Columbia Mall (Missouri)

The mall's anchors are two Dillard's stores, JCPenney, and Target. The mall also has a US Post Office{{cite web |url= http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.US_Postal_Service_Columbia_Mall_STA.905a173360db9b93.html|title=Hoover's – US Postal Service, Columbia Mall STA}} and a Club Car Wash.{{cite web |url=http://www.hoovers.com/company-information/cs/company-profile.Columbia_Mall_Carwash_Inc.cdd8e04883c83e40.html |title=Hoover's – Columbia Mall Carwash, Inc.}} It was the 3rd mall in Columbia, after Parkade Plaza in 1965 and Biscayne Mall in 1972. 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.komu.com/news/mid-missouri-will-lose-its-last-sears-location-this-summer|title = Mid Missouri will lose its last Sears location this summer}} In August 2019, it was announced that a second Dillard's would move into the former Sears building.{{cite web|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/second-dillards-new-hotel-being-planned-for-columbia-mall/article_97b25982-bf9d-11e9-9a55-53da7133585f.html|title=Second Dillard's, new hotel being planned for Columbia Mall}} The store opened on February 22, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/missouri_business/second-dillard-s-store-to-open-feb-22/article_55c9f67a-4796-11ea-b702-e7a680854643.html|title=Second Dillard's store to open Feb. 22}}

The mall has a Food Court, known as the Café Court. The Café Court has space for 8 tenants, but only 5 are currently occupied. The restaurants, as of May 2024 are: Stir Fry 88, Subway, Bubble House, Taco John's, and Charleys Philly Steaks.{{Cite web |title=Directory of stores and restaurants |url=https://www.visitcolumbiamall.com/en/directory/ |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Columbia Mall |language=en}} An Auntie Anne's pretzel shop is located near. The Café Court is located near the Barnes & Noble wing, and was remodeled in 2003. It also has a carousel, which was added in the 2003 remodel.

The mall was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The retailers struggled with the reopening, after the mall was forced to close.{{Cite web |last=Whitaker |first=Marisa |date=2020-06-02 |title=Columbia retailers struggle with bankruptcy and reopening during COVID-19 |url=https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/covid19/columbia-retailers-struggle-with-bankruptcy-and-reopening-during-covid-19/article_13b22c0e-a118-11ea-8b3b-930888defa00.html |access-date=2024-05-16 |website=Columbia Missourian |language=en}} The mall re-opened on May 5, 2020. As an effect of Covid-19, JCPenney went bankrupt, but the Columbia location did not close. Pier 1 Imports shuttered all stores, and closed the Columbia Mall location. Victoria's Secret quit paying rent, and its parent company went bankrupt, closing many stores.

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{{cite web

| last = Toppmeyer

| first = Blake

| url = http://www.columbiatribune.com/business/street-talk/article_cc2e9c03-3ea5-56ee-9dbe-9f7676958146.html

| title = STREET TALK; Columbia Missouri: Business

| publisher = Columbia Daily Tribune

| date = March 1, 2008

| quote = [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.

| access-date = 2014-06-09

}}

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• {{cite web

| title = Mall businesses to boost levy after TDD, city reach new deal. Revenue goes for lot, roads.

| author = Jacob Barker

| date = August 25, 2013

| url = http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/mall-businesses-to-boost-levy-after-tdd-city-reach-new/article_b9919f12-0d43-11e3-86ab-10604b9ffe60.html

| work = Columbia Daily Tribune

| quote = Sales taxes are set to rise for Columbia Mall shoppers under an agreement between its transportation development district and the city of Columbia that was approved last month.

| access-date = 2014-03-04

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• {{cite web

|author = Ray Beck

|date = April 21, 2007

|title = Development along Stadium pioneering, but contentious

|url = http://columbiabusinesstimes.com/426/2007/04/21/development-along-stadium-pioneering-but-contentious/

|publisher = The Business Times Company

|work = Columbia Business Times

|quote = ...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...

|access-date = 2014-03-08

|archive-date = 2014-03-09

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140309144540/http://columbiabusinesstimes.com/426/2007/04/21/development-along-stadium-pioneering-but-contentious/

|url-status = dead

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• {{cite web

| date = July 22, 2008

| title = Stadium traffic in spotlight: Financing deal will fix roads around the mall.

| url = http://www.mobilitytechzone.com/news/2008/07/22/3561100.htm

| work = reprint from Columbia Daily Tribune

| publisher = Technology Marketing Corporation

| quote = ...the city encouraged the formation of the Columbia Mall TDD in 2007...

| access-date = 2014-06-15

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