{"id":130,"date":"2008-07-11T18:52:28","date_gmt":"2008-07-11T23:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=130"},"modified":"2021-01-26T23:24:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T04:24:31","slug":"officemax-bush-river-road-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"OfficeMax, 607 Bush River Road: 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"

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OfficeMax<\/i> was the odd man out in the Office Depot<\/i>\/Staples<\/i> rivalry. It was a perfectly fine office supply store, but apparently, at least in the South Carolina market, there wasn't room for all three chains, and OfficeMax<\/i> started shuttering its local stores. The chain does continue on in other markets.<\/p>\n

Wikipedia<\/a> says that at one time OfficeMax was owned by K-Mart, which perhaps explains the location of this store in the K-Mart parking lot at the intersection of Dutch Square Boulevard and Bush River Road. I shopped at this location a number of times for non-descript stuff. I do remember when they had their going-out-of-business sale, that I picked up a good deal on a paper shredder.<\/p>\n

Given the current state of K-Mart, I suppose the drama of this location is not What will go into the OfficeMax location?<\/i>, but Will this K-Mart survive?<\/i>. Given the recent opening of a super Wal-Mart a few blocks down the street, I'd have to say that's questionable.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 30 April 2009<\/b>:<\/p>\n

It's now the Columbia Campus for Remington College<\/i>:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 11 March 2011<\/b>: Update the closing date based on comments here<\/a>. Also added full street address.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 26 January 2021<\/b>: Adding map icon and updating tags.<\/p>\n

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