One could call Minneapolis the Mother City of the American Mall. The nation's very first regional-class, fully-enclosed shopping center opened in suburban Edina ["Uh-diy-nuh"] in October 1956. SOUTHDALE CENTER, built by the Minneapolis-based Dayton Company, was the first of four DALE-designated shopping malls.

The second, BROOKDALE CENTER {in Brooklyn Center}, was dedicated in 1962. ROSEDALE CENTER {in Roseville} began business in 1969.  The final "Dale" mall developed by the company -by then known as the Dayton Hudson Corporation- was Minnetonka's RIDGEDALE CENTER, which was completed in 1974.

The harsh Minnesota winters surely had a lot to do with the proliferation of climate-controlled shopping centers in and around the Twin Cities. By 1962, with interior malls still seen as a new-fangled novelty, there were five such centers in the metro area. 

As a for-instance, in 1962 there were no enclosed shopping malls in the metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco-Oakland, Denver, St. Louis or even Milwaukee. Inclement weather or not, the Minnesota metropolis was quite trend-setting, shopping mall-wise.

A map showing the major malls of Minneapolis-Saint Paul. "The Dales" are indicated with solid gray squares. Lifestyle and power centers are included, as well.
Click on image for a larger view

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: 

Minneapolis' Southdale Center

A vintage SOUTHDALE trademark. This highly-historic shopping complex was the first to be developed by Minneapolis' Dayton Company.
Graphic from The Dayton Company

Autumn 1954 and America's first regional-class, fully-enclosed shopping mall is in the early stages of construction.
Photo from http://www.mnhs.org  / Minnesota Historical Society / Southdale Mall

By the fall of 1956, finishing touches are being added to the indoor Garden Court.
Photo from http://www.mnhs.org  / Minnesota Historical Society / Southdale Mall

October 8, 1956. SOUTHDALE CENTER opens for business. The complex encompasses over 800,000 leasable square feet and will eventually house seventy-two stores and services.

Photo from http://www.mnhs.org  / Minnesota Historical Society / Southdale Mall

A circa-'56 physical layout showing the orientation -and naming- of the mall's split-level parking area. This drawing is a composite of the mall's two retail levels, with Lower Level entrances indicated with black boxes. Those of the Upper Level are shown in gray.

SOUTHDALE CENTER TENANTS 1956:

UPPER & LOWER LEVELS
DAYTON COMPANY (with Valley View Room restaurant and public auditorium) / L.S. DONALDSON (with Minnesota Room restaurant and public auditorium) / RED OWL supermarket / F.W. WOOLWORTH (with luncheonette) / Anderson Shop China & Glassware / The Cotton Shop / Bachman's Florist / Roy H. Bjorkam ladies' wear / Boutell's Furniture / Bringold Meats / Suzy Hats / Brown Photo / Buttrey Stores ladies' wear / Chandler's Shoes / Baker's Shoes / DeLaria Delicatessen / Edina Liquor Store / Egekvist Bakery / Fanny Farmer Candies / Farm & Orchard Fruits & Vegetables / Farnham Stationers & School Supplies / First Southdale National Bank / Gager's Handicraft / Flagg Brothers Shoes / John W. Heller ladies' wear / Household Finance Corporation / Jack & Jill Children's Shop / J.B. Hudson Jewelers / Jackson-Graves ladies' wear / Juster Brothers men's wear / Juvenile Shoes / Kelco Storeware / G.R. Kinney Shoes / Fashion Beauty Salon / Marshall Wells Hardware / Minneapolis Gas Company / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Marvin Orek & Associates ladies' wear / Peck & Peck / Peter Pan Restaurant / Pets Unlimited / Purple Door Greeting Cards / The Record Shop / Richman Brothers men's wear / P. Schlampp & Sons Furiers / Shirley's Maternity Fashions / Sidewalk Cafe / Slenderella Figure Salon / Southdale Men's Store / Southdale Appliance Repair Center / The Toy Fair / Thorpe Brothers Real Estate / Walgreen Drug (with luncheonette) / Walter's ladies' wear / White Way Cleaners / Wirt Wilson & Company

BASEMENT CONCOURSE
Boutell's Furniture (lower floor) / Kiddie Koral children's amusement area (with zoo) / Public Restrooms / Southdale Center Offices / US Post Office   

OUTPARCELS:

Southdale Garden Center / Pure Oil service station / Western Oil & Fuel Company    

A high-definition Complete Plan of the Lower Level of SOUTHDALE CENTER, as it was situated at the mall's October 1956 grand opening. All thirty-three operational tenants are shown.

