{{for|the mall in Croatia|Cascade Centar}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox shopping mall | name = Cascade Mall | logo = Cascade Mall.png | image = | image_width = | caption = | location = Burlington, Washington, United States | coordinates = {{Coord|48.46221|-122.33929|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-WA}} | address = 201 Cascade Mall Drive | opening_date = 1989 | closing_date = June 30, 2020 | developer = Winmar | manager = | owner = Burlington Investment Properties | architect = | number_of_stores = 50+ (7 open) | number_of_anchors = 6 (2 open, 4 vacant) | floor_area = {{convert|595000|sqft|m2|lk=in|sigfig=2}} | parking = | floors = 1 (2 in AMC Theatres) | website = | footnotes = }} '''Cascade Mall''' is a shopping mall in Burlington, Washington, United States that formerly had an interior walkway. Opened in November 1989, the mall's anchor stores are AMC Theatres and TJ Maxx. There are 4 vacant anchor stores that were once 2 Macy's stores, Sears, and JCPenney. Macerich owned the property before selling it to Merlone Geier Partners in January 2017. The mall permanently closed on June 30, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. Some stores will be allowed to stay open if they provide essential services, including those on the outer perimeter.<ref name="Closure">{{cite news |last=Allison |first=Jacqueline |date=June 9, 2020 |title=Cascade Mall to close at end of June |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/cascade-mall-to-close-at-end-of-june/article_fe336545-6c50-575a-854d-9eb6b5b8b94b.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref> {{as of|2024}}, the Cascade Mall has been renamed into the Burlington Gallery.
==History== Cascade Mall was built in 1989 by Winmar Company. Its original anchor stores were JCPenney, The Bon Marché, Troutman's Emporium, and Sears.<ref>{{cite book|title=Directory of major malls|year=1990|publisher=MJJTM Publications Corp.|page=651}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Washington|journal=The Bulletin of the N.R.D.G.A|year=1988|volume=70|issue=7–12|page=89|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IhgXAQAAMAAJ&q=%22cascade+mall%22+%221990%22}}</ref>
Winmar also built an adjacent strip mall called Cross Court, featuring a Target store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skagitriverhistory.com/FEMA/1991-3-8%20SVH%20article.pdf|title=Cascade Mall tops Burlington projects|date=March 8, 1991|work=Skagit Valley Herald|access-date=November 18, 2013}}</ref> The opening of the mall caused many stores to close in nearby Anacortes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://old.seattletimes.com/pacificnw/2005/0220/cover.html|title=A town in between|last=Dietrich|first=William|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=November 18, 2013}}</ref> The Emporium store later became a second Bon Marché before both Bon Marché stores were re-branded as Macy's.
In 2012, mall management removed the food court and replaced it with a TJ Maxx.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goskagit.com/all_access/cascade-mall-to-get-t-j-maxx/article_f7c59405-ddac-578c-a828-64a865d7351f.html|title=Cascade Mall to get TJ Maxx|last=Stayton|first=Mark|date=August 23, 2012|work=Skagit Valley Herald|access-date=November 18, 2013}}</ref>
On October 16, 2014, it was announced that Sears would be closing in January 2015.<ref>{{cite news |last=Stayton |first=Mark |date=October 16, 2014 |title=Sears to close Burlington store at Cascade Mall |url=https://www.goskagit.com/all_access/sears-to-close-burlington-store-at-cascade-mall/article_dcfc233a-557e-11e4-af27-5f6e08274080.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref> JCPenney followed suit in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |date=February 16, 2018 |title=Burlington JCPenney to close in May |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/burlington-jcpenney-to-close-in-may/article_661c9246-bdc8-56fb-b540-cc00a6896a1c.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref> In January 2020, Macy's announced that it would close both of its stores as part of a plan to close 125 stores nationwide, leaving AMC Theatres and TJ Maxx as the only remaining anchor stores left.<ref>{{cite news |last=Jacqueline |first=Allison |date=January 7, 2020 |title=Burlington Macy's to close early this year |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/local_news/burlington-macy-s-to-close-early-this-year/article_4a7c39a0-dd0b-5769-9db7-9b512aaf3f92.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gallagher |first=Dave |date=January 7, 2020 |title=Macy's to shut down more stores this spring, including in Skagit County |url=https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/business/article239057783.html |work=Bellingham Herald |access-date=June 11, 2020}}</ref>
Cascade Mall was sold to Merlone Geier Partners in January 2017 for $25 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weinberg |first=Aaron |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Cascade Mall, adjacent property sold for $25 million |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/business/cascade-mall-adjacent-property-sold-for-million/article_77cf78c7-1b08-5d66-9698-9ad433712059.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |access-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611072659/https://www.goskagit.com/news/business/cascade-mall-adjacent-property-sold-for-million/article_77cf78c7-1b08-5d66-9698-9ad433712059.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===Mass shooting=== {{main|Cascade Mall shooting}}
Five people were killed in a mass shooting at the mall on September 23, 2016. The shooter was Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old immigrant from Turkey.<ref>{{cite web|title=Manhunt Continues for Gunman in Seattle-Area Mall Shooting That Killed 5|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/report-active-shooter-mall-burlington-washington/story?id=42321253&cid=abcn_tco|work=ABC News|access-date=September 23, 2016}}</ref>
==Closure and sale==
On June 9, 2020, Cascade Mall announced that it would close permanently as a mall with interior access on June 30, citing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington. The interior is set to close, while exterior-facing tenants will be able to continue to operate.<ref name="Closure"/> The mall was acquired by Burlington Investment Properties, the owners of the adjacent outlet mall, in April 2023 for $18.5 million.<ref>{{cite news |last=Muncy |first=Racquel |date=April 24, 2023 |title=Cascade Mall under new ownership |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/business/cascade-mall-under-new-ownership/article_42d9831a-e2c4-11ed-bf5a-cf706d7d50b5.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |url-access=subscription |accessdate=November 11, 2024}}</ref> It was rebranded as the Burlington Gallery in 2024 and new tenants were announced with a focus on non-retail uses; these include a church, pickleball club, and restaurants.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ronning |first=Ava |date=October 16, 2024 |title=New tenants coming to former Cascade Mall |url=https://www.goskagit.com/news/business/new-tenants-coming-to-former-cascade-mall/article_5e3e7000-8c0c-11ef-a7bf-53d2addaa762.html |work=Skagit Valley Herald |url-access=subscription |accessdate=November 11, 2024}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://www.theburlingtongallery.com/}}
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