Midtown at Forest Acres
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Midtown at Forest Acres formerly Richland Mall is located just off Forest Drive at Beltine Blvd in Columbia, South Carolina
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Midtown at Forest Acres opened in the late 1960s as a strip center and was enclosed and renamed Richland Fashion Mall in 1988. Original anchors were Bonwit Teller
, J.B. White, and Parisian.
Today the mall is anchored solely by Belk
. Bonwit Teller closed in 1993 and was replaced by Dillard's which closed in 2003. J.B. White was purchased by Dillard's in 1998 and converted to Belk as a part of a Dillard's/Belk store swap. Parisian closed in 2006 after being acquired by Belk.
Other major retailers on the Midtown at Forest Acres campus includes TGI Fridays, Regal Cinemas
, and Bank of America
. Verizon Wireless
used to operate a call center in former mall space, but it has moved out of Richland Mall to Elgin. Eckerd also had a pharmacy at Midtown until 2005.
In April 2009, the Columbia Children's Theatre relocated to Midtown at Forest Acres. They moved into the retail space that had previously been an Express clothing store.
In April 2010, Midtown at Forest Acres was sold to Kahn Development Company and will soon change the name back to Richland Mall.
On January 30, 2011, S&S Cafeteria departed Richland Mall.
Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia is the state capital and largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The population was 129,272 according to the 2010 census. Columbia is the county seat of Richland County, but a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. The city is the center of a metropolitan...
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Midtown at Forest Acres opened in the late 1960s as a strip center and was enclosed and renamed Richland Fashion Mall in 1988. Original anchors were Bonwit Teller
Bonwit Teller
Bonwit Teller was a department store in New York City founded by Paul Bonwit in 1895 at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. In 1897 Edmund D. Teller was admitted to the partnership and the store moved to 23rd Street, East of Sixth Avenue...
, J.B. White, and Parisian.
Today the mall is anchored solely by Belk
Belk
Belk is a department store chain founded in 1888 in Monroe, North Carolina, today part of the Charlotte metropolitan area. After the founding of the first Belk store, the company grew in size and influence throughout the South via the chain in the USA, with its stores primarily located in the...
. Bonwit Teller closed in 1993 and was replaced by Dillard's which closed in 2003. J.B. White was purchased by Dillard's in 1998 and converted to Belk as a part of a Dillard's/Belk store swap. Parisian closed in 2006 after being acquired by Belk.
Other major retailers on the Midtown at Forest Acres campus includes TGI Fridays, Regal Cinemas
Regal Cinemas
Regal Cinemas is a UK-based cinema chain since the early days of the cinema. In 1928, Regal Cinemas became part of Associated British Cinemas but has retained the name 'Regal Cinemas'....
, and Bank of America
Bank of America
Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...
. Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless
Cellco Partnership, doing business as Verizon Wireless, is one of the largest mobile network operators in the United States. The network has 107.7 million subscribers as of 2011, making it the largest wireless service provider in America....
used to operate a call center in former mall space, but it has moved out of Richland Mall to Elgin. Eckerd also had a pharmacy at Midtown until 2005.
In April 2009, the Columbia Children's Theatre relocated to Midtown at Forest Acres. They moved into the retail space that had previously been an Express clothing store.
In April 2010, Midtown at Forest Acres was sold to Kahn Development Company and will soon change the name back to Richland Mall.
On January 30, 2011, S&S Cafeteria departed Richland Mall.