Columbia Closings   What's not in Columbia anymore

I was unsure at first whether this furniture & mattress operation in Harbison Court were actually going out of business, or if liquidation was their normal mode. However, there is a panel truck parked at the plaza entrance which proclaims that they are in fact going out of business. That does leave aside the question of a Spirit Halloween mode where they open up to go out of business..

At any rate, this is the old Tuesday Morning slot, so I imagine management was glad to have anybody paying rent, for any term.

I had my goto Starbucks coffee: The Grande Latte many times at Harbison Court during my peak coffee years, but not at this store. Once upon a time, the plaza was home to Barnes & Noble, and I would get my fix hanging out there in that long vanished era where closing time was 11pm.

This particular Starbucks I think I only stopped at once, some years ago. As commenter, Mitch notes, the parking lot here is not well designed and the front area where the store was is a particular hassle as I found once more taking these pictures.

The closure does not leave Harbison 'buckless, as I believe there is still one in the Target down the road, and there are alternate options such as Panera. You can read the story in The State or Post & Courier

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

UPDATE 4 May 2026: Fix tag typo.

We're a women's resale store that buys gently used brand name clothing!

As commenter Andrew mentions, this Harbison Center resale store is in the process of closing. I don't know much else about it, except that I am very suspicious that its address is not really "Suite WXYZ", despite that information being given several different places online.

(Hat tip to commenter Andrew)

Paint and sip studio where guests drink wine and create art with guidance from artist-entertainers.

That's the come-on for Painting With A Twist, and it's a pretty good one.

According to their retirement announcement, the folks running this one had been doing so for more than nine years.

Hopefully they have time to get in some painting of their own now.

This little plaza which was formerly anchored by a Bi-Lo and now by a Trader Joe's seems to be doing pretty well, so I doubt this spot will be vacant for long.

(Hat tip to commenter Ellen)

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)

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 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.

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)

Tuesday Morning had a bad time during the Covid crisis and entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May of 2020. After coming out, they continued to do poorly and refiled on 14 February 2023. As of today (2 March 2023), their bid to get refinancing from Invictus has failed and they are in talks with Gordon Brothers Group, and I take it from the linked article, are still planning to come out of Chapter 11, although Gordon Brothers have "liquidators" in the description given of them.

At any rate, they are closing around half of all their stores, and this one is part of that group. The closing sale has started, so get there soon.

UPDATE 15 June 2023 -- Gone:

(Hat tip to commenter Todd Miller)