{"id":17845,"date":"2020-09-25T22:42:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-26T02:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=17845"},"modified":"2020-10-14T19:58:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-14T23:58:57","slug":"bi-lo-120-forum-drive-19-september-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=17845","title":{"rendered":"Bi-Lo, 120 Forum Drive: 19 September 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660803.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660803_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660803_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660803_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660804.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660804_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660804_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660804_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660805.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660805_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660805_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660805_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660806.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660806_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660806_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660806_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660807.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660807_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660807_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660807_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660808.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660808_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660808_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660808_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660809.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660809_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660809_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660809_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660810.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660810_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660810_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660810_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660811.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660811_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660811_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660811_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660812.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660812_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660812_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660812_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660813.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660813_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660813_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660813_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660814.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660814_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660814_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660814_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660815.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660815_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660815_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660815_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660816.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660816_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660816_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660816_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660817.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/09\/p1660817_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1660817_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1660817_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When commenter Sidney tipped that this store was closing on the 19th, I thought I would have the whole day to get out there and get some inside pictures.  In the event, I think they closed for good at 5, and I got there around 6.  I have to say that just from what I can see through the doors, it does not look as picked-over as I expected.<\/p>\n<p>This store was part of the initial troubles faced by <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=village-at-sandhill\">Sandhill<\/a>, as the chain went bankrupt during the great recession, along with another <i>Sandhill<\/i> anchor (<i>Sofa Express<\/i> iirc) leaving the shopping center hurting for rent income.  <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?tag=bi-lo\">Bi-Lo<\/a> eventually came out of bankruptcy, though it certainly has not had smooth sailing since then.  I have forgotten all the details about who bought whom for all the <i>Bi-Lo<\/i> locations , but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wltx.com\/article\/news\/local\/two-columbia-area-bilo-grocery-stores-turning-into-lowes-foods\/101-d64d1414-2a48-47f1-84e0-33ef1517794c\">the plan<\/a> is for this one to become a <i>Lowes Foods<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter Sidney)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 14 October 2020<\/b> -- That was fast!  This place is now open as a <i>Lowes<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670173.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670173_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1670173_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1670173_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670174.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670174_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1670174_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1670174_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670175.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670175_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1670175_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1670175_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670176.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/20\/10\/p1670176_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1670176_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1670176_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/120+Forum+Dr,+Columbia,+SC+29229\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When commenter Sidney tipped that this store was closing on the 19th, I thought I would have the whole day to get out there and get some inside pictures. In the event, I think they closed for good at 5, and I got there around 6. I have to say that just from what I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[3110,2502,136,168,143,54,36],"class_list":["post-17845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-120-forum-drive","tag-bi-lo","tag-clemson-road","tag-forum-drive","tag-groceries","tag-two-notch-road","tag-village-at-sandhill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}