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Developed by Minnesota's Dayton Hudson Corporation, COLUMBIA MALL included both of the company's major department stores. Dayton's was an upper-tier, regional chain, with Target being its discount division. The COLUMBIA complex featured the very first mall-connected Target. It would anchor the mall for 22 years.

COLUMBIA MALL TENANTS 1979:

DAYTON'S / J.C. PENNEY (with Beauty Salon, Portrait Studio and attached Auto Center) / TARGET (with snack bar) / B. Dalton Bookseller / Baker's Shoes / The Better Half / The Body Shop / Braun's / Bridget's / Brooks / Buttreys Drug / Capezio / Cargo 360 / Casual Corner / Churchill's Florsheim Shoes / Claire's Boutique / County Seat / Craft World / Designs Unlimited / Evenson Hallmark / Fanny Farmer Candies / Footlocker / Foxmoor Casuals / The Great Hotdog Experience / Helzberg Diamonds / Herberger's / Hickory Farms of Ohio / International Restaurant / Jeans West / Joyce Selby / Kids / Kinney Shoes / Morrow's Nut House / Naturalizer Shoes / Nutrition World / Orange Julius / Poppler's / Rings 'N Things / Ruetell's Clothing / Seeger's Fashion Center / Serendipity / Shirley's Maternity / Shirt Works / So-Fro Fabrics / Spencer Gifts / Squash Blossom / Stevenson's / Straus / Strausbaugh's / Stuart's / Susie's Casuals / Team Electronics / Thom McAn Shoes / Town & Country / Wayne David Jewelers / Young America