Northridge Mall (Milwaukee)

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Northridge Mall is a defunct shopping mall located in northern Milwaukee, Wisconsin that opened in 1973. It was a two level mall with four anchors: JCPenney, Sears, Boston Store, and Younkers. The Younkers store was originally Gimbel's, which became Marshall Field's in 1986, then Prange's in 1989, then Younkers in 1992. Younkers was the first to leave the mall in 2000, followed by JCPenney, then Sears, and finally the mall closed in 2003 with the closing of Boston Store. The demise of the mall was mostly based on a high crime rate in the neighborhood. Recently, developers have been revitalizing the old Northridge Mall under the new name Granville Station. The former Sears store was razed, and a Menards home improvement store and Pick 'n Save supermarket now occupy the site. Recently a Value City furniture store moved into the old Boston Store building. The rest of the mall remains vacant, however.