Malls · Tennessee

Columbia Mall (Columbia)

Imported, unreviewedOperatingColumbia, TN

Opened 1981. Closed 2024.

Status nowOperatingextracted, unreviewed

documented

currently a strip mall

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported

Site size282,272 sq ft GLAextracted, unreviewed reported

Retrofit year2024extracted, unreviewed reported

Walkability9.2 of 20 · 15-minute 4 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap

Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD

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Columbia Mall. Photo: Mike Kalasnik from Charlotte, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile12 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors

JCPenney

This site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this

Place

30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road

This site: 30,362 on 50 fhwa-hpms · all sites with this

Bike network nearby

This site: 12 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this

Fast-growing county (8%+ 2018–23)

This site: 17% census-acs · 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: 0.86 cdc-svi · all sites with this

High tornado risk

This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this

Lower-income tract (< $50k)

This site: $48,043 census-acs · all sites with this

Renter-majority tract

This site: 52% census-acs · all sites with this

Tract house prices doubled in 10 years

This site: +205% fhfa · all sites with this

Tract income up 60%+ since 2013

This site: +129% census-acs · all sites with this

New use

Retail (continued)

This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

Status	Operatingextracted, unreviewed documented currently a strip mall en.wikipedia.org
New uses	retailextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there now	featuring Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls.extracted, unreviewed documented featuring Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls. en.wikipedia.org
Retrofit year	2024extracted, unreviewed reported

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Columbia Mall” and “Columbia” (422 hits, first 100 sampled, 8 other filers such as tenants left out). Common name: these matches are unreliable. Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2008-01-11 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2007 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
CMBS trust (weak)	Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-PWR18	1	2008-01-11 to 2008-01-11	8-K 1
Public owner (weak)	GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC	36	2001-03-19 to 2010-10-29	8-K 27, 10-K 7, 8-K/A 2
Public owner (weak)	CEDAR SHOPPING CENTERS INC (CDR-PB, CDR-PC)	17	2005-11-01 to 2012-03-06	8-K 16, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)	CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES INC (CBL)	15	2001-01-19 to 2003-04-24	8-K 8, 10-Q 3, 8-K/A 2, 10-K 2
Public owner (weak)	ROUSE COMPANY	5	2002-03-22 to 2006-04-18	10-K 5
Public owner (weak)	General Growth Properties, Inc.	4	2010-12-13 to 2012-02-29	10-K 2, 8-K 1, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (weak)	Howard Hughes Corp	1	2014-12-18 to 2014-12-18	8-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zone	no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m	10: BEST CLEANERS, INC.; COLUMBIA CENTER REDEVELOPMENT; CVS PHARMACY #6413; EAGLE RIDGE AT GHOLSON HILL; LOWE'S COMPANIES #307EPA FRS
Census tract 47119010700	5,451 people, 3,004 per sq mi; median household income $48,043; median gross rent $945; 52% renters; 6.5% vacant units; 0.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)	index 9.2 of 20; 48 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.86; 21,825 jobs within 45 min by car; 19% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)	4 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 0 schools, 1 parks or playgrounds, 0 health, 1 civic, 5 food and drink; 12 cycleway segments, 0 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity Zone	noHUD
Housing permits, Maury County (TN), 2024	60 units in 5+ unit buildings, 30 in 2–4, 1,582 single-family; 2023: 223 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)	overall percentile 0.86; socioeconomic 0.86; housing and transport 0.84; 29% below 150% of poverty; 7% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Overture Maps	place COLUMBIA MALL (cosmetics_and_fragrance_store, confidence 0.98, from AllThePlaces, Overture, Overture-signals); building footprint 24,175 m², 6.535902500152588 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Attention: Wikipedia page views	11,301 since 2015; 1,248 in the last 12 months (+7% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-08 with 171Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023	population +16% (4,721 → 5,451); median income +129% ($20,952 → $48,043); renters 48% → 52%; median home value +138% ($81,300 → $193,600)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)	relatively moderate overall (score 73.6); expected annual loss $2.1M; high: tornado, strong wind, cold wave; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 km	noneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	4,847 jobs in 381 establishments; average annual pay $39,411; employment location quotient 1.21; employment +2.8% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	3,079 jobs; 1,143 in retail trade, 585 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 47119010700)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 38th income percentile as adults; 3.0% incarcerated at the 2010 count (744 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 24.6%; median family income $39,301; 515 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Maury County School District (PK-12); 1 public school within 1 mile: Highland Park ElementaryNCES EDGE
Elevation	650 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	176 county-logged events: 95 thunderstorm wind, 34 flash flood, 26 hail, 11 flood; $12,927,530 property damage reported; 3 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 38401, 2026-09	median list price $450,495 (+1.6% on the year); 454 active listings; median 62 days on market; 20% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	330 establishments (+1%); 4,784 jobs (+20%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $400,294 (+1% 1 yr, +22% 5 yr); typical rent $1,645/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025	387 (2000 = 100); +13.1% 1 yr, +63% 5 yr, +205% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	30,362 vehicles a day on 50 (minor arterial, 4 lanes); 1,275 trucks; 2 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Columbia Mall opened in 1981 as Shadybrook Mall. A medical center was added in 2012, but anchor tenants Goody's closed in 2017 and JCPenney announced closure in 2020. In 2024 the mall was largely torn down and rebuilt as a strip mall featuring Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls, and it now operates as retail.

