The first of many SOUTHDALE expansions was added to the northeast side of the center. A Gallery Court wing (in medium gray) was inaugurated in October 1971. The project added a multilevel parking garage to the complex. With the addition, the SOUTHDALE mall covered approximately 1,097,000 leasable square feet and contained over ninety tenant spaces. 

J.C. Penney anchored the Gallery Court wing. Housing over thirty new stores, the shopping concourse opened in March 1972.

Photo from Dayton Hudson Corporation Annual Report 1972  

The mall's second major enlargement was built between 1989 and 1992. It brought a new Dayton's and two parking garages. The old Dayton's (in medium gray) was sectioned into three floors of inline store spaces, including an 11-bay Food Court. Its basement housed additional space for the new Dayton's.

An early 2000s view of the SOUTHDALE Garden Court. For years, the local historic preservation board mulled over having the iconic shopping mall designated as an historic landmark. They finally concluded that, being as how the mall has been remodeled so many times, there was not enough of its original structure remaining to warrant any type of historic recognition or preservation.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Gephart"

Trendz On Top, a teenage apparel district, was installed in Third Level space (the upper floor of the original Dayton's) in 2002. Its trendy tenants included Front Row Sports, Gadzooks, Zumiez, The Buckle and PacSun.
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