Owned and managed by Fairbourne Properties,[1] Redmond Town Center has more than 110 shops, restaurants, lodging, and entertainment venues in an outdoor environment.
[2] DRA Advisors and JSH acquired the retail component of the Redmond Town Center in 2013, shortly after Shorenstein Properties bought the office portion, which is occupied by Microsoft and AT&T.
In 1978, Winmar, a real estate company owned by Safeco Insurance., eventually closed the 120-acre property and planned to develop the site into a mixed-use shopping mall.
Four department stores—Mervyn's, Frederick & Nelson, The Bon Marché, and JCPenney—were signed to be major tenants of Maingate and planning continued for the project, with a construction date announced.
By 1992, Frederick & Nelson went out of business due to bankruptcy and the owner of Bon Marché, Federated Department Stores, briefly went bankrupt.
In 2008, Larry's Market shuttered as Haggen's bought the tenant, and briefly converted it into a Top Food & Drug in 2008 that closed in 2010.
It was left vacant until 2016, when it was divided into multiple tenants, with one being a Ducati dealership independently owned, a T-Mobile store opening, and an office building on the second floor location.
However, during 2022, numerous tenants would sign with the town center, including H Mart, an Asian Supermarket, that would replace the former Bed Bath & Beyond, and a handful of restaurant spaces.
Tous les Jours, a South Korean bakery, would also open their new location in the aforementioned H Mart building.
The administrative offices of the Lake Washington School District are housed in a smaller building to the west of the Marriott hotel.
[citation needed] Amazon announced that it would house 600 employees at a 111,000 square feet (10,300 m2) office complex at Redmond Town Center that will open in 2021 in the former Macy's.