A Complete Plan of the mall's circa-1956 Upper Level includes all twenty-nine inline stores. Six freight transport "Service Cores" are shown in medium gray. Each of these had a freight elevator, passenger elevator and set of stairs.

A cut-away view of the SOUTHDALE CENTER Garden Court. The tall structure on the left is the 45-foot-high bird aviary, which, as per Victor Gruen's instructions, was stocked with sixty songbirds. Bird cages such as this became a standard fixture of America's early shopping malls.

Roy H. Bjorkman, one of ten ladies' wear stores in the original mall. It occupied a space on the Upper Level, near the Donaldson's mall entrance.
Photo from http://gruenassociates.com / Gruen Associates

A color postcard pic of the SOUTHDALE Garden Court. The 100-foot-wide plaza provided shoppers a respite among its fountains, flora and fauna. There were also a Sidewalk Cafe and collection of modern art sculptures. The new design concepts presented here were emulated in every interior mall built in America over the next 30 years.
Photo from www.lileks.com / James Lileks

Southdale's primary anchor, Minneapolis-based Dayton's, is seen on the left of this image. An F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 occupied a 2-level store on the Lower and basement floors of the complex.
Photo from http://gruenassociates.com / Gruen Associates

An interior view of the Dayton's Southdale store. Here we see its TV-Radios Department.
Photo from http://www.mnhs.org  / Minnesota Historical Society / Southdale Mall
  

Shoppers peruse merchandise on the upper level of the newly-opened Woolworth's store.
Photo from http://www.mnhs.org  / Minnesota Historical Society / Southdale Mall

In this vintage view, we see the back side of the shopping center and Camel Lot parking area. On the Lower Level, going left-to-right, are White Way dry cleaners and Edina Liquors. Store fronts visible on the Upper Level are the Fashion Beauty Salon and Roy H. Bjorkman and Jackson-Graves dress shops.

Photo from http://gruenassociates.com / Gruen Associates

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 teen 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.
Photo from Wikipedia / "Gephart"

By 2012, the mall's Dayton's store (built in the early '90s) has been rebranded twice. It morphed into a Marshall Fields in 2001 and became a Macy's in 2006. The Mervyn's (nee' Donaldson's and Carson's) space sat vacant for over 7 years before a Herberger's opened, in late 2011, to fill its vacancy.

After four major remodelings, the nation's -and world's- first fully-enclosed, regional-class shopping mall encompassed around 1,339,000 leasable square feet and housed 124 stores and services. In this photo, we see the new Northwest Entrance. 
Photo from www.simon.com / Simon Property Group

Modifications continue into the 21st century. Dave & Buster's opened in August 2015. J.C. Penney closed for good in July 2017. The abandoned store was demolished and replaced by an upscale fitness facility. Herberger's bit the dust in August 2018. The store building was retenanted by a Puttshack mini-golf complex and Kowalski's Market grocery store. 

SOUTHDALE CENTER
West 66th Street and France Avenue South
Edina, Minnesota

With his NORTHLAND CENTER project in suburban Detroit under construction, master mall architect Victor Gruen was on a roll. In 1952, he was commissioned by Minneapolis' Dayton Company to design a retail complex for the Twin Cities. The prospective center was to be built on an 82 acre tract, 8 miles southwest of downtown Minneapolis, in the Village of Edina. The land parcel had been part of the Robinson-Day Farm.

SOUTHDALE CENTER was to be a revolutionary retail complex. Whereas stores in contemporary shopping centers faced outward, toward the parking lot, most in SOUTHDALE would face inward. There would be little exterior signage defining individual stores.

Freight would be brought into the center via an underground "truck road" tunnel. From an adjacent basement, stock would be taken to stores through a system of six "core" elevators. All of this would be completely out of sight of the shopping center's patrons. SOUTHDALE was modeled on the concept of a European city center. It would serve as a suburban place for shopping and socializing...specially adapted to fit America's emerging car culture.

