# Northway Mall

Anchorage, AK · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-f9dd391ba3` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ak/anchorage-northway-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-f9dd391ba3.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-f9dd391ba3.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-f9dd391ba3

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | partial | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | a shopping center with a few, free-standing stores such as an O'Reilly Auto Parts | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1980 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2024 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 30.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 62 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Seattle-based Rainier Fund | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Benderson Development | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “First opened in 1980” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)
- **acres**: “The site is 30 acres” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)
- **original_developer**: “Northway Mall was built with funding from the Seattle-based Rainier Fund.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)
- **after_notes**: “the company removed the trash and began demolishing the center areas of the mall in August 2024, leaving a few, free-standing stores such as an O'Reilly Auto Parts.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)
- **status**: “the company removed the trash and began demolishing the center areas of the mall in August 2024, leaving a few, free-standing stores such as an O'Reilly Auto Parts.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)
- **strategy**: “the company removed the trash and began demolishing the center areas of the mall in August 2024, leaving a few, free-standing stores such as an O'Reilly Auto Parts.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)

## Anchors

Pay 'n Save, Planet Fitness, Burlington, Carrs, Lamonts

## Parties

- Security National Properties — owner (from text)
- Benderson Development — owner (from text) (2023–)

## Timeline

- 1980: Opened
- 2011: Hired manager Mao Tosi
- 2012: Occupancy reached 90%
- 2020: Anchor stores Carrs Safeway and JoAnn Fabrics closed
- 2020: Common area closed, interior businesses evicted
- 2023: Partial roof collapse discovered
- 2023: Sold to Benderson Development
- 2024: Demolition of central area began

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Northway Mall, rebranded in the 2020s as North Point, is a shopping mall in Anchorage, Alaska. First opened in 1980, the mall declined in popularity as other malls opened and consumers turned to online shopping; the mall was purchased by Security National Properties in the early 2000s and begun to focus on local Anchorage businesses, rather than chains. However, recession in Alaska and the COVID-19 pandemic led to further losses. Interior tenants were evicted in 2020, and in 2023 the roof partially collapsed, leading to the departure of one of the remaining two stores. Northway Mall was sold to Benderson Development in 2023, which partially demolished the central area and converted it to a shopping center with a few, free-standing stores.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northway_Mall_(Anchorage%2C_Alaska)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Northway Mall, Anchorage, AK." Record m-f9dd391ba3, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ak/anchorage-northway-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_anchoragenorthwaymall,
  title = {Northway Mall, Anchorage, AK},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ak/anchorage-northway-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-f9dd391ba3, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.