A Columbus Dispatch article today says "Worthington Mall to be Sold" The Dispatch article written by Marla Matzer Rose says there is a buyer for the local mall and it is a local person.  The Columbus Dispatch says: "Local developer Tom Carter and Morris Capital Partners of Texas announced a plan yesterday to buy the mall." It sounds like the mall originally built in 1974 is going to be opened up...  it was enclosed at some point. Carter is quoted about the past... "bad decisions by previous owners" contributed to the center's woes" The slide show below was a few years ago... Victoria's Secret and Bath and Body Works were still at Worthington Mall at that point.  Godfry's left, went to Polaris, Acorn is gone.   Wilson Bridge Road Walking Tour SaturdayW. Wilson Bridge Road - Worthington h... 09/01/2010

Buyers plan changes site hurt by vacancies Worthington Square mall, whose empty storefronts have been a concern to city officials, appears to be headed for a makeover under new ownership. Local developer Tom Carter and Morris Capital Partners of Texas announced a plan yesterday to buy the mall. The seller is GE Equities, the lender that took over ownership in 2008 when the previous owner, Stanford University Endowment, defaulted on the loan. The property includes the 138,000 square-foot mall, a 19,000 square-foot office building and two smaller buildings. The sale is expected to be completed this year.                   09/01/2010

Worthington City Schools are  "Excellent" according to the Ohio Department of Education School report cards are out and Worthington City Schools earned an Excellent for the 2009 2010 school year. Worthington schools got a Excellent with Distinction for the 2008 2009 school year.   Worthington City Schools are "Excellent" - report card 2009 - 2010 school year "Number of State Indicators Met out of 26"  "26" Is "Excellent" an A? and "Excellent with Distinction" an A+?  The six designations for schools in Ohio: • Excellent with Distinction• Excellent• Effective• Continuous Improvement• Academic Watch• Academic Emergency Friday the State of Ohio published the actual report cards which gave a lot more information about the school districts.  Also you can  look at grades for individual school... 08/30/2010

Congratulations to Worthington's Bluffsview Elementary School students and teachers:   Bluffsview Elementary School 2009- 2010  report card   The 2009 - 2010 school year report cards from the state of Ohio are out and the Bluffsview Elementary School in the Worthington City School District got a grade of Excellent with Distinction!  The link is the .pdf  which gives detailed information for the elementary school.  An A+ ?  It is the highest designation. The six designations for schools in Ohio: • Excellent with Distinction• Excellent• Effective• Continuous Improvement• Academic Watch• Academic Emergency Map  Bluffsview Elementary School  is located at 7111 Linworth Rd, Columbus, OH 43235.  The Worthington elementary school serves kindergarten through sixth grade students. Neighborhoods ... 08/27/2010

Worthington history a presidential visit.... Yes it was newsworthy when President Obama visited a home on the northside of Columbus last Tuesday... The Columbus Dispatch called E. Kanawha  Clintonville.  The Toledo Blade called the neighborhood south of present day Worthington  Sharon Heights... On August 25, 1817 President James Monroe visited the Village Green in Worthington.  Worthington was founded in 1803. Worthington history The Timeline on the Worthington Memory says August 25, 1817, President James Monroe visited the Worthington  Village Green.  The fifth US President, Monroe was the President from 1817 to 1825.   The original Village of Worthington is now the Old Worthington neighborhood.  The Village Green at the center is still there today.    Worthington Timeline   More abou... 08/25/2010

Village of Forest Ridge - Open Sunday,  August 22, 2010 and price reduced - 184 Cameron Ridge Dr. Columbus Ohio 43235 Price reduced to $149,900.  $149,000!!!!!  ooops edit 8-23-2010 Click the address link above for details on 184 Cameron Ridge Dr.  Columbus Ohio 43235 including: Status Photos Map More...   Sunday August 22, 2010 open house hosted by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER Worthington; Village of Forest Ridge is a condominium community in the Worthington City School District, and the City of Columbus.  The Village of Forest Ridge is off Flint Rd. north of 270.     Worthington condos for sale  - the condo market Worthington area - Flint  08/21/2010

  Worthington Heights is a community of free standing condominiums in the Far North area of the City of Columbus and the Worthington City School District.  Worthington Heights was built by Qualstan,  a company that no longer builds in Columbus.  I still see a listing in Google... someone else using the Qualstan name?  Or just a Google ghost? Worthington Heights (map) is at Sancus Blvd and Modoc Rd  north of 270 and just south of the Polaris area. Qualstan closed shortly after the owner, Don Ettore passed away quite a few years ago now.  Qualstan built affordable single family homes and condos in many Central Ohio communities for a number of years.... 40 years according to a 2002 Business First Columbus article. I believe Worthington Heights is the only free standing condo community that... 08/18/2010

