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Columbus City Center (known locally as City Center) was a 1,250,000 sq ft (116,000 m 2), 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.
City Center Mall opened on Aug. 18, 1989 and then closed on March 5, 2009, making way for what is now Columbus Commons.
On March 5, 2009, the Columbus City Center Mall officially closed its doors forever. A decade later, the mall’s successes and failures can still be felt in Downtown Columbus where...
The demolition of City Center mall, Columbus’ longtime premier Downtown shopping destination, began on Oct. 1, 2009, after it had closed earlier that year.
The demolition of City Center mall, Columbus’ longtime premier Downtown shopping destination, began on Oct. 1, 2009, after it had closed earlier that year.
Today I’m going to take you on a nostalgic trip down memory lane and revisit the history of City Center Mall in Columbus, Ohio. If you grew up in the 90s, you probably remember this place as the ultimate shopping destination, where you could find everything from designer clothes to arcade games.
By 2009 City Center, once lauded as just the thing to propel Columbus into the big leagues, bore much of the blame for dragging the city’s Downtown down. The struggling mall “played on the psyche of people,” says Columbus Development Director Boyce Safford.
CONTINUING COVERAGE: Twenty years after opening downtown, Columbus City Center closed its doors today to make way for a $165 million revitalization project. Get the story.
Dive deep into the history of Columbus City Center Mall, Ohio's landmark that once defined downtown Columbus. Understand its rise, fall, and the legacy it leaves behind in the form of Columbus Commons.
Ten years ago, the park was a nearly abandoned, three-story mall called City Center. It opened in 1989, with nearly 150 stores. But like a lot of urban malls, it lost shoppers to the suburbs.