Easton getting another hotel

 

A Continental Real Estate Cos.-led partnership is plunging into hotel development with plans for a 150-room Hampton Inn & Suites next to Easton. Continental's joint venture with RockBridge Capital LLC also has proposed to build a full-service hotel in downtown Pittsburgh.  The partners' Easton venture, Continental Hotel One LLC, expects to get construction started in July, Kass said.

 

Read more at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/06/05/story4.html

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From the 6/29/06 Dispatch:

 

 

Firm’s plan to move riles Gahanna

Alliance Data wants tax incentives from Columbus for Easton building

Thursday, June 29, 2006

Jeffrey Sheban and Dean Narciso

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Plans for one of Gahanna’s largest employers to move to Easton, with incentives from Columbus thrown in, have renewed the debate over regional cooperation.

 

Alliance Data, with 1,900 workers in central Ohio, is asking for tax abatements and other incentives to help pay for construction of a $25 million office building at Easton, Columbus Development Director Mark Barbash said yesterday.

 

The new building would accommodate 529 workers who now work in two locations in Gahanna. It would have room for up to 800 workers, he said.

 

Read More...

 

From Business First of Columbus, 7/3/06:

 

 

Easton luring Alliance Data to shift Gahanna operations to Stelzer Road

City fighting to save 529 jobs, charges company with shopping for relocation incentives

Business First of Columbus - June 30, 2006

by Brian R. Ball

Business First

 

A Dallas-based transaction services provider may consolidate its Gahanna operations in a move to Easton in northeast Columbus.

 

Alliance Data Systems Inc. is seeking tax incentives from Columbus to relocate 529 employees into a 200,000-square-foot office building that would be built off Stelzer Road on the southern edge of the sprawling mixed-use development.

 

But the company could find itself the subject of a tug-of-war because Gahanna plans a fight before losing an employer that contributes $40 million in annual payroll to the suburban city.

 

Read More...

 

From the 7/6/06 Rocky Fork Enterprise:

 

 

City plotting strategy to keep Alliance Data

Thursday, July 6, 2006

By MIRIAM SEGALOFF

Enterprise Staff Writer

 

Faced with losing one of its five largest employers for the second time in three years, Gahanna officials are crafting a strategy to keep Alliance Data Systems Inc. from moving to Columbus.

 

The Texas-based transaction, credit and marketing company has announced plans to move its 549 employees to a new building at the corner of Stelzer Road and Easton Square Place by January 2008.

 

In exchange, the city of Columbus is offering the firm a package of tax incentives that includes 10 years of 100-percent personal property and real estate tax abatements.

 

Read More...

 

Sadly, for Gahanna, capitalism doesn't give a damn about how the move will impact the community of Gahanna.  All the matters is that Alliance's bottom line will look better if they relocate.  Unless Gahanna can provide a counteroffer which will give Alliance equal or greater benefit than relocation, they are as good as gone.  Playing the social card will get them nowhere...

From the 7/29/06 Dispatch:

 

 

APPROVAL FOR EASTON OFFICE BUILDING

Columbus schools to get money despite abatement

Saturday, July 29, 2006

 

The Columbus Board of Education yesterday signed off on a 10-year, 100 percent propertytax abatement for a new office building at Easton.

 

The city of Columbus has agreed to reimburse the district for all the money it would lose because of the abatement for a new 200,000-square-foot office building for Alliance Data Systems.

 

The city needs the school district’s approval if more than 75 percent of the taxes from a development are abated, said Bill Webster, the city’s economic development administrator.

 

Read More...

 

From the 7/27/06 Rocky Fork Enterprise:

 

 

Gahanna loses large employer

Thursday, July 27, 2006

By MIRIAM SEGALOFF

Enterprise Staff Writer

 

Despite the objections of Gahanna officials, the state this week approved the relocation of one of the city's largest employers to Columbus.

 

Alliance Data Systems Inc. announced earlier this month that it plans to move its 549 employees to a new facility, to be built at the corner of Stelzer Road and Easton Square Place, by January 2008.

 

The move will cost Gahanna about $1-million in income tax generated by the company's roughly $40-million local payroll. It is the second time in three years the city has lost one of its five largest employers.

 

Read More...

