Don Monroe Casto, Sr.

Don Monroe Casto, Sr., born in Cleveland, Ohio, attended Ohio State University and was a veteran of World War I. He actively supported Ohio State athletics and Columbus professional baseball, built thousands of homes, apartment projects, and industrial and commercial buildings throughout the U.S., and his ideas spawned the era of contemporary shopping centers. He developed the first regional shopping center in the world, Town and Country, and also developed centers on the Mallway and on West Fifth Avenue. A visionary for the future of aviation in Columbus, he served on the original Columbus airport commission, and his innovations helped in the development of Port Columbus airport. Married to his wife Ruth for 42 years, he lived in Upper Arlington for 54 years and was a charitable and generous man who gave of himself to his family, his community, and his nation.

Upper Arlington, Ohio · United States