Columbus City Center

Columbus City Center was a three-level shopping mall in downtown Columbus, Ohio, between South 3rd Street, South High Street, East Rich Street and East State Street in the city of Columbus. The mall had three anchors which once housed Macy's, Lazarus and Jacobson's.
== History ==
On August 18, 1989, Columbus City Center opened to the public with Lazarus as its anchor. Lazarus had already been opened since 1851 as the mall was built and connected Lazarus as an anchor. Other anchors joined the mall which was Marshall Field's and Jacobson's. The mall did extremely well at first and brought in many shoppers into the Downtown Columbus area.
== Decline ==
Columbus City Center's decline really began once The Mall at Tuttle Crossing opened in July 1997, shortly after that, many tenants began to relocate to the new mall or in other shopping centers in the Columbus area. The mall's decline got even worse once Easton Town Center opened in 1999, causing more tenants to leave the mall, making the once thriving mall more vacant and empty. In 2002, Jacobson's closed as the chain went out of business. In 2003, Marshall Field's closed and was converted into Kaufmann's. In 2004, Lazarus closed, leaving Kaufmann's as the only remaining open anchor at the mall. In September 2006, Kaufmann's was converted into Macy's.
Category:Malls in Ohio
Category:Columbus Area Malls
Category:Franklin County, Ohio
Category:Former Macy's-anchored Malls
Category:Former Lazarus-anchored Malls
Category:Former Jacobson's-anchored Malls
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Former Marshall Field's-anchored Malls
Category:Former Kaufmann's-anchored Malls
Category:Malls that opened in 1989