City to raze old Schottenstein store
Friday, November 16, 2007 2:32 PM
The city plans to demolish the old Schottenstein store at Parsons and Reeb avenues, along with a nearby grocery.
The city plans to spend $325,000 to tear down the landmark department store and the IGA supermarket just to the west on Reeb. Some South Siders had said the city should redevelop the grocery site into a new community health center.
The Columbus City Council is set to vote on approving the money on Monday.
The city bought the building last year, saying the site would be a major component of the area's redevelopment. Plans call for some sort of commercial or retail use there, said Mark Froehlich, president and chief executive of Columbus Urban Growth Corp.,
Some residents and business owners have expressed frustration with the lack of progress on redeveloping the corridor, which thrived in the days when jobs at factories and plants were plentiful on the industrial South Side.
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