Tikahtnu Commons

Tikahtnu Commons is a 900,000 square foot power center located on a 95-acre parcel in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is owned by Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI), an Alaska Native corporation. The shopping center consists of several large anchor stores, dozens of smaller restaurants, shops and services, and a 16-screen Regal Cinemas theater. Tikahtnu is a word in the Dena'ina language.Tikahtnu Commons is home to many firsts for Alaska, including the state's first Kohl's, PetSmart and IMAX theater. Tikahtnu Commons is the largest single-owner shopping center in the state and is even large by national comparison. The International Council of Shopping Centers states that power centers in the United States typically range from 250000to with an average of 420160sqft. Construction of the center began in 2007 and by the summer of 2015, it had been developed to roughly 98% capacity.Tikahtnu Commons sits just 3 miles east of Glenn Square, which is another power center that was developed concurrently on the same stretch of freeway.HistoryThe northern portion of Muldoon Road evolved into one of the Anchorage area's major retail districts during the 1960s and 1970s, mainly due to the neighborhood's proximity to Elmendorf Air Force Base (EAFB) and Fort Richardson (which merged in 2010 to form JBER). The tract of land on which Tikahtnu Commons sits was previously a part of EAFB. This tract and other military lands in the northeast corner of the "Anchorage bowl" were ceded to CIRI as part of its entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; a tract to the east was developed as ANHC. CIRI operated this tract as the Anchorage RV Park for over a decade before redeveloping it as a shopping area.