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A vacant lot at the corner of Central Avenue and National Road that used to house a Kroger supermarket has been sold to an Indianapolis-based company that plans to convert the grocery store building into a self storage facility.<\/p>\n
On March 2, Tiptonia Partners LLC, located at 6440 Westfield Blvd. in Indianapolis, purchased the property for $3.6 million, nearly five months after the Columbus Board of Zoning Appeals approved the use of the property for a self storage facility, according to city and county records.<\/p>\n
In a conditional use application filed with the Columbus Planning Department on Sept. 22, Tiptonia Partners requested permission to “allow the existing structure formerly used as a ‘Kroger’ to be converted to a fully enclosed and self-contained self storage facility.”<\/p>\n
Renderings of the proposed storage facility attached to the application show a two-story ExtraSpace Storage facility with a drive-thru entrance on what appears to be on the east side of the former grocery store along Central Avenue.<\/p>\n
The application also includes plans to divide the parking lot on the north side of the site into two additional lots that could end up being sold off.<\/p>\n