Northgate Mall (Durham)

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Northgate Mall is a shopping mall located just off I-85 and Gregson Street in Durham, North Carolina. The mall is situated close to Duke University and some of Durham's most attractive and upscale neighborhoods, including Trinity Park, Duke Park, and Watts-Hillandale.

1 Tenants
- 1.1 Recent Developments
- 1.2 New Additions
2 Square Footage
3 External links

[edit] Tenants

Northgate is anchored by Macy's and Sears. It also had an Old Navy as a sub-anchor, until its closure in July 2006. Other notable national tenants include Talbot's, Yamato Japanese Seafood/Steakhouse, Bath and Body Works, Tiger Direct and Victoria’s Secret.

[edit] Recent Developments

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Despite its many store closings as of late, the mall still has quite a bit to offer its patrons. In terms of Digital Media Entertainment there is an FYE, an EB Games and a GameStop, along with a locally owned online gaming center called Game Frog. It also had a Suncoast Video, until that location went into liquidation in February 2006 and shut down two months later.

Recent patterns of store closings are reminiscent of South Square Mall, which closed in 2002. These patterns seem indicative of a similar scenario occurring, although much of the changes Northgate has been experiencing are largely due to shifting demographics and prolonged construction of I-85 through Durham. The completion of I-85 construction in late 2006, along with other recent developments may help Northgate to a certain degree.

[edit] New Additions

A Hudson-Belk store closed in 2005 and has been converted to an East Coast Entertainment 10-screen movie theater [1] Additionally, a number of exterior shops, including a Marble Slab Creamery, are being added to the mall's exterior adjacent to the theater, in an effort to create an upscale outdoor shopping experience similar to other malls in the area. Construction work continues for the development of new stores and shopping in the new "plaza" section of the mall, with construction crews working on building out the rest of the new space in the mall. According to a member of the mall's security staff, between 10 and 15 tenants are signed to round out the plaza, which is reportedly scheduled to complete construction by early 2007.

An adjacent strip-style plaza on the property's west side includes a new Guitar Center, Durham's first, a regional cafeteria chain, and an Office Depot which opened on December 31, 2006. Also in the main center area an indoor Carousel plus a new permanent Children’s Train ride in center court All of this work is part of a reported $16 million renovation to keep Northgate, Durham's oldest enclosed shopping mall, an all-round attractive destination for shoppers.