Ikea wants to cut down nearly 600 trees from its planned Polaris site

Ikea has told the city and state it wants to cut down nearly 600 trees from its Polaris site to make its planned store and sign visible to I-71 travelers. It’s a request the local Sierra Club is none too happy about. On Monday, Columbus officials conditionally approved a variance to remove the trees, saying the company has proven it faces a financial hardship if the request is denied. “There still is a fair amount of work the developer has to do to satisfy the variance,” Dax Bl