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At a news conference in an unfinished building on the
Gateway site on May 4, Terry Foegler, president of Campus Partners,
introduced the initial complement of businesses which will open at Gateway
this fall. In this photo, he
introduces Lisa Karst (left), who plans to start a new, locally owned bath
shop called Lave. The shop will
feature hand-made, natural
Terry Foegler introduces Tom Selvaggio (right) who with
his business partner David Allsbrooks will open The Skye Bar, an
entertainment venue with DJs and a dance-oriented format.
Following the news conference, Eddie George (left) talks about movies with Jeff and Kathy Frank of the Drexel Theatres Group. The Franks will manage the eight-screen Drexel Gateway Theatre. Click
here for more information about the retail tenants. Last updated May 13, 2005. |
Campus Partners announces retail tenants for South
Campus Gateway Food and entertainment venues form project’s third anchor Bringing
an element of “star power” to the announcement, Eddie George, former running
back for the Ohio State Buckeyes and winner of the Heisman Trophy, revealed
plans for Eddie George’s Grille 27, a sports-theme restaurant which will open
in a prominent High Street location at the north end of Gateway. The
other tenants include: • The Skye Bar, a locally owned and operated
entertainment venue of more than 10,000 square feet, is being developed by
Tom Selvaggio and David Allsbrooks, owners of The Frog Bear & Wild Boar
Bar in the Arena District. This
second-floor venue will include DJs and a dance-oriented format, as well as
live music events, an 80-foot bar and “sky box” private party rooms
overlooking the stage and dance floor and a private VIP room. • Ugly Tuna Saloona, “fresh fish ugly
owners,” is an ultra-casual, old-style • Pesto Creative Italian Bistro, a
quick-casual Italian restaurant featuring fresh, made-to-order pastas,
pizzas, salads and gelato. Pesto will
launch its flagship location at South Campus Gateway and will be owned and
operated by Lee Shadle, who will be graduating next month with a bachelor of
science degree in marketing and logistics from • Mad Mex brings its award-winning
combination of fresh Cal-Mex menu and funky, fun bar to • Lave, a unique, locally owned and operated
store, will feature fresh, handmade natural bath products. The store is being developed by • A full-service Greek restaurant is being
developed by Mohamed Hassan and Gihan Zalat.
They currently own and operate The Happy Greek, an award-winning
restaurant on High Street in the Short North. • Potbelly Sandwich Works is a quirky
sandwich joint serving up crispy, hot sandwiches, hand-dipped shakes and live
local music. • Panera Bread, a bakery-cafe featuring
artisan and sourdough breads, soups, sandwiches and salads, is owned and
operated locally by Breads of the World, L.C.C. • The Finish Line, Inc., one of the nation’s
leading athletic specialty retailers, offering the best selection of
footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and kids, will open one of
its first college-town stores at Gateway. Gateway’s
primary retail anchor will be Barnes & Noble, The Ohio State University
Bookstore. Barnes & Noble College
Booksellers, Inc., operates bookstores for more than 525 colleges and
universities, and the bookstore at Gateway is one of only 11 academic
superstores. This bookstore will
combine all of the elements of the existing Long’s Bookstore, The Ohio State
University Bookstore, The Health Sciences Bookstore, and a substantial Barnes
& Noble trade book and periodical selection and café in 50,000 square
feet at the southeast corner of High Street and East 11th Avenue. The lead entertainment anchor will be the
unique, eight-screen Drexel Gateway Theatre.
The theatre includes a café and will have a total of nearly 900 plush,
over-size seats in seven stadium-style auditoriums and one multi-purpose
room. The theatre will have a wide
variety of offerings, including major independent, art and foreign films, as
well as some first-run commercial films.
In addition, the auditoriums will be equipped with state-of-the-art
audio-visual capabilities to serve the presentation needs of conferences and
special events. “The line-up of commercial tenants which
we are announcing today helps meet a number of our objectives for Gateway,”
explained Terry D. Foegler, president of Campus Partners. “The array and blend of locally owned,
regional and national businesses has been a major foundation of the
merchandising plan since its inception.
A number of these establishments are not found elsewhere in central “With the number and variety of
restaurants and night spots already committed to Gateway, we have an
excellent critical mass of tenants in the food and beverage category,”
Foegler said. “The tenants announced
today help establish the food and beverage category as Gateway’s third and
final major anchoring element for the project, complementing the bookstore
and cinema anchors. The ‘destination
quality’ of our anchors will generate substantial vitality at Gateway
throughout most of the day, all through the year. Additional tenants in this and other
categories will be announced in the near future.” South Campus Gateway, which will begin
opening Aug. 1, is an urban, mixed-use redevelopment along High Street
adjacent to the Gateway
is the signature project in Campus Partners’ program to revitalize High
Street and the University District neighborhoods. One key goal of the project is to help
reinforce High Street as a pedestrian-oriented, 21st century “Main Street”
that provides a gateway to the university campus and the neighborhoods. |
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