Main Street Developments

2008
Main Street will see the addition of The Sheraton Boutique Hotel in Spring/Summer of 2008 - which will include Starbucks, a basement pub with live music, a martini bar in an old bank vault, high end restaurant, and a rooftop (indoor/outdoor) sky sushi bar!

Streetscape will be complete

Look for further development news by Capitol Places on the residential and mix-use front.

2009
New movie theater will open on Main Street in the historical Fox Theater in 2009! Nickelodeon Fundraising is taking place and they will renovate this beautiful old theater.

19 Story office high rise at corner of Main and Gervais is expected to be completed. This will include 1st floor restaurant with open air plaza

Renaissance Cultural Arts Center expected to open on corner of Sumter & Taylor

Another piece of the puzzle

Success has been seen in commercial, residential and soon RETAIL!

City Center Partnership Hires Recruiter to Revitalize the Retail Sector in Downtown Columbia

Columbia, SC – January 16, 2008 - City Center Partnership is pleased to announce that Amy Stone has been selected as the first retail recruiter for downtown Columbia.

“Amy brings a wealth of experience in sales from recruiting contributors for non-profit organizations to soliciting donations from alumni, which is complimentary to what we’ll be doing for retail in Columbia,” said Midge McCauley of ERA in Washington, D.C., who is currently creating a comprehensive retail plan for the area. “Amy was selected from a group of qualified people. Ultimately her background, energetic personality, charm, and business relationships in Columbia and around the state stood out over the competition,” said McCauley.

“My vision for downtown Columbia is to become an even more exciting and vibrant destination that people want to come and visit,” said Amy. “I want downtown Columbia to be a place people shop to find something unique they can’t find anywhere else.”

About Amy Stone

Before joining City Center Partnership, Stone was the owner of AES Consulting, where she provided expertise in annual giving, capital campaigns, and special events. For more than 25 years, Stone has been Director of Development for Hammond School, Arizona Museum of Science and Technology, and The Baylor School. Stone is currently serving as the President-Elect for the University of South Carolina Alumni Association Board of Governors. She is a member of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals, the Rotary Club of Columbia, Historic Columbia Foundation Garden Restoration Steering Committee, and a Graduate of Leadership Chattanooga.

About City Center Partnership

City Center Partnership, Inc. (CCP) is a non-profit organization that manages South Carolina’s first managed Business Improvement District in the 36-block area bounded by Gervais, Elmwood, Assembly, and Marion streets in downtown Columbia.

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Main Street

Fast Facts about Main Street Columbia SC

• Over $200 million dollars has been invested on Main Street over the last five years and another $100 million to be completed in the next two years. It has created wonderful public spaces, office buildings, apartments, condos, and retail spaces.
• There are now over 235 people living in a three-block stretch of Main Street.
• The City Center Partnership provides Hospitality Services to downtown residents, visitors, and employees by our yellow shirted Safety Guides. This service includes vehicular or pedestrian escorts anywhere with he downtown district - great for a ride home from your favorite restaurant or a walk to the bank with a friendly Safety Guide by your side.
• Shopping is quickly becoming a reality on Main Street - 10 new downtown shops and services opened in 2007 and much more to come. Street level retail is now priority #1 for downtown! They City of Columbia and City Center Partnership have invested in a retail strategy/implementation plan to compliment the existing revitalization of Main Street.
  

CCP Clean & Safe Team in Action

On Wednesday January 09,2007 an editorial was written in The State Newspaper. The information is actually about a City Center Partnership's Safe Team Member. Good Job Allen!

Editorial:
• Chivalrous guard makes world safer

Recently, a friend and I were walking back from exercising at Finlay Park in the early evening hours. We’d parked our cars in the metered lot near the bus station downtown. As we turned the corner to walk to our cars, a gentleman wearing a yellow-shirted uniform, whom I believe worked for the city of Columbia, introduced himself as Allen and walked us to our cars to ensure our safety. He asked that we check the backseats of our cars and then waited patiently until we were safely in our vehicles to continue patrolling the parking lot.

My friend and I were absolutely and wonderfully surprised by this man’s gentlemanly and chivalrous behavior. While it may be his job to patrol the area, he went above and beyond the call of duty to ensure our safety. I have worked downtown for years and have never once had this experience before.

I would like to thank Allen for his respectful and kind concern for my friend and me. The world would be a little bit safer and brighter if there were a few more gentlemen such as Allen.

ELIZABETH HOUSER

Starbucks Coming to Main Street

The State Newspaper - January4, 2008

• Sheraton, Starbucks on Main Street

Developer Rick Patel plans to add a bit more pizzazz to the local hotel market with the addition of the Sheraton Columbia Downtown Hotel.

The hotel — which will be boutique-style, housing 135 rooms and suites — is slated to open March 27 at 1400 Main St. It also will be home to Main’s first Starbucks cafe.

The hotel replaces Republic National Bank built in the early 1900’s. The bank’s remaining vault on the first floor will serve as a centerpiece of one of the four bars and restaurants.

*** Yeah for you Starbucks addicts and bigger yeah to 4 bars & restaurants - One of the bars is a rooftop with inside and outside seating