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ADU / accessory dwelling in Brewery District

Brewery District is Columbus's pre-prohibition brick brewery + warehouse (1860-1910) submarket. The Brewery District is anchored by pre-Prohibition brewery shells from Hoster, Schlee, and August Wagner, and most residential stock here is heavy-timber loft conversion still bound by Brewery District Commission design review.

Brewery District cost range
$195K$825K
typical mid-complexity
Permit authority
Columbus Department of Building & Zoning Services (BZS) + Brewery District Commission
12-18 weeks (BZS); 16-24 weeks if Brewery District Commission review
Typical home size
1,000-2,400 sqft loft; 1,400-2,800 sqft Italianate
Borough · ZIP
Columbus
43206
Brewery District Commission Certificate of Appropriateness for exteriorColumbus City Code Title 33 — Brewery District overlayHeavy-timber + URM masonry — seismic anchorage on remodel triggersOhio Lead Hazard rules pre-1978 stockFrost-line footing 32 inches per OBC 4101

What a adu / accessory dwelling project looks like here

The Brewery District is anchored by pre-Prohibition brewery shells from Hoster, Schlee, and August Wagner, and most residential stock here is heavy-timber loft conversion still bound by Brewery District Commission design review.

Original unreinforced brick masonry party walls require a sealed engineering letter for any new wall openings or floor-load changes.

Italianate row stock on Front Street typically retains horsehair plaster, knob-and-tube wiring, and original yellow-pine flooring as common scope items on a full remodel.

Columbus ADUs — detached, attached, and conversion paths — scoped against Columbus BZS + Ohio OBC 4101 + 2018 IBC setback + height + parking variances. In Brewery District specifically, pre-prohibition brick brewery + warehouse (1860-1910) stock means adu / accessory dwelling scope is shaped by the neighborhood's dominant construction typology. Baily's Columbus scoping flow factors brewery district commission certificate of appropriateness for exterior and columbus city code title 33 into the estimate before a contractor is involved.

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Pre-seeded for adu / accessory dwelling in Brewery District. Mention your 1,000-2,400 sqft loft, your timeline, and any known constraints — Baily factors the columbus department of building & zoning services (bzs) + brewery district commission review queue into the scope.

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