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Columbus Square Mall

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRetrofit builtColumbus, GA

Opened 1965. Redeveloped in 2005. · from the fields below

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Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/147502362090283 overture · all sites with this

Website dead or redirecting

This site: …https://www.columbus.gov/recreationandparks/park-listing overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)

This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 34,700 on 22SP fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)

This site: 0.97 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $40,493 census-acs · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 51% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Redevelopment: civic record · all sites with this

New use

Civic and government

This site: Redevelopment: civic arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

GA, Columbus: Columbus Square Mall/Columbus Public Library, 2005
• Redevelopment: civic

Now

Status	Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
Strategy	Redevelopedauthors' map reported
What is there now	Redevelopment: civicauthors' map reported
Retrofit year	2005authors' map reported

Site context

FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	18: CALHAUN CLEANERS; COLLINS MIKE NISSAN; COLUMBUS SQUARE MALL; CVS PHARMACY #4671; FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMYEPA FRS
Census tract 13215002000	2,484 people, 2,978 per sq mi; median household income $40,493; median gross rent $946; 51% renters; 17.0% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 9.0 of 20; 97 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.69; 27,007 jobs within 45 min by car; 38% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	6 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 1 schools, 7 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 1 civic, 21 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 33 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Muscogee County (GA), 2024	30 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 261 single-family; 2023: 50 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.97; socioeconomic 0.95; housing and transport 0.92; 48% below 150% of poverty; 16% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Park Near Columbus Public Library (library, confidence 0.83, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 4,197 m², 19.304929733276367 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.columbus.gov (down or redirecting, status 404); archived 2001–2024 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Tract change 2013–2023	population -30% (3,568 → 2,484); median income +30% ($31,101 → $40,493); renters 46% → 51%; median home value +16% ($99,300 → $115,000)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 29.3); expected annual loss $747,958; community resilience relatively lowFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	1 LIHTC properties, 144 units: Midtown Square (144 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	10,281 jobs in 812 establishments; average annual pay $34,104; employment location quotient 1.17; employment -0.7% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	818 jobs; 104 in retail trade, 83 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 13215002000)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 29th income percentile as adults; 4.8% incarcerated at the 2010 count (608 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 31.5%; median family income $38,750; 326 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Muscogee County School District (PK-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Muscogee Education Transition Center; Rigdon Road Elementary School; Wynnton Elementary School; Rainey McCullers School of the ArtsNCES EDGE
Elevation	275 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	82 county-logged events: 49 thunderstorm wind, 14 flash flood, 13 hail, 5 tornado; $1,150,500 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 31906, 2026-09	median list price $197,500 (+0.6% on the year); 64 active listings; median 50 days on market; 17% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	798 establishments (-0%); 10,906 jobs (-5%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $188,877 (+3% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $1,341/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	34,700 vehicles a day on 22SP (principal arterial, 6 lanes); 1,197 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

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Elsewhere on the web

Retail history: Columbus Square Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here

Pages with photos

Sky City: Retail History: Columbus Square Mall: Colu… skycity2.blogspot.com

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retrofit already built
county grew 3.9% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Now called / also known as	Columbus Public Library
Opened	1965Wikidata
County	Muscogee County
Census division	5 · South Atlantic

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Timeline

1965 Opened (Wikidata)
2005 Retrofit: redevelop

Sources

Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Columbus Square Mall, Columbus, GA." Record m-2bb94fdb5f, from the authors' map. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/columbus-columbus-square-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_columbuscolumbussquaremall,
  title = {Columbus Square Mall, Columbus, GA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/columbus-columbus-square-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-2bb94fdb5f, release 2026.10.20, tier: curated. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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