Columbia Closings   What's not in Columbia anymore

This FedEx Office location has moved from this outparcel in the Target wing of Columbiana Station to another outparcel of Columbiana Centre next to Wells Fargo and across from Men's Warehouse.

I never went to this particular location, but in general have found Kinkos/FedEx to be a bit more convenient than the competitor UPS locations. I print odds and ends from PDF at the Forest Drive location fairly often.

Not sure exactly what would go in here next. It's not set up as as restaurant, so that limits it a bit.

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

Looking at the WikiPedia page for Forever 21 is somewhat involved, but the upshot seems to be the old story of growing too fast and getting ahead of their skis, and then trying to retrench with it never quite working out. At any rate, there is a bankruptcy in there, a surprising tie-in with Shein, and a current drastic downsizing which is to see 215 locations close by April of 2025.

This Columbiana Centre storefront is one of them, and the closing sale is well underway.

The maill itself seemed pretty busy, and reminded me why I very seldom set foot in one these days.

(Hat tip to commenter Mall Guy)

Commenter Andrew pointed out that I totally uploaded the wrong pictures on my closing for the Woodhill Party City, where I mistakenly put pictures of this location. The right thing to do would be to upload the correct pictures to that post, but now that I am specifically looking for them, of course I can't find them. So I'm going to move that post back to draft until I locate (or retake) the shots, and move those pictures to here.

So, after saying all that, I don't have much more to add. This is another Party City closing as the chain shuts down. This one is in the part of Columbiana Station (which is actually two seperately managed parcels, I believe) which abuts Harbison Boulevard and is anchored by Target.

I'm not really familiar with SC Blue but it looks to be a health insurance operation affiliated with Blue Cross / Blue Shield. According to commenter Gypsie, they have moved from this Columbiana Station storefront to the Kroger center in Irmo, and as of yet there is no new tenant for the spot.

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

I'm not sure why I never got around to this location of the bankrupt chain, but I believe the Harbison store (in Columbiana Station, the Target plaza) closed in June of 2023, and is still vacant.

This Harbison Court storefront has been a number of things over the years. Most recently previous to Fresh Poke, I believe it was Yoghut.

Judging from their Facebook, this location packed it in around last Thanksgiving, though there are other locations int the Midlands. I don't believe she's tried the poke, but my niece likes the bubble-tea at the Forest Acres location.

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

UPDATE 21 May 2024: The State says this is to become the second Midlands location for Handel's ice cream.

Commenter Ellen reported this Harbison salon to be closing on 11 November 2023, and it is definitely closed. I do see some google reviews from after that date, so I'm not sure if it ended up staying open longer, or people were just tardy in sharing their thoughts.

Looking at their Facebook, it appears that at least some of the staff are continuing on at other venues.

(Hat tip to commenter Ellen)

As far as I can tell this former Harbison Hess store is notable only for having a $300,000 lottery winner in 2021. I am pretty sure I never stopped there, and couldn't even remember where the place was the first time I went out to get some pictures. I know a number of local Speedway stores have closed recently, but if I had to guess, I would say in this case there was a specific plan for the property rather than the company having issues, or at least that's my assumption as the property is already fenced with demolition having started, I would not expect this spot to stay vacant for long.

(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)

The Harbison Panera Bread has closed in advance of its move to the 2nd & Charles plaza. The new location notably has a drive-through which the Bower Parkway one did not.

Here is (an oldish) State story on the move.

My experience is that this location, along with Garners Ferry & Percival has not been stellar. I find Killian to be the best run of the local stores.

The State says that Yamato was established here in Columbia in 1975 and moved into this building sometime during or after 2000. From what I have been able to tell, the original location was 736 Saint Andrews Road in St. Andrews Shopping Center.

There doesn't seem to be a reason for the closing given either by the restaurant, or by The State, but folks in the comments have speculated on SC ongoing restaurant liability insurance problems. I will note that the opening of Miyabi some years back just a block or so away on the same street can't have helped.

(Hat tip to a commenter Andrew [not the usual one])