From Canal Place and the new student housing and retail space going in on South Main Street, to Lock 3 Park and the lofts at Northside, downtown is finally reaching is potential, with a healthy mix of office, retail and residential development coming together. Rickel explains that a healthy downtown is critical to the Akron area, and that Mayor Plusquellic has been the catalyst for the steady improvement and growth in the city's Central Business District.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Spotlight: DAP Chairman Gary Rickel on the Transformation of Downtown
When you take a close look at the changes in downtown Akron over the past 20 years, the results are really remarkable. In this video, Gary Rickel of CB Richard Ellis and the Chairman of the Downtown Akron Partnership (DAP) talks about the transformation of downtown during the tenure of Mayor Plusquellic, and how the Mayor's vision and energy have led to so much positive change.
From Canal Place and the new student housing and retail space going in on South Main Street, to Lock 3 Park and the lofts at Northside, downtown is finally reaching is potential, with a healthy mix of office, retail and residential development coming together. Rickel explains that a healthy downtown is critical to the Akron area, and that Mayor Plusquellic has been the catalyst for the steady improvement and growth in the city's Central Business District.
From Canal Place and the new student housing and retail space going in on South Main Street, to Lock 3 Park and the lofts at Northside, downtown is finally reaching is potential, with a healthy mix of office, retail and residential development coming together. Rickel explains that a healthy downtown is critical to the Akron area, and that Mayor Plusquellic has been the catalyst for the steady improvement and growth in the city's Central Business District.
