By Mark Williams, Courtesy of The Columbus Dispatch It was an unusual strategy at the time: Build an arena in a beat-up area of downtown, with plans to surround it with office buildings, restaurants, entertainment venues and apartments, in hopes of turning it around Now 15 years after the first puck was dropped at Nationwide Arena, the strategy not only succeeded, but it also has become a blueprint for...

In Grandview Heights, located just outside of Downtown Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Realty Investors’ Grandview Yard development iswell on its way to realizing the vision set forth by its developer when it broke ground on the $650 million project back in early 2009 Recent openings at Grandview Yard include a 92,000-square-foot Giant Eagle Market District, an 18,000-square-foot Hofbrauhaus restaurant and German...

Oktoberfest celebration to feature music, dance, food and great beer  Hofbräuhaus Columbus is set to kick off six days of adult and family Oktoberfest fun beginning September 1Hofbräuhaus Columbus Marketing Director Matt Plopp made the announcement and outlined the restaurant’s exciting plans for the week “We will kick off the party on Tuesday September 1st at 7pm with our ceremonial Oktoberfest keg...

The beer hall that started it all will be celebrating Oktoberfest in true German style September 1st-6th, HofbräuhausColumbus hosts 6 days of family fun at its annual Oktoberfest celebration What do Hofbräuhaus and Oktoberfest have in common Munich's famous Hofbräuhaus, was originally founded in 1589 by the Duke of Bavaria, Wilhelm V  as the brewery for only the Royalty The Oktoberfest tradition started in...

Standing desks have been knocked down to their seats by EY The accounting firm makes the standing desk option look not so grand by playing a game of “16 ways to work” where employees have the option of standing, chair and wavy desks, benches, barstools, couches, treadmills, bikes and more to get their work done for the day But seating is not the biggest change for EY in its move to Grandview Yard from the...