has shifted the focuw of the showcase to occupied homes ratherr than vacant ones. “We’ll have more lived-in units this year,” said a vice president at , an engineerintg firm in Westerville. “That’s what peoplew really want to see.
” Amongf the City Hop sites will be condoasin ’s Annex at River South The first of 76 condos at Annex at River South, betweehn West Rich and Town streets, are to be deliveredd to buyers in August, while 134 apartments off Fronf Street are to open in Octobefr or November. Other projects set for the tour include the Neighborhoof Launch on East Gay Condominiums at North Bank Park in theArenz District; and 8 on the Square condos at Broaed and High streets. City Hop also will offer tourists pedicabh service between stops as well as demonstration rides onSegwayh transporters. More information is available at columbuslandmarks.org.