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Our "Dales of Minneapolis-St. Paul" map dates to the year 2009. It shows locations of the major shopping centers that have existed in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region. These include the first, completed in 1956, up to the latest lifestyle-format complex, which was dedicated in 2009.
Two of the early malls no longer exist...at least not as fully-enclosed shopping centers. APACHE PLAZA (1961) was completely demolished in April-May 2004. It was replaced with a rather mundane power center, completed in 2005. SIGNAL HILLS MALL originally opened as a strip center in 1959. It was roofed-in in 1961. The enclosed section, and the department store that anchored it, were demolished in 1999. Today, this former mall is also a power center.
From Our Shopping Center Article Library, We Now Present The Dales of Minneapolis-St. Paul: