Hackman Capital - 226 North Fifth Street Carrier Hotel
Status: Operational | Location: 226 North Fifth Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, USA
Project Overview
Originally constructed in 1918 as the historic headquarters for the Central Ohio Paper Company, the 139,000-square-foot property at 226 North Fifth Street has been extensively reimagined and structurally retrofitted by Hackman Capital Partners. Located in downtown Columbus, this multi-tenant carrier hotel serves as an essential interconnection point and telecom nexus for the Midwest digital corridor. By combining its original rugged industrial architecture with modern mission-critical support components, the building provides specialized, adaptive office suites and heavily fortified colocation shells ranging from 4,378 up to 28,393 square feet. The strategic value of 226 North Fifth Street centers on its position inside the AT&T downtown zero-mile local loop, making it a natural magnet for major global network operators, internet service providers, and cloud transit networks. The building functions as a multi-tenant tech hub, housing distinct, independently operated data center facilities under one roof, including Lumen Technologies (Suites 100 and 150), WOW! Business/E Solutions, and the primary point-of-presence for ICS. The interior space features 26,000 square feet of optimized raised-floor data halls, with pre-approved structural scaling pathways to expand up to 52,000 square feet as tenant density warrants. To support continuous network uptime, the property features specialized roof rights with a completely unobstructed line of sight to the north, east, and west, allowing tenants to mount complex satellite arrays, point-to-point microwave antennas, and wireless carrier systems. By maintaining rigorous, audit-ready building compliance controls like SSAE 16 Type II and PCI DSS, the facility effectively bridges vintage industrial stability with modern high-capacity transcontinental routing arrays.
Quick Facts
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| Project Name | Hackman Capital - 226 North Fifth Street Carrier Hotel |
| Location | 226 North Fifth Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, USA |
| Status | Operational |
| Commissioning | H1 2002 (Converted and retrofitted for technology infrastructure) |
| Total IT Load | 1.5 MW |
| Total Capacity | 1.5 MW (Multi-tenant aggregate capacity supporting several colocation suites) |
| Tier Level | Tier III Equivalent Infrastructure (Tenant dependent) |
| Project Type | Multi-Tenant Carrier Hotel & Telecom Interconnection Hub |
City Profile
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| City Name | Columbus |
| Population | Approximately 900,000 (2023 estimate) |
| Urban Agglomeration | Around 2.1 million (metro area) |
| City GDP | Approximately $85 billion |
| Per Capita Income | About $33,000 (2022 estimate) |
| City Tier | Tier 2 city (based on size, economic strength, and development) |
| Key Strengths | Education and Research: Home to Ohio State University, one of the largest universities in the U.S. |
Companies Involved
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| Developer / Operator | Hackman Capital Partners (Building Owner/Landlord) |
| Strategic Infrastructure Partner | Lumen Technologies, WOW! Business, Integrated Communications Services (ICS), American Electric Power (AEP Ohio) |
| Construction Contractor | Local Adaptive-Reuse & Mission-Critical General Contractors |
| MEP Engineering | Hackman Structural Engineers & Tenant Facilities Engineering Divisions |
| Network Connectivity | On-net entry to Lumen Backbone, AT&T Local Loop, WOW! Telecom network, ICS Main POP, and extensive long-haul fiber pathways. |
| Power Infrastructure | Multiple diverse utility feeds routed straight into centralized interior building switchgear with isolated tenant sub-metering configurations. |
Technical Specifications
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| Power Capacity | 1.5 MW aggregate critical building service load |
| UPS Redundancy | Tenant-specific distributed layouts (e.g., WOW! deploys true online 150 kVA Uninterruptible Power Supplies with full site TVSS filtering) |
| Cooling System | Multiple localized multi-ton precision HVAC air-handling units (including thirteen 20-ton arrays configured for N+1 redundancy in dedicated suites). |
| Connectivity | Carrier-dense building structure featuring a specialized, multi-carrier Meet-Me-Room (MMR) where all tenant cross-connects and long-haul links converge. |
| PUE Target | 1.50 |
| Energy Mix | Pulled straight from the standard urban grid energy portfolio provided by AEP Ohio. |
Milestones
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| Announcement | Q2 2000 |
| Construction Start | Q4 2000 (Initial mechanical, electrical, and structural reinforcement works) |
| Phase 1 Go-Live | H1 2002 |
| Full Buildout | H2 2014 (Integration of subsequent multi-suite telecom expansions and fiber entries) |
Investment Details
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| Total Investment | $18,500,000 (Estimated historical acquisition and phased multi-tenant mechanical retrofit costs) |
| Funding | Private equity capital, institutional real estate development lines, and long-term tenant-backed lease assets. |