Why. The record shows anchor losses — Goody's in 2017 and JCPenney's announced closure in 2020 — as the primary reason for the mall's redevelopment. No explicit mention of competition, debt, or other causes.

Where it stands. The site is currently operating as a retail strip mall after its 2024 retrofit, though the record does not identify the controlling owner.

For a planner

Precedent: addition of a medical center in 2012 shows willingness to diversify uses.
Precedent: full demolition and conversion to a strip mall in 2024.
Open question: what long‑term tenant mix and community services will sustain the site.

For a developer

Site size: 282,272 sq ft of GLA.
Control: owner not specified in record.
Entitlement stage: retrofit completed in 2024, implying full entitlements for the current strip‑mall configuration.
Market signal: surrounding county grew 16.8% from 2018‑2023 (per opp_reasons).

What we do not know yet

Owner identity is not recorded.
Details of demolition scope, environmental remediation, or flood‑zone status are missing.
No information on existing debt, financing terms, or lease terms for current tenants.
The record’s verification status is draft, and some fields are model‑extracted without noted review.
Transit access, nearby competition, and any zoning constraints are not described.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

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Omni Int’l Mall, Miami, FL · Malls · similar GLA (300,000 sq ft); opened 1976

Elsewhere on the web

Pages with photos

Columbia Mall welcomes Carter's store, Great American Cookie columbiatribune.com
Columbia Mall Columbia, TN (15247762218) commons.wikimedia.org
Goodys - Columbia Mall Columbia, TN | Mike Kalasnik | Flickr flickr.com
Info – Columbia Mall shopcolumbiamall.com
Columbia Mall revitalization project moves forward columbiadailyherald.com
MallsCenters - US Shopping Malls & Stores mallscenters.com

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Multifamily screen

county grew 16.8% 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

Opened	1981Wikidata
Closed	2024extracted, unreviewed documented The mall was largely torn down in 2024 and rebuilt as a strip mall, featuring Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls. en.wikipedia.org
Gross leasable area	282,272 sq ftextracted, unreviewed documented an enclosed 282,272 square foot shopping mall en.wikipedia.org
Anchors	JCPenney, Goody's
County	Maury County
Census division	6 · East South Central
Notes	Wikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, original developer. Know it? Tell us.

Background

The Columbia Mall was an enclosed 282,272 square foot shopping mall located in Columbia, Tennessee that opened in 1981 originally as the Shadybrook Mall. Goody's, one of the anchors, closed in early 2017. On June 4, 2020, JCPenney, the only other anchor, announced that it would close by around October 2020 as part of a plan to close 154 stores nationwide. In 2012, a medical center was built at the mall.

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

Timeline

1981 Opened (Wikidata)
1981 Opened as Shadybrook Mall
2012 Medical center built
2017 Goody's anchor closed
2020 JCPenney announced closure
2024 Mall largely torn down and rebuilt as strip mall

Sources

Wikipedia: Columbia Mall (Tennessee) · supports: after notes, gla sqft, status, year closed
9 quoted sentences
The mall was largely torn down in 2024 and rebuilt as a strip mall, featuring Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls.
an enclosed 282,272 square foot shopping mall
featuring Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, and Bealls.
currently a strip mall

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Columbia Mall, Columbia, TN." Record m-0121716b3d, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tn/columbia-columbia-mall-2/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_columbiacolumbiamall2,
  title = {Columbia Mall, Columbia, TN},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/tn/columbia-columbia-mall-2/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-0121716b3d, 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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