The Mall at Northgate

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Northgate

Location	5800 Northgate Drive San Rafael, CA, 94903 United States
Opening date	1966
Management	The Macerich Company
Owner	The Macerich Company
No. of stores and services	91
No. of anchor tenants	3
Total retail floor area	731,803 square feet^[1]
No. of floors	1
Website	[1]

1 Overview
2 Renovation
3 Anchors & Majors
4 References
5 Redevelopment Website

Overview

Northgate, (formerly The Mall at Northgate), is a shopping mall located in San Rafael, California, 15 miles (24 km) north of the Golden Gate Bridge. It is managed by The Macerich Company. It is the only enclosed regional shopping center in Marin County. The mall's anchors are Macy's, Sears, and Mervyns. It also contains a Century Theatres multiplex, a food court, and more than 90 specialty stores, services, and restaurants.

The original anchor in the corner occupied by Macy's, was The Emporium, which opened in 1964. When the rest of the mall opened in 1965, it had an open-air design. The mall was enclosed when it was renovated in 1987.

M&T Properties, Inc. was the original owner. Macerich bought the mall in 1985.

Renovation

Macerich announced that The Mall at Nortgate will be undergoing a major renovation that will turn it into more of a modern, indoor/outdoor shopping mall. The renovation is planned to start on Spring 2008 and end on Fall 2009. The proposed renovation has been controversial, as housing advocates have pushed for inclusion of affordable housing in the project (to replace the aging housing in the Canal Area), while Macerich wants to proceed without triggering a full-scale environmental review..^[2]