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Downtown Columbus' residential population is expected to reach 10,000 this year despite Covid-19 and an uncertain economy and office market. The State of Downtown Columbus report by the Capital Crossroads and Discovery special improvement districts, unveiled during Wednesday's Columbus Metropolitan Club forum, said that 9,855 people live Downtown, with an apartment occupancy rate of 85.7%. That was down from 94% the year before. One reason: Six apartment buildings opened in Downtown Columbus, bringing the total number of housing units Downtown to 8,062. Another 1,169 units, a $128 million in...

Photo by Emilee Chinn/Getty Images One lingering question about the 2021 season was answered on Wednesday when the Columbus Crew discovered it will play Real Esteli in Nicaragua in early April for its first game of the new year. The other lingering question about 2021 that still remains is if fans will be able to attend matches? This is something that, like many things were in 2020 and to start this new year, still seems to be up in the air. Speaking on Wednesday after the CONCACAF Champions League Round of 16 draw, Crew head coach Caleb Porter remarked on that question. “We don’t know ye...

The Crew discover its first opponent of 2021 tonight.

Parties are negotiating an expanded 'ground lease' The team is negotiating a new and expanded "ground lease" that could extend up to 60 years to accommodate its new Mapfre practice facility on the site, documents show. Negotiations on the long-term lease recently passed the two-year mark since the project was announced in late 2018. The team didn't respond to a request this month to discuss its term sheet. The Dispatch obtained documents from the state DAS through the Ohio Public Records Act. It's unclear why the team thinks transferring the title of Mapfre Stadium would affect the team's pr...

A striking building of rippled glass walls will anchor the Confluence Village development next to the new Crew Stadium, according to plans unveiled by developers Wednesday. The Pizzuti Companies of Columbus and the Haslam Sports Group, the majority owner of the Crew, are planning the mixed-use development on 6.7 acres between the Olentangy River and the stadium just west of the Arena District.  Anchoring the development is a five-story, 150,000-square-foot office building with some ground-floor retail space designed in a modernist style by Goettsch Partners in Chicago. "We intentionally...