{"id":1888,"date":"2010-04-26T01:14:54","date_gmt":"2010-04-26T06:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=1888"},"modified":"2012-05-10T21:59:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T02:59:29","slug":"carolina-bedrooms-fletchers-antiques-southeast-presbyterian-church-blooms-nursery-garden-shoppe-710-cross-hill-road-late-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=1888","title":{"rendered":"Lucas Machinery \/ Carolina Bedrooms \/ Fletcher's Antiques \/ Southeast Presbyterian Church \/ Blooms Nursery Garden Shoppe, 710 Cross Hill Road: late 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This much retailed (and once churched) spot on Cross Hill Road next to the former Kroger Sav-On<\/a> has never seemed to catch fire for any of its many tenants, most of which I have only a vague recollection of. Aside from all those listed above on the post title, I'm pretty sure it was a menswear shop also at one point, and I either got or thought about getting a suit there. (Something I hate like posion).<\/p>\n

This PDF at the City of Columbia website<\/a> suggests that the city was thinking about buying the building back in the 2006 timeframe and wondering what the absestos and lead paint implications would be, but apparently nothing came of that. The document describes the building as being \"used as a former antiques store\" -- that's certainly an odd turn-of-phrase, but implies that the building was vacant at that point, with Fletcher's<\/i> having been the most recent tenant.<\/p>\n

Cross Hill Road is an odd little stretch whose name I never could remember. For years growing up, I thought that Beltline Boulevard ran all the way to Garners Ferry Road instead of turning off towards Rosewood. I can only think that at some point a lot of road work must have been done to make the setup so illogical. (Of course it didn't help either that until last year, I thought that Garners Ferry started where Cross Hill runs into Devine Street and Fort Jackson Boulevard -- I never realized that Devine Street runs all the way to Wildcat).<\/p>\n

At any rate, whatever you call it, this lot, along with the Kroger lot, is now Interstate feeder property (which neither was in the beginning), and I expect that eventually a hotel or national chain restaurants will take the real estate.<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 27 April 2010<\/b>: Added Lucas Machinery to the post title based on the comments.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 10 May 2012<\/b> -- Well this place was demolished in early March 2012 as part of the ongoing conversion of the old Family Mart\/Kroger into Whole Foods<\/a>. Here are some post demolition pictures:<\/p>\n

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