Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The chain had 415 stores in 1989, at which point Bergner's acquired Carson Pirie Scott and sold County Seat to a new management team. [5] Wet Seal offered to buy 508 stores of the County Seat chain in 1996, but was rejected. [6] [7] The chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in late 1996 and began to close stores. [8]
Bellefontaine (/ b ɛ l ˈ f aʊ n t ən / bel-FOWN-tən [5]) is a city in, and the county seat of, Logan County, Ohio, United States, [6] located 48 miles (77 km) northwest of Columbus. The population was 14,115 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Bellefontaine micropolitan area, which includes all of Logan County
County Seat – founded in 1973, the denim-focused mall retailer expanded in the 1980s to nearly 500 stores. It filed for bankruptcy in 1996 and shuttered stores, and another bankruptcy in 1999 put the company out of business. [55]
Ohio's first Giant Eagle “Market District” was built a year later. The 110,168 square-feet store was built just south of the original store in place of the old Stein Mart building. It features a cafe, wine and beer store, exotic foods, an on-site dietitian, beauty specialist, cooking classes, and more. [34] [35]
The first store opened in 1975 with 4,200 square feet of space. [5] Bonaminio continued to expand the store, adding products at customer request and enlarging and re-arranging the store. In 1988, after visiting specialty markets in Chicago, he decided to make the store an international market as well as introduce the jungle theme. Today, Jungle ...
Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census , the population was 1,323,807, [ 3 ] making it the most populous county in Ohio . Most of its land area is taken up by its county seat , Columbus , [ 4 ] the state capital and most populous city in Ohio.
The Bank Block is a historic strip mall along Grandview Avenue, the main commercial road. One of the first to include a parking lot, the Bank Block was built in 1927. It first included a grocery store, a pharmacy, and a bank among a total of 12 storefronts. [5]
Downtown Columbus lacks a major commercial grocery store. Food insecurity is high for Downtown, rated as one of five zip codes with very low food security in Columbus. [ 42 ] The Hills Market, an independent grocery for local and organic foods, is the only grocery in Downtown Columbus.