It’s been a very good week for announcements about Columbus Commons. First, the Columbus Symphony announced that they’d be relocating Picnic with the Pops in 2012, and today Shadowbox Live announced that they’ll be relocating their Woodstock-based musical: Back to… [Read More]
The new Columbus Commons park will open this Memorial Day Weekend, and the Columbus Symphony will be close behind. Beginning in 2012, their popular Picnic with the Pops outdoor summer concert series will be migrating from Chemical Abstracts to the… [Read More]
The Columbus Commons park space officially opened to visitors in December, but the grand ceremony is being held off until the weather turns warmer in May. In the meantime, restaurateurs Kevin and Lori Ames are working around the clock on… [Read More]
The recently renovated Lazarus building located in the heart of Downtown is in the process of gaining a full service restaurant, a coffee shop and a bar… all in one tenant. MoJoe Lounge will be opening their third location this… [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]
This week we continue with part two of our podcast interview with Paul Bonneville, founder of Columbus RetroMetro. In the second half of our discussion, Paul shares his opinion on the demolition of City Center, the development of the Columbus… [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]
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]
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