Columbiana Centre is the Columbia mall that stayed open when others did not. In this region, that matters.
It opened in 1990 on the northwest side, in the Harbison shopping area. After that, more of the area’s shopping concentrated there.
The older malls did not all survive in the same way. Richland Mall lost its main stores and moved toward being torn down and rebuilt. Dutch Square and Columbia Place lost much of the place they once held. Columbiana Centre stayed filled with stores…