The Shoppes at Knollwood, previously known as Knollwood Mall, is a regional shopping mall located along
Minnesota State Highway 7 in
St. Louis Park, Minnesota
St. Louis Park is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 50,010 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is a first-ring suburb immediately west of Minneapolis, Minnesota, Min ...
owned by Gateway Knollwood, LLC and managed by Mid-America Real Estate. Major stores at the mall include
Kohl's,
TJ Maxx,
Old Navy,
Nordstrom Rack, and
DSW Shoe Warehouse.
History
Knollwood Mall opened in 1955 as an open-air
strip mall called Knollwood Plaza.
It featured a
Powers Dry Goods
The Powers Department Store of Minneapolis, Minnesota was a department store chain with roots dating to 1873, and that, at its peak, consisted of 7 locations in Minnesota.
History
S. E. Olson & Co.
Norwegian immigrant Seaver E. Olson formed a p ...
store,
Woolworth,
JCPenney, and
Red Owl Grocery Store.
The center was enclosed in 1980 and
Montgomery Ward added to the eastern side.
Powers became
Donaldson's
Donaldson's, previously known as The L. S. Donaldson Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota is a defunct department store company.
History
Scottish immigrant William Donaldson opened a small store in Minneapolis in 1881, located at 310 Nicollet Avenue. ...
and then
Carson Pirie Scott. In 1994, the Carson's store closed and was torn down for a
Kohl's.
Montgomery Ward closed its store in the mall in 1998, and one year later,
Cub Foods opened in its place.
The eastern wing of the mall was vacated in 1999 for a
movie theater
A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall ( Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, the movies, the pictures, picture theater, the silver screen, the big screen, or simply theater is a ...
multiplex which never opened. Five years later,
TJ Maxx relocated from an existing store within the mall to the east wing, opening a combination TJ Maxx/
HomeGoods store in its place.
JCPenney closed in 2000.
In 2014, plans were announced to remove the remaining portion of enclosed mall between Kohl's and TJ Maxx/HomeGoods. The center added a
Nordstrom Rack store and renamed itself the "Shoppes at Knollwood" for its May 2015 grand re-opening.
References
External links
Shoppes at Knollwood official website
{{Twin cities shopping malls
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Shopping malls in Minnesota
Shopping malls established in 1955
1955 establishments in Minnesota