Valley Mall (Yakima)

Valley Mall is a regional enclosed shopping mall located in Union Gap, Washington, serving the Yakima area. It is the region's sole indoor mall and has 55 stores, anchored by: Sears, Kohl's, Nordstrom Rack, and Macy's (formerly The Bon Marché). The mall is located on Interstate 82 and is adjacent to outdoor shopping centers called Valley Mall Plaza, Washington Plaza, and Frontage. Collectively, the property has 80 retailers.

Valley Mall

Location	Union Gap, Washington, United States
Coordinates	46°33′56″N 120°28′45″W / 46.56556°N 120.47917°W / 46.56556; -120.47917
Address	2529 Main Street
Owner	CenterCal Properties, LLC.
No. of stores and services	80
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	746,000 square feet (69,300 m^2)
No. of floors	1 (plus second floor food court, 2 in Macy's)
Website	shopatvalleymall.com

The Valley Mall opened in 1972, under the ownership of engineering firm Morrison-Knudsen. It was purchased in 1980 by First Union Real Estate Investments for $8.9 million and later sold to Center Oak Properties in 1999.^[1][2] The mall was expanded by 260,000 square feet (24,000 m²) in 2002, siphoning major retailers and customers from the Yakima Mall in the city's downtown.^[3] The Yakima Mall closed in 2003.^[4]

The mall's Sears store closed in December 2022 but reopened the following year.^[5]

References

1. . Yakima Herald-Republic. January 7, 1999. Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
2. . Yakima Herald-Republic. May 6, 1999. Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
3. . Yakima Herald-Republic. January 19, 2001. Archived from the original on July 30, 2018. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
4. "Yakima Mall closes after more than three decades". Daily Journal of Commerce. December 5, 2003. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
5. Cockrell, Debbie (December 18, 2023). "There's life after Sears, even for Sears, in Washington state. Here's a store update". The News Tribune. Retrieved December 20, 2023.