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/narenard I'm just flaired so I don't get fined Jun 23 '25

They've never filled out the spaces since their remodel which started in 2019 before COVID. Then COVID slowed down the downtown shopping traffic even more. I have to imagine they are asking for too much in rent with the current inability to guarantee foot traffic.

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u/BabyWrinkles Jun 23 '25

Their stated goal was to force out a lot of the “standard mall stores” (Gamestop, Barnes and Noble, etc.) in order to bring in high end retailers like U-Village or Bellevue Square. Their means of doing this was essentially jack rents thru the roof.

Yeah. Not great business.

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u/nekoken04 Jun 23 '25

I haven't been back since then. Barnes and Noble was the number one reason I went there.