 

http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2006/08/07/daily20.html 

 

Redesigned Ocean Club opens at Easton

Business First of Columbus - 12:45 PM EDT Thursday

 

The former Ocean Club, now redubbed as Mitchell's Ocean Club, reopened at Easton Town Center Wednesday, sporting a fresh look, a new entrance and a revamped menu.

 

Columbus-based Cameron Mitchell Restaurants LLC opened the restaurant after a four-week shutdown for renovations...

From the 10/19/06 Rocky Fork Enterprise:

 

 

Alliance Data breaks ground at Easton

By RANDY NAVAROLI

Enterprise Staff Writer

 

Alliance Data Systems Inc. has taken its first step toward moving to a new site at Easton, bringing with it as many as 54 new jobs.

 

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman, city council President Matt Habash and representatives of Alliance Data and the developer for the project, The Georgetown Co., were on hand Oct. 12 to break ground for the multimillion dollar project.

 

Earlier this summer, the Texas-based transaction, credit and marketing company announced plans to move its 549 employees to a new building at the corner of Stelzer Road and Easton Square Place by January 2008.

 

Read More...

 

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Oh dear God...

Don't worry Chris, there's still another McDonalds left,  right behind it.

Ugh.

Easton eyes land to grow

 

Easton's master developer hopes to add 1 million square feet of offices at the northeast Columbus complex in the next decade in a proposed community reinvestment area. The reinvestment area and a related development agreement between Columbus and Easton land developer Morso Holding Co. are projected to generate $150 million in projects and create 4,000 jobs over the next 10 years.

 

Legislation to form the 123-acre Easton Square Place Community Reinvestment Area is expected to be introduced July 16 to City Council. A development agreement outlining the availability of 10-year, 100 percent abatements on projects built over the next 20 years is expected to be presented July 23 to council members. That agreement calls for reimbursing Columbus Public Schools for lost property tax revenue through a 50 percent cut of income taxes paid by workers added to the area.

 

Read more at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/07/16/story2.html?page=2&b=1184558400^1490346

What does the general population think about Easton robbing downtown of office space/commercial development?

 

 

I don't think the general population cares.

If we made d/t Columbus denser, why, it would be dark and depressing from all the shadows! And..and...there would be nowhere to park!

 

I think Easton is pretty nice compared to other commercial development but New Albany in general is hideous and bland.

I'm actually just thankful that Easton is inside city limits.  Sure it sucks call center jobs out of downtown, but at least it doesn't suck tax revenue from the city.

That traveling plasticized corpse show is currently doing business out of the empty Compusa space in that big box plaza adjacent to Easton, and there's at least one other empty storefront over there. Every day I try to get it into my widdle head how big box retail survives in this economy, and I just can't.

I'm not pinning that much harsh critism over this. At least the developers are making an effort at better development standards, with an open-air shopping center with interconnected streets, a reasonable grid, wider sidewalks, and more dense developments. Not to say that it is not flawless: it is next to an interstate, a major barrier to pedestrian-friendly development, Morse Road (...), and is on the east side of the city and near exurbia. Many of its buildings are only two stories, and some buildings have no functional upper floors (although many parts do, a big plus) or none at all.

 

I wouldn't mind seeing more residential developments to the tune of dense rowhouses, townhomes, and some 4-5 story condominiums. If it keeps people in the city, the more the better.

 

The developers track record is quite good too: Re: Pullman Square, which has singlehandly helped give downtown Huntington a huge shot in the arm.

I'm actually just thankful that Easton is inside city limits. Sure it sucks call center jobs out of downtown, but at least it doesn't suck tax revenue from the city.

 

And that is what many from outside of Columbus do not understand.

Downtown columbus is having office construction right now, actually, if you look at Class A office space under construction columbus is leading with the sq. ft. underconstruction in its CBD.

 

 

Columbus has office parks all over the city, the same way in which a city like Cleveland had factories sitting next to its residential districts.

 

Also, Columbus' metro has seen a lot of office/retail development outside of the city limits, so as the above poster stated it is good for Columbus to continue to densify the areas between all of the development that happened in the last 30 years.

 

What does the general population think about Easton robbing downtown of office space/commercial development?

 

What would you rather have? Areas of un-used land sitting next to easton and suburban style housing developments? Of course not, its smarter to infill as much as possible and try to keep the development in and around 270 and out of the exurbs of columbus, which is where this development would go if columbus did not permit it around easton. Either to the exurbs or to Arizona, or another country!

