Crossroads Center is a

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St. Cloud, Minnesota St. Cloud or Saint Cloud (; ) is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the largest population center in the state's central region. The population was 68,881 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's 12th-largest city. St. Cloud is the c ...

, United States, and is the largest mall in the state outside the core

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metro area. Its six

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are

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, and DSW Inc. The

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store (originally

Dayton's Dayton's was an American department store chain founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1902 by George Draper Dayton. It operated several local high-end department stores throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest for almost 100 years. Although i ...

was officially renamed

on September 9, 2006.

History

Groundbreaking at the 40-acre site of Crossroads Center started in September 1964. By the end of 1965, a movie theater and

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears ( ), is an American chain of department stores and online retailer founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosen ...

were opened.

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opened the first week of 1966; and the mall officially opened in April 1966. Besides Penney's, Sears, and the theater, the other stores at the mall on opening day were American Family Insurance, Buttrey's, Crossroads Barbershop, D.J. Bitzan Jewelers, Del Farm Food Store,

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Candy Store,

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, Lucille Heinen Beauty Salon, Jensen Fabrics, Kiddie Koncessions,

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, Pako Film Shop, Ralph's Bakery, Scheels Hardware, Shirley's Maternity Fashions, St Clair's Menswear, Stevenson's, Three Sisters, Walbom's Apparel,

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, and

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. A 200,000 sq. ft. addition to the mall in 1976 added

Department Store and other specialty stores. Dayton's would acquire

and rebrand their stores with the Marshall Field's nameplate in 2001. Marshall Field's was ultimately sold to Federated Stores, resulting in the name change to

in 2006. The center was renovated in 2004, with the construction of "additional skylights, 700-seat Food Court, family restrooms, improved traffic flow and parking, streamlined common area and children’s soft play area". In October 2017, it was announced that Sears would be closing the Crossroads Center location in January 2018. HomeGoods, Ulta Beauty, and DSW currently occupy the former Sears location. Macy's and Penney's remain mall anchors.

2016 stabbing

On September 17, 2016, Crossroads Center was the site of a mass stabbing attack.

References

External links

Official website
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