From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall

Mall in Anchorage, Alaska

Field	Value
name	Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall
image	File:Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall looking southeast from 5th and D intersection.jpg
image_width	220
caption	Entrance from the intersection of 5th Avenue and D Street.
location	Anchorage, Alaska, United States
coordinates
address	320 West 5th Avenue
opening_date
owner	Simon Property Group
number_of_stores	60
number_of_anchors	2 (1 open, 1 vacant)
floor_area	447000 sqft
floors	5
website

Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall is a 447,000 sqft regional shopping mall located in Downtown Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It has five levels with the only JCPenney store in Alaska as its sole anchor. It also has Alaska's only Victoria's Secret, Apple Store, Coach, and Michael Kors locations. Nordstrom served as a second anchor until it closed in September 2019.

The mall is owned by Northwestern Simon Inc. and is administered by the Simon Property Group.

History

The mall opened in 1987, covering a city block previously occupied mostly by small, two-story commercial buildings and parking lots. It was developed by JCPenney and The Rainier Fund. The Nordstrom was built in 1975 and connected to the mall by a skybridge. The mall's occupancy rate hovered in the 20 to 30 percent range for most of its early years as it opened during an economic slowdown in Alaska. It was sold to Northwestern Simon Inc. in 1994, and it has been operated by Simon Property Group ever since.

On August 13, 2011, an Apple Store opened at the mall near the sky bridge connected to Nordstrom, becoming the first Apple Store in Alaska.

Nordstrom closed permanently on September 13, 2019.

The mall was closed on March 18, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened on May 1, 2020.

In the two years after the pandemic started, several stores left the mall, including Gap and Alaska's only Banana Republic location. Lululemon replaced Banana Republic in 2023, becoming the retailer's second Alaska store after its Diamond Center location, also in Anchorage.

Facilities

Interior

Two-story skyway above Sixth Avenue connects the mall with the former [[Nordstrom

Compared to other malls in Alaska, the 5th Avenue Mall integrates many more aesthetic designs inside its buildings. Some examples are the sky-lit roof above the main arcade, and features galleria-style, wide, open spaces. The top floor of the arcade is a food court.

Most of the mall's elevators have glass panels and are decorated with neon lights. The mall uses sky bridges to provide indoor access between buildings and parking, contributing to the streetscape of 5th and 6th Avenues. The ground floor of the galleria functions as an indoor pedestrian extension of D Street.

Parking

Two parking garages are connected to the mall via sky bridge, one owned by the Anchorage Community Development Authority and the other by the operators of the JCPenney store.

List of anchor stores

Name	No.
of floors	Year
opened	Year
closed	Notes
JCPenney	4	1987
Nordstrom		1975	2019	Opened 12 years before the mall and was connected via sky bridge.

References

[https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/09/27/overbuilding-in-alaska-makes-boom-go-bust/ Overbuilding In Alaska Makes Boom Go Bust]
[http://www.simon.com/Mall/LeasingSheet/0115.pdf Simon Mall Leasing Sheet]{{dead link. (October 2016)
"Simon Malls: Anchorage 5th Avenue Information".
"About Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall - A Shopping Center in Anchorage, AK - A Simon Property".
(October 29, 1986). "Mall loan approved". [[Anchorage Daily News]].
TRF, https://trfpac.com/
Grove, Casey. "An Apple store opens in Anchorage".
Lester, Marc. "Anchorage’s Nordstrom closes its doors for the last time".
DeMarban, Alex. (March 19, 2020). "Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall will temporarily close doors to help curb spread of coronavirus".
Burgess, Mary Kate. (2020-05-01). "Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall to re-open with new safety protocols".
O'Malley, Julia. "The pandemic years changed shopping in Anchorage. Maybe forever.".
(November 20, 2006). "New York Times, Downtown Anchorage Walking Tour". The New York Times.

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1987-establishments-in-alaska buildings-and-structures-in-anchorage,-alaska economy-of-anchorage,-alaska shopping-malls-in-alaska shopping-malls-established-in-1987 simon-property-group tourist-attractions-in-anchorage,-alaska

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about Anchorage 5th Avenue Mall — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report