The following is a list of shopping centers located in the state of Minnesota. Minnesota is home to the first enclosed shopping mall in the United States, Southdale Center, as well as the largest in the country, Mall of America. [1]
Name | Location | Year opened | Gross leasable area sq ft / m2 | Owner |
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Albertville Premium Outlets | Albertville | 2000 | 430,000 square feet (40,000 m2) [2] | Simon Property Group |
Apache Mall | Rochester | 1969 | 750,000 square feet (70,000 m2) [3] | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
Arbor Lakes | Maple Grove | 1997 | 1,262,000 square feet (120,000 m2) [4] | Arbor Lakes Building Association |
Burnsville Center | Burnsville | 1977 | 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2) [5] | CBL & Associates Properties |
Central Park Commons | Eagan | 2016 | 434,000 square feet (40,000 m2) [6] | American Realty Advisors |
Cray Plaza | St. Paul | 1986 | 192,000 square feet (18,000 m2) [7] | CBRE Group |
Crossroads Center | St. Cloud | 1966 | 890,000 square feet (83,000 m2) [8] | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
Eden Prairie Center | Eden Prairie | 1976 | 1,136,421 square feet (110,000 m2) [9] | Cypress Equities |
Gaviidae Common | Minneapolis | 1989 | 609,368 square feet (57,000 m2) [10] | Brookfield Properties |
The Grove | Maple Grove | 2005 | 538,000 square feet (50,000 m2) [11] | Hempel Properties |
Har Mar Mall | Roseville | 1961 | 460,000 square feet (43,000 m2) [12] | Vanbarton Group LLC |
Mall of America | Bloomington | 1992 | 4,870,000 square feet (450,000 m2) [1] | Triple Five Group |
Maplewood Mall | Maplewood | 1974 | 931,000 square feet (86,000 m2) [13] | Simon Property Group |
Midtown Square Mall | St. Cloud | 1982 | 181,500 square feet (17,000 m2) | Quality Investments Inc. |
Miller Hill Mall | Duluth | 1973 | 833,000 square feet (77,000 m2) [14] | Simon Property Group |
Northtown Mall | Blaine | 1972 | 621,109 square feet (58,000 m2) [15] | WP Glimcher |
Paul Bunyan Mall | Bemidji | 1977 | 297,803 square feet (28,000 m2) [16] | Lexington Realty International |
Ridgedale Center | Minnetonka | 1974 | 1,105,337 square feet (100,000 m2) [17] | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
River Hills Mall | Mankato | 1991 | 814,000 square feet (76,000 m2) [18] | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
Riverdale Village | Coon Rapids | 1999 | 968,867 square feet (90,000 m2) [19] | North American Development Group [20] |
Rosedale Center | Roseville | 1969 | 1,149,487 square feet (110,000 m2) [21] | Jones Lang LaSalle |
Seven Points (previously Calhoun Square) | Minneapolis | 1983 | 170,520 square feet (16,000 m2) [22] | Ackerberg Design |
Shingle Creek Crossing (previously Brookdale Center) | Brooklyn Center | 2012 | 652,000 square feet (61,000 m2) [23] | Gatlin Development Company |
Shoppes at Knollwood (previously Knollwood Mall) | St. Louis Park | 1955 | 456,554 square feet (42,000 m2) [24] | Gateway Knollwood, LLC |
Shops at Gateway North (previously North Branch Outlets) | North Branch | 1992 | 134,480 square feet (12,000 m2) | Starwood Property Trust |
The Shops at West End | St. Louis Park | 2009 | 348,541 square feet (32,000 m2) [25] | American Realty Capital |
Southdale Center | Edina | 1956 | 1,300,000 square feet (120,000 m2) [26] | Simon Property Group |
Southtown Center | Bloomington | 1960 | 534,650 square feet (50,000 m2) [27] | Kraus-Anderson, Inc. |
Twin Cities Premium Outlets | Eagan | 2014 | 408,930 square feet (38,000 m2) [28] | Simon Property Group |
Ultra Outlets of Medford (previously Medford Outlet Center) | Medford | 1991 | 223,660 square feet (21,000 m2) [29] | Ultra Outlets USA |
Uptown Virginia (previously Thunderbird Mall) | Virginia | 1971 | 285,680 square feet (27,000 m2) [30] | RockStep Capital |
Uptown Willmar (previously Kandi Mall) | Willmar | 1973 | 452,381 square feet (42,000 m2) [31] | RockStep Capital |
Woodbury Lakes | Woodbury | 2005 | 361,599 square feet (34,000 m2) [30] | Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust |
Name | Location | Year opened | Year closed | Gross leasable area sq ft / m2 | Former owner |
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Apache Plaza | St. Anthony | 1961 | 2004 | ||
Brookdale Center | Brooklyn Center | 1962 | 2010 | ||
Four Seasons Mall | Plymouth | 1978 | 2012 | 117,000 square feet (11,000 m2) [32] | INH Properties |
Wayzata Bay Center | Wayzata | 1967 | 2011 | 127,000 square feet (12,000 m2) [33] | United Properties |
Brookfield Properties is a North American subsidiary of commercial real estate company Brookfield Property Partners, which itself is a subsidiary of alternative asset management company Brookfield Asset Management. It is responsible for the property management of the company's real estate portfolio, which includes facilities in the office, multi-family residential, retail, hospitality, and logistics industries.
Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. It operated several local high end department stores throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for almost 100 years. Although it was regionally known as a high-quality shopping destination, Dayton's is best remembered for starting the discount shopping chain Target. The company was also instrumental in the history of shopping malls; opening the first indoor shopping mall in the United States, Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, in 1956.
