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    Construction Roundup: Easton Expansion

    The developers of Easton Town Center announced their $500 million expansion plan in November of 2018, and work has continued at a steady pace ever since.

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    The first new businesses opened late last year, and more were scheduled to open this spring, although many of those plans have been put on hold due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

    A recent visit found work was continuing on several new buildings on the south side of Worth Avenue, which runs through the new expansion. Construction seems to have mostly wrapped up on a new office building – at the corner of Worth and Seltzer – and an adjacent five-story parking garage.

    Work has not yet started on the empty block of land south of Alston Street where zoning now allows for buildings as tall as 200 feet.

    Easton Town Center reopened today, May 12, but with new procedures and safety measures in place.

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    Additional Reading – Project Update: Easton Expansion

    All photos by Brent Warren.

    These completed buildings are at the northwest corner of the Easton expansion.
    A look at the completed buildings on either side of Worth Avenue.
    This new office building, at the corner of Stelzer Road and Worth Avenue, will hold the new M/I Homes headquarters.
    A view of a new parking garage, looking west down Alston Street.
    This building will be a 136-room Aloft Hotel.
    Another view of the hotel building.
    Three new buildings line the south side of Worth Avenue.
    A closer look at two of those buildings.
    Looking west down Worth Avenue.
    The new construction is reflected in the door of Arhaus, where a sign says the store will open on May 12.
    Work is under way to the north of the Arhaus store on the next phase of construction, which Easton’s developers have said could hold the expansion’s first new residential units.
    Another view of the new construction. The new RH Gallery, which initially opened late last year, is visible to the south.
    Work appeared to be paused on this portion of the expansion.
    Pins Mechanical Company will occupy the ground floor of this building.
    The newly expanded Worth Garage.
    A look at the RH Gallery building, which was completed last year. The store is officially known as RH Columbus, The Gallery at Easton Town Center.
    This pedestrian alley between Forty Deuce and Forbidden Root was devoid of people on a recent day, before the lifting of restrictions on retail establishments. Easton Town Center reopened to the public on May 12.
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