Shopping Centers, Malls, and Business Districts

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Arrowhead Shopping Plaza
Arrowhead Plaza was Bismarck's first shopping center when it opened in 1954. It still houses many of its original tenants, including the first Dan's Supervalu.


CURRENT ANCHORS & MAJOR STORES:
Dan's Supermarket, The Walrus Restaurant, Plaza Drug, U.S. Bank
Downtown Business District
 Downtown Bismarck is a national historic district, home to many businesses - mostly locally owned. Downtown was once the region's major business hub, home to the biggest chains of the time from F.W. Woolworth to Montgomery Ward.

For more information on Bismarck's downtown, click here.
Gateway Fashion Mall in 2009. Gateway Mall
 Gateway Fashion Mall, as it's called today, opened in September 1979 with original anchors Sears, White Mart, Osco Drug, and A.W. Lucas, all of which had previously been located downtown. The mall recently completed a major renovation.

CURRENT ANCHORS & MAJOR STORES:
Hancock Fabric, Sears, Rock'n 50s Cafe, Jo-Ann Fabric
Kirkwood Plaza Shopping Center
Kirkwood Mall, as it is more commonly known, drastically altered the Bismarck landscape when it opened in April 1971. It has always been the largest shopping mall in the region, and added a south wing in 1980 with 2 new anchors, Target and JCPenney.

CURRENT ANCHORS & MAJOR STORES:
I. Keating Furniture, JCPenney, Radio Shack, Scheels Sports, Target, Herbergers
Northbrook Mall Was The First Enclosed Shopping Center in Bismarck - Constructed in 1959 Northbrook Mall
Northbrook Mall was Bismarck's second shopping center, and first fully enclosed center. It opened in 1959 and later expanded. Red Owl was the mall's anchor until closing in 1989... [read more].

CURRENT ANCHORS & MAJOR STORES:
Dan's Supermarket, The Walrus Restaurant, Plaza Drug, U.S. Bank
Pinehurst Square Shopping Center
Pinehurst Square is a "power center" type mall that opened in 2005. The center is home to several "big box" retailers, most of which were newcomers to Bismarck. Its development was the single largest project since Kirkwood Mall, 35 years earlier.

CURRENT ANCHORS & MAJOR STORES:
Best Buy, Kohl's, Lowe's, Old Navy, Pet Smart, T.J. Maxx
State Street Corridor
The State Street Corridor is a major business hub stemming from the interchange of State Street (U.S. 83) and Interstate 94. Major businesses located along the corridor include Gateway Mall, Kmart, Wal-Mart, Menards, Dan's Supermarket; along with numerous restaurants and hotels.

For more information on the State Street Corridor, click here.

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