Mall in Columbia, Interior View, Original Section

The Mall in Columbia (sometimes called Columbia Mall) in the planned community of Columbia, Maryland, is a large regional shopping mall with five anchor department stores (Sears, JC Penney, Nordstrom, Macy's, and Lord & Taylor) and over 200 specialty stores. It also contains a 14-screen AMC movie theater and one of the few L. L. Bean retail stores outside of Maine. The Mall is located in the Town Center area of the city. It opened in 1971 with two major anchor stores: Hochschild Kohn's (which was replaced by Hecht's in the mid-1970s) and Woodward & Lothrop (a.k.a. Woodies, which closed in late 1995 and was replaced by JC Penney), as well as a McCrory's and Lerner's, which were minor anchors. The Mall has undergone two major expansions since its opening: the Sears wing opened in the early 1980s, and the Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom wings (along with a renovation of the entire Mall and parking lots) opened in the late 1990s. In 1996, the Hecht's store (now Macy's) added a third level. A Cheesecake Factory restaurant opened on the Mall property near the movie theater in late 2005. The Mall's Hecht's location became Macy's on September 9, 2006. The mall is operated by General Growth Properties, which acquired it with the Rouse Company in 2004. Image File history File links Mall of Columbia interior Photo by uploader, released to public domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Mall of Columbia interior Photo by uploader, released to public domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A New town or planned community or planned city is a city, town, or community that was designed from scratch, and grew up more or less following the plan. ... The People Tree statue has become a symbol of Columbia, Maryland. ... The King of Prussia Mall, one of the largest in the world, located in Pennsylvania, United States For the traditional meaning of the word mall, see pedestrian street or promenade. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ... Sears Holdings Corporation NASDAQ: SHLD is the third largest retailer in the United States, behind Wal-Mart and The Home Depot. ... J. C. Penney Company, Inc. ... Nordstrom, Inc. ... Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... Lord & Taylor, based in New York City, New York, is one of the oldest department store chains in the United States. ... Categories: Stub | Theatres ... L.L. Bean is a retail and catalog company based in Freeport, Maine, specializing in outdoor equipment and clothing. ... Official language(s) None Capital Augusta Largest city Portland Area  - Total   - Width   - Length    - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 39th 33,414 sq mi  86,542 km² 190 miles  305 km 320 miles  515 km 13. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Hochschild Kohns was a large department store in Baltimore, Maryland, with a downtown store located at the northwest corner of Howard and Lexington Streets. ... Hechts, also known as Hecht Brothers, Hecht Bros. ... Woodword & Lothrop was an iconic department store chain headquartered in Washington, DC. Woodies, as it was often nicknamed, maintained stores in the Mid-Atlantic United States. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... J.G. McCrorys or McCrory Stores was a chain of five and dime stores in the United States based in York, Pennsylvania. ... Lerner Stores sells womens clothing. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... See also 1990s, the band The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, sometimes informally including popular culture from the very late 1980s and from 2000 and beyond. ... The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... General Growth Properties NYSE: GGP is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust in the United States. ... The Rouse Company, founded by James W. Rouse in 1939 and publicly held since 1956, is a shopping mall and community developer. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On June 15, 2002, Andrea Albright, a 24-year-old JC Penney employee who lived in Columbia, was critically injured while riding the store's escalator from the first to the second level. She somehow got her head caught between the escalator rail and a low ceiling. Albright died 10 days later of massive injuries to the brain from lack of oxygen. In 2005, her parents sued the property manager, two design firms, and the escalator company for $5 million. June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Escalators at Westminster tube station, London. ... Comparative brain sizes In animals, the brain, or encephalon (Greek for in the head), is the control center of the central nervous system. ... General Name, Symbol, Number oxygen, O, 8 Chemical series Nonmetals, chalcogens Group, Period, Block 16, 2, p Appearance colorless (gas) very pale blue (liquid) Atomic mass 15. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Columbia Mall consumer page