Spokane Valley Mall is a large enclosed shopping center on the north side of Interstate 90 in Spokane Valley, Washington. It opened in 1997 with three department stores anchoring a two-level concourse with about 75 shops and restaurants at opening, a food court, and a 12-screen cinema.
What makes it unusual is the gap between how long it took to build and how quickly it reshaped the retail geography around it. The site was under negotiation for nearly 20 years before a single wall went up.
Two of its original three department stores are still operating. The third, Sears, closed in 2020 and left a 132,400-square-foot building sitting at the west end of the mall…