![]() He is survived by his wife, Diane three daughters, Elizabeth Block, Margaret Crawford and Eleanor Lazarus two sons, George Rau and Fred Lazarus 4th a brother, Maurice a sister, Ann Schloss 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.Ī memorial service has been scheduled for Memorial Hall in downtown Cincinnati at 10:30 a.m. founded Lazarus as a small men’s clothing store in Columbus, Ohio, in 1851.įred Lazarus 3rd was a force in helping to revitalize downtown Cincinnati and was active in housing and cultural organizations. Its use began to slow down with the demand in mall space decreasing, and Lazarus merging with Macys in 2005. And his great-grandfather Simon Lazarus Jr. Built in 1968, the Lazarus Department Store was an iconic building in Columbus, featuring blazed bricks from Claycraft, Italianate-like arches over its entrances, and several anchors. One of his brothers, the late Ralph Lazarus, was a former chairman and ceo of Federated. His father, Fred Jr., founded Federated in 1929 as a holding company for several family-owned department stores, including Abraham & Straus, Filene’s, Lazarus and Shillito’s, a subsidiary of Lazarus at the time. Lazarus was part of the retail dynasty that built the Federated empire. After leaving Shillito’s, he continued as a vice president of Federated Department Stores for several years. Lazarus became president of the chain in 1960 and chairman and ceo from 1965 to 1978. His career started in 1934 at Bloomingdale’s, and a year later he joined Shillito’s as an assistant department manager. Lazarus was an integral part of the expansion of Shillito’s, a well-run, traditional department store, based in Cincinnati, and a former division of Federated. Today, the Lazarus Building is one of Columbus largest office buildings in Columbus at almost 700,000 square feet. NEW YORK - Fred Lazarus 3rd, a former chairman and chief executive officer of Shillito’s and a son of the founder of Federated Department Stores, died Saturday of complications from pancreatic cancer. ![]() Micah Walker is the Dispatch trending reporter. Reach her at or 74. Follow her on Twitter. As soon as the store started in that location. ![]() More: Upper Arlington: Community center is 'the big one' among 2022 priorities Interviewer: Is the building still there Lazarus: No, the building is not still there. More: Upper Arlington community center designs being tweaked amid rising project costs Tenants include the Upper Arlington Parks and Recreation Department, Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Nationwide Children's Hospital. The site now is being developed into a 155,300-square-foot community center. The mall, owned locally by Washington Prime Group, is located off Interstate 71 on Polaris Parkway in Delaware County just to the north of the boundary between Delaware and Franklin County. Columbus Metropolitan Library Collection. The plans included a 55-store outdoor mall with two large anchor stores: the biggest Lazarus branch and the first Sears in Central Ohio. Construction began in June of 1963 on the 71-acre site at the corner of Morse and Karl Road. However, after sitting vacant for several years and being listed as an endangered building by Columbus Landmarks, Kroger pulled out of developing a store at the shopping center in 2020. Polaris Fashion Place is a two level shopping mall and surrounding retail plaza serving Columbus, Ohio, United States. The first major mall to open up in Columbus was Northland. Kroger bought the 6.2-acre Kingsdale site for $10.5 million in January 2015, within days of Macy’s announcement that it was closing the store. Lazarus then became Macy's in 2005 after a series of mergers and ultimately closed 10 years later. The Kingsdale location opened in 1970 and was initially 85,000 square feet before it was enlarged in 1977 to 108,000 square feet, according to a 2015 Dispatch article. The blue bricks would go on to be used for the store's Eastland and Northland locations. They were made by Gahanna-based Claycraft Mining and Brick Company as part of their "Colorifics" line. Those interested can also preorder bricks on the foundation's website, According to the foundation, the blue bricks were chosen with the help of industrial designer Raymond Loewy. ![]() All proceeds benefit the Upper Arlington Community Center Capital Campaign, in partnership with the Upper Arlington Community Foundation. To purchase one brick, a minimum donation of $50 is suggested, while $100 is suggested for three bricks. Attendees will have a chance to buy bricks that were salvaged from the store's demolition last year. at the city's Municipal Services Center, 3600 Tremont Road. The Upper Arlington Community Foundation is having a blue brick sale Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Those who remember the glazed, multicolored blue bricks of the Lazarus (later Macy's) store at the Kingsdale Shopping Center can now take a piece of the former Upper Arlington landmark home. ![]()
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