Polaris Ohio Mall

Polaris Ohio Lifestyle Center - A great weekend family road trip

The much anticipated outdoor life style center is headed to Polaris Fashion Place. The Polaris Ohio Area Fashion Place Mall has six well known mall anchor stores and a highly successful variety of specialty retailers. The outdoor flavor brings a fresh perspective to Polaris Mall and is a nice use of open space that all new visitors will enjoy. The newly developed outdoor life style area has a sophisticated appearance, with tree lined walkways and lots of green space. A dramatic European flavor architecture reflects the upscale amenities and offerings that are often associated with The Polaris Ohio Mall. Polaris Mall "lifestyle center" joins the ranks of the recent open air trend in shopping centers.

Several new tenants, including the wildly successful Cheesecake Factory have now been included in the choices of local restaurants. The mall resides at a location that used to belog to Kaufmann's which closed recently. Two newer Columbus based retail stores at the Polaris Ohio Mall are Victoria's Secret and Bath and Body Works.

The first phase of the new mall center opened in Oct 2008. Visitors will notice beautiful Italian design elements. An arch will graces the mall entrance to the Polaris Ohio shops with beautiful surrounding land scape and a water fountain. Upscale restaurants alwasy lend themselves well to these new out door settings. Along with the Cheesecake Factory, many other new restaurant options abound include Five Guys Burgers and the Pub, an English style pub that originated in Cincinnati.

Other new Polaris retailers will include a Godfry's menswear store and a Destination Maternity shop. The Destination Maternity store is a combo spa and retail store for expectant mothers. The store combines the retails shops. for pregnant mothers in to one convenient destination. The spa even offers prenatal massage. The malls new variety of tenants, includes many places for people to socialize, and shop. This Polaris Ohio Mall development represents a departure from more traditional shopping venues. One interesting aspect of the lifestyle center is it's focus on how visitors can dine, shop, and relax in an outdoor setting.

Polaris Ohio Mall Life Style Center focuses more of an emphasis on eating choices and activities like entertainment than just the previously available fashion choices, which were the main focus of the more traditional luxury brand shopping mall. Developer Glimcher Realty feels that the new open areas will create opportunities for live music selections and a variety of street performers as well as possibly hosting the local farmers market. Features like this are designed from the onset to draw new mall crowds from around the Columbus area and also encourage out of state visitors to linger longer, possibly for the weekend.