Northgate Mall has been empty since 2020. Target will be the anchor tenant for Ellerbe Square, Regency Centers' planned redevelopment of the 60-acre site on West Club Boulevard.
- What gets built: Regency Centers plans to demolish most of the existing mall and replace it with nine retail suites and five additional retail buildings. Site plans entered administrative review last November, and no opening date for the Target store has been announced.
- Community framework: Durham city leaders adopted a resident-driven plan for the site in August 2025 calling for a "15-minute" community, affordable housing at 20% of units for households earning 30 to 80% of area median income, and a grocery store.
- Durham stores: Target already has two Durham locations, one on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard and one at Renaissance Village, and just opened its 2,000th store nationwide in Fuquay-Varina.
The Catch: Northwood Investors, which bought the mall in 2018 for $34.5 million, still controls the rest of the site and has not said what it plans to build there.