Northgate Mall, also called Northgate, is an enclosed shopping mall in the Chattanooga, Tennessee suburb of Hixson. Opened on March 15, 1972, it was the second mall built in Chattanooga.>
History
Northgate Mall was built in 1972 on land originally intended for a drive-in movie theater by a predecessor to CBL & Associates Properties (CBL), Arlen Shopping Center Group. The mall was considered the northside competition to now-defunct Eastgate Mall and is now considered a sister property of CBL's Hamilton Place Mall. Northgate was later sold by Arlen, being renovated in 1991 and 1997, and eventually ended up with General Growth Properties (GGP) in 2000. After expanding Northgate between 2005 and 2008, GGP sold the mall to CBL for $11.5 million in September 2011.
A 14-screen movie theater, owned by Carmike Cinemas, opened in 2005. A new food court was proposed to go in where the Book Gallery is located, but it was never built.
On April 13, 2009, a woman was killed after her car crashed into the Sears building. The woman entered the Northgate Mall entrance from Highway 153. The vehicle jumped a curb and sped toward Sears, where it crashed into the southwest corner of the building. The crash left a 3 by 4 feet (0.91 by 1.22Â m) hole in the wall of the shoe storage area of the department store.
In early 2013, Northgate underwent a planned multimillion-dollar major renovation, including new flooring, ceiling and lighting upgrades, and repainting, which were completed by Christmas 2013. A 70,000 square feet (6,503.2Â m2) associated center, which is located directly across from Northgate's main entrance and has T.J. Maxx and added Ross Dress for Less, Michael's Arts & Crafts, and a brand-new facade in a related renovation, which was completed by the fall of 2013.
In June 2013, Old Navy announced plans to move to Northgate.
In January 2014, JCPenney announced plans to close their Northgate store in June.
Anchors & Major Stores
Current
- Burlington Coat Factory 63,000 square feet (5,852.9Â m2)
- Carmike Cinemas (The movie theater was originally in an associated center directly across from the Northgate main entrance which closed in 2004 and then relocated behind Northgate in a brand-new stand-alone building in 2005)
- Belk (Originally Miller's, then Hess's, and then Proffitt's) 90,496 square feet (8,407.4Â m2)
- Old Navy 14,700 square feet (1,365.7Â m2)
- Sears (Original anchor) 153,000 square feet (14,214.2Â m2)
References
External links
- Northgate Mall â€" Official website
