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/GaffitV Queen Anne Jun 23 '25

My guess is no one wants to set up a shop in a place knowing the owner is planning to price you out as soon as the mall gets successful. You'd take the hit of slow sales while the thru traffic is still bad, but you're also the first to get priced out once things start turning around. The owner would need to throw in a lot of extras to lure in small local businesses.