Central Ohio is not expanding evenly. Growth is following specific corridors — west and northwest of Columbus, where land, infrastructure and employers are converging at a pace the region has not seen in decades. Two new Schottenstein Real Estate developments sit squarely in that path.
Jerome Summit and Madison Gateway are both now listed as Coming Soon. Together they represent 600 acres of planned mixed-use development, and both are built on the same premise: that the next phase of Central Ohio growth needs places where people can live, work and shop without treating each as a separate trip.
Jerome Summit — 350 acres in Union County
Jerome Summit is a 350-acre mixed-use development in Jerome Township, Union County, planned to combine office, retail, industrial, high-tech and multifamily space.
Union County sits at the center of the region’s northwest growth story. Columbus Business First has reported on Jerome Township and Union County partnering with Schottenstein Real Estate on a major innovation district, and separately on the company’s plans to bring more than 2,000 residential units to Central Ohio’s Northwest Corridor.
The scale is the point. A 350-acre site is large enough to plan as a district rather than a subdivision — to place employment, retail and housing in deliberate relation to one another instead of leaving that to whoever develops the next parcel over.
Follow Jerome Summit’s progress.
Madison Gateway — 250 acres in Madison County
Madison Gateway is a 250-acre mixed-use development in Madison County, planned with the same mix: office, retail, industrial, high-tech and multifamily.
Madison County is the quieter half of this story, and deliberately so. It sits west of the Jerome Township corridor, along the same line of growth, at the stage Union County was at a few years ago. Getting there early is what makes a project of this scale possible at all.
Follow Madison Gateway’s progress.
Why mixed-use, and why now
Both developments share a structure worth spelling out, because “mixed-use” has become a term people nod at without unpacking.
Putting office, retail, industrial and residential space on one master-planned site changes what the site can absorb. Employers get workforce housing within reach. Residents get somewhere to go that is not a drive away. Retail gets two customer bases — the people who live there and the people who work there — rather than depending on passing traffic.
That only works at scale, and only if it is planned from the start. Retrofitting it into an existing suburb is close to impossible, which is why 350- and 250-acre sites in the path of growth matter more than their acreage suggests.
What comes next
Both projects are in the planning stage, and we will publish details — site plans, phasing, timelines and residential offerings — as they are confirmed.
In the meantime, both have a home on the site where progress will be posted first: Jerome Summit, Jerome Township, Union County, and Madison Gateway, Madison County.
You can see the full portfolio, including communities now open and leasing, on our Developments page.