The county bought a number of vacant department stores in the mall years ago, and they’ve remained vacant ever since. Now, the county is solving a need for services and giving a new purpose to large portions of the mall.
Moving forward years of talk about relocating government services, Richland County Council is expected to vote to borrow $71 million to put its election machine storage, voter registration office and
Richland County Council is expected to vote next week on an ordinance allowing the Richland County Sheriff's Department to expand into Columbia Place Mall.