RSS
Twitter
Facebook
YouTube
Snarf wrote >>
Inline skater/hacker/gamer hangout a la Hackers, 1995.
+1
Now that is a kind of place I can get behind!
Columbus Underground Messageboard » General Columbus Discussion
Club Ice is up for Auction - March 5th - 2pm
[63 posts] [32 contributors]
Topic Rating:
(Total Ratings: )
Rate this topic:
Rate this topic:
-
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
Login to Send PM
-
Schoolboy
Columbus
Login to Send PM
with club fire right beside the venue... it will remain less than desireable.
it wasn't the lease that scared a couple of people i knew away, including myself... it was the fact that it didn't actually include club fire like originally thought. the lease is actually a very nice lease. you want a long lease if you plan on running a successfull business. for example, what eventually happened to little brothers.
the auctioneer was not very helpfull either, and didn't return anyone's phone calls who had questions.
in a nutshell, club ice gets all of the press, but club fire is essentially the same venue and not a neighbor anyone wanted to move in beside. if this wasn't trully the case, then perhaps the auctioneer should have returned phone calls to potential bidders.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
Login to Send PM
Ah... didn't know that. Judging from the original description, I thought it included Club Fire as well:
We are selling the business with all equipment and liquor license. There are 6 bars with equipment, Sound Equipment, Flat Screen TV's , Walkin Cooler, Ice Machine, Outdoor Patio with Furniture and more.
When it was the "Long Street Complex" it was 6 different bars, so I assumed that it meant everything was for sale in that spot.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
Login to Send PM
looks like the ol' bait and switch was attempted
why does this not surprise me?
Posted 2 years ago # -
greenhouse1014
Columbus
Login to Send PM
-
Schoolboy
Columbus
Login to Send PM
Walker wrote >>
Ah... didn't know that. Judging from the original description, I thought it included Club Fire as well:We are selling the business with all equipment and liquor license. There are 6 bars with equipment, Sound Equipment, Flat Screen TV's , Walkin Cooler, Ice Machine, Outdoor Patio with Furniture and more.
When it was the "Long Street Complex" it was 6 different bars, so I assumed that it meant everything was for sale in that spot.
true, as did i. guess there are 6 bars alone on the club ice side now. however, will admit that it was never confirmed either way. maybe it did all go together, but this was the talk at the auction and from those that were originally interested.
Posted 2 years ago # -
greenhouse1014
Columbus
Login to Send PM
I still want this place.
Posted 2 years ago # -
columbusyuppie
Clintonville
Login to Send PM
greenhouse I do too man! I really want to live in The Jack as well. Ugh I'm so impatient. lol This place can be marketed in so many different ways!
Posted 2 years ago # -
DCist
UA
Login to Send PM
The liquor license is in limbo, so that makes it extremely undesirable for a bar! But I'd love to see the space used, and I think if anyone can do it, it would be Elizabeth Lessner! I love the Carib-themed restaurant, or maybe authentic Cuban? Being from FL its the thing I miss the most!
Posted 2 years ago # -
Rockmastermike
CORNspiracy HQ
Login to Send PM
-
somertimeoh
Harrison West
Login to Send PM
Walker wrote >>
Ah... didn't know that. Judging from the original description, I thought it included Club Fire as well:We are selling the business with all equipment and liquor license. There are 6 bars with equipment, Sound Equipment, Flat Screen TV's , Walkin Cooler, Ice Machine, Outdoor Patio with Furniture and more.
When it was the "Long Street Complex" it was 6 different bars, so I assumed that it meant everything was for sale in that spot.
It was mentioned earlier in the thread so I assumed you knew that too. That's why I said if you wiped the slate clean I would agree with you. As is, the stigma against the block with these businesses is too much to overcome for my little brain.
Posted 2 years ago # -
labi
Weinland Park
Login to Send PM
DCist wrote >>
The liquor license is in limboWhen I saw that there had been no bidders, I assumed that the liquor license status was the reason. It's the business that's for sale, right? So the value with a liq license is substantially different than the value without one, and there's no predicting whether there will be one or not by the time the sale closes. So who would bid under those circumstances? Am I understanding this correctly?
Posted 2 years ago # -
daveshow07
OSU
Login to Send PM
I would love to open a venue for large EDM acts to come play. BOMA is a great bar and can draw big talent but it's obvious that they don't do it for the music. Every time I've gone there the artist is cut-off at 2:15 even though they and the audience want to go for at least another hour or two... If it was opened up a bit it could fill the void. To me, that's really the ideal way to convert this space with minimal renovations and something extra to offer beyond that of club fire. I'd love to go after this space, but I haven't the time to dedicate to it due to school and whatnot. But hey if whoever does end up buying it needs an Electro/Trance/Dubstep DJ, I'm your guy :) I'd even do it gratis :)
Posted 2 years ago # -
News
Columbus Underground
Login to Send PM
Former nightclub owner charged with fraud in $3.6 million bank-loan scheme
By Kathy Lynn Gray
The Columbus Dispatch
Friday May 25, 2012 4:41 AMA federal grand jury has accused a Reynoldsburg man of defrauding lenders of $3.6 million in mortgage loans involving 23 Columbus properties. The seven-count U.S. District Court indictment says that Kevin D. Hightower, 44, bought the properties as a group, then recruited shell buyers to purchase them using fraudulent down payments and false loan information. Hightower took kickbacks and received “substantial sums of money” at closings, the indictment says.
Hightower is the former owner of Club Ice, a hip-hop club at 40 E. Long St. Downtown.
Posted 10 hours ago #
You must log in to post.
Launched in August 2010, TheMetropreneur.com is a local online resource devoted to small business development and entrepreneurship. Its aim is to tell the stories of Central Ohio's business community, foster regional economic development and assist entrepreneurs with its resource-heavy focus.