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Downtown Gahanna reborn at Creekside
Saturday, May 3, 2008
BY GAIL MARTINEAU
Gahanna is celebrating the rebirth of its original downtown with the formal opening of the city’s multimillion-dollar Creekside project.
The mixed-use development features 100,000 square feet of retail and office space, 71 loft condominiums and an underground parking garage.
Gahanna Development Director Sadicka White said she’s ecstatic over the completion of the project, which also includes public plazas, waterfalls, a lagoon and an outdoor stage.
“It has come from an idea, from a vision, to a reality,” White said. “It’s a new and vibrant experience for Creekside that is just the beginning of our downtown.”
Through Sunday, patrons can take part in a grand-opening celebration featuring live music, paddleboat rides and garden tours, according to CreeksideGahanna.com.
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my sister is getting married there in oct. they live just down the road.
Can I come.
Creekside is a 30 minute bike ride from IV.
Tons of photos in this article:
Thursday, May 8, 2008
By TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI
State and local officials and private enterprise joined together Thursday, May 1, to celebrate Creekside, a project that was 10 years in the making.
Creekside features 100,000 square feet of retail and office space, 71 condominiums and 35,000 square feet of public and parking space. A private dedication ceremony was held last Thursday to celebrate the grand opening.
Other activities were held throughout the weekend, including a public dedication on Saturday, live music, children’s activities and the inaugural Parks and Recreation Foundation gala on Saturday.
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A few popping up on flickr too:
http://flickr.com/search/?q=creekside%20gahanna
I’ll bet by the end of the summer there will be plenty of photos uploaded of this development. Very photogenic.
Craig Decker’s approach to wine is as laid back as his jeans-and-T-shirt business attire. And while he’s making sure everything’s ready when his second Wine Guy Wine Shop, Wine Bar and Bistro opens in Gahanna’s Creekside project early next month, he’s not sweating it.
He’s expanding the number of bottles for sale from 2,400 to 2,700, and he and chef Scott Anderson have some new ideas for the bistro menu. But the hours aren’t likely to change from his current noon to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and noon to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
BY JIM WOODS
Gahanna’s government will end up paying $16.5 million for its share of the Creekside development, $6 million more than originally planned.
Creekside is a public-private partnership with Stonehenge Company to build stores, offices, condominiums and a public park along Mill Street. The project, which recently had its grand opening, has been winning raves and national awards.
Last night’s City Council meeting, though, offered some criticism for the costs incurred.
The City Council paid one of the project’s final bills, $380,476 to remove unstable soil at the site. The council will vote later on two more bills — $96,037 to reconfigure a stage area and $156,261 more for a pond pump room.
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Columbusite photos!
http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,16873.0/topicseen.html
:D
Walker,
It looks like you are the only person concerned about this project. oh well, keep posting. Me and Andrew Hall went on a date to Creekside, I give it an A- and a cyclist thumbs up!
“Concerned”?
Just posting some news and links, dude. Glad you’re reading them.
“Concerned”?
Just posting some news and links, dude. Glad you’re reading them.
Exactly my point, you are the only person doing so. I have enjoyed reading them.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
By TARA STUBBS FIGURSKI
The first new business to open its doors in the Creekside development was the first business to close its doors. On Sept. 28, Seekers sold its last cup of coffee.
“It actually came down to the bank shutting us down,” owner Michael Rowley said. “It has just been a struggle. It is all over. It wasn’t just us; it is the market in general.”
Rowley said he was a little disappointed in the lack of the support in Gahanna.
“We expected a little more,” he said. “It is very inconsistent there. It is difficult to nail the inconsistency down to anything in particular.”
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Does anyone know what the take-up has been of both the residential units and office space at Creekside? I’m wondering if the cafe was lacking the built-in demand that a fully occupied development would provide.
Monday, December 22, 2008
BY TARA STUBBS-FIGURSKI
Unfortunate fluke or disturbing pattern? The people behind downtown Gahanna’s Creekside project probably are starting to wonder.
Two months ago, Seekers Coffee House, the first business to set up shop in the mixed-use development, became the first to shut down.
Now, the Shoppes of Portobello Row, the second business to open at Creekside, has become the second to close.
“There wasn’t enough traffic,” owner Charles Cunningham said. “If there wasn’t an event there, there just weren’t a whole lot of people down there.”
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I was working around Gahanna a couple weeks ago, and we stopped for lunch at Old Bag of Nails at Creekside. It’s a nice-looking development, love the walkway along the creek, but it didn’t seem to have much life when we were there. Now, granted, it was a weekday afternoon in cruddy, rainy weather. But the week before Christmas you’d expect to see at least some shoppers.
I can only say something about the coffeeshop. It felt like a Kittles furniture show room and there was a table with a bunch of beads, it was just weird. Not an attractive coffeeshop vibe, so I can’t say I’m at all surprised they closed.
That’s a super nice looking area all sorts of sexy!
The parking at Creekside is a big mess. One of the reasons Seekers couldn’t float was that there wasn’t really anywhere to park if you wanted to run in, get a cup-o-joe and a snack, and head back out. Except for the few streetside slots, you really had to park on a sidestreet or under the buildings to stay….
Residential occupancy isn’t going well, either…
If you can hold an 18mph pace through traffic and stoplights, then yes it is!
There’s a bike path along 670 that you could probably take most of the way… but yeah… you’d have to be hauling ass to get there in 30 minutes.
There’s a bike path along 670 that you could probably take most of the way… but yeah… you’d have to be hauling ass to get there in 30 minutes.
This is a recent discussion from YB on the 670 trail, including trails/routes to Gahanna.