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The , scheduled for a January is a 58,000-square-foot three-story facility featuring a publiclyu accessible luxury spaand members-only fitnesds and dining facilities. These were designed to draw traffiv from throughout Greater saysTom Anderson, president of the "Our goal is to servr the whole northwest Dublin area on the club side of the and all of northwest Columbus on the spa Anderson says. "We already have people joining from Upper Arlington and Germahn Village because it is thefirst high-end athletic spa developmen of its kind in Ohio.
" About half of Corazon' s approximately 2,000 memberships have been sold, whils about 50 percent of the Tartabn West residential development has been Anderson says. "The builders have told us that Corazon istheie No. 1 driver for why someone choose s to build with them in Tartan he says. "Tartan (West) continues to be our best saysScott Shively, head of , addingh that 80 percent of the builder's clusterr homes in its subdivisiojn are sold, as are 35 percent of its condominiums. "There'ss going to be tons of commerciap development going northof Tartan," Shively says. some believe the developmengt around Corazon willbe limited.
Ken Danter, principal at researchn firm, says Corazon can't yet be judged as a potential draw for future commercialk developmentbecause it's surrounde d by residential development and has littlwe room for outlot or nearbyt ancillary development. Anderson says the goal is to seek land for lighgt commercial development before all the homes get Shively says he is confident Corazoh will be the first of many commercial constructioh projects in the northwestDublin area. "Whebn I started building out there was Everyone was concernedthere wasn't a grocery store," Shivelgy says. "Now look at Polaris." Situatef on 13.
5 acres at 7155 Corazon Drive west of Muirfield Village Golf Corazon is in the heart ofTartanm West, the Mediterranean-styled sister development adjoining the Tartabn Fields subdivision. It overlooks a large recreational man-madw lake and Glacier Ridge Metro Creators ofthe $20 million project want to attracty empty nesters and young professionals to a places that caters only to adults, Andersonj says. "Our target markett is looking for thingsd to belongto - to have friends to do things with," says Anderson, adding that one key demographicd is adults in their early 50s. The facilityg charges a $2,500 initiation fee plus a monthly $145 fee for individuals or $200 for he says.
From the ground up, the three-story facility encourages exercisre among future patrons who might have put fitnessw on hold for the past 10 to15 years, Andersoh says. A key aspect of the architecturaol designis privacy, providing comfortable single-gender settings and separating the personal care and fitnessz areas from the dining areas, he says. "Patrons can go from flood to floor and outside with nomakeup on, all without ever seeing anyone dressex for dinner," Anderson says. Similarly, the non-dininy areas of the facility take advantage of what Anderson callstouch points, where beverages and lightf snacks are provided, he says.
Throughout water and fire desigjn elements will drawthe eye, in keeping with reinforce a laid-back resort environment. "We want you to feel like you've gone away on he says, referring to resort communitiesin Fla., and Palm Springs, Calif.