Columbia Mall (Missouri)

The Columbia Mall is a shopping mall located in Columbia, Missouri. It was built in 1985[1] and is the largest mall in its area.[2] The mall's anchor stores are Target, JCPenney, Level Up Entertainment, 2 Dillard's stores, and Barnes & Noble.

Columbia Mall
Entrance to Columbia Mall, May 2012
LocationColumbia, Missouri, United States
Coordinates38°57′50″N 92°22′30″W
Address2300 Bernadette Drive
Opening date1985 (1985)
ManagementBrookfield Properties Retail Group
OwnerBrookfield Properties Retail Group
No. of stores and servicesApprox. 90
No. of anchor tenants6[1]
Total retail floor area737,000 square feet (68,500 m2)[1]
No. of floors1 (2 in JCPenney)
Parking3500
Websitevisitcolumbiamall.com

Facility

The mall's anchors are two Dillard's stores, JCPenney, and Target.[1] The mall also has a post office[3] and a car wash.[4] It was the 3rd mall in Columbia, after Parkade Plaza in 1965 and Biscayne Mall in 1972.[5] In 2013, an H&M store was announced for the mall.[6][7] In April 2018, Sears Holdings announced the closure of the mall's Sears store in July 2018, which is the company's last store in mid-Missouri.[8] In August 2019, it was announced that a second Dillard's would move into the former Sears building. The store opened on February 22, 2020.

References
  1. "GGP Company overview".
  2. Fanselow, Julie. Traveling the Lewis and Clark Trail, p. 39 (4th ed. 2007)
  3. "Hoover's – US Postal Service, Columbia Mall STA".
  4. "Hoover's – Columbia Mall Carwash, Inc".
  5. Toppmeyer, Blake (March 1, 2008). "STREET TALK; Columbia Missouri: Business". Columbia Daily Tribune. Retrieved 2014-06-09. [Parkade Center] began as Parkade Plaza in 1965, and it was Columbia's largest shopping center until Biscayne Mall opened in 1972. In 1985, Columbia Mall opened and trumped both centers.
  6. "Fashion retailer H&M plans store at Columbia Mall". ConnectMidMissouri.com. November 7, 2013. Retrieved 2014-06-09. The new store at Columbia Mall will be 20,000 square feet...
  7. Andrea Gonzales, KOMU 8 Digital Producer (November 7, 2013). "H&M Coming to Columbia Fall of 2014". KOMU-TV8 and the Missouri School of Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  8. http://www.komu.com/news/mid-missouri-will-lose-its-last-sears-location-this-summer

Further reading
  • Ray Beck (April 21, 2007). "Development along Stadium pioneering, but contentious". Columbia Business Times. The Business Times Company. Retrieved 2014-03-08. ...called regarding a proposal from General Growth Company to build the Columbia Regional Mall....Before the mall would be built, however, there were several years of debate and various proposals for a regional mall location...


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