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dubdave00
Dublin
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It sucks but I will give the city credit for admitting (although quietly) over two years ago that it was a bad move. I do feel bad for the business owners who were likely promised more.

The "Shoppes" development aside, Dublin has done a lot of work over the past three to four years to plan a new, mixed-use bridge street corridor from 270 to Sawmill. I don't think many other suburbs are in that position. The plan looks great. I just hope they go about the execution progressively yet cautiously. They're talking about it being a 20 year plan, which is better in my opinion. I'd hate to see it turn out like Creekside.

Posted 4 months ago #
alexs
Limestone bluffs of the Scioto
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Dublin long-range planning page:

http://www.dublin.oh.us/planning/

Posted 4 months ago #
futureman
Grandview Heights
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...and another article about the development.

Dublin to let Shoppes at River Ridge get more-visible signs
Business First by Dan Eaton, Staff reporter
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012, 11:03am EST

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First up will be the hillside sign facing Riverside. Phillabaum said Mast wants a bigger sign with a different color scheme, both of which will be allowable under the new code.

The bigger changes may come inside the nearly 15-acre shopping center.

“The center has a specific sign plan (right now) that has a more traditional, historic feel,” Phillabaum said.

Current tenant signs are on the buildings and are illuminated with gooseneck lights that shine down on them. Proposed code changes would allow signs to have internal illumination and give tenants a wider color palette, which should help with visibility.

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2012/01/dublin-to-let-shoppes-at-river-ridge.html

Posted 4 months ago #
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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dubdave00 said:
The "Shoppes" development aside, Dublin has done a lot of work over the past three to four years to plan a new, mixed-use bridge street corridor from 270 to Sawmill. I don't think many other suburbs are in that position. The plan looks great. I just hope they go about the execution progressively yet cautiously. They're talking about it being a 20 year plan, which is better in my opinion. I'd hate to see it turn out like Creekside.

I have an interview scheduled 2 weeks with some of the folks in Dublin's Economic Development Department to discuss the plan. Let me know if anyone has questions for them about it. ;)

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gramarye
In Exile
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Question 1: Why did an economic development agency choose the acronym DEDD? 8-)

Posted 4 months ago #
Mister Shifter
Lewis Center
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futureman said:
...and another article about the development.

Dublin to let Shoppes at River Ridge get more-visible signs
Business First by Dan Eaton, Staff reporter
Date: Friday, January 13, 2012, 11:03am EST

(...)

First up will be the hillside sign facing Riverside. Phillabaum said Mast wants a bigger sign with a different color scheme, both of which will be allowable under the new code.

The bigger changes may come inside the nearly 15-acre shopping center.

“The center has a specific sign plan (right now) that has a more traditional, historic feel,” Phillabaum said.

Current tenant signs are on the buildings and are illuminated with gooseneck lights that shine down on them. Proposed code changes would allow signs to have internal illumination and give tenants a wider color palette, which should help with visibility.

READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2012/01/dublin-to-let-shoppes-at-river-ridge.html

At some point you need to quit worrying about "historic feel" and get some signage that will attract passerby's or else you're going to be sitting on a historic graveyard. Currently, I think most people drive by unaware that anything is really there. It all looks very anonymous.

Posted 4 months ago #
vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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I think it needs a Just For Feet.

Posted 4 months ago #
johnwirtz
Evanston, IL
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Mister Shifter said:
At some point you need to quit worrying about "historic feel" and get some signage that will attract passerby's or else you're going to be sitting on a historic graveyard. Currently, I think most people drive by unaware that anything is really there. It all looks very anonymous.

I've noticed the same thing at Avery & 161, but that area is doing just fine. I think the market is just over-saturated with retail in this area.

Posted 4 months ago #