NorthTown Mall has a new owner

Spokane’s NorthTown Mall has a new owner. Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased the property.

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Thu., Feb. 24, 2022

2019 - Northtown Mall is a major shopping destination at holiday time, offering more than a million square feet of shopping and entertainment under one roof with ample free parking. It is the largest mall in Eastern Washington. It started as an Albertson’s grocery store and a few shops in the 1950s.

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NorthTown Mall is shown in February 2022. Clothing store rue21 is closing following a bankruptcy.

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A banner reading “Go Zags” hangs off the Northtown Mall parking garage, seen Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017.

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A shopper uses the directory near Sears at Northtown Mall on Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

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The Mustard Seed Cafe at the Northtown Mall in 2002.

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Many people escaped a dreary fall in 2000 at the Regal Cinemas grand opening of the NorthTown 12 theater at Northtown Mall.

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At the play center at NorthTown Mall in 1996. Parents and their children can find an escape from the chill and darkness of their powerless homes.

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Turn lanes into NorthTown from Wellesley and Division were completed in 1992.

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NorthTown Mall, featuring its new Discovery Park food court, shown here, begins its grand reopening celebration in 1992.

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Iron Workers set the last beam in 1992 for Northtown Mall's expansion. Berkley Construction Inc. the contractor for the project said 3,640 tons of steal- more than 7 million pounds were used for the job which took more than 400,000 hours of work.

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Workers at Northtown Mall guide a section of crane into place in 1992. The 173-foot-high crane, one of the largest in the United States, was delivered by 10 trucks and weighs 225 tons. It will be used to construct the mall's second story.

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Cars filled with last minute shoppers stream into the parking garage at NorthTown Mall in 2002.

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Eager for a peek at circus clowns in the midst of this throng, these hundreds pack into a mall area at Northtown shopping center in 1966. On display was an old time circus parade that served as a preview to the Shrine Circus, opening a three day run at the Coliseum.

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The malling of Spokane began at Northtown Mall in the 1950s. Paris Hats was an outlet at the (then) outdoor retail facility.

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Wide pedestrian malls were a new feature at the Northtown regional shopping center in 1962. Pictured here is a store-lined mall linking stores fronting on Division with Sears Roebuck & Co., which faces Lidgerwood. Nearby is "Fountain Square" with an 18-foot decorative fountain. Concrete planter boxes of varying sizes and shapes are placed throughout the malls and will contain seasonal flowers as well as evergreen shrubs.

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