Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Ohio

City Center

From the authors' mapRedevelopedRegreenedRetrofit builtColumbus, OH

Opened 1989. Redeveloped · Regreened in 2011. · from the fields below

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Site profile17 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/133658140122484 overture · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …http://www.livehighpointcolumbus.com/ 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
200+ tax-credit housing units within 1 kmThis site: 951 units in 6 properties hud-lihtc · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 7 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 175 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a yearThis site: 5,940 units, Franklin County census-bps · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
National Register place within 500 mThis site: Schlee-Kemmler Building; Second Presbyterian Church nps-nrhp · all sites with this
Renter-majority tractThis site: 83% census-acs · all sites with this
Scale
Under 20 acresThis site: 9 acres research-planning · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Regreening: park Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residential arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
RegreenedThis site: Regreening: park Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residential arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
New use
HousingThis site: Regreening: park Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residential Approved by Columbus City Council; Downtown Commission. arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: Regreening: park Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residential Approved by Columbus City Council; Downtown Com arcgis-webmap · all sites with this
Park and open spaceThis site: Regreening: park Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residential Approved by arcgis-webmap · all sites with this

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From the authors' map

OH, Columbus: City Center/Columbus Commons, 2011
• Regreening: park
• Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residential

Now

StatusRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
StrategyRedeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map reported
What is there nowRegreening: park Partial redevelopment: mixed-use residentialauthors' map reported
Retrofit year2011authors' map reported
RedeveloperCapitol South, Columbus Downtown Development CorpWikidata reported

Planning

Zoning changepublic park plus mixed-use pads (zoning instrument not found)research
documented
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.

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Public purchase or subsidyAbout $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.research reported
Entitlement year2009research reported
Planning notesApproved by Columbus City Council; Downtown Commission. research reported

Securitised debt and public filers

As reported by the owner

Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.

Year endFilerName in filingGLA sq ftOccupancyYearsShareSales psfAnchors listed
2004The Mills Corporation 10-K, 2005-03-31Columbus City Center Columbus, OH
match: exact		1,066,000
in-line 356,000		acquired 2004Forever 21 and Kaufmann’s

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m27: AGFA CORP C/O HYATT CAPITAL SQ; ARNOLD CORP; ATHLETIC CLUB OF COLUMBUS; BBI LOGISTICS LLC; CERTIFIED OIL COEPA FRS
Census tract 390490040022,893 people, 5,902 per sq mi; median household income $63,676; median gross rent $1,404; 83% renters; 10.2% vacant units; 4.7% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 3 schools, 118 parks or playgrounds, 4 health, 11 civic, 67 food and drink; 175 cycleway segments, 795 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
National Register places within 500 m15: Schlee-Kemmler Building; Second Presbyterian Church; Ohio National Bank; Ohio TheatreNPS
Housing permits, Franklin County (OH), 20245,940 units in 5+ unit buildings, 169 in 2–4, 2,013 single-family; 2023: 5,113 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.31; socioeconomic 0.42; housing and transport 0.71; 24% below 150% of poverty; 29% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby7 within 10 km, 10 within 25 km: Columbus Bus Station (0.2 km); Northland (0.4 km); 195 E. Broad Street (0.5 km); Trolley District (3.6 km); Indianola Park Shopping Center (4.9 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Highpoint On Columbus Commons (historic_site, confidence 0.99, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 22,367 m², 9.954084396362305 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.livehighpointcolumbus.com (down or redirecting, status 403); archived 2017–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views126,785 since 2015; 9,407 in the last 12 months (-20% vs the prior 12); peak 2023-12 with 2,486Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023tract boundary changed between the 2010 and 2020 census; no 2013 comparisonCensus ACS
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 82.2); expected annual loss $2.8M; high: inland flooding; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km6 LIHTC properties, 951 units: Ymca Of Central Ohio (400 units); Nazareth Towers (208 units); Fourth Street Ywca Renovation (102 units)HUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)67,133 jobs in 3,800 establishments; average annual pay $45,092; employment location quotient 0.86; employment -0.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 202226,266 jobs; 131 in retail trade, 722 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 39049004002)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 33th income percentile as adults; 8.0% incarcerated at the 2010 count (24 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 28.5%; median family income $138,519; 543 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsColumbus City School District (PK-12); 6 public schools within 1 mile: Early College Academy; United Preparatory Academy; Flex High School; South Columbus Preparatory Academy at German VillageNCES EDGE
Elevation758 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025330 county-logged events: 159 thunderstorm wind, 83 hail, 51 flood, 26 flash flood; $2,543,050 property damage reported; 2 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 43215, 2026-09median list price $395,000 (-6.3% on the year); 126 active listings; median 81 days on market; 21% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20233,600 establishments (-1%); 65,828 jobs (+2%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $292,001 (+0% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $1,511/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)15,556 vehicles a day on S 4TH ST (principal arterial, 2 lanes); 390 trucks; 40 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS
Site metrics106,444 sq ft GLA per acre; FAR 2.44computed

Similar sites

  • Bellevue Mall, Nashville, TN · Malls · similar GLA (844,124 sq ft); opened 1990; same strategy: redevelop
  • Westminster Mall, Westminster, CO · Malls · similar size (7.9 acres); similar GLA (1,200,000 sq ft); same strategy: redevelop
  • National Church Residences Corporate Campus, Upper Arlington, OH · Office parks · similar size (7.5 acres); same strategy: redevelop; also in OH
  • Midtown Square Mall, Charlotte, NC · Malls · similar size (10 acres); same strategy: redevelop, regreen

Elsewhere on the web

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

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • county grew 3.6% 2018–23

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Now called / also known asColumbus Commons, Columbus City Center
Opened1989Wikidata
Acres9.0research reported
Gross leasable area958,000 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported
Stores at peak108Esri 2014 layer reported
AddressState, Third, Rich & High Sts.
CountyFranklin
Census division3 · East North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

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Background

Columbus City Center was a 1,250,000 sq ft (116,000 m2), three-level shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. It was located in the city's downtown, near the Ohio Statehouse, next to the Ohio Theatre, and connected to the Hyatt on Capitol Square hotel. At the time of its opening, City Center was Central Ohio's largest shopping mall. The mall closed and was demolished in 2009. The mall had a large adjacent parking structure attached that remains in use. The parking structure has been joined, directly or via bridge respectively, to two 12 story structures, 250 S. High Street and 80 on the Commons, both of which feature lower level office spaces with residential spaces on the upper floors.

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

Timeline

  1. 1989 Opened
  2. 2011 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen

Sources

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