Ground was broken at the site on October 29, 1954. On October 8, 1956, America's first regional-class, fully-enclosed shopping mall opened for business. The 20 million dollar, 810,000 square foot, structure was centered around a 3-story, 100-foot-wide, Garden Court, which had tropical landscaping, sculpture, a fountain pool, Sidewalk Cafe and 45-foot-high bird aviary.

There were two main retail floors, as well as a small Basement Concourse. This area contained a post office, mall office, public restrooms and Children's Center. The split-level parking area surrounding the complex was named for animals, such as "Alligator", "Rooster", "Fox" and the like; this done to make it easier for shoppers to remember how to get back to cars parked somewhere in the 5,200 spaces provided.

Anchoring SOUTHDALE CENTER were a 3-level (195,000 square foot), Minneapolis-based Dayton Company and 3-level (140,000 square foot), Minneapolis-based L.S. Donaldson. The latter was designed by Seattle's John Graham, Junior.

The initial tenant list of sixty-two included Walgreen Drug, Baker's Qualicraft Shoes, Marshall Wells Hardware, Edina Liquors, Buttrey's ladies' wear, Richman Brothers men's wear, an F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 and Red Owl supermarket. There were eventually seventy-five tenants spaces. Outparcels of the original mall were a Dayton's Garden Shop and Pure Oil Company and Western Oil & Fuel Company filling stations.

The first expansion at SOUTHDALE CENTER added a third floor (or fourth level) to Dayton''s, enlarging the store to 255,000 square feet. This project was completed in 1963. Minnesota's first twin movie theater, the General Cinema Corporation Southdale I & II, opened on September 21, 1966.

The 1,950 seat venue was built, as a freestanding structure, in the southeastern periphery of the mall. It was renovated into the Southdale I-II-III in 1975 and became the Southdale I-II-III-IV in 1980. The theater was shuttered August 16, 1990 and demolished soon after.

The first major expansion of SOUTHDALE CENTER added a Gallery Court wing to the northeast side of the complex. Thirty-three stores joined the directory on October 7, 1971. These included J. Riggings, Milton's, Spencer Gifts, Wrangler Wroost and a Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio. The addition was anchored by a 4-level (247,000 square foot) J.C. Penney, which opened for business on March 1, 1972.

Retail rivals of SOUTHDALE included KNOLLWOOD MALL (1972) {4.6 miles northwest, in St. Louis Park} and EDEN PRAIRIE CENTER (1976) {4.8 miles southwest, in Eden Prairie}. GALLERIA EDINA, situated adjacent to the south side of the SOUTHDALE site, started out in 1959 as a freestanding furniture store. This was expanded into an enclosed shopping center in 1974.

Fearing major competition from MALL OF AMERICA, which was being built only 4.3 miles southeast, the owners of SOUTHDALE embarked on another expansion in 1989. This began with the construction of a new 4-level (359,600 square foot) Dayton's. Added to the northwest side of the existing mall, it was connected with two new parking garages. The original Dayton's closed August 7, 1990, with the new location being launched on August 9th.

The old Dayton's structure was subdivided into sixty inline stores. These included Petits, The Body Shop and an 11-bay Food Court. The Garden Court was also doubled in size. Tenants in the old Dayton's began opening in July 1991, with store dedications continuing into the following year. In November 1993, a (44,900 square foot) Marshalls opened in the basement of the complex.

Work on the next expansion of SOUTHDALE CENTER got underway in January 2001. The southeast corner of the complex was enlarged. A new multiplex, the MegaStar Cinemas Southdale Center 16, showed its first features on November 9, 2001.

At the same time, The District On France, an adjacent streetscape of sit-down restaurants, debuted with P.F. Chang's China Bistro. This eatery was followed by The Cheesecake Factory (May 2002), California Pizza Kitchen (July 2002) and Maggiano's Little Italy (November 2002).

A section of teen-oriented shoppes, Trendz On Top, was installed in Third Level space of the old Dayton's. These modifications increased the leasable square footage at SOUTHDALE to approximately 1,339,000, with space for 158 stores and services.

The Dayton's store morphed into a Marshall Field's in August 2001 and was rebranded by Macy's on September 9, 2006. Donaldson's was rebranded a Chicago-based Carson Pirie Scott August 10, 1988 and Hayward, California-based Mervyn's July 29, 1995. This store was shuttered in July 2004. The MegaStar multiplex was rebranded, as the American Multi-Cinema Southdale 16, in early 2004.

The Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group assumed ownership of SOUTHDALE CENTER in April 2007. The company, in a joint venture with San Francisco-based Farallon Capital Management, acquired the Arlington, Virginia-based Mills Corporation. SOUTHDALE had been a Mills property since January 2005.

An indoor-outdoor face lift was done at SOUTHDALE between December 2011 and December 2012. The 32 million dollar project altered the Gallery Court wing, creating a more direct link between the Penney's store and Garden Court.

Moreover, a 10-bay (Second Level) Food Court was created in front of J.C. Penney. Lastly, new restrooms, lighting, landscaping, and a children's play area were installed and all mall entrances were rebuilt.

Accompanying these improvements was a new anchor for SOUTHDALE CENTER. Minnesota-based Herberger's was signed for 135,000 square feet of the 179,000 square foot Donaldson's-Carson's-Mervyn's building. This new anchor opened for business on November 9, 2011, but closed for good in August 2018.

Marshalls pulled up stakes in 2013. The vacant space was filled by an Omaha-based Gordmans off-price department store, which began business on July 16, 2015. The mall's old Food Court, and adjoining Third Level space, was reconfigured as a (41,500 square foot) Dave & Buster's Grand Sports Cafe. It welcomed its first patrons on August 3, 2015. The Gordman's store proved to be short-lived. It went dark in 2017. 

J.C. Penney shuttered their store on July 31, 2017. It was demolished and replaced by a 2-building LifeTime Athletic facility. The 3-level (120,000 square foot) structure housed a fitness center, spa, cafe, kids activity center and rooftop swimming pool. An adjacent 3-level (60,000 square foot) building included an "indoor turf facility", small section of retail and a floor of leased office suites. The complex opened for business on December 3, 2019.

As for the vacant Herberger's, its first level was reconfigured as a (34,000 square foot), Woodbury, Minnesota-based Kowalski's. This supermarket welcomed first shoppers in September 2024. It harkened back to the Red Owl supermarket that had operated in the SOUTHDALE mall for 17 years. 

Sources:

The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

"Dual Anchor Shopping Centers 1952-1965" / Richard Longstreth

Dayton Hudson Corporation Annual Report 1972

https://www.cinematreasures.org

Southdale Tenant List / Press Release / Ruder & Finn, Inc. / October 7, 1956

http://www.southdale.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

Universal Productions Southdale Prospectus / Press Release / Ruder & Finn Inc. / October 7, 1956

About Town: The Official Magazine of The City of Edina / Winter 2007 / "Southdale Started A Revolution 50 Years Ago" / Joe Sullivan

http://www.southdalecenter.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)

https://rsparch.com / RSP Architects 

Minneapolis' Brookdale Center 

A circa-1962 aerial view of BROOKDALE CENTER. Sears, and its freestanding Auto Center, are seen in the upper left. A Woolworth 5 & 10 occupies the opposite end of the structure.

Photo from the Gatlin Development Company

The original mall, which was a smaller counterpart of SOUTHDALE, its sibling shopping center. In 1962, BROOKDALE CENTER spanned approximately 369,000 leasable square feet and featured thirty-five stores and services. Its parking facilities could accommodate 2,000 autos.

BROOKDALE CENTER TENANTS 1962:

SEARS (with Peggy Kellogg Snack-ette and freestanding Auto Center) / J.C. PENNEY / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / SUPER VALU supermarket / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Berkley's Millinery / Brookdale Barber Shop / Brookdale Center Promotion Office / Brookdale Pet Center / Brooklyn Center Municipal Liquor Store / Brown Photo / Buttrey's ladies' wear / Fanny Farmer Candies / Fashion Beauty Salon / G & K Cleaners / Gager's Handcraft / Grayson's ladies' wear / Hallmark Cards & Gifts / Jack & Jill Children's wear / Kinney Shoes / Lancer apparel / Mangel & Hill Meats / Michal's Shoe Repair / Minneapolis Gas Company / Northwestern Federal Savings & Loan Association / Snyder Brothers Drugs (with luncheonette) / The Record Shop / The Snack Bar / Walbom's apparel / William's Cafeteria  

All four "Dales" malls had animal-designated parking lots. These were created to make it easier for shoppers to locate their cars as they were leaving. Two BROOKDALE critters are seen above. As a footnote, Chicago's RANDHURST CENTER (also designed by Victor Gruen) used fruits to designate its seven parking areas.
Graphics from http://www.spoonflower.com

