NORTHGATE CENTER opened in April 1950, but it would take 2 years to fill all of its store space. When fully-leased, the complex encompassed around 650,000 leasable square feet, with eighty-two stores and services. Free parking was provided for 5,000 autos. Stores faced onto a central Miracle Mall. A kiddie ride area was installed in Northgate Square, the mall's center court.
NORTHGATE CENTER TENANTS 1954:
THE BON MARCHE (with Legend Room Restaurant) / BUTLER BROTHERS / A & P supermarket / IGA FOODLINER supermarket / F. W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / J.J. NEWBERRY 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / Albert's Beauty Salon / Alley's Camera & Photo / Bartell Drug / Bloch's / Buddy Squirrel's Nut Shops / Burnett Brothers Jewelry / Dent Candy / Doctor George O. Ulberg & Associates, Optometrists / Don Kennedy Real Estate (outparcel) / Don's Sporting Goods / Ernst Hardware / Eve Wilbur ladies' wear / Fahey-Brockman / Firestone Tire & Auto (outparcel) / Holmes Candy / Hopper-Kelly Company music / Hy-Lo Fashions / JK Grill / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / National Bank of Commerce / Nordstrom's Shoes / Northgate Fashions / Northgate Flower Box / Northgate Furniture Company / Northgate Maternity Shop / Northgate Building Medical & Dental Center / Northgate Self-Service Laundry / Northgate Theatre (single screen) / Pay 'N Save Drug (with luncheonette) / Patty Ann's Northgate Poultry, Eggs & Cheese / Singer Sewing Center / Steil & King / Tik-Tok Snack Bar / Queen City Fish Market / Textile House / Van de Kamp's Bakery / Watkins
