Created by Yaromir Steiner, Founder / CEO on January 05, 2012
Since its grand opening in June 1999, Easton Town Center has drawn more than 20 million annual visitors. We knew it was innovative. We knew that we were setting the benchmark for others that would emulate it. And we knew it would become a strong regional attraction. However, we could never have imagined that it would be named one of the top five most innovative malls of all time.
InsideRetail notes that Easton Town Center brought the town center development concept to a peak and has done it better than anyone else.
Here is the excerpt from the story:
Easton Town Center, Columbus, Ohio (opened 1999)
Not the first town centre development in the shopping centre era, but industry analysts, including this one, believe it brought the concept to a peak that has probably not been bettered anywhere.
Developed by Steiner + Associates, Easton has a retail GLA of about 1.5 million sq. ft. that includes more than 150 specialty stores and restaurants, one upscale department store (Nordstrom) and one moderate department store (Macy’s).
The centre does an immaculate job of combining alfresco dining, shopping, open-air community space and architectural design features to achieve an authentic sense of place and an outstanding shopping experience.
Among other things, Easton also boasts a 30-screen cinema, three on-site hotels with 559 rooms and more than 800 units ranging from studio apartments to three-bedroom townhouses.
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