Columbia Mall (Pennsylvania)

Columbia Mall
Location Buckhorn, Pennsylvania, USA
Address 225 Columbia Mall Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Opening date 1988[1]
Developer Zamias[2]
Owner WP Realty[3]
No. of stores and services Less than 40[4]
No. of anchor tenants 4[5]
Total retail floor area 350,855 sq ft[6] - 352,544 sq ft[5]
No. of floors 1[1]
Parking 2,419 spaces[6]
Website www.columbiamall.com

Columbia Mall is a shopping mall located just outside Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The mall is next to Interstate 80 and PA 42.[1] It also serves the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, as well as several surrounding communities, such as Bloomsburg and Buckhorn, Pennsylvania.[2]

History

The mall opened in 1988 with anchors Sears, J. C. Penney, The Bon-Ton, and Hills Department Stores.[1][2] Sears and J. C. Penney moved from downtown Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania to become anchor stores when the mall opened.[2] The only anchor change during this time was when Hills converted to Ames in 1999.[7][8][9] After the closure of Ames in 2002, the vacant store was used occasionally for the Animal Resource Center Yard Sale, Eagle Arms Gun Show, and WNEP Outdoor Expo.[10]

Cedar Shopping Centers bought the mall in 2005 for $14 million, with reconstruction plans existing in 2008.[11][12] WP Realty joined as a 25% owner of the mall in 2008.[1] Auntie Anne's and F.Y.E. both closed in 2010.[13][14] Dunham's Sports opened in 2011 occupying most of the empty Ames store.[9] Sears closed in January 2015.[15][16][17] Hallmark Heritage Shops began closing sales in April 2016.[4][18]

Anchors

Former anchors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "WP Realty — Columbia Mall Joint Venture - Bloomsburg, PA". WP Realty. 2008-01-03. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Wawrzaszek, Michelle (December 8, 1988). "New Mall Gives Bloomsburg Merchants Holiday Blues". The Morning Call. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  3. "Amato buys East End Centre for $3 million". Times Leader. March 13, 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  4. 1 2 Scarcella, Francis (April 30, 2016). "More in store for malls". Daily Item. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fameco Listings Portfolio" (PDF). Fameco. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Columbia Mall" (PDF). Cedar Realty Trust. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Malina, Brian (November 13, 1998). "Ames Buying Hills Stores". Times Leader. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 Young, Brian (July 22, 1999). "New Ames Stores Opens Doors Today". Times Leader. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Pang, Gary (May 4, 2011). "Sporting-goods store needs 50 workers, mall official says". Press Enterprise.
  10. Allabaugh, Denise (September 27, 2010). "Despite recession, malls boast high occupancy rates". Standard Speaker. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  11. Milongo, Corinne (November 4, 2005). "Cedar Shopping Centers Buys Columbia Mall for $14M". CoStar. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  12. Pardy, Sasha M (January 30, 2008). "GOOD MATCH? Investors Think Inland-Cedar Merger is Intriguing". CoStar. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  13. "Local Mall Suffers Due to Economy". BU Now. October 22, 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  14. "Columbia Mall Losing Two Stores". PAHomePage.com. January 8, 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  15. 1 2 Krize, Nikki (October 17, 2014). "Sears to Close at the Columbia Mall". WNEP. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  16. "Sears at Schuylkill, Columbia malls to close". News Item. October 17, 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  17. Stevens, Ali (October 17, 2014). "Sears will close at Columbia Mall". WKOK. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  18. Nieves, Alicia (April 28, 2016). "Several Hallmark Stores Prepare To Close". WNEP. Retrieved 22 May 2016.

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Coordinates: 41°01′02″N 76°29′13″W / 41.01721°N 76.48690°W / 41.01721; -76.48690


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