joshlapp
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rus said:
Which is why I like visible parking; no problem with knowledge of it's availability.To those who hate visible parking, what's the answer? Should people never visit areas they're not familiar with?
It need not actually be visible. Easton does a great job of directing you to parking without putting it right in front of you.
rus
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joshlapp said:
It need not actually be visible. Easton does a great job of directing you to parking without putting it right in front of you.
Kinda hard to miss the parking garage, though.
Some signage might be useful if the aforementioned church parking lot was used, for instance.
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joshlapp said:
It need not actually be visible. Easton does a great job of directing you to parking without putting it right in front of you.
I'm pretty sure the parking is entirely visible at Easton. 90% of it is accessed by driving through a surface lot. and you gotta drive past a garage or two if you're getting off the highway.
As for disguised parking, check out creekside development in Gahanna.
NEOBuckeye
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Demolish the building and convert the block into multi-level mixed-use. More retail and restaurants along Fifth and Grandview, apartments on top, parking in the rear. The alley behind the current building could become something quite attractive also.
GCrites80s
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Cincinnati has those $1 Park signs all over the place that do a good job of steering people to parking.
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Giant Eagle on Fifth Avenue sold ahead of Grandview Yard opening
Business First by Brian R. Ball, Staff reporter
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2012, 2:35pm EST
The Giant Eagle serving Grandview Heights has been sold to an affiliate of the Kohr Royer Griffith real estate firm. But what happens to the 67,000-square-foot property at 1451 W. Fifth Ave. in Columbus once the Pittsburgh-based grocer moves to Grandview Yard next year remains unknown.
READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/blog/2012/12/giant-eagle-on-fifth-avenue-sold-ahead.html
Analogue Kid
Olentangy West
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^One major problem shown in the article was the fact that GE still has 5 years left on the lease. They may opt to keep it going in order to prevent a competitor from moving into the location. It may be 2018 before we see anything new there.
NEOBuckeye
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Analogue Kid said:
^One major problem shown in the article was the fact that GE still has 5 years left on the lease. They may opt to keep it going in order to prevent a competitor from moving into the location. It may be 2018 before we see anything new there.
What other direct GE competitor could really move into that space? Krogers already has a larger store nearby on Northwest Ave. And it's way too small of a space for the typical Meijers or Wal-Mart Supercenter.
Seems like it would be very counterproductive to keep both stores going when they are so close, even if it would be more convenient for the people who live within walking distance of the Fifth Ave location.
futureman
Grandview Heights
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They don't have to keep it open, they could close it and continue to make payments to fulfill the lease agreement. It's not unheard of, and if I'm not mistaken Giant Eagle is still paying the lease for the former Big Bear Plus at Mill Run.
Side note, the parking lot is done at the new site and the trees are in. The actual building hasn't started, but the infrastructure looks to be done.
GCrites80s
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Giant Eagle might be able to sub it out, too.
tonloc620
Grandview Heights
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I have heard from a very reliable source that Giant Eagle has not plans to move out of the fifth ave location. However, I don't have any information on what they plan to do with the space. Giant Eagle lease on that space does not expire for many years. They might just sit on it so another grocer doesn't move in or they might scale it down to an express store.
I would like to see the building come down and something higher and closer to the corner be built but I doubt that is going to happen because Giant Eagle doesn't own the building, it's owned by Kohr Royer Griffith and we all know what a great job they did with the Walgreens across the street.
cmhcow
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The sad fact of the matter is the once again, Columbus gets a substandard development. Phase I of Granview Yard is reasonable, but the suburban style big box/out parcel design of the Giant Eagle site is not. Go look at Penn Circle South in Pittsburgh's East Liberty. This mature community was able to accommodate big box retail in an urban friendly design. They even have a two story Target on Penn Avenue http://www.eastliberty.org/post/target-east-liberty-construction-complete. They have many well known retailers - Trek, Walgreen's, Borders (before the chain blew up), PNC Bank, Whole Foods, Starbucks - all well known retailers. This phase of the development smacks of "well, it's only Columbus."
NEOBuckeye
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Giant Eagle will end Foodperks grocery rewards program
Giant Eagle is offering more gasoline discounts to its loyalty cardholders but discontinuing its Foodperks program this month.
In a letter sent to some customers, CEO Laura Karet said customer feedback indicated that the Foodperks program, begun in 2009, was "a little too complex." It offered a 1 percent discount on grocery purchases for every 10 gallons of gasoline purchased by cardholders at the chain's GetGo convenience stores.
The last day to earn Foodperks will be Feb. 13 and discounts must be redeemed by May 31, the letter said.
The chain's popular Fuelperks program, which typically offers a 10-cents-per-gallon discount on gas for every $50 spent at Giant Eagle stores, will remain. It will be augmented by a 3-cent discount on gas for Giant Eagle Advantage Card holders on occasions when they don't use Fuelperks, starting Thursday.
susank
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They are smart to concentrate on the winner. Gas perks is where its at, never bought more gas to get food perks. ;)
It is pretty impressive how effective this campaign has been. One effect of high gas prices has been how many trips we make and where we shop for groceries.
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