Shoppes at Knollwood

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Shoppes at Knollwood
Shoppes at Knollwood
Location St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°56′09″N93°23′03″W / 44.9359000°N 93.3841000°W / 44.9359000; -93.3841000 [1]
Opening date1955;70 years ago (1955)
ManagementMid-America Real Estate
OwnerGateway Knollwood, LLC
No. of stores and services45
No. of anchor tenants 2
Total retail floor area 460,000 square feet (42,735.4 m2)
No. of floors1 w/partial basement
Parking3,500
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg Metro Transit
Website www.shoppesatknollwood.com

The Shoppes at Knollwood, previously known as Knollwood Mall, is a regional shopping mall located along Minnesota State Highway 7 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota owned by Gateway Knollwood, LLC and managed by Mid-America Real Estate. Major stores at the mall include Kohl's, TJ Maxx, Old Navy, Nordstrom Rack, and DSW Shoe Warehouse. [3]

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History

Knollwood Mall opened in 1955 as an open-air strip mall called Knollwood Plaza. [4] It featured a Powers Dry Goods store, Woolworth, JCPenney, and Red Owl Grocery Store. [5] The center was enclosed in 1980 and Montgomery Ward added to the eastern side. [6]

Powers became Donaldson's and then Carson Pirie Scott. In 1994, the Carson's store closed and was torn down for a Kohl's. [7] Montgomery Ward closed its store in the mall in 1998, and one year later, Cub Foods opened in its place. [6] [8]

The eastern wing of the mall was vacated in 1999 for a movie theater multiplex which never opened. Five years later, TJ Maxx relocated from an existing store within the mall to the east wing, opening a combination TJ Maxx/HomeGoods store in its place. [9] JCPenney closed in 2000.

In 2014, plans were announced to remove the remaining portion of enclosed mall between Kohl's and TJ Maxx/HomeGoods. [10] The center added a Nordstrom Rack store and renamed itself the "Shoppes at Knollwood" for its May 2015 grand re-opening. [11]

In March, 2025, it was announced that Kohl's would be closing, and the mall itself was for sale. [12]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knollwood Mall Shopping Center
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knollwood Mall Shopping Center
  3. ↑ "The Shoppes At Knollwood: Directory". The Shoppes At Knollwood.
  4. ↑ Gamans Poloian, Lynda; Rogers, Dorothy S. (2003). Retailing Principles: A Global Outlook. Fairchild Publications. p. 363. ISBN   1-56367-192-1.
  5. ↑ "Knollwood Plaza/Mall". St.Louis Park Historical Society.
  6. 1 2 Kroll, Karen M. (February 1999). "Industry Turns to Supermarket Anchors to Fill Big Boxes". Shopping Centers Today. Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Kohl's Will Build On Site Of Knollwood Carson's". St. Paul Pioneer Press . June 18, 1994. p. 1D.
  8. ↑ "Cub Foods planning store at Knollwood mall". Star Tribune . June 17, 1998.
  9. ↑ Tellijohn, Andrew (March 21, 2004). "Knollwood Mall expands T.J. Maxx, adds new fitness center". American City Business Journals .
  10. ↑ Vomhof Jr., John (March 20, 2014). "Knollwood Mall renovation includes downgrade to 'power center'". American City Business Journals .
  11. ↑ Rowe, Seth (January 1, 2015). "Knollwood Mall transformation progresses in St. Louis Park". sun sailor.
  12. ↑ https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2025/03/24/shoppes-at-knollwood-cbre-listing.html
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