Columbia Center is a shopping mall located in northwestern

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, owned by

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. It is the largest mall in southeastern Washington, with two

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stores (both formerly

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) and

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as its anchors. It opened in 1969, and has undergone two major

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. In 1988, the expansion opened anchors

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and

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(later

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, The Bon Marché Men's and Children's, now Macy's Men's and Children's). The second in 1997 on the site of a former

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, brought

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, plus a renovated eight-screen

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(Columbia Center 8), which closed in July 2018, and was demolished for a

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that opened in Fall 2019. 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.

References

External links

Columbia Center Official Site

Mall directory

Simon Malls
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