Polaris Medical Facility Construction Begins
Surveyors began work this week, marking the boundaries of a new medical facility planned for about four acres of land next to the new Chick-fil-A on Polaris Parkway. Crews also surveyed a portion of the median along Polaris Parkway, where a future traffic signal will provide access to the building on the north side of the street and to a planned Aldi grocery store on the south side.
The planned traffic signal is tied to the construction of the Aldi grocery store on the south side of the street, not the medical building itself.
The project, part of the larger Zumstein development, calls for a 4,050-square-foot medical office building with on-site parking and internal drive access. The single-story facility will serve patients in the growing Polaris corridor and will add to the expanding mix of services in the area.
The proposal was reviewed by the Westerville Planning Commission in July, where staff recommended approval with conditions. Following final approvals and permitting, work on the medical office will move from site preparation to utilities and foundation construction later this year.
With this project, development of the Zumstein North property will be complete. Across Polaris Parkway, the planned Aldi marks the first phase of the larger Zumstein South development, a portion of the corridor that remains mostly undeveloped as longer-term plans continue to take shape.
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