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]

Columbia Colonnade

Location	Buckhorn, Pennsylvania, United States
Coordinates	41.01721°N 76.48690°W / 41.01721; -76.48690
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	Less than 40[6]
No. of anchor tenants	3-6[2][7](formerly 4)[8]
Total retail floor area	352,544 sq ft (32,752.4 m^2)[2][8]
No. of floors	1[1]
Parking	2,419 spaces[9]
Website	www.columbiamall.com

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] 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.[10][11][12] 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.[13] 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][14][15] 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][16] Dunham's Sports opened in 2011 occupying most of the empty Ames store.[12] Cedar sold the mall in April 2013 for $2.8 million to Empire Columbia LP and management was replaced.[5][17][18] Sears closed in January 2015.[19][20][21] EFO Furniture opened in February 2017, occupying a portion of the former Sears.[22] Planet Fitness opened in spring 2017, occupying half of the former Sears.[23][24] J. C. Penney closed at the mall on July 31, 2017.[25][26][27][28] Bon-Ton closed in 2018 due to the chain's liquidation.[29] Columbia Mall was renamed to Columbia Colonnade on November 1, 2018.[30] Greenwood Farm Market, a farmers market, opened at the Colonnade in April 2019.[31]

Columbia Colonnade was sold by Empire Columbia LP (Empire Realty Investments) to Foust Holdings LLC for $7 million in July 2019.[5][32]

References

1. "WP Realty — Columbia Mall Joint Venture - Bloomsburg, PA". WP Realty. 2008-01-03. Archived from the original on February 24, 2017. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
2. "225 Columbia Mall Drive 2018" (PDF). LoopNet. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
3. Wawrzaszek, Michelle (December 8, 1988). "New Mall Gives Bloomsburg Merchants Holiday Blues". The Morning Call. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
4. Moore, Marcia (January 6, 2017). "Columbia Mall finds success in reinventing itself". The Daily Item. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
5. Deklinski, Larry (July 12, 2019). "Columbia Mall sold for $7 million". The News-Item. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
6. Scarcella, Francis (April 30, 2016). "More in store for malls". The Daily Item. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
7. "Columbia Mall" (PDF). MSC Retail. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 28, 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
8. "Fameco Listings Portfolio" (PDF). Fameco. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
9. "Columbia Mall" (PDF). Cedar Realty Trust. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 25, 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
10. Malina, Brian (November 13, 1998). "Ames Buying Hills Stores". Times Leader. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
11. Young, Brian (July 22, 1999). "New Ames Stores Opens Doors Today". Times Leader. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
12. Pang, Gary (May 4, 2011). "Sporting-goods store needs 50 workers, mall official says". Press Enterprise.
13. Allabaugh, Denise (September 27, 2010). "Despite recession, malls boast high occupancy rates". Standard Speaker. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
14. Milongo, Corinne (November 4, 2005). "Cedar Shopping Centers Buys Columbia Mall for $14M". CoStar. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
15. Pardy, Sasha M (January 30, 2008). "GOOD MATCH? Investors Think Inland-Cedar Merger is Intriguing". CoStar. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
16. "GHP rents office space in Columbia Mall". Press Enterprise Online. 23 May 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
17. Ianieri, Brian (October 11, 2013). "Shore Mall becomes Harbor Square in Egg Harbor Township". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved 17 June 2017.
18. "Hometown Columbia Mall has new outlook". Press Enterprise Online. 25 March 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
19. Krize, Nikki (October 17, 2014). "Sears to Close at the Columbia Mall". WNEP. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
20. "Sears at Schuylkill, Columbia malls to close". News Item. October 17, 2014. Archived from the original on October 21, 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
21. Stevens, Ali (October 17, 2014). "Sears will close at Columbia Mall". WKOK. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
22. Ratchford, Dan (January 31, 2017). "New Store Planned for Columbia Mall". WNEP. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
23. Krize, Nikki (January 12, 2017). "Planet Fitness Coming to Columbia Mall". WNEP. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
24. Gaffney, Fred. "Welcome Planet Fitness". The Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
25. Krize, Nikki (March 17, 2017). "Shoppers React to JCPenney Closing Stores in Our Area". WNEP. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
26. Reuther, Mike (March 18, 2017). "Department store leaving region's malls". Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
27. "Department stores delay shutdowns". Williamsport Sun-Gazette. April 16, 2017. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
28. Jarvis, Jade (August 1, 2017). "Three local JCPenney stores closing their doors for good Monday". WOLF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
29. Bomey, Nathan (April 18, 2018). "Bon-Ton Stores closing: See list of Boston Store, Carson's, Younkers, Herberger's stores". USA Today. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
30. "Columbia Mall Renamed". Facebook. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
31. Crossley, Pat (May 3, 2019). "Farmers market's new home means shopping doesn't end". Williamsport Sun-Gazette. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
32. "Empire Realty Investments Building Value & Growth Through Turnarounds, Long-Term Strategy for Value-Add Properties". Business Wire. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 1 March 2019.

External links

• Official website
• Columbia Mall at deadmalls.com