NorthTown Mall (Spokane, Washington)

For other uses, see Northtown Mall (disambiguation).

NorthTown Mall

Location	Spokane, Washington
Opening date	1954
Developer	General Growth Properties
Owner	General Growth Properties
No. of stores and services	175
No. of anchor tenants	7
Total retail floor area	1,048,908 ft²
Parking	4,500
No. of floors	2
Website	Official website

NorthTown Mall is shopping mall located in Spokane, Washington. The center was acquired by General Growth Properties, in March 2002. The complex is currently anchored by JCPenney, Kohl's, Macy's, and Sears.

History

Originally known as NorthTown Center, the retail hub started with an Albertsons Food Center, which opened in March 1951. An eight-store strip complex was added to the site in 1954, which had been expanded to 24 stores by 1956. The open-air complex underwent a major expansion, beginning in 1960, which added The Crescent and Sears anchor stores. The existing Albertsons was doubled in size. The supermarket moved into the new addition, with the existing structure being made into a Skaggs Drug Store. Encompassing 600,000 square feet (56,000 m²) of retail area, the renewed NorthTown Center was dedicated in March 1962.

NorthTown was rebuilt into a fully enclosed structure between May and October 1983, and the name was changed to NorthTown Mall. There were now 63 stores and services. In 1989 Albertsons had closed, with the PayLess Drug next door closing soon after. The two stores relocated to a nearby shopping center. These vacant stores were knocked down in 1989 in anticipation for the major expansion of NorthTown Mall. This expansion and renovation, conducted between February 1989 and January 1992, added a second retail level and 96 new stores. Sears moved into a new building on the south end of the mall site. The old store was demolished and replaced by Mervyns, JCPenney (which moved from its Shadle Center location), and Troutman's Emporium anchor stores. NorthTown Mall now encompassed 943,100 square feet (87,620 m²) of leasable space and 160 stores and services.

Shortly before the major renovation of the mall, The Crescent store had been re-branded by Frederick and Nelson in August 1988. Frederick and Nelson would eventually closed in early 1992. After deals to sell the vacant store to Gottschalks and then Lamonts fell through, Seattle's The Bon Marché eventually took over the space, opening in July 1993.

An addition including a Barnes and Noble, Nordstrom Rack and AMC multiplex was completed in September 2000. It increased the gross leasable area of the shopping center to 1,050,000 square feet (98,000 m²).

The Bon Marché was re-branded as Bon-Macy's in August 2003, and became a full-fledged Macy's in January 2005. Mervyns was closed in 2007 and replaced with Kohl's in late 2007. Troutman's Emporium, which closed in 2003, was replaced with a Steve & Barry's store in 2007 and was closed in 2009 when the chain was liquidated. Nordstrom Rack relocated to Spokane Valley Plaza in 2010, a shopping center owned by NorthTown owner General Growth Properties.

Anchors

• Barnes & Noble (26,539 ft²; opened 2000)
• J.C. Penney (140,868 ft²; opened 1992)
• Kohl's (81,912 ft²; opened 2007)
• Macy's (101,249 ft²; opened 2005)
• Nordstrom Rack (26,304 ft²; opened 2000, relocating 2010)
• Regal Cinemas (46,798 ft²; opened 2000)
• Sears (160,480 ft²; original store opened 1962, new store in 1990)

Former anchors

• Albertsons (opened 1951, closed 1989)
• The Bon Marché (opened 1993, renamed Macy's in 2005)
• The Crescent (opened 1962, renamed Fredrick & Nelson in 1988)
• Frederick & Nelson (replaced by The Bon Marche in 1993)
• Mervyns (opened 1992, closed early 2007, replaced by Kohl's in Fall 2007)
• Steve & Barry's (opened 2007, closed 2009)
• Troutman's Emporium (opened 1992, closed 2003, replaced by Steve & Barry's in 2007)
• F. W. Woolworth Company^[1] (closed 1990)

References

1. ^ 1976–77 Pacific Northwest Bell phone book for Spokane

External links

• Official website
• Image series of NorthTown Mall at night

Coordinates: 47°42′9.97″N 117°24′32.32″W / 47.7027694°N 117.4089778°W / 47.7027694; -117.4089778