# Lakewood Mall

Lakewood, WA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-a53ae648f4` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wa/lakewood-lakewood-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a53ae648f4.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-a53ae648f4.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-a53ae648f4

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | civic, retail, entertainment | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Lakewood Towne Center was created when MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001, and turned the site into an open air destination. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2001 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2001 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | MBK Northwest | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Towne_Center
- **after_notes**: “Lakewood Towne Center was created when MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001, and turned the site into an open air destination.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Towne_Center
- **status**: “Lakewood Towne Center is a shopping center located in Lakewood, Washington” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Towne_Center
- **strategy**: “MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001, and turned the site into an open air destination” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Towne_Center
- **enclosed**: “MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **demolition_year**: “MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Parties

- MBK Northwest — owner (from text) (2001–)

## Timeline

- 2001: Demolition of enclosed portion of Lakewood Mall
- 2001: Lakewood Towne Center opened as open air destination

## Deals and debt

- 2001 sale:  MBK Northwest   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Towne_Center

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

Lakewood Towne Center is a shopping center located in Lakewood, Washington, a suburb of Tacoma. Lakewood Towne Center was created when MBK Northwest bought and demolished the enclosed portion of the failing Lakewood Mall in 2001, and turned the site into an open air destination by creating four distinct components, including a civic center with a city hall as its centerpiece, a power center, entertainment center, and a neighborhood center. Lakewood Mall itself had been a replacement for the outdoor Villa Plaza Shopping Center.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Towne_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakewood_Towne_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lakewood Mall, Lakewood, WA." Record m-a53ae648f4, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wa/lakewood-lakewood-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_lakewoodlakewoodmall,
  title = {Lakewood Mall, Lakewood, WA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/wa/lakewood-lakewood-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-a53ae648f4, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

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.