Dakota Square Mall is an enclosed shopping center in the city of Minot, North Dakota.[1] The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney, Scheels All Sports, Target, Barnes & Noble, AMC Theatres, T-Mobile, Party City, Carter's, Old Navy, and Ulta Beauty.
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| Location | Minot, North Dakota, United States |
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| Opening date | 1980 |
| Developer | General Growth Properties |
| Owner | CBL Properties |
| No. of stores and services | 70 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 11 (10 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 675,000 square feet (62,700 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Public transit access |  Minot City Transit |
Overview
editAt 675,000 square feet (62,700 m2), as of 2005,[2] the Dakota Square Mall is the largest mall within a 110-mile (180 km) radius. It is the third largest mall in North Dakota, boasting 70 shops, with two major anchor stores (JCPenney and Target), a food court, and a nine-screen AMC Classic Dakota Square 9 with stadium seating. Located 50 miles (80 km) from the Canada–US border, the mall also draws a significant number of customers from Canada.[3][4]
One unique feature of the mall is a Sleep Inn & Suites directly attached to the mall itself, which opened in November 2003.[5] The hotel also features Splashdown Dakota Super Slides, a 24,000-square-foot (2,200 m2) water park complex which opened in April 2004.[5] Dakota Square is one of only a few shopping malls in the United States to feature an attached hotel.[6] [7]
History
editThe mall opened in 1980.[8]
Formerly owned by Jones Lang LaSalle of Chicago, Illinois, the mall was later owned by The Lightstone Group[2] and sold again to CBL & Associates Properties in May 2012.[9]
Barnes & Noble is located in the mall and opened on March 12, 2008. Also in 2008, Scheels All Sports expanded into a store previously occupied by Old Navy. As a result, Old Navy relocated within the mall.[10]
On June 6, 2017, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 72 stores nationwide. The store closed in September 2017.[11]
On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Herberger's would also be closing as parent company The Bon-Ton Stores was going out of business. The store closed on August 26, 2018.[12] That space has been divided into smaller stores like Party City, Ross Dress For Less, T-Mobile, and Ulta Beauty.[13]
On February 19, 2021, it was announced that Scheels All Sports would be relocating to the former Sears space in 2022.[14]
References
edit- ^ "Dakota Square Mall". Minot Convention And Visitors Bureau. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ a b "Blackstone/Polaris Sales". Retail Traffic. March 1, 2005. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- ^ Neuborne, Ellen (November 21, 1991). "Retailers go beyond own backyard for sales". USA Today. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved February 3, 2010.(" 'We always gear our advertising around Canadian holidays,' says Beth Helfrich, marketing director of Dakota Square Mall in Minot, N.D.")
- ^ Leasing Information Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine, Dakota Square Mall, Retrieved February 3, 2010
- ^ a b Thomas A. Kvamme (June 25, 2005). "Sleep Inn water park makes big splash in Minot". Williston Herald. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
- ^ "AMC Classic Dakota Square 9". AMC Theatres. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "Splashdown Dakota Super Slides". Minot Convention And Visitors Bureau. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "S&P Affirms Rating on Concordia Properties LL Note". PR Newswire. September 11, 2000. Retrieved February 3, 2010.("Dakota Square Mall (562,000 square feet (sq. ft.)) located in Minot, N.D., was built in 1980.")
- ^ "Dakota Square Mall". CBL Properties. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
- ^ "Business Beat: July 12th". KXnet.com. 12 July 2007. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "End of the Sears era".
- ^ "Herberger's to close Minot store".
- ^ "T-Mobile to open at Dakota Square Mall".
- ^ "Larger Scheels coming to Minot's Dakota Square Mall in 2022". 19 February 2021.