King County Dept Of Assessments

Mohawk Mall
Development

Before becoming a mall, the property was the Stanford Golf Course.

The shopping center at a cost of $ 25 million to build. It was built by the Stanford Associates and designed by Evantash-Friedman Associates of Philadelphia. The car park has space for 4,000 vehicles. Rental space has been treated by Frank J. Nigro Realty of Albany, NY.

According to Lewis M. Stone of the Pan American Development Corp., he was the first mall in the nation to have the "mini-mall" concept, setting aside 9,000 square feet for about fifteen to twenty shops representing the major regions Metropolitan. It would also respond to small businesses. This article has been included in the southwest part of the mall.

Opening Day

The mall opened its doors October 5, 1970. It began with three anchor department stores and seventy additional stores. The temperature was set at 72 degrees. On opening day, there were authentic Native American dances and ceremonies and 10,000 toys and free balloons. An invocation was to be given by the Rev. Darwin Kirbv St. George's Episcopal Church.

The initial tenants

Tenants who have signed leases before opening the shopping center include:

Anchors

Montgomery Ward

Boston Store (84,000 m²) (closed place August 19, 1990)

Fields JM

Small stores

Midland Records

John J. Romero 's Musicland

Shoes Thom MCAN

Hickory Farms

Nusbaum of Niskayuna

Fabric Fair

Schatz fixed

Candles Fanny Farmer

Schenectady Savings Bank

Woolworth's (30,000 sq. feet) (closed end 1993)

Flah Albany (18,000 square feet with a 20-year lease).

The store at Montgomery Ward opened its doors August 26, 1970, consisting of 160,000 square feet.

The Boston store opened in the shopping center on 5 October 1970. The 80,000 square feet of space used by this shop was the only space of two floors in the mall. At the time he was fifty departments and should employ 200 people with an annual payroll of one million dollars.

Later tenants

Over the years, tenants have included:

Name of Tenant

Opening Date

National Commercial Bank and Trust Co.

before January 1975

Pantry Pride

closed until May 1976

Life Uniforms

March 18, 1976

Price Chopper

mid 1976 (incorporated Pantry Pride lease) (closed in January 1987)

The Oasis (ice cream and sandwich shop - subleased from Price Chopper)

1980 or 1981 (ended April 1987)

Record City

before June 17, 1981

Jewelers Glennpeter

1985 or earlier

U.S. Kids

Closed until July 17, 1986

Schenectady Savings Bank

before 1986 (name changed for the North-Caisse d'Epargne)

Flah's (changed to B. Foreman late 1980s)

1986 until

Bradlee (75,000 sq ft)

before 1986 (ended early to mid 1996)

Linen Chest

Closed in January, 1986

Northwest Savings

before June 16, 1986

Cinemas USA (purchased existing theaters, expanded to seven screens)

1986

Flight 86 office (after 419)

before July 26, 1986

Countdown (clothing for children, replaced U.S. Kids site)

after July 17, 1986

KeyBank

before October 8, 1986 (construction law)

Littman Jewelers

November 1986

Fay's Drug

1987

Paper Cutter

1987

Moliq Liquor

before March 15, 1987

Payless ShoeSource

before April 26, 1.