I blogged about the new section of Polaris which is opening this fall last week: Polaris Outdoor Lifestyle Center
Today's Columbus Dispatch has "Polaris WIth THE TOP DOWN" by Maria Matzer Rose has lots more about the new section of the mall which will be an open this fall...
"Outdoor addition, opening this fall lures big retailers".... I knew there had to be more stores going in on the south east corner where the Kaufmann's used to sit .... here than what I could remember from walking around and searching on the Internet for who was going to go into those store fronts...
I know I had read or heard that some of the Limited Stores were going into Polaris soon... they are going into the "lifestyle center." Of course... her article mentions others I missed too. The Pub, a restaurant out of the Cinci area, Godfrey's (formerly of the Worthington Mall? men's store...) but none of those seem like "big retailers" to me.
The Columbus Dipatch reporter Ms. Matzer Rose has some great quotes from Polaris developer Michael Glimcher of Glimcher Realty Trust about the fact that opening a "lifestyle center" is not mimicking Easton. Of course there were open air malls before Easton... The Continent. Lane Ave. Downtown Worthington... isn't that what the "lifestyle centers" are mimicking?
Was the Worthington Mall built as an open air maill and then enclosed?
Is there a rivalry between Easton and Polaris? I guess I knew there were not Victoria's Secret or Bath and Body at Polaris. And I had read or heard that they were going into Polaris this year... Ah ha! Of course they're going into the new open sections... Easton and Polaris opened within two years of one another... 2001 for Polaris. Does that mean 2003 or 1999 for Easton? I remember the year Easton opened but short of researching it I could not tell you which opened first. Rivalry?
OK..
What was I reading where they referred to Easton as Columbus most popular mall or best mall? Was it in the Columbus Dipatch? Or was it in Columbus Business First? I wondered if that was true. More profit? More traffic? More volume?
According to the Columbus Dispatch article today Polaris is not going to become a bar destination. A swipe at Easton? Night life is big at Easton?
I should garnish this post with another photo of Polaris... but I don't have one... I could run to Polaris which is minutes away... NAH. Instead a poll which do you prefer the Polaris area or the Easton area would work for me here. I am voting for Polaris... not necessarily Polaris Fashion Place (have I confessed on DiscoverColumbusOH.com that I have not been in the mall many times? If not I will. Someday. Maybe.) I am not trying to influence the vote. I live near Polaris. Easton is a trip for me. It is more of a trip for me with gas over $3.50 a gallon than it was back when Easton opened.
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