Northland Mall (Appleton, Wisconsin)

Northland Mall is a shopping mall in Appleton, Wisconsin. It features Festival Foods and Kohl's as anchor stores.

Northland Mall
LocationAppleton, Wisconsin, United States
Coordinates44.28868°N 88.4203°W / 44.28868; -88.4203
Opening date1969
No. of stores and services30
No. of anchor tenants3 (2 open, 1 vacant)
No. of floors1

History

Northland Plaza opened in 1969, one of the first retail developments in Appleton.[1] Original tenants included W. T. Grant and a Kroger supermarket. The center struggled with vacancy within its initial years; by 1971, Kroger, SupeRx Drugs, Hallmark, King's Food Host restaurant, and a dry cleaners had all closed, leaving only W. T. Grant, So-Fro Fabrics, and Kindy Optical.[2] Despite these vacancies, Shopko opened a store at the center in March 1971. The 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) store was the second in the Fox Cities.[3] Although W. T. Grant closed in 1976, several new stores opened within the plaza within the following year, including RadioShack.[4] The W. T. Grant store became Lathrop Furniture in 1979.[5]

In 1983, Kohl's replaced the Lathrop Furniture store. The same year, an enclosed mall was built, linking Kohl's to Shopko, and the property was renamed Northland Mall.[6] Kohl's expanded into the mall concourse in 1995.[7]

On June 23, 2019, the Shopko location closed as part of the mass closure of all Shopko locations.[8]

References
  1. Burayidi, Michael A. (2013-10-16). Downtowns: Revitalizing the Centers of Small Urban Communities. Routledge. ISBN 9781134573462.
  2. Knutson, Bill (September 1, 1971). "Out of business: high mortality rate plagues stores in Appleton's Northland Plaza". The Post-Crescent. pp. B1, B3. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  3. "New Shopko store to open Saturday". The Post-Crescent. March 12, 1971. p. B3. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  4. Grant, Phoebe (February 27, 1977). "No vacancy! Northland plaza bustling again". The Post-Crescent. pp. 14, 15. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  5. "Northland location looking good for Lathrop Furniture". The Post-Crescent. February 25, 1979. p. J21. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  6. Inside the Fox Cities. Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce & Industry. 1992-01-01.
  7. Fox Cities Business. Fox Cities Chamber of Commerce and Industry. 1995-01-01.
  8. "Shopko's last day: Shoppers scour stores for final deals as bankrupt company shuts down". Post-Crescent Media. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
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