CINCINNATI— Columbus-based Steiner + Associates and Chicago-based Bucksbaum Retail Properties are on the verge of opening Liberty Center, this region's most significant mixed-use development, and have just secured dozens of additional tenants for the retail portion, set to open on October 22.
Many of the just-signed tenants are new to the metro area including Cantina Laredo, an upscale Mexican restaurant, and DAVIDsTea, a Canadian retailer selling over 150 types of teas. Other tenants include wine club and upscale restaurant Coopers Hawk.
“Liberty Center is approximately 85% committed,” Steiner + Associates executive vice president of retail real estate Anne Mastin tells GlobeSt.com. “We expect to be making several additional significant announcements in the weeks and months ahead."
“These fine merchants and restaurateurs will be joining the other 68 retailers we announced in July and will bring additional diversity and energy to our already outstanding line-up,” she adds.
Dillard's will anchor the center with a 200,000 square foot outlet, its first ground-up store in the state of Ohio. And an 80,000 square-foot Dick's Sporting Goods will be the first of its kind in the northern Cincinnati market. The 64-acre, 1.2 million square foot development will also include a 130-key AC Hotel by Marriott, another state first.
The developers have signed leases with dozens of retailers including Adore, Brookstone, Eddie Bauer, Hot Topic, Re:Bar, Smari Designs, Torrid and many others.
Liberty Center is located at the junction of the newly constructed Liberty Way Interchange at I-75 and SR 129 in Cincinnati. The project includes more than 800,000 square feet of retail, restaurants and entertainment, 75,000 square feet of office and 240 luxury apartments.
Residents will begin moving into the apartments in January, a spokesperson told GlobeSt.com, and the hotel will be open in December with the office space opening in October along with the retail and restaurants.
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Brian J. Rogal
Brian J. Rogal is a Chicago-based freelance writer with years of experience as an investigative reporter and editor, most notably at The Chicago Reporter, where he concentrated on housing issues. He also has written extensively on alternative energy and the payments card industry for national trade publications.