A vintage view of the BROOKDALE Garden Court. The tall structure seen in the foreground is a bird aviary. Far in the background is a fish pond.
Photo from http://www.startribune.com/ Rick Nelson

A snapshot of the West Mall area. Its main feature was a large flower bed and fountain.
Photo from http://www.startribune.com/ Rick Nelson

BROOKDALE was expanded in two stages. A first, completed in 1966, enlarged the existing Penney's into a full-line store and added a new East Mall and Dayton's. The second stage, dedicated in 1967, brought a Donaldson's and freestanding Red Owl supermarket. The complex now spanned approximately 857,000 leasable square feet and contained fifty-three stores under its roof.

The East Mall featured a 35-foot-high "Rain Fountain." Officially known as a Wonderfall, it consisted of a circle of nylon strings covered with descending drops of  glycerine. Such faux water features were almost a standard fixture of malls built between 1963 and 1970.
Photo http://www.startribune.com / Rick Nelson

The J.B. Hudson Jewelers store in BROOKDALE CENTER. 

Photo from Dayton Company Annual Report 1967

Zooming through the years, we come to a circa-2003 layout. This depicts BROOKDALE CENTER in its final glory days. 2003 would be the final year that all of its anchor spaces would be filled. Between 2001 and 2002, the northwest corner (in light gray) had been rebuilt. Unfortunately, this renovation could not stop a downward spiral that got underway with the closings of Mervyn's and J.C. Penney, in 2004.

The newly-remodeled West Entrance, circa-2004
Photo from www.structuraldesignassociates.com / Structural Design Associates

A circa-2004 view of what was originally known as the East Mall. This area morphed into a Macy's Court after a September 2006 anchor store rebranding.
Photo from www.structuraldesignassociates.com / Structural Design Associates

By 2009, BROOKDALE was on life support. The Great Recession had contributed to the loss of two anchors. Steve & Barry's (in the old Penney's spot) shut down in late 2008, followed by Macy's (in the old Dayton's-Marshall Field's), which pulled out of the mall in 2009.

The moribund mall closed for good in April 2010. The bulk of the structure, save for Sears and the northwest store block, was demolished in June 2011. The complex was replaced by an open-air power plaza known as SHINGLE CREEK CROSSING. In this site plan, buildings left from the old BROOKDALE CENTER mall are surrounded in blue.
Original drawing from http://www.cityofbrooklyncenter.org / City of Brooklyn Center

You Betcha! Above, we see a rendering of the shiny new WalMart that anchored SHINGLE CREEK CROSSING. The store opened its doors in September 2012. 

Drawing from http://www.cityofbrooklyncenter.org / City of Brooklyn Center

BROOKDALE CENTER
County Road 10 and Xerxes Avenue North
Village of Brooklyn Center (City of Brooklyn Center), Minnesota

The second Dayton Company-developed shopping mall was designed by Los Angeles' Victor Gruen Associates. BROOKDALE CENTER was built on an 88-acre tract, located 9.7 miles northwest of center city Minneapolis, in a section of Hennepin County known as the Village of Brooklyn Center. The site was adjacent to the route of MN 100-Highway 100.

Comprised of a single retail level, the original BROOKDALE CENTER covered approximately 431,000 leasable square feet. The fully-enclosed shopping venue was co-anchored by a 2-level (53,000 square foot) J.C. Penney. This store opened, as part of a mall-wide dedication, on March 5, 1962.  A 2-level (185,000 square foot) Sears was inaugurated on May 17 of the same year. Charter inline stores included an F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10, Snyder Brothers Drug, Brookdale Pet Center and in-mall Super Valu supermarket.

A major expansion of the structure began in 1965. The mall proper was doubled in size, with the existing Penney's enlarged into a full-line (140,300 square foot) store. The first phase of the renovation included a 2-level (195,300 square foot), Minneapolis-based Dayton's. This store was officially dedicated on August 2, 1966.

The second expansion phase at BROOKDALE CENTER added a 2-level (140,300 square foot), Minneapolis-based Donaldson's. This store held its grand opening on September 27, 1967. The final segment of the 1967 renovation consisted of the construction of a freestanding Red Owl supermarket. This store occupied an octagonal, Mid-Century Modern building. It opened for business in October 1967. BROOKDALE CENTER now spanned approximately 875,000 leasable square feet and contained fifty-three stores and services.

