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10500 GRAVELLY LAKE DR SW, LAKEWOOD

• Villa Plaza Shopping Center Thomas Albert Smith & A.E. Alexander, arch. Merritt Construction, contr. Worthen & Wing, consulting eng. opened in 1957 on the former site of Visitation Villa, a Catholic girls school run by the Sisters of the Visitation (SEE: 10203 GRAVELLY LAKE DR. S.W.) -grand opening 8/8/1957 -orginally 50 acres with 24 shops and stores -Villa Plaza was renamed the Lakewood Mall in 1989 -renamed Lakewood Towne Center in 2002 SEE ALSO: TPL Catalog/Clipping File
• TNT 9/29/1955 p.A1 Plan million dollar center at Visitation (aerial il)
• TNT 12/16/1955 p.A1 Planners recommend Visitation Villa zoning
• TNT 1/15/1956 p.B10 To the residents of the Lakes District (protest against zoning change)
• TNT 1/18/1956 p.A1 Rhodes to build Lakes store
• TNT 1/23/1956 p.3 ... protest this commerical zoning
• TNT 8/12/1956 p.A10 Lakes District center to be ready in 1957 (sketch)
• TNT 3/10/1957 p.A20 All roads lead to Rhodes ... (Rhodes Dept. Store)
• TNT 3/14/1957 p.B1-B7 Rhodes at Lakewood to open Friday noon (aerial il)
• TNT 3/31/1957 p.B16 Villa Thriftway opens tomorrow (sketch)
• TNT 4/2/1957 p.B1-B8 VIlla Thriftway now open (sketch)
• TNT 4/3/1957 p.A7 Leed's (Shoe Store) opens second store at Villa Plaza (sketch)
• TNT 4/7/1957 p.B9 New building for Firestone in Villa Plaza (Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.) (sketch)
• TNT 4/17/1957 p.B2,B3 Thrifty Rexall Drugs opens at Villa Plaza (interior il)
• TNT 4/18/1957 p.B3 Women's apparel store opens in Villa Plaza (Mode O' Day Shop)
• TNT 5/8/1957 p.A8,A9 Fine new Woolworth's opens in Villa Plaza
• TNT 5/9/1957 p.A7-A9 ... opening celebration (Weisfield's Jewelers opens at Villa Plaza)
• TNT 5/10/1957 p.B10 The Pantry restaurant opens at Villa Plaza (interior il)
• TNT 5/15/1957 p.A7 Fashion Shoes opens Thurs. in Villa Plaza p.A13 G.W. Paulson Co. opens store in Villa Plaza p.B1-B5 J.C. Penney's Villa Plaza Store to welcome public Thursday (il)
• TNT 6/5/1957 p.A6,A7 New Foreman-Clark Villa Plaza store opens p.A9 Lerner Shops to open new Villa Plaza store
• TNT 6/19/1957 p.A5 Karl's Shoe Store opens in Villa Plaza
• TNT 7/11/1957 p.A6 National Bank of Washington at Villa Plaza to open (il)
• TNT 7/30/1957 p.2 New Grants opens (W.T. Grant Co.)
• TNT 7/31/1957 p.A9-A11 W.T. Grant Co. opens new VIlla Plaza store (il)
• TNT 8/7/1957 p.B1-B20 Grand opening celebration (il)
• TNT 8/27/1957 p.15,23 Fletcher's Villa Plaza store opens (Fletcher's Market)
• TNT 9/22/1957 p.A8 Binyon (Optometrists) opens new Villa Plaza office
• TNT 10/27/1957 p.A6,B9 Grand opening Villa Plaza Garden Center (il)
• TNT 11/14/1957 p.A13 New Richards Studio opens in Villa Plaza (il)
• TNT 12/5/1957 p.B5 Familiar view of entrance (il)
• TNT 1/2/1958 p.A6 Pacific First Federal opens at Villa Plaza (sketch)
• TNT 5/8/1958 p.B1-B9 Easy Living Celebration begins ... (il)
• TNT 8/6/1958 p.B1-B12 Villa Plaza to mark first birthday (il and floor plan)
• TNT 10/2/1958 p.C1-C7 Silver Dollar Days
• TNT 10/29/1958 p.C16 Radio station for Lakewood (KFHA)
• TNT 8/5/1959 p.B1-B12 2nd anniversary party (il)
• TNT 9/25/1959 p.A7 Parade of Champions Collie Show (full page ad)
• TNT 9/27/1960 p.7-11 Big Safeway market to open tomorrow (il)
• TNT 1/22/1961 p.A8 Villa Plaza building burns
• TNT 12/13/1961 p.D3 Addition for Villa Plaza scheduled
• TNT 5/13/1962 p.C17 Villa Plaza to have $100,000 restaurant (Nelsen, Krona, Wilson & Ziegler, arch. and Merit Co., contr.) (sketch)
• TNT 5/16/1962 p.A14 Building to be constructed at Villa Plaza
• TNT 6/28/1962 p.C2 New cleaners plant opens at Villa Plaza (il of Plaza Cleaners)
• TNT 8/29/1962 p.B1-B9 Moonlite sale
• TNT 12/9/1962 p.A14 Balmy skiing (il of Lou Whittaker on an artificial snow, Permasnow, ski ramp)
• TNT 10/13/1963 p.B8 Work starts on shop center site (sketch of new Ernst Hardware by Nelsen, Krona, & Ziegler, arch.)
• TNT 1/18/1964 p.9 Coming in person the sensational Ink Spots
• TNT 3/29/1964 p.B5 Staff named for hardware center (sketch of planned Ernst-Malmo store)
• TNT 4/13/1964 p.23-34 Grand opening of Ernst-Malmo (il)
• TNT 5/19/1966 p.C15 Self-service post office coming (il)
• TNT 7/14/1966 p.A11 Power for new center (il)
