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Easton, he said, would be "the most exciting and diverse retail space ever developed in the Midwest. Wexner, Georgetown and Steiner, now a part of the team, came up with a design and started to sell it.

Even though Easton hedged its bets by building a large enclosed mall space — Easton Station — in the center, reaction was still dubious. If you ever wanted to hear skepticism, you needed only to stand by that for an hour. People asked, 'Where is this? He didn't have to worry long. Instead, we got crowded out," he said. The design filled Easton's spots with a mix of mall mainstays and some premium tenants such as Restoration Hardware, the Cheesecake Factory and Virgin Megastore.

But Easton also dramatically changed the ingredients in the mall stew. Instead of anchoring the center with department stores and filling it with clothing retailers, Easton stocked the shelves with restaurants and entertainment destinations. A room Hilton hotel showed that Easton was a place to hang out, not just a place to shop.

Developers thought food would make people sit down and eat and get sleepy. I thought that was nonsense. We saw a mix of uses. Easton added to the mix by booking concerts, entertainers and annual events such as the holiday tree-lighting, which attracts thousands. There has to be an emotional connection here. We don't sell necessities. We sell experience. Easton's grand opening, featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and other celebrities, illustrated that this would not be an ordinary shopping center.

Wexner, Flatto and Steiner soon knew they had struck a chord. In its first full year, Easton Town Center drew 12 million visitors and quickly became central Ohio's premier retail destination. Easton wasn't the first open-air lifestyle center, but it was one of the first in a northern climate. Since then, countless others have followed suit, including Steiner's own developments such as Bayshore outside Milwaukee, and Liberty Center outside Cincinnati.

Is there any culling or outright sale of any of the 17 Mills assets. Schmidt: "So you're hanging on to all And how about something more challenged on the mall side, like Columbus City Center? Would you hang onto that? Simon: "If you read between the lines, I mentioned earlier that we may sell one. You're very warm. Another place to read between the lines is on Simon's Web site and recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Another securities analyst covering Simon, Hua Wang of RBC Capital Markets, downplayed the significance of the exchange after reviewing the transcript. Simon spokesman Les Morris declined to comment on the company's intentions for City Center. Five years later, though, all seemed well. City Center had grown to stores, many of which were only found at the center.

City Center was considered a premier shopping destination, and really tried to match the opulence that you would find at malls in other large cities like New York and Chicago. High Street City Center entrance, c. In , Lazarus, after years of business in Columbus, closed its doors.

After years of decline and competition from newer suburban shopping centers, Columbus City Center closed its doors in November of After several years of change in ownership and lawsuits from the City of Columbus, demolition of Columbus City Center began in October of and was completed in March of In mid, construction of the Columbus Commons Park began and opened to the public the following Memorial Day on May 26, City Center mid-demolition, ca.

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