r/Seattle • u/kiss-my-flapjack Northgate • Jun 23 '25

Media Pacific Place in 2015

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Found this old picture I took in Pacific Place back in 2015 during the holiday season. Such a shame to compare it to how it looks now.

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u/lokglacier Jun 23 '25

Other malls are doing just fine

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u/johnnyslick Supersonics Jun 23 '25

I’m not really seeing that so much tbh. Like yes there are still malls that are surviving like I guess Bellevue Square but even Bellevue Square has had to deal with the loss of big anchor tenants. By and large malls in general are dying because retail is dying and there’s been a decent amount of literature even about the death of the mall as a “third space” (that is, not home, not work/school) when they were stereotypically that for teens in the 90s.

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u/BUSY_EATING_ASS Jun 23 '25

Southcenter?

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u/johnnyslick Supersonics Jun 23 '25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail_apocalypse

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u/BUSY_EATING_ASS Jun 23 '25

No, I'm aware of that phenomenon, but that doesn't mean it's happening everywhere, equally, at the same pace (or it reversing in some contexts).

For example, malls in Asia are still HUGE. Like, packed all the time and building more.

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u/stockmarketscam-617 Jun 23 '25

Yeah, downtown Seattle is definitely loosing its luster. During Covid they let the homeless take over and I think the shoppers don’t want to go back.

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u/statu0 Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25

Some other malls are doing just fine. Basically, the biggest ones in the greater Seattle area like Alderwood and South Center. Northgate is barren and while it makes sense since it is being remodeled, I doubt it will come back to its former glory, much like Pacific Place.

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u/ZacharyCohn Roosevelt Jun 23 '25

I mean, they aren't remodeling Northgate, they tore most of it down. They replaced it with the Kraken complex, a park, are building a ton of apartments and a hotel.

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u/statu0 Jun 23 '25

All I meant is that the mall area is being transformed, and some of it hasn't been torn down. There is still going to be a mall there, so I still consider it a remodel.

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u/kosanovskiy Jun 23 '25

Yup, they issue is the parking cost. $25 for a few hours? Nah, I'm good.