Columbia Sportswear is the the latest to join the growing list of businesses that won’t reopen in downtown Seattle amid the ongoing pandemic.
The Portland-based store at 3rd and Pine is now boarded up, and a voicemail on the store’s answering machine reports it permanently closed.
The company closed all of its stores temporarily back in March because of the pandemic.
>> More than 100 Seattle businesses closed for good because of COVID-19, other issues
The Downtown Seattle Association reports that since March, more than 100 street-level businesses in Seattle have called it quits.
While some of the closures were pandemic related, DSA officials say COVID-19 and plummeting foot traffic have only exacerbated existing problems, including shoplifting and the cost of paying for security.