 

Also, these days there are few companies leaving downtown for office space outside the CBD. Most of this new office space actually keeps homegrown companies inside columbus. If you want a growing economy in the midwest you have to develope office space all of the metro not just in the CBD, and columbus knows this and that is why Columbus is sucessful. Now lets start to turn all of those Cleveland brownfield sites into office parks and what it's office space and economy grow!

 

An example of a company that stayed in Columbus because of Easton office space is Safe Auto, they outgrew their headquarters and actually moved closer into the central city and built a new headquarters at Easton. The company was looking to expand to Arizona if columbus didnt offer the tax breaks and had plenty of decently cheap land to provide office space.

 

Also, downtown has it's own office development area with the Arena District. Right now there is a company moving its headquarters to downtown from the burbs and building it in the arena district, and some other companies have done the same.

 

So to say that there is a direct connection to building office space at easton and somehow hurting the CBD is actually misleading.

Also, some of these jobs that will be created at Easton do help the central city. Do you actually think that all of the gentrification in Columbus/short north areas is because of downtown workers only? of course NOT!

 

Most of the people living in the short north/german village making high incomes and fixing up homes do not work downtown but around 270. The economic growth around all of columbus is good for downtown, because it means more jobs and more money and more people and higher potential for more downtown/central city residents with good incomes. Economics and creating a thriving central city is not always as direct as just build downtown, its more complex. Columbus knows that and that is why the cities economy grows and downtown condo construction is working out very well.  Its all interconnected.

My issue is, if you want an office park, build an office park. Why try to disguise it as something its not? Its not downtown, its a mall, with an office park and residential and a stripmall across the street from it like so many others. Easton is not why Columbus is successful. Remember if in Chicago, Cleveland or CInicnnati, Easton would be in the suburbs, so its not like Cleveland's metro and Cleveland City doesn't have office construction going on outside the central business district. I'd rather have Easton be in downtown lining real Avenues and occupying downtown office space, creating a more vibrant downtown Columbus, than out in the fields of suburbia. Let em build tract houses and subdivisions out there, its not as if Cbus doesn't have in fill space closer to the city.

Easton isnt that far from downtown actually.  And most of everything between downtown and easton is infilled or getting infilled.  Really 270 isn't that far from downtown, that is why columbus' metro is the most compact in ohio. 

 

The office parks all over columbus and the metro is why columbus is has so many jobs.  Columbus has the largest amount of office space of any city in ohio, office space = jobs in todays economy.  Columbus always has growth so the concept appears to be working.

Well...Columbus has so many jobs because it was great at spotting the Post WWII trend of suburbanization.  The city saw people and jobs leaving center city in droves, so rather than letting the tax base move away, they brought the tax base to them by annexing more land.

 

If we hadn't annexed all of that land, Columbus would be in dire straights just like Cleveland and Cincy.

"Easton isnt that far from downtown actually."

 

8 miles as the crow flies - not much less than Cleveland's Beachwood (9 miles from downtown, an outer-ring 'burb). That's a substantial distance if you ask me.  :|

^I wouldn't call Beachwood "outer-ring" but moreso "mid-ring."

 

But yes, agreed that 8 miles is a substantial distance dealing with the scale of Columbus or Cleveland.  I believe Kenwood Mall is also 8-9 miles from downtown Cincinnati.

Easton isnt that far from downtown actually.  And most of everything between downtown and easton is infilled or getting infilled. 

The east side between easton and downtown isn't as great as your making it out to be. I've seen a lot of deteriorated shopping centers. Unless a drastic change has occured in the past few years.

To scale, this is roughly equivalent to not only Cleveland:Beachwood but also Cleveland:Westlake. So every time a Clevelander complains about Crocker Park or Legacy Village or Eton Collection trying to imitate a "downtown feel", it is approximate to the type of development occurring at Easton (with the aforementioned and very important distinction that Easton development is occurring within Columbus city limits). For other cities, developments occurring 8 miles away from the CBD would be equivalent to San Francisco:Sausalito, Chicago:Oak Park, Indianapolis:Southport, Boston:Quincy or DC:Bethesda ... all well within their respective metro areas but not necessarily considered central to the urban community and not incredibly visible to visitors or newbies.

