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 "id": "m-e1ba4aac1c",
 "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/columbus-city-center/",
 "tier": "curated",
 "release": "2026-10-20",
 "chips": {
  "documented": "a quoted excerpt supports the value",
  "reported": "a source or origin is named, no excerpt",
  "none": "no source recorded"
 },
 "fields": {
  "acres": {
   "value": 9.0,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2009-02-04/city-center-to-be-demolished, https://www.ohioequities.com/wp/market-reports/2017-second-quarter-market-report-a-look-back-at-columbus-commons/",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "address": {
   "value": "State, Third, Rich & High Sts.",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "esri-closed-us-malls-2014",
   "origin_label": "Esri 2014 layer",
   "ref": "OH0010",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "after_notes": {
   "value": "• Regreening: park\n• Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residential",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "REG-002",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "county": {
   "value": "Franklin",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "esri-closed-us-malls-2014",
   "origin_label": "Esri 2014 layer",
   "ref": "OH0010",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "developer": {
   "value": "Capitol South; Columbus Downtown Development Corp",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "REG-002",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "entitlement_year": {
   "value": 2009,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2009-02-04/city-center-to-be-demolished, https://www.ohioequities.com/wp/market-reports/2017-second-quarter-market-report-a-look-back-at-columbus-commons/",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "gla_sqft": {
   "value": 958000,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "esri-closed-us-malls-2014",
   "origin_label": "Esri 2014 layer",
   "ref": "OH0010",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "planning_notes": {
   "value": "Approved by Columbus City Council; Downtown Commission. ",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2009-02-04/city-center-to-be-demolished, https://www.ohioequities.com/wp/market-reports/2017-second-quarter-market-report-a-look-back-at-columbus-commons/",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "public_subsidy": {
   "value": "About $15M for demolition and park, with $15M requested from federal stimulus. Funding drew on Columbus Downtown Development Corp, Capitol South, Franklin County Commissioners and Metro Parks.",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2009-02-04/city-center-to-be-demolished, https://www.ohioequities.com/wp/market-reports/2017-second-quarter-market-report-a-look-back-at-columbus-commons/",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "status": {
   "value": "built",
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "derived from authors' map (retrofit year present)",
   "origin_label": "derived from authors' map (retrofit year present)",
   "ref": "REG-002",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "stores_peak": {
   "value": 108,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "esri-closed-us-malls-2014",
   "origin_label": "Esri 2014 layer",
   "ref": "OH0010",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "strategy": {
   "value": [
    "redevelop",
    "regreen"
   ],
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "authors' map label wins; replaced [\"redevelop\", \"regreen\"] on 2026-10-20",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "year_opened": {
   "value": 1989,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "REG-002",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "year_retrofit": {
   "value": 2011,
   "chip": "reported",
   "origin": "arcgis-webmap",
   "origin_label": "authors' map",
   "ref": "REG-002",
   "quotes": []
  },
  "zoning_change": {
   "value": "public park plus mixed-use pads (zoning instrument not found)",
   "chip": "documented",
   "origin": "research-planning",
   "origin_label": "research",
   "ref": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2009-02-04/city-center-to-be-demolished, https://www.ohioequities.com/wp/market-reports/2017-second-quarter-market-report-a-look-back-at-columbus-commons/",
   "quotes": [
    {
     "quote": "Some Downtown Commission members questioning the wisdom of spending $15 million to demolish 1.3 million square feet of retail that was only 20 years old.",
     "url": "https://www.wosu.org/news/2009-02-04/city-center-to-be-demolished",
     "title": "Quoted support for zoning_change",
     "date": null,
     "kind": "research",
     "license": null
    }
   ]
  }
 }
}