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retail, office, industrial, multifamily, and the Uptown area so it can substantially
soon to include hospitality. Columbus flourish and grow. While we may have RIVERFRONT PLACE
is experiencing a rebirth, but it’s very kickstarted the redevelopment of
A four-phase, master-planned redevelopment project
early in its rebirth. I was excited about Uptown, we are certainly not the
working with the W.C. Bradley Co. and only ones running with it today. in Uptown, RiverFront Place includes The Rapids, a
the resources they provide, but I’ve 226-unit apartment complex opened in 2019, and
also seen the love and passion others Q: How important the 107-room Hotel Indigo, opening in late 2020.
have for the city. There’s an opportunity is the potential Future phases of development will include a 1,100-car
to shape what the future will hold for addition of a parking deck, a 100,000-plus square-foot office
building with a ground floor grocery store, another
the city. grocery store to
Uptown, possibly 225-unit multi-family apartment building and 25,000
Q: Has there been in a W.C. Bradley square feet of additional retail space.
anything you’ve property? BANKS FOOD HALL
experienced that
you didn’t expect? A: For us it’s very important. We’re Molded out of the historic Banks Building on Bay
very dedicated to getting a grocery Avenue, Banks Food Hall was designed to respect
A: Other than personal travel, Atlanta store in Uptown. Whether it ends up in historic architecture while integrating modern
was all that we knew. We’ve been RiverFront Place or not, we think it’s design. The Banks Food Hall, a unique collective
pleased with how welcoming everyone important there be one down here. eatery, offers 10 dining and drink options in more
has been and the way we’ve been able than 12,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor
Historically, there have not been
to fit right into the community. The ease enough residents in the Uptown area space with seating for more than 250 guests and
with which it has happened has been a for the grocers to support a store. includes a bar and entertainment options.
nice surprise.
There weren’t enough ‘permanent COWORK COLUMBUS
Q: How has the shoppers.’ Certainly, with The Rapids
development and Eagle & Phenix, the other multi- Located at street level of the Eagle & Phenix Mill 3,
CoWork Columbus is the area’s first modern,
W.C. Bradley has family projects that are over retail community-style workplace solution. The membership-
overseen in the along Broadway, in addition to our driven facility offers six private offices, 18 dedicated
last decade-plus second phase of RiverFront Place with desks and more than 50 flexible workstations. A full
led to the city’s another 225 units, now we’re talking complement of amenities includes conference rooms
resurgence? about permanent residents well over
1,000 people. If you add CSU students with up-to-date tech, private phone booths for personal
who work and live in Uptown, you start conversations, a fully stocked refreshment center, a
A: It was in 2005, under Mat Swift, high-speed color copier-printer-scanner, and Wi-Fi
that the company made a conscious to build the critical mass necessary to connectivity with a dedicated fiber network.
decision to shift the focus of the real attract a quality grocery store.
estate division to the Uptown area. A Q: What other near- FLAT ROCK STUDIO
lot of transactions, a lot of building and term developments Encompassing nearly 80 secured acres, the film and
a lot of development have taken place are you excited television production campus of Flat Rock Studio
since then as a result of that decision. about? includes state-of-the-art facilities and superior

To me the best part about that is, service without the hustle and traffic of dense urban
W.C. Bradley was a leader in a lot of A: The new Mercer Medical School areas. Flat Rock houses two adaptable sound stages,
that redevelopment, but today it’s not campus that’s been announced is going a workshop, set design/storage area and ample
just W.C. Bradley anymore. We have no to be hugely beneficial for the Uptown adjoining production suites in a single 180,000
problem – and in fact enjoy – being the area. When the full impact of that is square-foot facility. Combined with a substantial
“bell cow” and don’t mind jumping in felt, with the ancillary businesses that backlot and outdoor setting for additional filming
with both feet. We have the ability to be will come as the result of a four-year needs, Flat Rock Studio allows productions to be self-
very patient investors and that builds medical college, it’s going to have huge contained, efficient and private.
enough credibility for others to invest in impacts for Uptown.

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