I got a unique perspective on Easton this past Sunday by driving there from downtown via surface streets (Fourth St. to Fifth Ave. to Cleveland Ave to Westerville Rd to Innis Rd. to Sunbury to Easton Crossing). Much of the journey is amazingly rundown older neighborhoods (Linden), but as you approach Sunbury Road on Innis, and on up Sunbury road to Easton, you definitely see more new housing. A lot of it is crappy Dominion Homes, and you also see corporately named parks (Value City Field, McDonalds Walking/Running Track), but all told, the infill argument holds some water.

Yes, there is infill occuring because of easton.

I know columbus very well and where economic development is occuring all over the city.

 

The infill has been in the model of mostly office parks, random housing developments, some town homes, lots of aparments.

The infill doesnt go east per se, but SOUTH east and west, the direction the above poster drove.  The infill is going south of easton on Stelzer Rd.

Many do not realize the direct connection of how columbus upgrades infrastructure around developing areas and the of more development and job creation.  It is all planned, it doesn't happen by accident.

 

The area that easton occupies was once all township land (and mostly lower income african american townships), if columbus had not annexed the land easton would be filled with one acre yards and ranch houses. That would actually push new office parks and retail out further into exurbs or it wouldnt exist at all. 

 

The land that columbus annexed from the 50s to the 80s was mostly all townships, that is why you can drive in sections of the city and see developments then one random street with 2 acre yards and lots of ranches. 

 

Thank god it was annexed or columbus would have a lot less jobs around 270 and a lot more townships.

 

As easton has developed the development has pushed down Stelzer Rd. toward the airport. 

 

Stelzer rd was a little two lane township rd. 

 

Columbus has seen the trend for development this direction and has now expanded it to 8 lanes all the way to the airport, in essence, opening up the doorway for development all the way from easton to the airport going SW(and easton is really just north of the airport a mile or so) 

 

This is just one example of how columbus uses the initial resources in the area (roads etc) to expand the opportunity for companies to build more offices and create more jobs on what was before a area with little infill and lots of township ranch houses, and all of this new development isnt that far from downtown. 

 

Remember columbus' airport is really close to the central city for a city that is this large now.  That is another benefit of being a medium sized metro gone larger.

 

Easton developers mull housing as option for complex's next phase

Business First of Columbus - by Brian R. Ball

Friday, November 23, 2007

 

The developers of Easton Town Center have housing on their minds as they plan the next phase of the shopping, office and entertainment complex in Columbus.

 

Georgetown Co. is seeking a variance from the city to allow residential uses on nearly 64 acres southwest of the intersection of Morse and Stelzer roads.  About half of that land is undeveloped and the remainder includes portions of the existing Town Center complex, but not the Nordstrom and Macy's department store sites.

 

Its variance request also would raise height limits to 275 feet from 110 feet, according to an application filed with the Department of Development's Division of Building Services.  It also would tie parking spaces set aside for residents to one per bedroom in a housing unit.

 

MORE: http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2007/11/26/newscolumn1.html

It looks like a Tiffany's will be open at Easton by Valentine's Day next year.  Bad news for the wallets of central Ohio men!  Good news for central Ohio women!  :wink:

 

Easton getting Tiffany & Co.

Store will be chain's second in Ohio

Thursday,  February 14, 2008 - 3:23 AM

By Amy Saunders, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Easton Town Center has landed Ohio's second Tiffany & Co. store, as the retail development continues to make way for more luxury tenants.  In November, the jeweler will open a prominent two-story store on the center's square, across from the high-end steakhouse Smith & Wollensky.  The store will be larger than most of Tiffany's 75 stores in the United States, with a design unlike any of its other locations.

 

The opportunity to secure such a prime spot brought Tiffany executives back to Columbus for discussions last year, after they originally considered Easton about six years ago, said Beth Canavan, Tiffany's executive vice president.  Since then, Easton has attracted an increasing number of upscale retailers, replacing tenants such as McDonald's and Virgin Megastore with Coldwater Creek and Crate & Barrel, respectively.

 

Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/02/14/tiffany.ART_ART_02-14-08_C8_2V9BNOU.html?sid=101

Sony Style picks Easton for 1st area store amid influx of high-end retail

 

Easton Town Center is finding interest on the high end of the retail market at a time when value is generally the buzzword merchants and shopping centers are calling for to draw shoppers and boost sales.  Adam Flatto, president of Easton co-developer Georgetown Co., said surveys and store receipts show Easton shoppers want more upscale offerings and big-name, big-ticket retailers are noticing.

