Rosedale Center, commonly known just as Rosedale, is a shopping center in Roseville,

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. The mall is surrounded by suburbs and close to major

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s and serves a trade area population almost 2 million people, and boasts 14 million visitors annually. The mall's anchor stores are

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, DSW, Rocco Altobelli, Evereve, Carter's, Loft,

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, JoS. A. Bank, Talbots, Von Maur, Becker Furniture World,

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, and SeaQuest. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once

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History

First announced in 1966 as a third enclosed mall development to be anchored by both

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and Donaldson's, the

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site was chosen because of the population grown in northern Ramsey County. The 150-acre tract of land had previously been purchased by Donaldson's in 1952 for a shopping center that had never developed. Opened in 1969, it is the third of the "dale" shopping centers built by the Dayton Hudson Corporation.

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(1956), in Edina,

was the first. This was followed by Brookdale Center (1962) in

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, and later by

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(1974) in

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. Originally, ''Rosedale'' was anchored by

and Donaldson's department stores. A

was added, as part of a new North Wing, in 1976; a

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also joined in the 1970s. The mall underwent a major renovation that was completed in 1992. A new

was added as well (later became

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in 2001, now

) (the old Dayton's was rebuilt as new retail spaces). Two parking garages were constructed as well. The vacant east anchor (originally a Donaldson's, then a

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and Mervyn's) was demolished in 2005. Developers built a new, open-air,

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wing, anchored by an AMC theater. This expansion, officially known as the Plaza at Rosedale Center, was dedicated in November 2006. The 14-screen AMC was completed the next month. In 2015, the Rosedale Center announced a 140,000-square-foot expansion project that opened on October 10, 2018. It includes a Von Maur department store. The project removed 369 current parking spaces, but also built a parking deck to add 450 spaces, a net gain of 81 parking spaces. Despite a recent remodel from the expansion, Bon-Ton announced on April 17, 2018, the liquidation of all

stores, 200+ locations, after two liquidators, Great American Group and Tiger Capital Group, won an auction for the company. This closing included all Herberger's stores; as well as the Rosedale location. Herberger's closed for the final time on August 30, 2018. In May of 2020, the mall and several surrounding stores were looted during the

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Shopping

Following the success of their stores in New York, the

at ''Rosedale Center'' became their first store in

to have 24-hour shopping during the 2009

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season.

References

External links

Rosedale Center in Google Maps
{{Twin cities shopping malls Shopping malls in Minnesota Shopping malls established in 1969 Tourist attractions in Ramsey County, Minnesota Buildings and structures in Roseville, Minnesota