Northland Mall was the first directionally-named shopping center in Columbus, 5 years before which Westland Mall at the intersection of US-40 and I-270.
 It opened in 1964 as an open-air shopping center and the first shopping mall in Columbus. 
 Northland was the first of the four directionally-named shopping hubs in Columbus, along with Eastland (1967), Westland (1969) and Southland (1975) [a small strip center, now closed]. 
Westland Mall was an 860000 sqft shopping center located on the west side of Columbus, Ohio, at the western intersection of U.S. Route 40 and Interstate 270. 
