Polaris Fashion Place facts for kids
The Main Entrance is located between Molly Woo's and Brio Tuscan Grille.
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| Location | Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°08′44″N 82°58′53″W / 40.145596°N 82.981500°W |
| Address | 1500 Polaris Pkwy. |
| Opening date | November 2001 |
| Developer | Glimcher Realty Trust |
| Management | O'Connor Capital Partners |
| Owner | O'Connor Capital Partners Group |
| No. of stores and services | 200 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,278,277 square feet (118,756 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Public transit access |  Add→ 41, 102 PARTA 200 |
Polaris Fashion Place is a large, two-story shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio, USA. It's a popular place for shopping and fun. The mall is owned by O'Connor Capital Partners. You can find it near Interstate 71 on Polaris Parkway. It sits just north of the border between Delaware and Franklin Counties. The mall has four main department stores: Saks Fifth Avenue, Von Maur, Macy's, and JCPenney. There's also an outdoor area with places like Dave & Buster's and Barnes & Noble.
Polaris Fashion Place is part of a much bigger area called POLARIS Centers of Commerce. This huge development covers 1,200 acres. It includes other important places like the McCoy Center and Polaris Founder's Park. Many other businesses and homes are also part of this large community.
Polaris Fashion Place: A Fun Shopping Spot
How Polaris Fashion Place Started
Construction on Polaris Fashion Place began in June 2000. The mall officially opened its doors in November 2001. It started with 146 different stores inside. The people who built the mall wanted to bring new and exciting stores to the area. Some of the first big stores included Kaufmann's, The Great Indoors, Lord & Taylor, and Saks Fifth Avenue. Other major stores like JCPenney, Sears, and Lazarus moved here from another mall called Northland Mall. Northland Mall closed in 2002 and was taken down in 2004.
Big Changes Over the Years
The Lazarus store changed its name to Lazarus-Macy's in 2003. By 2005, it became simply Macy's. In 2006, the Kaufmann's store closed. Its building was later taken down in 2007. This space was used to create a new outdoor area. This new section opened in 2008. It added stores like Barnes & Noble and Forever 21. Many restaurants also joined, such as Benihana, The Cheesecake Factory, and Dave & Buster's. Lord & Taylor closed in 2004. A new store called Von Maur took its place. This was the very first Von Maur store in Ohio.
The Great Indoors store closed in 2012. In 2015, a new store opened in its place. This store combined Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream. Later, Field & Stream became Public Lands. In 2025, both of these stores closed. They made way for a new store called "Dick's House of Sport." This new store is from the same company.
Sears closed its doors in 2019. In 2021, a new indoor sports center opened there. It is called Fieldhouse USA. This facility offers many different sports activities.
The Saks Fifth Avenue store closed in April 2026. This was announced in February 2026.
