Northgate Mall (North Carolina)

The Northgate Mall was a regional shopping mall located off of Interstate 85 and Gregson Street (exit 176) in northern Durham, North Carolina, United States, The mall was close proximity to Duke University and downtown Durham, between Trinity Park, and Waltown neighborhoods. Northgate opened in 1960 as a traditional open air strip shopping center developed by W. Kenan Rand. The original center ran perpendicular to W. Club Blvd. Original tenants included Colonial Stores, Roses, Kerr Drug and eventually a cinema opened in 1962. In 1973, facing increased competition from other enclosed shopping centers, developers decided to add a Sears and Thalhimers department store and built an indoor enclosure connecting the two stores.
Northgate Mall first expanded in 1986, when Thalhimers relocated to a newer store at the east end of the mall, along with additional shop shape. The following year, a portion of the original shopping center was torn down and a food court was later added. Big Star (later Harris Teeter) relocated to a newly built strip-style plaza, called "The Shops at Northgate", which also included a few locally owned businesses previously located in the original strip center. Kerr Drug relocated next to Sears, while Roses remained until closing in 1992. Hecht's relocated to the south end of the mall 1994 on the site formerly occupied by Roses. The former Thalhimer's store became Hudson Belk later that same year. Towards the end of the 20th century, educational assessment company Measurement Incorporated was based in the basement of the mall, but soon moved out to its own office space.
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