The Nifong Shopping Center features 82,000 square feet of space and is home to Planet Fitness, Woof's Play & Stay, Once Upon a Child, Kirlin's Hallmark, Penn Station East Coast Subs, and Panera. The Nifong Shopping Center is located 2 miles from downtown Columbia and the University of Missouri. It is one of the city's busiest intersections with 28,000 cars passing by on Providence Road and 19,000 on Nifong Blvd. Providence Road is Columbia's four lane link between the expanding southern section of the city, downtown, and the University of Missouri.