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Latest on Ibiza
Posted by Paul Bonneville on November 21, 2007
There’s not really any information up on their site as of yet, but have a look at the latest rendering for the Ibiza project in the Short North and keep an eye on their Web site as the project evolves. I think this is a great development and I really like the effect that offsetting the higher stories creates, almost as if there was another building behind it. Good stuff:
http://www.ibizaonhigh.com
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I heard something similar, very soon on groundbreaking. I was told that they have to dig down a story or two.
I hope they do something cool in the way of a street wrapper, even if Jackson-esque, do something cool for the Short North.
Diesel would be great. Abercrombie (as previously suggested by Walker for 5th and High) too.
Forget that. Let’s get something you can’t get at Easton or Polaris…like Zara.
Street wrapper? What do you mean by this?
+1 on Zara.
ibiza’s new sales office will be completed soon and looks awesome, when its completed anyone whos interested should go check it out!! i love the floor personally myself…lol
as for the retail the developer had mentioned a possibility for fashion boutiques like dolce and gabbana, and prada. now that was over a year ago when that was mentioned so im not sure what the status of that is. i know that the concept was to have retail/condo spaces, retail on the ground floor and a connected condo for living upstairs. not sure if thats still on the table as the final plans are not completed.
They should put a hardware store in for the retail before any posh posh clothing stores.
I doubt a hardware store could afford the rent of the Short North.
Walker,
You are likely right, but a hardware store would be soooooo useful to the SN residents. Utilitarian usinesses need be included in urban development. It can not all be sexy trendy high brow merchants. I have to leave the neighborhood to get nails or a tool!
Sure, a hardware store would be handy for the neighborhood. But I think a better location might be over around Cleveland Avenue rather than right on High in a new condo building’s retail space that’s likely to be pretty high in rent and little to no function to the people in the condo building itself (who probably need to do nothing more than hang a few pictures).
What about a combination of “sexy trendy high brow merchants” and a hardware store? Or would a Restoration Hardware not do well in the Short North?
Sure, a hardware store would be handy for the neighborhood. But I think a better location might be over around Cleveland Avenue rather than right on High in a new condo building’s retail space that’s likely to be pretty high in rent and little to no function to the people in the condo building itself (who probably need to do nothing more than hang a few pictures).
What about a combination of “sexy trendy high brow merchants” and a hardware store? Or would a Restoration Hardware not do well in the Short North?
Or how about a nice upscale Waterworks store.
funny that a hardware store was brought up. i was looking for business ideas earlier in the year. one of the ideas that was mentioned to me was a hardware store and the idea came from one of the developers for ibiza. as a business owner in the short north specializing in kitchen and bath design i was skeptical because theres no way to compete with lowes and the home depot in the hardware and lumber dept. as a contractor im not gonna go to ace or trustworthy to buy what i need, they usually dont have it and if they do prepare to spend more for it. now the idea of selling fashion plumbing items and architechural hardware is not a bad idea and alot of those items are not availible to the public through lowes or the other big box stores unless there working with someone who can contact a rep or they go to the various suppliers like worly, westwater or carr. we used to have a tile store in the neighborhood many years ago called surface style, they have since moved to the north end of town. to be honest a tanning salon would make more money in the short north than a hardware store i think. koncept salon did have tanning but the mixture of poor business operations and practices along with bad marketing killed that.
You are likely right, but a hardware store would be soooooo useful to the SN residents. Utilitarian usinesses need be included in urban development. It can not all be sexy trendy high brow merchants. I have to leave the neighborhood to get nails or a tool! we have a hardware store in GV and Lowes isn’t that far either, can’t we think of more useful stores like, 3 more coffee shops in a block radius?!?
zara would be good.
i think what we’re starting to see, whether you like it or not, is the beginning of our own “fifth avenue”, “michigan avenue”, or “rodeo drive” type area. more and more high end boutiques open every year and we will probably see more nationally known high end stores soon. i can definately see the short north turning into a fashion district, especially when the streetcar gets put in and especially that city center is gone. there is no major retail draw to the downtown area anymore. just a thought and random observation. i’m willing to bet it ends up this way though.
By the time the streetcar is built we may have a revamped city center as well. It’s not going to be all retail, but it think it will still offer some retail.
Otherwise though, you’re right. The Short North is transforming and will continue to do so.
That GrandView Acehardware closed this past summer. I know that Zettler Hardware and Ace at Hudson at just 10-12 minute bike rides awa.
Maybe a hardware store would fit better over by 2nd and 4th or 1st and 4th.
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I hope a Jack In the Box or Rally’s go in to the Iziba.
There is a wonderful hardware store right downtown, it is family-owned by the same folks since the 1800s. http://www.zettlerhardware.com/
I think a Modern Male competitor would do well somewhere in the Short North (Ibiza or elsewhere). I’ve been of the opinion for a while now that the Short North is starting to overemphasize goods and underemphasize services (other than food), particularly along the main drag. I think the average local resident has more disposable income than disposable space in their residence. There’s only so much in the way of more stuff that people need.
Another business that I sometimes wonder about would be a child care center. Right now we have City Kids (in the Arena District on Marconi Blvd. south of the arena) and Northside Child Development Center (at 3rd Ave. & Summit), a more midrange operation. I’d be curious to know how both of them are doing–it could say something about whether the market is capable of supporting a third player. Not necessarily saying this would be right for the Ibiza space even then, but I wouldn’t completely rule it out. For successful higher-end providers, anyway, the profit margins are pretty solid.
I’m trying to think outside the box because I’m concerned that the Short North might becoming a little one-dimensional, and another high-end fashion boutique might not bring much more business diversification to the area than another coffee shop would. Also, another perk of a service-oriented company is that the parking needs would likely be less.