Columbus City Center is a popular shopping center in Columbus, Ohio where are a lot of local and tourist shoppers go to. It is a three level mall located downtown right next to the Ohio State Capital and the Ohio Theathre.

The shopping center has its glory back in the days of its rise but was closed down by the year 2009. It was then the largest and upscale shopping center in the city until it was flocked with tons of new competing shopping stores in the area and met its decline.

Even though Columbus City Center closed down, this area is still alive with nearby restaurants and hotels.

Dining Guide:

If you want to get a taste of Mandarin and Cantonese cuisine, you can go to Ming Flower Chinese Restaurant at Lazelle Road in Westerville. If you go for the old time sandwiches at Subway, you can grab one at High Street. For some German food, you can take a look at the menu at Schmidt's at Kossouth Street. If you want a night cap, you can head to Barley's Brewing Co. where you can find a nice bar.

Hotel List:

You can also find a number of hotels that near the City Center which include the Holiday Inn City Center in Town Street, Courtyard by Marriott in Spring Street, Doubletree Guest Suites Hotel in Front Street, German Village Inn Columbus in High Street, and Red Roof Inn in Nationwide Boulevard, among others. Other hotels that you can find near the City Center are Hilton Garden Inn, Fairfield Inn and Suites, Westin Great Southern Hotel and Baymont Inn.

The Columbus City Center Mall is a three-level shopping center, which was open since 1989. The mall has space for about 150 specialty stores during its opening and has a suburban style design. The Columbus City Center Mall has a mixture of upscale specialty shops and affordable shops as well. This is to accommodate shoppers with different tastes and budgets.

This mall used to be one of the most sought after malls in Columbus but due to its continuous decline in popularity the mall was closed down in March 5 of 2009. The Columbus City mall will be soon demolished. It will be replaced with an urban park called Columbus commons. You can pay a visit to this park if you are on Columbus OH travel.

Columbus City Center Information

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_City_Center

Information on the Closing of Columbus City Center Mall

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/02/04/copy/citycenter_plan.ART_ART_02-04-09_A1_MKCPKVM.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

Columbus City Center Mall Current State

http://www.unplanned.us/2009/03/columbus-city-center-mall-1989-2009.html

The Columbus city centre parking garage is one of the popular parking sites in the city. You can access it from either Rich or Main Street. Refer to your Columbus Ohio travel guide for the precise directions to the Columbus city center-parking garage.

It is rated as one of the best parking spots in Columbus. The garage provides parking space to thousands of vehicles of the large Columbus city center.

Columbus city center

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_City_Center

The garage provides parking space for over 2000 cars in each garage. There is also a roof top parking as well as underground parking spots.

You can read reviews and further information concerning the Columbus city center-parking garage in this website:

http://web2.userinstinct.com/35202276-columbus-city-center-parking-garage.htm

The garage does not allow reserved parking in the main garage but you can reserve parking on the rooftop or the underground parking spots. When you find yourself in Columbus without a parking spot, you can always find space at this garage. The directions will be indicated in your Columbus Ohio travel guide.

Areas close to the parking spot include the Renaissance hotel, the Convention Center, shopping malls and many restaurants.

Parking places for access to the Columbus southern theatre can be found here:

http://www.capa.com/columbus/venues/southern_directions.php

http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2009/02/04/copy/citycenter_plan.ART_ART_02-04-09_A1_MKCPKVM.html

http://www.columbusunderground.com/updates-on-columbus-commons-development