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When the City Center Mall opened in 1989 it signaled the arrival of the first upscale shopping destination in Central Ohio. Twenty years later, the mall was in the process of being razed to make room for the new Columbus… [Read More]
Many of us can remember City Center and the ever-changing Rubik’s Cube of shops that began with upscale retailers like Marshall Field’s, Armani Exchange and Henri Bendel but concluded with the likes of the Dollar Store. Some of us –… [Read More]
NBC4 ran a feature yesterday evening covering a variety of ongoing development projects currently underway Downtown, including the Gay Street Corridor, the Franklin County Courthouse, the Scioto Mile, the River South Development, and the Demolition of City Center. Nothing too… [Read More]
2009 was a busy year in terms of urban development projects, so our readers had a lot to choose from when picking one that stood out as the best of 2009. The project that rose to the top of the… [Read More]
An article in today’s Dispatch is reporting that a proposal from Franklin County commissioners would provide a $3 million investment towards the demolition of City Center and development of the Columbus Commons project, but would also set aside six acres… [Read More]
The demolition of the City Center mall is officially underway, and the new Columbus Commons project is moving forward. The skywalk over Rich Street connecting the former mall to the parking garage has already come down, and much of the… [Read More]
On Tuesday, Capital South will be presenting a revised plan for the Columbus Commons development at the former City Center site to the Downtown Commission. The new plans provide more detail on what the nine-acre greenspace will look like, which… [Read More]
If you’ve read any article about retail development in Central Ohio in the past decade, then Chris Boring is a name already familiar to you. Chris is the President of Boulevard Strategies, a local market research company that focuses on… [Read More]
Last night at City Hall, Council approved an ordinance to take the next steps in developing the old City Center site into the Columbus Commons project. Capitol South will be financing the demolition of the mall, which is scheduled to… [Read More]
Parks are incredible spaces. Their lawns lend themselves to picnickers; their trees’ shade provides asylum to loungers on a hot summer day; their fountains and other features provide wonderment to people of all ages; most importantly parks provide space for… [Read More]
City Center will be closing down on March 5th to prep the building for demolition as a start of the Columbus Commons Redevelopment. But starting today and running through February 28th is the liquidation sale from the building. The sale… [Read More]
From The Dispatch: RiverSouth renaissance under way By Mike Pramik Columbus City Center’s demolition is expected to provide a shot in the arm for RiverSouth, but the improvements in the Downtown district already are well under way. Just a couple… [Read More]
What will arguably be some of the biggest news of 2009 emerged yesterday when the long-awaited announcement for what is to be done with the old City Center mall was unveiled. Simply put, the City Center building is to be… [Read More]
This is the second video provided by Columbus Downtown Development Corporation & Capital South today during the press conference about the redevelopment of the old City Center building into the new Columbus Commons project. The video contains footage of the… [Read More]
This is the first video provided by the Columbus Downtown Development Corporation & Capitol South today during the press conference about the redevelopment of the old City Center building into the new Columbus Commons project. The video contains footage of… [Read More]
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