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A remodeling is in the works at Columbus House, a 33-story tower on Columbus Avenue and 95th Street, and they worry that a cluster of mom-and-pop shops there will be wiped out and replaced by big-box stores. ... There's lots of mall-creep, but not a sense of outrage around it.” The cause of mallification, Mr. Wymore added, is rising commercial rents. Only national chains, he said, seem able to afford rents that exceed $30000 a month for modest spaces. ...