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Northgate Mall
Location Northgate, Seattle, Washington
Opening date 1950
Developer Allied Stores
Management Simon Property Group
Owner Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services over 125
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 980,000 sq ft (91,000 m2)
Parking lots and garages, entrances on all four sides
No. of floors 1
Website simon.com/Northgate Mall
A look inside Northgate Mall
The north entrance of Northgate Mall (with totem pole)

Northgate Mall is a shopping mall in the Northgate district of north urban Seattle, Washington. It is currently anchored by Bed Bath & Beyond, Toys "R" Us, JCPenney, Macy's and Nordstrom.

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History

Northgate Mall opened with eighteen stores to instant success in 1950.[1] Northgate was the first of three Puget Sound-area malls developed by Allied Stores (parent company of The Bon Marché) and designed by Seattle architect John Graham, Jr. The development was built over part of Thornton Creek, on land that had been a cranberry bog in Maple Leaf neighborhood. [2][3] Northgate was the first regional shopping center in the United States to be described as a mall, in this instance a double row of stores facing each other across a covered pedestrian walkway. (also the first mall to have public restrooms.)

In 1952, Redmond sculptor Dudley C. Carter designed and carved the 59-foot (18 m) cedar totem pole that decorates the grand entrance to the mall. The mall was originally anchored by The Bon Marché (renamed Macy's 2005).

Other tenants signing on early that still exist were National Bank of Commerce (bought by Norwest, renamed Wells Fargo), locally-owned Nordstrom shoes (which opened a full-fledged anchor store in 1965), and later JCPenney and Lamonts. After the acquisition of the Lamonts department store chain by Gottschalks in 2000, Gottschalks was located at Northgate Mall until September 2006. It closed after six years due to underperforming sales, and the former location is currently the home to DSW Shoes and Bed Bath and Beyond.

On September 12, 1983, Tracy Ann Wilson was abducted from Northgate Mall and murdered by Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer.[4][5]

Capitalizing on Northgate's success, Allied Stores commissioned Graham to design the fully enclosed Tacoma Mall, which opened in 1964, and Tukwila's Southcenter Mall in 1968. Northgate was enclosed in 1974. By 1980, there were 123 stores. Construction began summer 2006 on a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2) addition to the mall and was completed in Early 2008.[6] Anchor stores are Toys "R" Us, Nordstrom, Macy's, J.C. Penney, and Bed Bath and Beyond.[7]

Northgate Mall Remodeling Project

In 2006, Simon Properties embarked on an expansion of Northgate Mall in part because of the city's plan for revitalizing the Northgate neighborhood. The expansion plans included a new outdoor "urban-village" on the western end of the mall facing Interstate 5. This village opened in November 2007 and is now home to the following new shops and restaurants[8]:

  • Stanford's Restaurant and Bar
  • Panera Bread
  • The Ram Restaurant
  • Barnes and Noble Booksellers
  • Blue Fin Seafood and Sushi Buffet
  • Starbucks Coffee
  • Verizon Wireless
  • Romano's Macaroni Grill
  • Gene Juarez Salon and Spa Expansion
  • Ulta Beauty
  • Subway
  • Chipotle Mexican Grill

Inside the mall, Simon has broadened its retail line by opening Icing, DSW Shoes, Wet Seal, Skechers USA, Sarku Japan, XXI Forever, Vans, Lids, and Bed, Bath and Beyond. A new five level parking garage at the south end of the mall provides parking for mall users as well as additional transit parking. The totem pole at the north entrance of the mall was removed in September 2007.

Anchors

Former

Location

The mall is bounded on the north by NE Northgate Way (formerly NE 110th Street), on the west by 1st Avenue NE, on the south by NE 103rd Street, and on the east by 5th Avenue NE.[2] The Northgate informal district and Northgate Way were both named after the mall.[9] The original mall has itself become the anchor for development of surrounding apartment buildings, retail and light commercial blocks, and community spaces, all now part of a more comprehensive plan for such as the opportunities and impacts of transit facilities and the light rail station for the district nenette.[10]

Express bus

The first express bus service in Washington State was launched with service between Northgate and Downtown (1970). The "Blue Streak" served as a model for dozens of additional park-and-ride routes implemented by Metro Transit over western King County and linking with Snohomish and Pierce counties.[11]

References

  1. ^ Shopping Mall History
  2. ^ a b ""Maple Leaf"". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk. n.d., map .jpg c. 2002-06-17. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/public/nmaps/S/NN-1038S.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-21.   "NN-1030S", "NN-1040S".jpg dated 17 June 2002.
  3. ^ (1) ""Northgate"". Seattle City Clerk's Neighborhood Map Atlas. Office of the Seattle City Clerk. n.d., map .jpg 2002-06-17. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/html/NN-1030S.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-21.  
    (2) ""About the Seattle City Clerk's On-line Information Services"". Information Services. Office of the Seattle City Clerk. 2006-04-30, revised. http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/about.htm. Retrieved 2006-05-21.  
    See heading, "Note about limitations of these data".
  4. ^ http://swopeast.org/?q=node/117
  5. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway
  6. ^ Wilma (2005)
  7. ^ ""Northgate Information"". Home > Mall Information. Simon Properties. n.d., 2006 per soon stores in "Northgate Directory". http://www.simon.com/mall/mall_info.aspx?ID=236. Retrieved 2006-04-21.  
  8. ^ ""New look at Northgate Mall"". Seattle P-I. 7. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/338721_northgate08.html.  
  9. ^ Phelps, p.34; Chapter 16, "Street Names and House Numbering", pp. 225-235
  10. ^ (1) Langston, for one example of numerous.
    (2) ""Northgate Revitalization: Overview"". Seattle Department of Planning and Development. Updated 2005-01-03. http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Northgate_Revitalization/Overview. Retrieved 2006-05-21.  
    (3) ""Northgate Revitalization: Northgate Public Process History"". Seattle Department of Planning and Development. Updated 2004-08-12. http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Northgate_Revitalization/Overview. Retrieved 2006-05-21.  
    (4) ""Northgate Revitalization: Building Northgate"". Seattle Department of Planning and Development. Updated 2006-05-10. http://www.seattle.gov/dpd/Planning/Northgate_Revitalization/NorthgateProjects/default.asp. Retrieved 2006-05-21.  
    (5) See also GI Joes–Target complex c. early 2000s, and Group Health Northgate (1958) [HistoryLink Staff].
  11. ^ Crowley

Bibliography

External links

Malls in Washington

Coordinates: 47°42′21″N 122°19′33″W / 47.705949618753806°N 122.32595086098°W / 47.705949618753806; -122.32595086097717








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