Malls · Washington
Totem Lake Mall
Opened 1973. Redeveloped · Regreened in 2015.
Status nowRetrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported
Retrofit year2015authors' map reported
Walkability15.2 of 20 · 15-minute 5 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Site profile22 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence
Finance and pipeline
On Facebook
This site: …https://www.facebook.com/1607705169540806 overture · all sites with thisWebsite alive
This site: …http://thevillageattotemlake.com/ overture / http check · all sites with thisOwnership
Single-purpose entity
This site: Village At Totem Lake, LLC county-parcels · all sites with thisPlace
100k+ jobs within 45 min by transit
This site: 312,249 epa-walkability · all sites with this15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 5/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this3+ other atlas sites within 10 km
This site: 8 within 10 km computed · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 169,052 on I-405 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisBike network nearby
This site: 140 ways openstreetmap · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 7,119 units, King County census-bps · all sites with thisCounty typical rent $2,000+
This site: $2,323/mo zillow · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 9 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh earthquake risk
This site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)
This site: Relatively High; earthquake fema-nri · all sites with thisInterstate or freeway within 600 m
This site: I-405 fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisRenter-majority tract
This site: 54% census-acs · all sites with thisTract house prices doubled in 10 years
This site: +134% fhfa · all sites with thisTract population up 25%+ since 2013
This site: +41% census-acs · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 15.2 epa-walkability · all sites with thisStrategy
Redeveloped
This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: streetscaping arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisRegreened
This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: streetscaping arcgis-webmap · all sites with thisNew use
Mixed use
This site: Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: streetscaping extraction · all sites with thisRetail (continued)
This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with thisFrom the authors' map
WA, Kirkland: Totem Lake Mall/Village at Totem Lake, 2015
• Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets
• Partial regreening: streetscaping
Now
| Status | Retrofit builtderived from authors' map (retrofit year present) reported |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Redeveloped · Regreenedauthors' map reported |
| New uses | retailextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | Redevelopment: mixed use, new streets Partial regreening: streetscapingauthors' map reported |
| Retrofit year | 2015authors' map reported |
| Redeveloper | Village At Totem Lake, LLCextracted, unreviewed reported |
Deals and debt
| Date | Event | Price | Parties | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sold | — | Village At Totem Lake, LLC | Wikipedia |
Securitised debt and public filers
Filings (2001 to date) that name “Totem Lake Mall” and “Kirkland” (17 hits, first 17 sampled, 1 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.
| Kind | Filer | Filings | Dates | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public owner (strong) | DDR CORP (SITC, SITC-PA) | 16 | 2010-04-23 to 2014-02-13 | 8-K 16 |
Site context
| FEMA flood zone | X · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL |
|---|---|
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 24: BP 07055; CHICK FIL A KIRKLAND; CONOCOPHILLIPS 30102; EVERGREEN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR; FRED MEYER 391 701EPA FRS |
| Census tract 53033021903 | 6,635 people, 5,412 per sq mi; median household income $91,450; median gross rent $2,286; 54% renters; 5.7% vacant units; 2.2% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 15.2 of 20; 164 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 355 m; land-use mix 0.58; 110,042 jobs within 45 min by car, 312,249 by transit; 4% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 5 of 6 daily needs: 9 grocers, 0 schools, 8 parks or playgrounds, 52 health, 2 civic, 63 food and drink; 140 cycleway segments, 228 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, King County (WA), 2024 | 7,119 units in 5+ unit buildings, 1,093 in 2–4, 2,352 single-family; 2023: 7,274 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.64; socioeconomic 0.38; housing and transport 0.83; 10% below 150% of poverty; 16% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 8 within 10 km, 19 within 25 km: Kirkland Parkplace (4.0 km); Kirkland Heights (4.4 km); Bothell Mall (5.3 km); Overlake Seritage property (6.4 km); Sears site at Overlake Plaza (6.4 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | place The Village at Totem Lake (shopping_mall, confidence 0.99, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 26,015 m², 29.1 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Website and social | thevillageattotemlake.com (alive); archived 2017–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive |
| Attention: Wikipedia page views | 22,192 since 2015; 1,795 in the last 12 months (+7% vs the prior 12); peak 2017-10 with 486Wikimedia |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population +41% (4,712 → 6,635); median income +56% ($58,567 → $91,450); renters 40% → 54%; median home value +138% ($370,600 → $882,600)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively high overall (score 96.6); expected annual loss $6.6M; high: earthquake; community resilience very highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | 2 LIHTC properties, 152 units: Athene (91 units); Francis Village (61 units)HUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 102,448 jobs in 5,725 establishments; average annual pay $60,273; employment location quotient 0.72; employment -1.1% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 9,864 jobs; 986 in retail trade, 486 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 53033021903)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 46th income percentile as adults; 1.8% incarcerated at the 2010 count (295 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 6.7%; median family income $115,559; 141 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Lake Washington School District (PK-12); 7 public schools within 1 mile: Lake Washington Technical Academy; Open Doors at LWIT; Alexander Graham Bell Elementary; Juanita High SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 129 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 8 county-logged events: 6 heavy rain, 1 debris flow, 1 flood; $34,994,000 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 98034, 2026-09 | median list price $1,024,500 (+7.8% on the year); 234 active listings; median 43 days on market; 26% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 5,912 establishments (-10%); 104,570 jobs (+8%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $824,870 (-2% 1 yr, +7% 5 yr); typical rent $2,323/mo (+2% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 2,012 (2000 = 100); -9.5% 1 yr, +48% 5 yr, +134% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 169,052 vehicles a day on I-405 (Interstate, 10 lanes); 10,582 trucks; 39 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Similar sites
- Kirkland Parkplace, Kirkland, WA · Malls · same strategy: redevelop; also in WA; 4 km away
- Bellevue North, Bellevue, WA · Strip centers · opened 1979; same strategy: redevelop; also in WA
- River Park Square, Spokane, WA · Malls · opened 1974; same strategy: redevelop; also in WA
- Bothell Mall, Bothell, WA · Malls · same strategy: redevelop; also in WA; 5 km away
Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Totem Lake Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- Transformation Of Totem Lake Mall To The Village At Totem Lake In ... bestattractions.org
- The Village at Totem Lake October 2017 commons.wikimedia.org
- The Village at Totem Lake - ConXtech conxtech.com
- Mallmanac.com: Totem Lake Mall, Kirkland, WA mallmanac.com
- The Village at Totem Lake - store list, hours, (location: Kirkland ... mallsinamerica.com
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Multifamily screen
- retrofit already built
- county grew 4.6% 2018–23
- median rent $2,035
Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Now called / also known as | Village at Totem Lake |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1973Wikidata |
| County | King County |
| Census division | 9 · Pacific |
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Background
The Village at Totem Lake, formerly Totem Lake Mall, is a shopping center in Kirkland, Washington, United States. The center of Totem Lake Mall consisted of an enclosed shopping mall, and an adjacent strip mall. Collectively, the two centers were sometimes referred to as "Totem Lake Malls". Following the redevelopment of major regional malls beginning in the 1980s, Totem Lake Mall went into steady decline, losing most of its major tenants. The majority of these tenants were only accessible on the outside, shying away from the interior mall concept popular throughout the 1960s-1990s. Multiple redevelopments for the property were proposed. Village At Totem Lake, LLC purchased the mall in 2015 and in 2016 announced it would be redeveloped and reopened as The Village at Totem Lake.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1973 Opened (Wikidata)
- 2015 Retrofit: redevelop, regreen
- 2015 Purchase of the mall
- 2016 Announcement of redevelopment
Sources
- Wikipedia: Totem Lake Mall
2 quoted sentences
Village At Totem Lake, LLC purchased the mall in 2015
in 2016 announced it would be redeveloped and reopened as The Village at Totem Lake
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) · 2021-01-20
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