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beersie1
Weinland Park
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This is sort of random, but I'd love a neighborhood bowling alley! (the building may not be right for this at all, can't quite remember the size/layout)
I've been to a couple walkable bowling alley/pubs in Chicago and I think it's such a great concept.
Both were in historical buildings (one was an art deco themed).
I love bowling with friends but it seems the alley's are always in the burbs...and then figuring out who's the dd, etc...it gets too complicated.Just my two cents!
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myliftkk
Columbus, OH
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Pro Se wrote >>
The Dispatch reported yesterday that the Yankee Trader will be moving from their North High Street location. Some have suggested a boutique hotel for the site given its proximity to the Convention Center. How would you prefer the building be used going forward?Are they selling the building, or is the space coming open for usage?
Posted 1 year ago # -
Pro Se
OTE-Franklin Park
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@ beersie1: A bowling alley would be really cool. Went to an upscale urban bowling alley/boccie ball bar in Chicago over the weekend.
@ myliftkk: According to the article, the owners plan to sell the building but not the business. It has been previously listed through CB Richard Ellis without success.
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somebuckeye
Franklinton
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beersie1 wrote >>
I love bowling with friends but it seems the alley's are always in the burbs...and then figuring out who's the dd, etc...it gets too complicated.
Is that place big enough for a bowling alley? I haven't been there since I was a kid. There's a bowling alley at momo in University Village, but they're not full sized lanes. lame. I have also bowled downtown at two "secret" bowling alleys. There's one in the basement of the Athletic Club, and there was one at the Salesian Center (closed). They were pretty warped and I think small as well, but it was cool to bowl downtown!
I would love a close bowling option that didn't suck to fill the void from when Fiesta closed. I usually go to stardust in Grove City, but that's pretty far. Also, I'm not good at bowling.
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mbeaumont
Italian Village
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Link to the Dispatch article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/business/stories/2010/08/18/isthepartyover.html?sid=101
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Manatee
The eternal present
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It's kinda crazy no one wanted the option to do it up as a boutique hotel. I wonder what the history of that building is. I can totally see it as an Old-West-style kind of inn, with the central area used as a bar, a piano somwheres about, lace curtains and sawdust on the floor. The staircase leading to the second floor has always caught my imagination, seems like it could go up to some nice accomodations with brass bedsteads and vanity stands with pitchers of water for washing your face in the morning.
But good luck getting the smell of rubber out of there.
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artbomb112
The Heights
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Someone will probably buy it and turn it into City Center.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Link to older story from Jan 2008 when they first contemplated the boutique hotel route:
http://www.columbusunderground.com/yankee-trader-building-may-become-boutique-hotel
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futureman
Grandview Heights
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Yankee Trader building sold with offices, restaurants, apartments on tap
Business First - by Brian R. Ball
Date: Friday, July 1, 2011, 6:00am EDT - Last Modified: Thursday, June 30, 2011, 3:15pm EDTThe former home of the Yankee Trader costume and novelty store near the North Market in downtown Columbus is going to be dolled up for reuse.
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The former Yankee Trader storefront is poised to be turned into a restaurant. Eric Goodman, co-owner of the Filling Station Bar & Grill and Yogi’s Bar & Grill on the city’s northwest side, confirmed he and business partner Greg Tishkoff are in negotiations to secure the space.
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Price said he expects to have commercial and apartment tenants in the building about the time the nearby Hilton Columbus Downtown hotel across the street from the Greater Columbus Convention Center is completed by early fall 2012.
READ MORE: http://www.bizjournals.com/columbus/print-edition/2011/07/01/yankee-trader-building-sold-with.html
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brandonphoto
German Village
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APT and retail is MUCH better than an empty half block of retail and potential space above.
Posted 10 months ago # -
tolemac5050
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According to the Business First article, Saw-Four LTD bought 457 High Street which is next door to the Yankee Trader building. Saw-Four is a real estate arm of Hyde Park. Will be interesting to see what they do with the space, the article says a restaurant, 2012.
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