The Mills Corporation was a publicly traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States, acquired on April 3, 2007 by an investment group composed of Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital Management. The company developed, owned, and operated major super-regional shopping malls. The company built 18 "Landmark" centers in which the malls were named after "Mills", like "Vaughan Mills", or "St. Louis Mills"; and also over 20 "21st Century Retail" regional malls that they started operating in 2002, like Del Amo Fashion Center and Southdale Center. Most former Mills facilities have a large movie theater from 10–30 screens, and a large food court. Their facilities were normally built in colorful modern/abstract architectural designs, but in recent years have been renovated to more conventional designs with mainly neutral colors. Simon Property Group assumed management of the former Mills properties after the acquisition, and is operating the former "Landmark Mills" group as a separate operating segment within its organization.
Southdale Center is a shopping mall located in Edina, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. It opened in 1956 and is both the first and the oldest fully enclosed, climate-controlled shopping mall in the United States. Southdale Center has 1,297,608 square feet of leasable retail space, and contains 106 retail tenants. The mall is owned by Simon Property Group and the anchor stores are Macy's, Dave & Buster's, AMC Theatres, Hennepin Service Center, and Life Time Athletic.
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an American real estate investment trust that invests in shopping malls, outlet centers, and community/lifestyle centers. It is the largest owner of shopping malls in the United States and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. Worldwide, it owns interests in 232 properties as of 2021.
Burnsville Center is located in Burnsville, Minnesota. It is one of the larger enclosed malls in Minnesota with 100 stores on 3 floors and approximately 1,100,000 square feet (100,000 m2). The mall opened in 1977 with three anchor stores, Sears, Dayton's, and Powers Dry Goods as anchors.
Gaviidae Common is a mixed-use shopping mall and office complex on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first phase of the mall, Gaviidae Common I, opened in 1989 and is adjoined to Gaviidae Common II by a series of skyways. Phase II opened in 1991. A joint venture designed by Argentine American architect César Pelli and Chicago-based Lohan Associates, the mall occupies 443,000-square-foot (41,000 m2) of retail and office space spread across five floors. Following the closure of the mall's food court and several tenants in 2013, the top three floors of Gaviidae Common II were converted into office and recreational space for the adjoining RBC Plaza.
Ridgedale Center, colloquially known as Ridgedale, is an enclosed shopping mall in Minnetonka, Minnesota, a western suburb of the Twin Cities. It is directly located off I-394/US 12 between Ridgedale Drive and Plymouth Road. Ridgedale Center comprises 1,105,337 square feet (100,000 m2) of leaseable retail space, and contains approximately 140 retail tenants. It is currently jointly owned by Brookfield Properties and CBRE Group, and managed by Brookfield. The anchor stores are JCPenney, Nordstrom, Macy's, and Dick's House of Sport.
Shingle Creek Crossing, formerly Brookdale Center, is a regional shopping mall in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. It became the third enclosed shopping mall in the Twin Cities, after Southdale Center and Apache Plaza. The mall opened in phases beginning with Phase One in March 1962 which included anchor stores Sears and JCPenney. Phase Two opened in 1966, adding Dayton's as the third anchor. Donaldson's became the fourth anchor in September 1967. Brookdale Center was part of "The Dales", what was referred to as the four "Dale" centers circling the Twin Cities, originally developed by Dayton-Hudson Corporation. The others are Southdale Center in Edina, Rosedale Center in Roseville and Ridgedale Center in Minnetonka. After a long decline, the mall closed in 2010 and was demolished in 2012 before being redeveloped into the Shingle Creek Crossing development.
Southtown Center, colloquially known as Southtown, is a regional shopping mall in Bloomington, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Southtown Center consists of 534,650 square feet (50,000 m2) of retail space. The center contains 38 retail tenants and is anchored by AMF Bowling Centers, Bed Bath & Beyond (closing), Kohl's, and TJ Maxx.
River Hills Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Mankato, Minnesota. The mall's anchor stores are Barnes & Noble, JCPenney, Target, Cinemark Theatres, and Scheels All Sports. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Herberger's and Sears. A food court and movie theater are among the mall's tenants.
Four Seasons Mall was an enclosed shopping mall in Plymouth, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Four Seasons Mall once comprised 117,000 square feet (11,000 m2) of retail space with approximately 26 storefronts. The mall opened in 1978 and the last tenant, Marcello's Pizza, closed on February 29, 2012. The mall was abandoned for a decade until the city demolished it in late 2022. A 411-unit apartment complex, several office and retail buildings, and a Metrolink park-and-ride are planned for the site.
Minneapolis City Center is a mixed-use shopping mall on Nicollet Mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It opened in 1983 and occupies the bottom three floors of the 33 South Sixth office building. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Minneapolis City Center contains 250,000 square feet (23,000 m2) of leasable retail space. The mall was built around the pre-existing Forum Cafeteria restaurant. The building is adjacent to the Marriott Hotel City Center and connected to the Gaviidae Common shopping mall.
Ultra Outlets of Medford is an outlet center located in Medford, Minnesota about 55 miles south of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota Metropolitan Area. Originally opened as Medford Outlet Center in 1991, it was the first outlet center to open in Minnesota. It includes retailers such as Old Navy, Eddie Bauer, Bath & Body Works, Maurices, Famous Footwear and a variety of local businesses. For a brief time the outlet center was known as Preferred Outlets of Medford until it reverted to its original name in 2011. Since 2015, the center has lost a significant amount of National and regional tenants, and could be considered a ‘dead’ mall.