Columbia Colonnade
Columbia Colonnade (formerly Columbia Mall) is a shopping mall located just outside Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. It is anchored by EFO Furniture, Planet Fitness, Dunham's Sports, MVP Clubhouse, and Geisinger Health Plan.[2] 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.[3]
Location | Buckhorn, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Coordinates | 41.01721°N 76.48690°W |
Address | 225 Columbia Mall Drive |
Opening date | 1988[1][2] |
Developer | Zamias[3] |
Management | CBRE[4] |
Owner | Foust Holdings LLC[5] |
No. of stores and services | 3[6] |
No. of anchor tenants | 3-6[2][7](formerly 4)[8] |
Total retail floor area | 352,544 sq ft (32,752.4 m2)[2][8] |
No. of floors | 1[1] |
Parking | 2,419 spaces[9] |
History
The mall opened in 1988 with anchors Sears, J. C. Penney, The Bon-Ton, and Hills Department Stores.[1][3] Sears and J. C. Penney moved from downtown Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania to become anchor stores when the mall opened.[3] The mall was sold early in it's existence for $36 million to Heitman Advisory Corp.[10] In 1995, Columbia Mall was sold for $27.6 million.[5] The only anchor change during this time was when Hills converted to Ames in 1999.[11][12][13] 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.[14] Cedar Shopping Centers (Cedar Bloomsburg LLC) bought the mall in 2005 for $14 million from Bay View Columbia Mall, with reconstruction plans existing in 2008.[5][15][16] WP Realty joined as a 25% owner of the mall in 2008.[1]
Non-retail office space leases at the mall started in the early 2010s and included Geisinger Health Plan.[4][17] Dunham's Sports opened in 2011 occupying most of the empty Ames store.[13] Cedar sold the mall in April 2013 for $2.8 million to Empire Columbia LP and management was replaced.[5][18][19] Sears closed in January 2015.[20][21][22] EFO Furniture opened in February 2017, occupying a portion of the former Sears.[23] Planet Fitness opened in spring 2017, occupying half of the former Sears.[24][25] J. C. Penney closed at the mall on July 31, 2017.[26][27][28][29] Bon-Ton closed in 2018 due to the chain's liquidation.[30] MVP Clubhouse opened in Summer 2018, occupying the remaining former Ames.[31][32]
Columbia Mall was renamed to Columbia Colonnade on November 1, 2018.[33][34] Greenwood Farm Market, a farmers market, opened at the Colonnade in April 2019.[35] Columbia Colonnade was sold by Empire Columbia LP (Empire Realty Investments) to Foust Holdings LLC for $7 million in July 2019.[5][36][37] The mall lost several stores due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.[38] Partial reconstruction plans were announced in July 2020, with a Veterans Affairs office opening planned for August. Three stores remain in the mall's interior as of January 2021.[6]
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