From The DowntownColumbus.com Blog:
In Search of a City: New Year’s Wish List Part Deux
With 500 new, market-rate housing units between Broad Street and Nationwide Boulevard, the area has gained enough households to support some neighborhood retail stores. Add 41,000 employees and 1135 hotel rooms within a five-minute walk of Broad and High, and the walk-in trade area has nearly $100 million of spending power.
Likely candidates for retail success include a green grocer, new and used book store, florist, bakery, GNC-style vitamin and nutrition store, pet supply store, dry cleaner, pharmacy, gift shop, Radio Shack-style electronics store, and office supply store. The challenge is finding vendors who will fill the void. If corporate chains will not open stores, are there independent folks who will?