Anchor stores were the first and final original stores to open at NORTH VALLEY CENTER. May-D & F was completed in August 1967; "Monkey Wards" in January 1969. When fully realized, the mall housed around 550,000 leasable square feet and contained forty-one stores. Free parking was provided for 2,500 autos.

NORTH VALLEY CENTER TENANTS 1968:

MAY-D & F (with Beauty Salon, Lookout Room restaurant, Ski Shop and freestanding Auto Centre) / DEL FARM supermarket / Ackerman Hirsh men's & boy's wear / Albert's Hosiery / Allen's Shoes / American Family Insurance / Barricini Candy / Barron's Shoes / Bond Clothes / Buster Brown Shoes / Dave Cook Sporting Goods / Frederick's Fabrics / Jon's Jewelry / Katie Mac's Dress Shop / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / North Valley Cinema (single-screen) / North Valley Liquors / Orange Julius / Pet City / Radio Shack / Rieder's Cards & Gifts / Salazar Barber Shop / Sherwin-Williams Paints / State Farm Insurance / Villa Music / Walgreen Drug (with Walgreen's Grill) 

Montgomery Ward, the east anchor of NORTH VALLEY CENTER. The store was the first in the Wards chain to sport the retailer's new "blue bar" logo.

Photo from Montgomery Ward & Company