The Village of Brooklyn Center had incorporated as a city in 1966. The Dayton Company went public in 1967, becoming the Dayton Corporation. This merged with Detroit's J.L. Hudson Company in 1969, becoming the Dayton Hudson Corporation.

A small-scale renovation of BROOKDALE took place in 1970. This was followed by a second face lift remodeling in 1983. By this time, the shopping venue had three commercial competitors. The first was NORTHTOWN MALL (1972) {5.4 miles northeast, in Blaine}. The original Dayton-developed siblings, ROSEDALE CENTER (1969) {7.5 miles southeast, in Roseville} and RIDGEDALE CENTER (1974) {8.2 miles southwest, in Minnetonka}, were sold in 1978. With this transaction, they became retail rivals of BROOKDALE. 

Anchor nameplate changes got underway at BROOKDALE CENTER on August 10, 1988, with the conversion of Donaldson's into a Chicago-based Carson Pirie Scott. This store was rebranded as a Mervyn's on July 29, 1995. It closed for good in July 2004. The Dayton's store became a Marshall Field's on August 9, 2001. It received a Macy's nameplate on September 9, 2006 and closed for good in early 2009.

J.C. Penney pulled out of BROOKDALE CENTER on February 28, 2004. The store space re-opened, as a Steve & Barry's University Sportswear, on September 14, 2005. This operation was shuttered in late 2008.

Meanwhile, a major renovation of the shopping venue had got underway in 2001. The northwest section of the mall was demolished. A new wing was built, which was anchored by Barnes & Noble, Old Navy and an 8-bay Food Court. The northeast mall entrance was also rebuilt. New stores joined the retail roster, such as Kay Jewelers, Forever 21, Goose Creek Tavern & Grill and Karmelkorn-Orange Julius.

The 60 million dollar project was completed in October 2002, with the mall now enveloping 984,100 leasable square feet and housing over seventy-five stores and services. At this time, the complex was owned and operated by Talisman Companies, of Coral Gables, Florida. In July 2005, Brooks Mall Properties, also of Coral Gables, Florida, acquired the facility.

The mall had entered a downward spiral in 2004. After years of decline, it was shuttered on April 26, 2010, leaving only Sears in business. The property was foreclosed on in mid-2010, with the Horsham, Pennsylvania-based Capmark Financial Group assuming ownership. A demalling, conducted by the Dickson, Tennessee-based Gatlin Development Company, was put in motion.

Demolition commenced in June 2011, leaving only Sears, the (124,000 square foot) Food Court section, and freestanding Kohl's and Applebee's structures standing. These were worked into SHINGLE CREEK CROSSING, an open-air power center. Construction commenced in October 2011. A 1-level (186,200 square foot) WalMart SuperCenter was officially dedicated on September 12, 2012. The power center lost one of its two anchors 6 years later. The 56-year-old Sears was shuttered in September 2018.

Sources:

The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

Dayton Company Annual Report 1966

Dayton Company Annual Report 1967

"Dual Anchor Shopping Centers 1952-1965" / Richard Longstreth
https://www.gatlindc.com / Gatlin Development Company
https://www.hennepin.us / Hennepin County, Minnesota 
http://www.brookdaleshoppingcenter.com (website on Internet Archive Wayback Machine)
Comment posts by Joe and Andrew
https://www.cityofbrooklyncenter.org

"Brookdale Center" article on Wikipedia

St. Paul's Rosedale Center

The third "Dale" shopping complex was built in the northwestern environs of St. Paul. Construction on ROSEDALE CENTER commenced in mid-1968. 

Drawing from Dayton Company Annual Report 1967 

An inside view shows the original shopping concourse at ROSEDALE. Several store nameplates are visible. On the Lower Level are Florsheim Shoes, Rosedale Bridal and B. Dalton Bookseller. There is also a Dayton's department store. Upper floor stores include Albert's Hosiery and Junior Miss.

Photo from the Arrigoni Brothers Company

ROSEDALE was officially dedicated in August 1969. The east end of the complex was anchored by Minneapolis-based L.S. Donaldson (a.k.a. Donaldson's). 

The west end of the ROSEDALE mall was anchored by Dayton's.

