Bellis Fair Mall in Bellingham is working on a major redevelopment project!

Main Entrance of Mall before renovation

Main Entrance of Mall after renovation

Mall Food Court after renovation

Sports Authority that just opened at Bellis Fair Mall

  Bellis Fair Mall in Bellingham, Washington is working on a major redevelopment project! It is located at 1 Bellis Fair Parkway. It is anchored by Macy’s, JCPenney, Target, Kohls, and Sports Authority. It is owned by General Growth Properties. Bellis Fair Mall started worked on the redevelopment project in 2012.

New Stores and Restaurants that have opened and are opening at Bellis Fair Mall:

·         Buffalo Wild Wings, a causual dining restaurant that was founded in 1982 in Columbus, Ohio and is now headquarted in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Buffalo Wild Wings serves Wings, Burgers, and Sandwiches. It plans to open in October 2014. *Coming Soon

·         Best Buy Mobile, a phone store owned by Best Buy, Best Buy was founded in 1966 and is headquarted in Richfield, Minnesota.

·         Chico’s, a retail woman’s clothing store that was founded in 1983 on Sanibel Island, Florida and is now headquarted in Fort Myers, Florida.

·         Chipotle Mexican Grill, a fast causal mexican restaurant that was founded in 1993 and was founded and is headquarted in Denver, Colorado. *Coming Soon

·         Crazy 8, a children’s apparel store owned by Gymboree. Gymboree was founded in 1976 and is headquarted in San Francisco, California.

·         Designer Shoe Warehouse, a shoe store that was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. It plans to open in 2015 in the old movie theater. *Coming Soon

·         Forever 21, a fast fashion clothing store that was founded in 1984 and is headquarted in Los Angeles, California. It opreates a 10,000 square feet store near the food court.

·         Francesca’s Collections,  a boutique that was founded in 2006 and is headquarted in Houston, Texas.

·         Hallmark, a card store that was founded in 1910 and is headquarted in Kansas City, Missouri.

·         Hennes & Maurtiz (H&M), a store that sells clothes for Men, Ladies, and Kids that was founded Vasteras, Sweden in 1947 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It operates a 18,833 square feet in the former Big 5 Sporting Goods location in the Macy’s Wing.

·         Panda Express, a Chinese restaurant that was founded in 1983 and has its headquarters in Rosemead, California.

·         Rue 21, a discount clothing store that was founded in 1977 and is headquarted in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.

·         Sports Authority, a sporting goods store that was founded in 1987 in Fort Lauderdale and is headquarted in Englewood, Colorado. It has an 80,260 square feet store in the former Sears.

·          Teavana, a specialty tea shop owned by Starbucks Coffee that was founded in 1997 and is headquarted in Atlanta, Georgia

·         Torrid, a clothing store owned by Hot Topic that was founded in 2001 and is headquarted in the City of Industry, California.

·         Vans, a shoe store that was founded in 1956 and is headquarted in Cypress, California.

·         Villa Pizza, a fast food pizza chain that was founded in 1964 in New York City, New York. It is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. It opreates in  725 square feet restaurant in the former Sbarro location.

Bellis Fair Mall has renovated the food court, exterior entrance, common area, and restrooms.This is exciting news for Bellis Fair Mall, GGP, and Bellingham! The Bellis Fair Mall renovation is creating jobs for the town. I first heard about this redevelopment on General Growth Properties website: http://www.ggp.com/about-ggp/press-releases/ggp-to-acquire-11-sears-anchor-pads. Bellis Fair Mall has gone thru several changes over the years.

1988-Bellis Fair Mall opens with JCPenney, Sears, The Bon Marche, Mervyn’s, and Target.

1990-Nordstrom Place Two relocates from downtown Bellingham to Bellis Fair Mall.

1994-Nordstrom Place Two converted to Nordstrom Rack.

1999-Nordstrom Rack leaves, Bon Marche expands, and Old Navy opens.

2003-Bon Marche converted to Bon Macy’s.

2005-Bon Macy’s converts to Macy’s.

2006-Mervyn’s leaves, Kohl’s buys Mervyn’s property and opens store there.

2011-Bellis Fair Mall gets new sign on exterior.

2012-Bellis Fair Mall owner General Growth Properties buys Sears property.

2013-Sears leaves,Bellis Fair announces major renovation, Sports Authority opens in the former Sears.

2014-H&M opens, Regal Cinemas relocates from Bellis Fair Mall to Barkley Village, GGP announces redevelopment of Regal Cinemas space with Designer Shoe Warehouse, Buffalo Wild Wings, Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Bellingham residents and tourist now have more stores to visit and shop at in the Bellis Fair Mall. I am pleased and excitied about the redevelopment of Bellis Fair Mall. God was gracious enough for General Growth Properties to renovate Bellis Fair Mall.

                                                               Colosssians 3:23     

   Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working of the Lord not for human masters.

                                                            ~Hayden’s Opinion~

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