• TNT 8/10/1966 p.C15 Planners OK Villa Plaza expansion
• TNT 9/26/1966 p.A9,B1-B8 Pay 'n Save to open store at Villa Plaza (il)
• TNT 10/16/1966 p.D19 Glasgow's sets week-long celebration (il)
• TNT 10/18/1966 p.C1-C3 Auto servicing facility to open at Villa Plaza (il of Penney's Auto Center)
• TNT 10/29/1967 p.B8 Children's own store (il of Vertrees' Baby News & Store)
• TNT 8/12/1970 New Grants store in Villa Plaza to open (il)
• TNT 8/11/1979 Developer discloses Villa Plaza plans (proposed remodeling for Ernest W. Hahn, Inc. of El Segundo, CA) (Jerde Partnership / Robert B. Liles, Inc., arch.)
• TNT 5/15/1980 Villa Plaza rebuilding still planned
• TNT 10/12/1980 Villa Plaza rebuild rescheduled (again) for January
• TNT 6/6/1982 p.E3 Villa Plaza rebuilding on hold, developer concedes
• TNT 11/25/1982 New stores give Villa Plaza new look
• TNT 9/10/1984 Cause of pub walkway collapse being probed (il)
• TNT 7/4/1986 Villa Plaza to be upgraded by new owner (purchased by the Vyzis Co.)
• TNT 7/17/1986 p.C1 New Villa Plaza design unveiled (McGranahan, Messenger Associates, arch.) (sketch)
• TNT 10/28/1986 p.B11 Villa Plaza: ready for Christmas?
• TNT 11/12/1987 p.C11 Villa Plaza's new look shifts into high gear; enclosed mall begun in $50 million second phase (il)
• TNT 4/6/1988 p.D1 Villa Plaza, second phase (il under construction) (remodeling by Kober / Sclater Associates of Seattle, arch. and Kurth Construction Co., contr.) 333.7 P614V 333.7 P614V2 979.778 D921L p.107-109,116,123 (il) ----- Lakewood Mall -grand opening 9/15/1989
• TNT 9/11/1989 Another mall makes its bow
• TNT 9/14/1989 Grand Opening Section (il)
• TNT 2/19/1995 p.E1 Lakewood exits; Lakewood Mall has grown from 80 to 180 stores, but Ernst, a major tenant is pulling out ... (map)
• TNT 4/19/1997 Lakewood Mall in new hands (purchased by Bentall Corp. of Vancouver, BC)
• TNT 6/18/1998 p.B7 Lakewood Mall may sell soon
• TNT 2/10/1999 p.A1 Mall: $1 fee for City Hall land
• TNT 4/3/1999 p.B1 New owner would remodel mall (Wells Fargo Bank)
• TNT 7/8/1999 p.B1 Lakewood to buy another 3.4 acres at mall; site of Safeway store will become part of new city hall
• TNT 3/7/2000 p.B7 Developer purchases Lakewood Mall (MBK Northwest)
• TNT 3/8/2000 p.D1 Lakewood Mall's buyer is a doer
• TNT 6/8/2001 p.D1 A second chance for Lakewood Mall (sketch of proposed remodeling for MBK Northwest of Portland)
• TNT 6/27/2001 p.B1 Man shot to death at Lakewood Mall
• TNT 7/4/2001 p.B1 Boy, 15, jailed in mall slaying
• TNT 7/7/2001 p.B1 Youth charged in mall slaying
• TNT 7/14/2001 p.D1 Lakewood Mall slated for "redevelopment" - not closure ----- Lakewood Towne Center -grand opening 8/2/2002
• TNT 7/31/2001 p.D1 Lakewood Mall has new owner (MBK Northwest to remodel mall and rename it Lakewood Towne Center)
• TNT 9/22/2001 p.D1 Lakewood Mall's last call; fixtures, infrastructure auctioned in preparation for demolition T.Daily Index 10/23/2001 p.1 Makeover for the Lakewood Mall; portions of mall demolished as part of plan for a smaller, revamped property (Bennet Stange Architects of Portland, arch. and S.D. Deacon Construction, contr.) (il) T.Daily Index 5/30/2002 p.1 Some Lakewood Towne Center stores to open soon (il)
• TNT 6/13/2002 p.D1 High hopes greet new retail center in Lakewood Business Examiner 7/22/2002 p.11 First of new retail tenants open doors ... (il)
• TNT 7/28/2002 p.A12 Grand opening (full page ad) (sketch)
• TNT 7/31/2002 p.D1,D2,E7-E9 Another chance for Lakewood center (il) T.Daily Index 8/1/2002 p.1 ... grand opening tomorrow (il of entry sign) Business Examiner 8/5/2002 p.18 Towne Center ringing again with the music of commerce (il) T.Daily Index 8/6/2002 p.1 ... celebrates grand opening (il) Business Examiner 12/9/2002 p.4 A candid conversation with David Moore ... project manager
• TNT 12/9/2002 p.B1 Lakewood mall: No soliciting T.Daily Index 3/6/2003 p.1 More stores coming to Lakewood Towne Center (il)
• TNT 10/29/2004 p.A1 The metamorphosis of the shopping mall ... follow a national trend by developing outdoor shopping centers anchored by city buildings (il)
• Year Built: 1957
• Decade Built: 1950s

Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune

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