THE
ARENA DISTRICT: CONNECTIVITY IS KEY TO
COLUMBUS’ DOWNTOWN
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The
expansion Columbus Blue Jackets debuted in 2000, playing to sellout crowds in
Nationwide Arena.
Because
stadiums and arenas alone are rarely profitable, Nationwide decided it could
afford to take on the arena project by making it the center piece of a
mixed-use district that would feature offices, retail, restaurants,
entertainment, residential and more.
The
Arena District, named for the architecturally-acclaimed Nationwide Arena that
anchors it, has been developed by Nationwide Realty Investors (NRI), an
affiliate of Nationwide.
NRI
is active throughout the United States with a diverse portfolio of office,
retail, hotels, luxury apartments, properties and development land.
Directly
and through joint ventures, it controls more than $1 billion in real estate
development.
From
the beginning, NRI wanted to focus on connectivity. It didn’t want an arena
isolated within a sea of parking.
It
didn’t want to build a place where people raced in by highway, then raced back
out to the suburbs.
Case Study continues tomorrow -- June 17
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