A Columbus Downtown Commission vote on Sept. 22 cleared the design for One Twenty Vine, a 242-apartment development planned for a gravel parking lot in the Arena District. Nationwide Realty Investors, the real estate development arm of Nationwide Insurance, plans to build the project at 154 Vine St., between Kilbourne and Armstrong streets. The site would be renumbered 120 Vine St. after nine parcels and parts of nearby public right-of-way are consolidated. The plan calls for two seven-story buildings, with five wood-framed floors above a two-story base. The development would have no retail space. Plans include a leasing office, fitness center and resident lounge, as well as a shared courtyard and pool deck between the buildings. The project would provide 56 enclosed parking spaces and 10 bicycle spaces. A third-floor skywalk would connect the development to the neighboring Kilbourne Garage. The buildings’ layout also accounts for a high-voltage utility line crossing the property, according to Nationwide Realty Investors President Brian Ellis, who presented the plan to commissioners. The site slopes about one story from northeast to southwest. Designers proposed a split-level entrance on Armstrong Street to work with the grade, making the buildings appear six stories tall at one corner and seven at another. Exterior materials would include brick and stone on lower floors, with bronze-colored fiber-cement panels and siding above. One Twenty Vine would extend the company’s redevelopment of property once owned by building supplier Hamilton Parker, which moved to its current Leonard Avenue headquarters in 2000. Nationwide Realty opened the adjacent Two Twenty Vine, a 124-unit apartment building, last year. Columbus’ downtown plan calls for high-density housing and sets a goal of 40,000 downtown residents by 2040. The project replaces a surface lot currently used for public parking, part of a broader city effort to convert downtown parking sites to denser development. Commission member Bob Loversidge welcomed the change before the vote, saying he was glad to see another parking lot go. The design approval does not authorize construction; the development still needs construction permits. The submitted plans did not specify when work would begin.