Our first DIMOND CENTER layout depicts the mall of the late '70s. "Phase One" encompassed approximately 180,000 square feet on 2 levels. The complex was anchored by a Safeway supermarket and Pay 'n Save Drug. Its retail roster listed thirty-six stores and services.

DIMOND CENTER TENANTS 1977:

LOWER LEVEL
PAY 'N SAVE DRUG / SAFEWAY supermarket / Alaska Bank of Commerce  / Alyeska Candy Kitchen / Book Cache / Dimond Optical / Health Nut / Interior Reflections / Kinney Shoes / Mariah Junior ladies' wear / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Nickelodeon Music / Picnic / The Bakery / The Hub men's wear / The Ice Creamery / Zales Jewelers 

UPPER LEVEL
Anchorage Municipal Library / Career Girl / Coachhouse Cards & Gifts / Clowntown Anchorage / Copper Rivet Jeans / Fabric City / Gallery 20 / Golden Threads / Hudson's Shoes / Little Miss & Mister children's wear / North Country Jeans / Pier 1 Imports / Rain Forest / Ronald's Hair Design / Shirt Factory /  The PanTree's Place Setter / The Perfect Cup Plus / Welch's Contempo / Yogurt Delight 

This circa-'82 view was taken soon after the opening of a 20 million dollar "Phase Two" expansion. With its completion, DIMOND CENTER became the largest enclosed mall in Alaska, a distinction it holds to this day.

Photo from https://dimondcenter.com