| 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.
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]
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]