Taco Bell

The Stow submarket delivers a strong, above-average consumer profile for Summit County. Average household income exceeds $138,000 within 3 miles, supported by a substantial daytime population and broad consumer spending base across food, entertainment, household and service categories. This combination of household income, population density and spending capacity provides a durable consumer foundation for QSR and retail tenancy. Stow's employment base is undergoing meaningful reinvestment. The city's northwest quadrant sits within six miles of two Route 8 interchanges and the Ohio Turnpike, anchoring a well-connected industrial corridor that has seen the recent delivery of more than 1.2 million square feet of speculative warehousing, with an additional 600,000 to 800,000 square feet planned. Manufacturing remains the area's largest employment sector, supported by established employers including Audio-Technica, MACtac, Matco Tools and NMG Aerospace, alongside Arhaus's $43 million global headquarters and distribution center nearby in Boston Heights. Stow's corporate and civic momentum amplifies this foundation. Industrial Realty Group is redeveloping the 130-acre, 1.4 million square foot former JOANN Inc. headquarters into Hudson District, a mixed-use corporate and distribution campus along the same Norton and Darrow Road corridor. The subject is directly adjacent to The Amp, a new 2,500-seat outdoor amphitheater anchoring a planned entertainment district, and is shadow-anchored by Giant Eagle, generating 1M+ annual visits and $51M in annual sales and ranking in the top 10% of the format nationally, providing sustained daily traffic that directly underpins the node's retail performance. The convergence of above-average household incomes, a growing industrial and employment base and significant nearby investment positions this Stow node among the more defensible retail submarkets in the Akron MSA. Continued employment growth, expanding entertainment infrastructure and established retail traffic provide multiple layers of demand supporting the corridor's long-term retail fundamentals.