Then And Now: Former F&N/Sears Department Store at Southcenter Mall in WA State
Later Sears from 1994 to 2024, 5 years back in April 2021 they downsized to 2 functioning sales floors. This was the last location in the state of Washington to shut down on December 15th of 2024 and it was in terrible condition. As of the day of this post, the last Sears on the West Coast is at the Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord, the last in California, one of 5 left in the United States of America.
F&N stands for Frederick and Nelson. Founded in 1890, 4 years after Sears was founded as R.W. Sears Watch Company and 2 years prior to the start of Sears Roebuck and Company, F&N was once a department store chain in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. They closed up shop in 1992. Meanwhile the Sears department store itself was originally located in Renton before 1993. This anchor itself was built in 1968 and location in the Southcenter Mall opened sometime in March 1994. Anyone have any grand opening pictures of this location, along with the Sears in the Spokane Valley Mall store that opened in 1997 and closed down on February 16th of 2020 ?
https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/s/sKGmMaxwKK
Sources and Credits as well as Dates Taken
Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/frederick-nelson-department-store-southcenter-mall-tukwila-wa-where-my-mom-worked-at-and-where-i-worked--10273905393438068/
Field Trip
https://www.fieldtripper.com/c/ItaIuIZnrK4/frederick-nelson-at-south-center-mall
Tessa Engler (Foursquare) September 29 2011
Mykie Gunderson (Foursquare) November 29 2011
Laura Kelley (Foursquare) March 26 2012
Former Sears Employee William (Willie) Jarrett (Foursquare) March 29 2012
James H. (Foursquare) July 28 2012
Dwison Toga (Foursquare) September 1 2013
Michael Struck (Google) November 25 2015
Everyday (Foursquare) March 12 and May 14 2017
Mary Solorzano (Foursquare) June 27 2017
Josh van Hulst (Foursquare) July 31 2018
Sione (Foursquare) December 15 2024
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b29ba36f964a520eea224e3
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4b29ba36f964a520eea224e3/photos
Myself April 24 2026
Edit to add: Mount Rainier also seen in first picture