Spokane Valley Mall

Spokane Valley Mall is a regional shopping center at 14700 East Indiana Avenue in Spokane Valley, Washington. It serves the Spokane Valley area and the wider Inland Northwest retail market, providing a concentrated destination for department-store shopping, specialty retail, food and beverage, and cinema entertainment. The property is approximately 9.5 miles from NorthTown Mall in Spokane, another major shopping center in eastern Washington. The mall opened in 1997 with Sears, JCPenney, and The Bon Marche as its principal anchors. This original tenant mix reflected the conventional regional-mall model of the period: large department stores drew visitors from a broad trade area, while smaller stores and restaurants occupied the interior mall and surrounding commercial space. The Bon Marche was later represented by Macy's, which remains one of the mall's current department-store anchors. The center's present anchor lineup includes Macy's and JCPenney. It also includes a Regal Cinemas location with 12 screens, extending the mall's role beyond daytime retail and providing an entertainment component for the surrounding market. The combination of department stores, specialty shops, services, dining, and cinema gives Spokane Valley Mall a broad rather than narrowly specialized positioning. A significant change in the property's history came with the closure of Sears. On November 7, 2019, Sears announced that the Spokane Valley location would close as part of a nationwide program involving 96 stores. The store ceased operations in February 2020. Its departure ended the mall's original three-anchor configuration and illustrates the broader shift affecting traditional department-store-anchored shopping centers as retailers reduced their physical footprints and reorganized their store networks. Spokane Valley Mall continues to operate as an active shopping and entertainment destination. Publicly available reference material identifies the mall's location, opening year, principal anchors, cinema offering, and Sears closure, but does not establish a publicly documented founder, owner, parent company, listed status, or detailed executive structure for the mall brand itself.

Spokane Valley Mall opened in 1997 in Spokane Valley, Washington, as a regional shopping center designed around a traditional department-store anchor model. At opening, the mall featured Sears, JCPenney, and The Bon Marche. These stores provided high-volume destinations for shoppers, while the mall's interior space supported specialty retailers, services, restaurants, and other complementary uses. The Bon Marche was subsequently associated with Macy's, and Macy's became one of the mall's continuing department-store anchors. JCPenney also remained part of the anchor lineup. The mall therefore retained two major department-store tenants while its broader offer developed around retail and entertainment uses. A Regal Cinemas complex with 12 screens added a significant leisure component and helped the center serve as an evening and weekend destination as well as a conventional shopping venue. The mall is located at 14700 East Indiana Avenue in Spokane Valley. Its trade area includes the Spokane Valley community and nearby parts of eastern Washington and the Inland Northwest. It is situated roughly 9.5 miles from NorthTown Mall in Spokane, another major mall in the region. The most clearly documented structural change in the mall's history involved Sears. On November 7, 2019, Sears announced that the Spokane Valley store would close as part of a national plan to shut 96 locations. The store closed in February 2020. The closure removed one of the three original opening anchors and changed the mall's long-standing department-store configuration. Following the Sears departure, the publicly documented active anchors were Macy's and JCPenney, alongside the Regal Cinemas 12-screen complex and the mall's specialty retail, dining, and service uses. Available reference material does not provide verified information about the property's developer, owner, management company, or individual executives. It also does not document a separate corporate history for Spokane Valley Mall beyond its operation as a named regional shopping center.

• 2020

  Sears location closes

  [1]Spokane Valley Mallen.wikipedia.org

  The Sears store at the mall closes in February, ending the presence of one of the property's original anchors.

• 2019

  Sears closure announced

  [1]Spokane Valley Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Sears announces that its Spokane Valley Mall store will close as part of a nationwide plan affecting 96 stores.

• 1997

  Mall opens

  [1]Spokane Valley Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Spokane Valley Mall opens with Sears, JCPenney, and The Bon Marche as its principal anchor stores.

A regional, department-store-anchored shopping and entertainment destination serving Spokane Valley and the surrounding Inland Northwest.

• Retail · 1997

  Department-store retail

  The mall's department-store offer is represented by Macy's and JCPenney. These anchors provide broad merchandise categories typical of regional department stores, including apparel, accessories, home-related goods, and other general merchandise.

• Retail and services · 1997

  Specialty retail and services

  Interior and adjacent mall space supports specialty shops, food and beverage businesses, and consumer services that complement the department-store anchors and provide more focused shopping and convenience offerings.

• Cinema entertainment

  Regal Cinemas Spokane Valley Mall

  The mall includes a Regal Cinemas complex with 12 screens. The cinema broadens the center's role from a daytime retail destination into a combined shopping, dining, and entertainment venue.

• 2019

  Sears store closure announcedStrategy

  Background

  Sears identified its Spokane Valley Mall location for closure within a nationwide program involving 96 stores.

  Action taken

  Sears announced the planned closure of the store, which subsequently stopped operating in February 2020.

  Aftermath

  The mall lost one of its original three department-store anchors, leaving Macy's and JCPenney as the documented department-store anchors.

  Source

• 2020

  Sears store at Spokane Valley Mall closes[1]Spokane Valley Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Other

  The Sears location at Spokane Valley Mall ceased operations in February 2020, removing one of the mall's original anchor stores.

• 2019

  Sears to close Spokane Valley Mall location[1]Spokane Valley Mallen.wikipedia.org

  Bankruptcy · Leadership change

  Sears announced on November 7, 2019, that its Spokane Valley Mall store would close as part of a nationwide plan involving 96 store closures.

1. 1Spokane Valley Mallen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Spokane Valley Mall official websitespokanevalleymall.com