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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