COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A Columbus high-rise that once buzzed with Nationwide office workers could soon become the city’s newest housing development.
Nationwide Realty Investors, the real estate development affiliate of Nationwide Insurance, may soon transform part of the company’s former Downtown headquarters into housing. A preliminary site plan has been submitted to the city for 280 N. High St., an 18-story office building constructed in 192 and once known as Two Nationwide Plaza.
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The site plan, which outlines minor landscaping updates along High and Chestnut streets but doesn’t detail how many apartments could be yielded from the building’s conversion, is set to go before the Downtown Commission on Tuesday.
Earlier this year, Nationwide began reviewing its real estate holdings to identify which might be viable for housing, amid Columbus’ housing shortage. In a move aligning with that goal, the property deed for 280 N. High St. was transferred to Realty Investors in March. The building also once housed Morton’s Steakhouse, which closed in 2009 after nearly three decades…