Red Robin to Columbiana. I ended up at Columbiana this weekend and noticed that the old Spinnakers is being converted to a Red Robin. I’m not surprised that a seated dining is making a return to Columbiana. A little surprised that it’s Red Robin, though. I’ve never seen a Red Robin in a mall. But there are very few locations left around Harbison for a stand alone restaurant so this might have been their best option.

The State talks corners. If you’ve spent any time in downtown Columbia, you’ve noticed that numerous corners at major intersections are undeveloped or underdeveloped. The State gets to the bottom of it. I’m not sure the “city needs to add parking to spur development” argument makes a lot of sense. Basically, until these landowners decide to develop, we’ll have parking lots at major corners.

Blaze Fast-Fire’d Pizza. The State reported this week that Harbison will be getting a new pizza restaurant endorsed by LeBron James. It’s over near Academy and Guitar Center. Never heard of the franchise, but it sounds interesting.

Recruiting business for Bull Street. I’m more optimistic than most about the Bull Street Development than most. I stumbled across the Lennar Commercial retail recruiting site for Bull Street Commons. They are promoting the baseball team, the University and the downtown professional crowd to help sell the property. My guess is that this will be mostly bars and restaurants first, with retail following. They’ve said in the past that they are lining up retail partners that are first in this market and some that are first to the state. We’ll see. It would make a logical place for a P.F. Chang's…

I'm going to start posting a Wanted in Columbia update every Monday. Check out past posts, and the top 10 list, at my Wanted in Columbia page.