 

"Honestly, it took time," he said. "Columbus, frankly, five years ago was not on the radar screen. It has taken some time to build understanding."  The newest additions to the sprawling shopping complex will be Sony Style, a Sony Electronics Inc.-owned electronics store; a Roll cycling shop; and a new LensCrafters Inc. optical store prototype.

 

Read more at http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2008/04/07/story10.html?b=1207540800^1615530

just when you think Easton's retail mix couldn't possibly get any more awesome... they up the ante

Yes, there is infill occuring because of easton.

I know columbus very well and where economic development is occuring all over the city.

 

The infill has been in the model of mostly office parks, random housing developments, some town homes, lots of aparments.

The infill doesnt go east per se, but SOUTH east and west, the direction the above poster drove.  The infill is going south of easton on Stelzer Rd.

Many do not realize the direct connection of how columbus upgrades infrastructure around developing areas and the of more development and job creation.  It is all planned, it doesn't happen by accident.

 

The area that easton occupies was once all township land (and mostly lower income african american townships), if columbus had not annexed the land easton would be filled with one acre yards and ranch houses. That would actually push new office parks and retail out further into exurbs or it wouldnt exist at all. 

 

The land that columbus annexed from the 50s to the 80s was mostly all townships, that is why you can drive in sections of the city and see developments then one random street with 2 acre yards and lots of ranches. 

 

Thank god it was annexed or columbus would have a lot less jobs around 270 and a lot more townships.

 

As easton has developed the development has pushed down Stelzer Rd. toward the airport. 

 

Stelzer rd was a little two lane township rd. 

 

Columbus has seen the trend for development this direction and has now expanded it to 8 lanes all the way to the airport, in essence, opening up the doorway for development all the way from easton to the airport going SW(and easton is really just north of the airport a mile or so) 

 

This is just one example of how columbus uses the initial resources in the area (roads etc) to expand the opportunity for companies to build more offices and create more jobs on what was before a area with little infill and lots of township ranch houses, and all of this new development isnt that far from downtown. 

 

Remember columbus' airport is really close to the central city for a city that is this large now.  That is another benefit of being a medium sized metro gone larger.

 

I'll agree with this. When I was driving some of the "back roads" of Franklin County, especially near the exurbs and within the suburbs, I was noticing a lot of ranch houses with rather large lots -- 1 or 2 acres, with a narrow plat. A horrible, horrible use of land, but at the time, these houses were on the fringe.

 

The development that is replacing them -- while suburban and auto-centric, is much more dense.

 

After looking at an aerial of Eason, I can say that the development is on the right track -- even if it is tacky at times. Many of the developments are near the street's edge or have some elaborate landscaping in front instead of a surface lot. While Easton is surrounded by a sea of surface lots, I see this as opportunity for future expansion -- and that has already been occurring. Some of the surface lots have already been replaced with more retail and offices, and I can see this trend continuing as it becomes more dense. Look for another parking garage eventually.

 

There are also a lot of interconnecting streets. And many of the once-four-lane roads are now two with on-street parking.

 

And talk about econobox!

M/I Homes' huge center rising at Easton aims for passers-by along with serious buyers

Monday, April 21, 2008

By Mike Pramik, THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

M/I Homes Chief Executive Robert Schottenstein was driving through Easton Town Center one day when the idea struck him like a whack from a $1,000 Nordstrom handbag.  "It was a nice, weekend afternoon, and as is typically the case, I can't find a place to park," he said.  "It was like, there are a million people at the mall today, and we've got to bring our stuff here."

 

It took a couple of years to turn that idea into reality.  But in the fall, M/I Homes will unveil at Easton Town Center one of the largest home-design centers in the country, a 10,000-square-foot space it's calling HOME: Ideas and Inspiration by M/I Homes.

 

The design center, HOME: Ideas and Inspiration by M/I Homes, is to open in the fall.

At 10,000 square feet, it will be larger than other design centers in the region.

 

Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/04/21/ZONE0421.ART_ART_04-21-08_C10_8P9V9E0.html?sid=101

Every day I try to get it into my widdle head how big box retail survives in this economy, and I just can't.

 

I'm guessing the city is wooing companies like those just like they do time-warner by spending millions and offering big tax breaks .

 

The city clearly wanted to see Gowdy Field succeed. It gave Time Warner a 75 percent property-tax abatement and a 65 percent job-creation tax credit, breaks that are expected to save the company $4.9 million over 10 years.

 

Further, Columbus has committed more than $4.2 million to infrastructure work, including roadway and utility improvements and construction of a bike path on the property that links to Downtown. The city's contribution includes $780,000 toward cleaning up the site.

 

more

 

When they are offering that to sprawling development outside of Downtown, what company would want to build a location here? And what are they offering to independent businesses Downtown on Gay St, for example, that are pumping life (and money) into the city after five?

I haven't read this info anywhere but I was at Easton yesterday and there is a sign up that Easton is getting a Tiffany's Jewlery store. That should fit in really nice but that means my girl has a new store to spend my money  :laugh:

^Yeah, when Tiffany comes to town, many attached men's wallets take a beating. That store's all marketing.

I haven't read this info anywhere but I was at Easton yesterday and there is a sign up that Easton is getting a Tiffany's Jewlery store. That should fit in really nice but that means my girl has a new store to spend my money  :laugh:

 

Not only that, but I heard Sony will be opening a SonyStyle store in Easton as well! ;)

"^Yeah, when Tiffany comes to town, many attached men's wallets take a beating. That store's all marketing."

 

Bah!

I haven't read this info anywhere but I was at Easton yesterday and there is a sign up that Easton is getting a Tiffany's Jewlery store. That should fit in really nice but that means my girl has a new store to spend my money  :laugh:

 

Not only that, but I heard Sony will be opening a SonyStyle store in Easton as well! ;)

 

Sony isn't what it used to be :(

Club at Easton aiming for mature crowd

Thursday, July 10, 2008

BY MARLA MATZER ROSE

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

 

Easton Town Center has been chosen as the third location for Martini Park, an upscale nightclub aimed at Generation X and baby boomers.  Founder Chris Barish expects his “playground for grownups” to open in early November.  It is under development in the new four-story building at 4030 Easton Station, near the Easton Hilton hotel.

 

“I felt there was truly an unmet need in the marketplace for this,” said Barish, 34, a New York native who previously owned several nightclubs in Las Vegas and New York that cater to a younger demographic.  “At Easton, there are great restaurants and nice bars.  But there's nothing that combines all the elements we have at Martini Park.”

 

 

Read more at http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/07/10/martini_easton.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101

Burberry to open store at Easton

 

 

If the economy has you feeling gloomy, soon you'll be able to buy a nice $1,450 raincoat at Easton Town Center to chase away the clouds.

 

Burberry -- a 152-year-old British luxury brand known for its trench coats and tan plaid accessories -- next year plans to open a 4,280-square-foot store in space formerly occupied by the Sharper Image. Burberry has about 50 U.S. stores; the closest are in Pittsburgh and Indianapolis.

 

The Easton store will be in the same neighborhood as Henri Bendel and Tiffany & Co. The Bendel store is open, and the Tiffany store is set to open next month. Burberry will join them in the spring.

 

The current weak economy doesn't seem to be a concern.

 

"I think these retailers see themselves as being in business not just for the next quarter, but for decades to come," said Adam Flatto, president of Easton co-developer the Georgetown Co. "They know they need to be in the right places to capture business for the next 20 or 30 years, regardless of the current climate."

 

Easton continues to welcome new tenants even as many retailers struggle nationally. The Sharper Image, Bombay & Co. and the Discovery Store are three concepts that have left Easton in the wake of their parent companies' troubles.

 

More here: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2008/10/18/burberry_easton.ART_ART_10-18-08_C14_DNBKQ9U.html?type=rss&cat=&sid=101&title=Burberry+to+open+store+at+Easton

Burberry to open store at Easton

 

 

I'd wear it....only on the ruuunnnwwaayyy

 

Jk.

 

Man, Easton just doesn't stop.

I hate to say it but.....

 

Easton>>>>>>>>

Now if only the city would throw millions at companies to land stores like these in the core like they did to get Time-Warner here.

If only it were that simple...

Now if only the city would throw millions at companies to land stores like these in the core like they did to get Time-Warner here.

 

Hell, the Big Three (or as ColDay calls it - The Trifecta of Terror lol) dominate the city's retail so much in the suburbs that I can't imagine them wanting to go to the city now :( I've always looked at the Short North as Downtown Columbus' retail district.

The funny this is though... the City has thrown millions over the years into the Short North to help make it what it is.

 

Some people are just going to complain no matter what.