Photo from Dayton Hudson Corporation Annual Report 1971

In its original configuration, ROSEDALE CENTER encompassed approximately 560,000 leasable square feet and contained eighty-four stores. Its animal-designated parking area accommodated 3,500 autos. 

ROSEDALE CENTER TENANTS 1969:

DAYTON'S (with Looking Glass Beauty Salon, Twin City Restaurant, Downstairs Store and Travel Service) / DONALDSON'S (with Beauty Salon and Minnesota Room restaurant) / F.W. WOOLWORTH 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / After All / Albert's Hosiery / Allen's Shoes / Arthur's Portraiture / B. Dalton Bookseller / Bachman's / Bakers Shoes / Breslers 33 Flavors ice cream / Brothers Bake & Del / Brothers Restaurant / Brown Photo / Buttrey's / Carousel Snack Bar / Chess King men's wear / Dain, Kalman & Quail, stockbrokers / d'finity / Evenson's Cards & Gifts / Fannie May Candies (Lower Level) / Fannie May Candies (Upper Level) / Flagg Brothers Shoes / Florsheim Shoes / Goodman Jewelers / Hal's Sportswear / Hallmark Cards / Hobby Fair / Interior Systems / J.B Hudson Jewelers / Jack & Jill Children's Shoes / Jacobs Jewelry / Jo-Ann Fabrics / Joan Bari / Junior Miss / Junior Shoeland / Kinney Shoes / Liemandt's men's wear / Mardene Jewelry & Cards / Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio / Milton's / Mr. Cricket / Mr. G. Fashions / National Uniforms / Newmans / Nina / Now & Then / Quarterback Club restaurant / Quarterback Sports & Leisure / Red Horse Saddle Shop / Regal Shoes / Rosedale Bridal / Rosedale Pet Center / Rucci Shoe Repair / Schaak Electronics / Schmitt Music / Shelley's Tall Girl / Shirley's Maternity / Singer Sewing Center / Stuarts Ready-To-Wear For Ladies' / Sweet Street / Thayer McNeil Shoes / Theodore's / The Record Shop / The Stable / The Swiss Colony / The Village Green / Tie Rack / Tobaccoland / Waldorf Cleaners / Will's Barber Shop / Young America / Young Quinlan

The first expansion of the ROSEDALE mall added Penney's and "Monkey Wards" stores to its north and south sides. The former was dedicated in August 1977, with Wards welcoming its first shoppers in September 1979. With these improvements, the complex spanned around 987,000 leasable square feet, with a tenant roster of 145 stores. Free parking was now provided for 4,700 autos.

The northern rim of ROSEDALE was developed in the 1980s. PAVILION PLACE opened in 1985. This enclosed mall failed to establish a niche and was redeveloped as CROSSROADS OF ROSEDALE. Dedicated in 1990, this power center encompasses 327,500 leasable square feet and houses eleven stores.
Photo from https://res.cloudinary.com / MidAmerica Real Estate, Minnesota 

LOEHMANN'S PLAZA was completed in 1986. Like PAVILION PLACE, it was unsuccessful. The strip center was re-launched as ROSEDALE COMMONS in 1989. It presently spans 177,400 leasable square feet, with eighteen stores and services.
Photo from https://www2.colliers.com / Colliers International

ROSEDALE MARKETPLACE, another strip-type shopping venue, welcomed its first patrons in 1990. This facility encompasses 147,400 leasable square feet and contains thirteen tenant spaces.
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ROSEDALE CENTER was expanded again between 1990 and 1992. A new Dayton's and two parking garages were a carbon copy of those recently added to sister center SOUTHDALE. The original Dayton's (in dark gray) has been sectioned into inline stores. The mall now encompasses approximately 1,246,400 leasable square feet and contains 165 stores. There was free parking for 6,300 autos.

The mall's Montgomery Ward closed in August 1998, with Minnesota's Herberger's leasing the vacant space. This store commenced operation in October 1999.
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A small Food Court was installed in existing mall space in 2002. The culinary complex housed five fast-food restaurants.
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An early 2000s view of the East Wing concourse. Along the Upper Level, on the right, are Journey's Shoes and Charlotte Russe. Across the mallway is Bath & Body Works. Off in the distance is a Macy's mall entrance.

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ROSEDALE CENTER, in a circa-2004 aerial. The mall will soon undergo a large-scale renovation, which will remove and replace a vacant anchor store on the east end of the complex.
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