May 12, 20178 yr Where does Crate and Barrel go? It is still there, just off camera and to the right.
May 12, 20178 yr When Saks dropped out of the deal the development team realized they had no way to fill such a large retail space, so they reconfigured the space to include the plaza. Does anyone know if the Whole Foods 365 has opened yet?
May 12, 20178 yr They cut out a chunk of the building to create that plaza. The building used to be flush all the way across the front but they removed a huge chunk in the middle centered on the tower to create that plaza (and also reduce square footage since they were having leasing problems but they'll likely never make that claim publicly). Ahh... I see. I remember now. Here's an aerial image showing the earlier layout before the cutout. Here is the latest layout:
May 12, 20178 yr That also gets you more of a mix of outside entry-tenants and inside-entry. Outside-entrys do crappy when the weather is crappy (including hot) and inside one do crappy when the weather's nice.
May 12, 20178 yr ^I think the second floor outside terraces will be nice for the restaurants that open there. The view out over the parking lot isn't much to look at, but being elevated a floor away from the parking will make it a much nicer space.
May 13, 20178 yr When Saks dropped out of the deal the development team realized they had no way to fill such a large retail space, so they reconfigured the space to include the plaza. Does anyone know if the Whole Foods 365 has opened yet? Whole Foods 365 is 100% complete but corporate has decided to mothball it for now. I just know they could start stocking food tomorrow if they wanted.
May 13, 20178 yr FWIW, the Kenwood location appears to have been removed from 365's website... It was previously featured in the 'coming soon' section but is no longer there. Toledo has also been delayed until 2018, but is still listed. https://www.365bywholefoods.com/stores
May 15, 20178 yr It's part of the larger issue of Whole Foods just stagnating: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/business/dealbook/whole-foods-board.html
May 15, 20178 yr Kroger is murdering them with its own organics. Whole Foods had to be so specific with where they could put their locations as compared to Kroger. If there were any hillbillies within a 10 mile radius a Whole Foods couldn't make it.
May 23, 20196 yr Couple updates on this place. All the signs are up for the most part for both the Whole Foods Market as well as the Envision Cinemas that was announced a few years back. So I would venture to say both will be open in the coming weeks/months. https://www.wcpo.com/money/local-business-news/whole-foods-market-could-open-this-summer-at-kenwood-collection https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2017/10/25/kenwood-collection-add-movie-theater/799939001/
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