Worthington condos for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER This graph shows Worthington condominiums for sale for the past 15 months.  The condos are all those in the Worthington City School District.  There is a 17.6 month supply based on the current rate of sales, that is up 71% from July of 2009. Sales of condominiums were down 36.4% from a year ago. If you are looking to get into a Worthington condo from a single family this may be a great time to do so, it's definitely a buyers market. Worthington condos for sale a market report for July 2010 123 condos for sale 7  condos sold 17.6 months of inventory   Average active price $143,000 Average sale price $89,000 Median sale price $95,000   Worthington condos for sale - neighborhoods The seven condos which sold (cl... 08/16/2010

August 10, 1803 the Scioto Company voted to name the town in Ohio "Worthington" after Thomas Worthington, one of Ohio's two first senators. The Timeline on the Worthington Memory site tells me so.   Timeline of Worthington History "1803 August 10" also according to the timeline the Scioto Company voted to fund the first library in Worthington on that date as well!  I have a note that says August 11 (but I do not know the year) Orange Johnson came to Worthington.  Not sure if that is on the Timeline of Worthington History too and I am just not seeing it now... the Village of Worthington sign shown here is the sign at North St.  and High St,  The sign across the street from the  Orange Johnson house. Thomas Worthington - Ohio's first senator Hmmmm wonder what the other senator's name was?... 08/12/2010

Worthington homes for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER Worthington The graph shows the inventory of single family homes for sale for the past 15 months in Worthington "proper."  Worthington "proper" meaning the City of Worthington.   The graph and market report  includes homes in the Village of Riverlea as well.  It does not include the whole Worthington City School District. Is it a buyers market?  No it is less than 7 months of inventory.  It is a balanced market as far as inventory.  Barely, but better than many in Central Ohio.  The 15 July home sales were exactly the same as July 2009. Compare to Worthington homes for sale - the entire school district  July 2010 -  Worthington homes for sale a market report (for Worthington "proper" and Riverlea) 99 homes fo... 08/12/2010

Worthington Glen Condos l Sam Cooper Realtor  Property Details      $84,900      907 Noddymill Ln 34c Worthington, OH 43085 MLS: 210031691                      Additional photos of 907 Noddymill Ln. Worthington Ohio 43085      Description      Fabulous two story condo in the desirable Worthington Glen, very modern and cute! updated baths and kitchen with newer fixt., large bedrooms, full bsmt, ceramic tiled floors in kitchen, great location, short walk to Sancus Park, Lifestyles Gym. Minutes to Polaris Fashion Mall, Crosswoods, Golf Club, Worthington Schools!   Please contact Sam Cooper for more information or to schedule a showing 614-561-3201      Features    Two Story Built in: 1989 1036 Square Feet Condominium 2 Bedrooms 1 Full, 1 Half Bathroom Garage/Parking: 2 off street, common a... 08/09/2010

Move from Worthington to Dayton?    The Masons may move from Worthington according to this article written by Dean Narciso in the Columbus Dispatch.   The Columbus Dispatach article has a great photo of the Masonic Lodge on High Street too...'Grand Lodge of Ohio' taken by Ed Matthews.    Center for Masons could go to Dayton Narciso's article says: "A little-known part of Worthington's heritage rests in a museum of Ohio relics situated below a 190-year-old meeting hall, the oldest Masonic temple west of the Appalachian Mountains." Costs could be cut by moving west to Dayton... it would cut costs fifty percent according to the Columbus Dispatch article. A Worthington City Council member said  "there is a deep historical significance with them being here." The Dayton Masonic Center, on We... 08/08/2010

Worthington homes for sale brought to you by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER. Is Worthington a buyers market?   The graph shows inventory for the Worthington City School District. Seven months or more of inventory is considered a buyers market.*  The graph shows single family homes for sale for the past 15 months.  With 7.2 months Worthington schools is a buyers market now... not as muych inventory (homes for sale) as other  Central Ohio markets but there is a lot of inventory in comparison to previous months.  Buyers have homes to choose from. Worthington homes for sale a market report - July 2010 265 homes for sale 37 homes sold in the month 7.2 months of inventory   average active price $264,000 (down 9.9% from July 2009)  average sale price $217,000 (up 4.3% from July 2009) median... 08/08/2010

Hey Worthington who has photos of Worthington Square?  Old photos?  From the beginning?  From the early years? I went on the walk a few weeks ago...  the walk of the Wilson Bridge Road Corridor from the Community Center to Olentany Park... one of the photos I took that day was of the Worthington Mall entrance in July 2010.  That photo must be on my Posterous, Columbus Life... or on ColumbusBestBlog.com I went to see what Bird Houck came up with Wednesday night (August 4, 2010.) Who has photos or memories of what the mall in Worthington  was like in the beginning?  Was it called a mall? Or was the word "mall" later?  Was it Worthington Square Shopping Center?   What year was Worthington Square enclosed? Anyone have photos of what the mall looked like before it was enclosed? Know of anyon... 08/07/2010

