What will move into former Eddie Bauer store at Tacoma Mall? Here’s what we know
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- Shoe Palace listed to replace Eddie Bauer at Tacoma Mall with a spring opening.
- Eddie Bauer filed Chapter 11 citing $100M–$500M assets and $1B–$10B liabilities.
- Tacoma Mall additions include Shoe Palace and new food options at The Village.
So long Eddie, hello shoes.
The online Tacoma Mall store map layout shows Shoe Palace going into the former Eddie Bauer retail space.
Visitors to the store posted on social media and on the review site Yelp that the Eddie Bauer mall store appeared to be in its final days as of Jan. 27, with a 70 percent-off close-out sale and low inventory at that time.
A banner promoting food at the mall is now prominently displayed in front of the former Eddie Bauer store site.
A media representative for the mall confirmed on Wednesday that Shoe Palace would be going into the empty store space.
The store operator of Eddie Bauer, known for its outdoor sportswear merchandise, on Feb. 9 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey, citing $100 million to $500 million in assets and $1 billion to $10 billion in liabilities.
A state Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification was filed by the retail operator, an entity under Catalyst Brands, with the state of Washington’s Employment Security Department on Monday announcing the closure of its corporate office in Seattle, affecting 60 workers.
The company as of the petition filing has 175 retail locations across 40 states and six Canadian provinces, with a workforce of around 2,200.
In August 2025, The News Tribune reported that Shoe Palace was to begin construction at the mall in early 2026, according to its permit filing with the city of Tacoma at the time. The Tacoma Mall site would be its third in the state; it has a site at South Hill Mall in Puyallup (its first Washington state location) as well as at Westfield Southcenter mall in Tukwila.
The store shows a May 2026 opening on its business listing with Google. The Tacoma Mall map for now shows the new store between American Eagle and See’s Candies.
The Shoe Palace is among new stores that have opened in the main mall building as work continues at The Village at Tacoma Mall exterior site, which recently saw the opening of Dave’s Hot Chicken.
Story has been updated to clarify details of the bankruptcy filing and state WARN filing.
This story was originally published February 11, 2026 at 5:15 AM.
