Maplewood Mall is a super-regional

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Maplewood, Minnesota Maplewood is a city in Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 42,088 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Maplewood is ten minutes' drive from downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, Saint Paul. ...

, United States. It is near

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on the

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side of the

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. Maplewood Mall opened on July 31st, 1974. It was later renovated and expanded in 1996. It is managed by

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. The mall's

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are

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, and

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, with two vacant anchor last occupied by

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and

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. In a 2008 study, it was named one of the top six malls in the metropolitan area in terms of visitors. The mall was renovated in 2011 with updated entrances, new carpeting and tile, energy-efficient lighting, and updated restrooms. A Metro Transit hub opened near the mall in 2004 and features 425

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stalls. The mall is open two hours earlier than the stores open to allow people to get exercise by walking in a temperature controlled environment. Maplewood Mall Interior

In 2015,

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spun off 235 of its properties, including the Sears at Maplewood Mall, into Seritage Growth Properties. Sears closed this location in July 2018.

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plans to open a second location in the former Sears space in 2025. The state of Minnesota has plans for a new bus rapid transit (BRT) line named the "Rush Line" navigating from Downtown

and past the Maplewood Mall to

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History

Maplewood Mall, developed by

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, opened in 1974; anchored by

and

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. There were approximately 120 stores in the mall at the time of the grand opening. Local department store chain

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would purchase Powers in 1985 and convert all their stores to Donaldson's. Two years later,

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would do the same to Donaldson's, and rebrand all their stores as Carson Pirie Scott. In 1988,

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was added to the back of the mall; in March 1989, it would convert to

. In 1996, a

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was added to the front of the mall; this anchor closed when Mervyn's left the Twin Cities market in 2004 and became a

shortly thereafter. That same year,

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 ...

opened a store at the mall in October; it was the first Dayton's store in the Twin Cities to open since 1978. Dayton's opened in the former Carson Pirie Scott location (the sole Carson Pirie Scott location which was sold to Target that did not become a Mervyn's, as there was already a Mervyn's at Maplewood Mall). Dayton's underwent a change in name to

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in 2001, and then

in 2006. In January 2025, Macy's announced that its store at Maplewood Mall would close in the first quarter of 2025. The store closed on March 23, 2025. The building was sold and will reopen in May 2025 as the Pan Asian Center, featuring Asian-themed stores, restaurants, offices and an event center.https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/pan-asian-center-to-open-in-former-maplewood-mall-macys/

References

External links

Official website

Pan Asian Center
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