THE LAZARUS BUILDING

For more than 150 years, the Lazarus department store was a fixture in downtown Columbus. In 2005, the store closed, but the building was far from being forgotten or abandoned; in fact, big changes have been afoot in order to give the Lazarus Building a second life. Window openings, long since filled in, have been reopened. The brick and terra cotta façade has been restored. Lazarus is looking like its old self again - except it now serves as a mixed-use space for offices, retail, artists' studios, exhibitions, and restaurants. Plus, it's "green". This renovation project is LEED CS Gold certified by the U.S. Green Building Council. In fact, the Lazarus project is the first renovation project in central Ohio to achieve the LEED Gold rating.