Columbia Center (Kennewick, Washington) Explained

Columbia Center
Location:Kennewick, Washington, United States
Opening Date:1969
Developer:Allied Stores[1]
Owner:Simon Property Group
Number Of Stores:122
Number Of Anchors:6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Floor Area:795305square feet[2]
Floors:1 (2 in main Macy's)
Coordinates:46.226°N -119.2271°W

Columbia Center is a shopping mall located in northwestern Kennewick, Washington, owned by Simon Property Group. It is the largest mall in southeastern Washington, with two Macy's stores (both formerly The Bon Marché) and JCPenney as its anchors.[3] It opened in 1969,[4] and has undergone two major renovations. In 1988, the expansion opened anchors Sears[5] and Lamonts (later Gottschalks, The Bon Marché Men's and Children's, now Macy's Men's and Children's).[6] The second in 1997 on the site of a former Pay 'n Save, brought Barnes & Noble, Old Navy, plus a renovated eight-screen Regal Cinemas (Columbia Center 8), which closed in July 2018, and was demolished for a Dick's Sporting Goods that opened in Fall 2019.[7]

On December 28, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 80 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2019.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Shop center said miracle . Spokane Chronicle . October 15, 1969 . September 15, 2021 . 3.
  2. Web site: Do Business at Columbia Center, a Simon Property.. Simon Property Group, L.P. and/or Its Affiliates (NYSE: SPG), © Copyright 1999-2016. All Rights. Reserved.. Business.simon.com. 10 June 2016.
  3. Web site: Simon Malls: More Choices: Columbia Center Gift Cards . 9 March 2006 . 10 June 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060309155236/http://www.simon.com/mall/mall_info.aspx?ID=234 . March 9, 2006 .
  4. Book: John M. . Findlay . Bruce . Hevly . Atomic Frontier Days: Hanford and the American West . 2011 . University of Washington Press . Seattle . 131 . https://books.google.com/books?id=YSqUHZQ4tXsC&pg=PA131 . Emil and Kathleen Sick Series in Western History and Biography . 978-0-295-80298-5 . 2011004808 . 820530076 . The Atomic City of the West: Richland and the Tri-Cities . Kennewick also grew by becoming the leading retailer of the Tri-Cities with the completion of the Columbia Center shopping mall in 1969..
  5. Web site: Sears Kennewick Store. Sears.
  6. Web site: Macy's Men's/Children's - Columbia Center. Flickr. 27 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Regal Columbia Center 8. cinematreasures.org.
  8. News: Sears is closing 80 more stores in March, faces possible liquidation. Thomas. Lauren. 2018-12-28. CNBC. 2018-12-28.