Open Sunday August 1, 2010  810 Bluffview Dr. Columbus OH. 43235 hosted by Maureen McCabe Real Living HER.    Bob Webb custom built, soft contemporary, one of a kind floor plan (I think it's one of a kind... if you've got the same house prove me wrong) hillside ranch with a first floor master bedroom.  Two story foyer, vaulted ceiling in great room, skylights, stained glass, open staircase...  The loft houses a home office for the present owners.  Three additional bedrooms are in the walk out lower level with a wonderful living space.   Works great for guests, older children...   The house has a screened porch... The home has a formal living and dining room... Here let me show you the floor plan...  810 Bluffview Dr. Columbus Ohio 43235 floor plan and photos Worthington schools attendan... 07/26/2010

  View Larger Map   I went on the Wilson Bridge Road Corridor walking tour on Saturday morning... the walk was from the Community Center to the Olentangy Parklands.  The Wilson Bridge Road Corridor which is being studied is from 'rail to river. 'The railroad tracks are just east of the Worthington Community Center.  The river...  the Olentangy is where it has always been. It was a long hot walk.  It was interesting. In fact it was fascinating... I do not know much about commercial real estate... office space, the north side of both E. Wilson Bridge and W. Wilson Bridge are mostly office space.  There are very high vacancy rates (welcome to Central Ohio.) Also on the noth side of E. Wilson Bridge Rd.  MedVet and the Worthington City School District Administration Building.   The south si... 07/20/2010

Wilson Bridge Road Walking Tour Saturday July 17, 2010 What's happening on Wilson Bridge Road?  Wilson Bridge Walking Tour Saturday July 17, 2010... that's tomorrow. Wilson Bridge walking tour The Wilson Bridge Road Planning Project originally focused on the south side of E. Wilson Bridge Rd... Now it includes both sides of High Street.  The tour is from the Community Center to Olentangy Parklands with a bus taking walkers back to the Worthington Community Center. Comfy shoes... a drink, a snack...   Worthington Mall - Foreclosure in Worthington brings hope When Worthington's W. Wilson Bridge Rd. moved W. Wilson Bridge Road - Worthington history   Worthington - October 24, 1938         07/16/2010

Potters Creek Worthington, Ohio   Potters Creek is an upscale subdivision in Worthington which has been pretty active in the real estate market the last several months.  Since the beginning of the year 3 homes have sold in Potters Creek.  The average sales price is $290,683 and the average size is just under 2,900 sq feet.  The approximate price per square foot is $102.50 which is a little lower than the normal cost per square foot in Worthington.  The properties in this Worthington subdivision that have been sold this year have not stayed on the market long averaging only 14 days on market. There are currently 4 houses listed for sale in Potters Creek.  The average list price for active properties in this subdivision is $317,650 for a 3,000 sq ft house.  There are still opportunities t... 07/13/2010

Columbus Ohio 43235 home prices brought to you by Maureen McCabe of Real Living HER Worthington. Home prices are down a little in the Columbus Ohio 43235 ZIP code.  Columbus Ohio 43235 is the West Worthington area.  The graph shows single family home prices in Columbus Ohio 43235 for the past 15 months, through  June 2010.  The average active listing price is down 14% from June 2009 to $277,000.  The average sale price is down 3.5% from June 2009 at $220,000. Columbus Ohio 43235 home prices a market report Average active price $277,000 Average sale price $220,000 Median sale price $209,000 The odd thing is the average price per square foot was $95.  That is lower than it has been in the previous 14 months.  Looking at home sales I don't think it is correct.  I see an averge price per sq... 07/12/2010

Worthington,  Ohio  -  July 10, 1919  Worthington history... On the Worthington Memory Timeline 1919 July 10   - Worthington        "Dr. George T. Harding II purchases the Joyce family summer home east of the village and begins to establish the Harding psychiatric hospital."   An earlier  date  in 1916 the Worthington Memory Timeline -   Columbus and Central Ohio. "Dr. George T. Harding opens a rest home for women on E. 18th Ave., the forerunner of Harding Hospital."  Dr. George T. Harding II was President Warren G. Harding's brother... Worthington Memory has some great old photos of Harding Hospital, the Harding home on E. Dublin Granville Rd. and photos of the Hardings. My favorite?  A photo of the future President Harding making a public address in 1920 from the porch of the Columbus... 07/09/2010