Nurturing just about anything–A house, plant, toddler, a romantic relationship—requires a deft touch. The same is true of the fragile independent stores that shopping center owners and managers are increasingly seeking to incubate.
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A dynamic new mixed-use, open air addition to the North Cincinnati, Ohio market, Liberty Center is now just months away from completion. The project is on schedule to open by the end of 2015. Co-developed by Steiner + Associates and Bucksbaum Retail Properties.
With a diverse economy, educated and skilled workforce, natural resources and vibrant urban centers, Ohio remains a hotbed for real estate development, according to Mario San Marco, president of Cincinnati-based Eagle Realty Group.
Increasingly, developers are building mixed-use centers that include residential, office and entertainment components, which turn them more into a consumer home base and less of a functional destination.
The layout of Liberty Center incorporates many of the recognizably iconic elements that have helped make Steiner mixed-use projects a familiar presence on the industry landscape, as well as a handful of inspired touches that are truly unique.
Perhaps no retail environment is more intriguing from an opportunity standpoint today in the United States than our B&C malls: environments that, for various reasons, have seen declining performance and declining value relative to their Class A counterparts.
For decades, prospective homeowners wanted to escape from dense urban centers and builders responded to this demand by constructing vast, far-flung developments of single-family homes and shopping malls.
Toward the end of 2008, it became painstakingly obvious to retailers that impulse spending was out and frugal saving was in.
Lyndhurst Ohio-based First Interstate Properties, Ltd has named Columbus Ohio-based Steiner + Associates as exclusive retail leasing agent for its 610,000 square foot mixed-use Legacy Village in Lyndhurst (Cleveland) Ohio.
Outdoor outfitter REI will open its first store in Columbus on May 9 at Easton Gateway, with grand opening events scheduled to begin on May 16.