Dakota Square Mall Explained

Dakota Square Mall
Location:Minot, North Dakota, United States
Opening Date:1980
Developer:General Growth Properties
Owner:CBL Properties
Number Of Stores:70
Number Of Anchors:11 (10 open, 1 vacant)
Floor Area:675000square feet
Floors:1
Publictransit: Minot City Transit

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.

Overview

At 675000square feet, as of 2005, the Dakota Square Mall is the largest mall within a 110miles 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 50miles from the Canada–US border, the mall also draws a significant number of customers from Canada.[2] [3]

One unique feature of the mall is a Sleep Inn & Suites directly attached to the mall itself, which opened in November 2003.[4] The hotel also features Splashdown Dakota Super Slides, a 24000square feet water park complex which opened in April 2004.[4] Dakota Square is one of only a few shopping malls in the United States to feature an attached hotel.[5] [6]

History

The mall opened in 1980.[7]

Formerly owned by Jones Lang LaSalle of Chicago, Illinois, the mall was later owned by The Lightstone Group[8] 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]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dakota Square Mall. Minot Convention And Visitors Bureau . February 1, 2020.
  2. News: Retailers go beyond own backyard for sales . https://web.archive.org/web/20121025082846/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/56179919.html?dids=56179919:56179919&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+29,+1991&author=Ellen+Neuborne&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Retailers+go+beyond+own+backyard+for+sales&pqatl=google . dead . October 25, 2012 . . November 21, 1991 . February 3, 2010 . Ellen . Neuborne. (" 'We always gear our advertising around Canadian holidays,' says Beth Helfrich, marketing director of Dakota Square Mall in Minot, N.D.")
  3. http://www.shopdakotasquare.com/Mall/index_body.aspx?navTarget=Leasing Leasing Information
  4. News: Sleep Inn water park makes big splash in Minot . Thomas A. Kvamme . . June 25, 2005 . February 3, 2010.
  5. Web site: AMC Classic Dakota Square 9 . AMC Theatres. February 1, 2020.
  6. Web site: Splashdown Dakota Super Slides . Minot Convention And Visitors Bureau . February 1, 2020.
  7. News: S&P Affirms Rating on Concordia Properties LL Note. . . September 11, 2000 . February 3, 2010. ("Dakota Square Mall (562,000 square feet (sq. ft.)) located in Minot, N.D., was built in 1980.")
  8. News: Blackstone/Polaris Sales . Retail Traffic . March 1, 2005 . February 3, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110613224011/http://retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_business_deals_4/ . June 13, 2011 . dead .
  9. Web site: Dakota Square Mall. CBL Properties . February 1, 2020.
  10. Web site: Business Beat: July 12th. 12 July 2007. KXnet.com. 21 January 2011.
  11. Web site: End of the Sears era.
  12. Web site: Herberger's to close Minot store.
  13. Web site: T-Mobile to open at Dakota Square Mall.
  14. Web site: Larger Scheels coming to Minot's Dakota Square Mall in 2022. 19 February 2021.