Malls · Pennsylvania

Columbia Colonnade

Imported, unreviewedStatus not verifiedHemlock, PA

Columbia Colonnade opened 1988 near Bloomsburg, PA, 350k sq ft, five anchors; current status and ownership unknown for future planning · summary, model-written

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Columbia Colonnade. Photo: Blandmalls, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Former anchors

JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Sears

This site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this

Finance and pipeline

On Facebook

This site: …https://www.facebook.com/2606181812789755 overture · all sites with this

Website alive

This site: …http://www.columbiamall.com overture / http check · all sites with this

Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 30,600 on Z H CONFAIR MEMORIAL HW fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Grocery within 800 m

This site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this

Interstate or freeway within 600 m

This site: Z H CONFAIR MEMORIAL HW fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Low social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)

This site: 0.11 cdc-svi · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -1.8% census-acs · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Status not verifiedWikidata reported

Site context

Transit within 800 m	no rail stationOpenStreetMap
Motorway junctions within 2 km	232, junctionOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zone	X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	4: ALDI FOOD MARKET; GEISINGER BUCKHORN MSK; PENNA DEPT OF TRANS MAINTENANCE 3-1& 3-3; PROPOSED RESTAURANTS WITH DRIVE THROUGHEPA FRS
Census tract 42037050300	5,020 people, 116 per sq mi; median household income $87,353; median gross rent $1,058; 12% renters; 7.5% vacant units; 0.3% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 7.2 of 20; 6 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.85; 14,085 jobs within 45 min by car; 4% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	4 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 0 schools, 0 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 10 food and drink; 1 cycleway segments, 3 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Columbia County (PA), 2024	0 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 68 single-family; 2023: 0 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.11; socioeconomic 0.21; housing and transport 0.25; 15% below 150% of poverty; 2% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place Columbia Colonnade Mall (shopping_mall, confidence 0.97, from Overture, meta); building footprint 39,895 m², 6.202289581298828 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and social	www.columbiamall.com (alive); archived 1998–2023 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views	20,031 since 2015; 2,032 in the last 12 months (-12% vs the prior 12); peak 2022-04 with 486Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population -4% (5,236 → 5,020); median income +53% ($57,130 → $87,353); renters 17% → 12%; median home value +54% ($169,100 → $259,500)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively low overall (score 44.0); expected annual loss $1.5M; high: winter weather; community resilience very highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	3,232 jobs in 222 establishments; average annual pay $33,039; employment location quotient 1.36; employment +0.4% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	3,832 jobs; 1,030 in retail trade, 572 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 42037050300)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 45th income percentile as adults; -0.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (502 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; 79% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 10.5%; median family income $73,676; 180 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Bloomsburg Area School District (KG-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation	649 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	90 county-logged events: 77 thunderstorm wind, 7 flash flood, 4 hail, 1 tornado; $419,500 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 17815, 2026-09	median list price $344,995 (+13.6% on the year); 41 active listings; median 47 days on market; 23% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	231 establishments (-2%); 3,950 jobs (+13%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $243,148 (+5% 1 yr, +11% 5 yr); typical rent $1,148/mo (+6% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	284 (2000 = 100); -9.1% 1 yr, +32% 5 yr, +48% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	30,600 vehicles a day on Z H CONFAIR MEMORIAL HW (Interstate, 4 lanes); 10,828 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Columbia Colonnade opened in 1988 as a mall just outside Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, featuring approximately 350,568 square feet of GLA and 53 peak stores. It was anchored by EFO Furniture, Planet Fitness, Dunham's Sports, MVP Clubhouse, and a VA Clinic, serving Bloomsburg University and surrounding communities. The record does not provide information on any subsequent changes, closures, or current use.

Why. not stated in the record

Where it stands. Current status is unknown and no owner information is provided in the record.

For a planner

No precedents or policy tools are mentioned in the record.
Open questions include the current ownership and legal control of the site.
Open questions also cover existing zoning, land‑use designations, and any proposed reuse or redevelopment plans.

For a developer

Site size: 350,568 sq ft GLA (as reported).
Control and entitlement stage are unknown per the record.
Context‑layer constraints (flood, transit, environment) and market signals from tract data are not provided.

What we do not know yet

Current status (open, vacant, demolished, repurposed) is unknown.
Owner or controlling entity is not identified.
Timeline of anchor tenant changes or closures is missing.
Any planning actions, zoning changes, or development agreements are not described.
Environmental, flood‑risk, transit access, and market‑data details are absent.

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Similar sites

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Susquehanna Valley Mall, Selinsgrove, PA · Malls · similar GLA (400,000 sq ft); also in PA; 40 km away
Blue Mountain Mall, Walla Walla, WA · Malls · similar GLA (337,869 sq ft); opened 1989

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

103 Columbia Colonnade Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, an… gettyimages.com
Columbia Colonnade | Bennett Williams Commercial bennettwilliams.com
Columbia Colonnade (Columbia Mall): Dead Mall in the mountains - Raw & Real Retail youtube.com
103 Columbia Colonnade Stock Photos, High-Res Pictures, and Im… gettyimages.ie

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History and original facts

Opened	1988Wikidata
Gross leasable area	350,568 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak	53Esri 2014 layer reported
Anchors	JCPenney, Sears, The Bon-Ton, Dunham's Sports
Address	I-80 & Rt. 42
County	Columbia
Census division	2 · Mid-Atlantic
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Columbia Colonnade was a shopping mall located just outside Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. It was anchored by EFO Furniture, Planet Fitness, Dunham's Sports, MVP Clubhouse, and a VA Clinic. The mall was next to Interstate 80 and PA 42. It also served the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, as well as several surrounding communities, such as Bloomsburg and Buckhorn, Pennsylvania.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

1988 Opened (Wikidata)

Sources

Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02
Wikipedia: Columbia Colonnade · 2026-09-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Columbia Colonnade, Hemlock, PA." Record m-7f7a908bb6, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/hemlock-columbia-colonnade/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_hemlockcolumbiacolonnade,
  title = {Columbia Colonnade, Hemlock, PA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/pa/hemlock-columbia-colonnade/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-7f7a908bb6, release 2026.10.20, tier: draft. 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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