Har Mar Mall
A row of shops in Har Mar Mall's western façade
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| Location | Roseville, Minnesota, United States |
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| Coordinates | 45°00′17″N 93°09′50″W / 45.0046°N 93.1638°WCoordinates: 45°00′17″N 93°09′50″W / 45.0046°N 93.1638°W |
| Address | 2100 North Snelling Avenue |
| Opening date | August 1963 |
| Management | Vanbarton Services LLC |
| Owner | Vanbarton Group LLC |
| Architect | Robert W. Fendler |
| No. of stores and services | 45 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 430,000 square feet (40,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | harmarmall.com |
Har Mar Mall is an enclosed shopping mall in Roseville, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Har Mar Mall comprises over 430,000 square feet (40,000 m2) of retail space and is anchored by Burlington Coat Factory, Cub Foods, HomeGoods, and Marshalls. The mall contains 45 tenants, including several national chains, such as Barnes & Noble, David's Bridal, and Staples Inc.
Opened in 1963 and expanded several times since, it is one of two enclosed malls in Roseville; the other mall being Rosedale Center. Despite being a relatively small shopping center, Har Mar Mall remains open. It was constructed by Robert W. Fendler of Fendler Patterson and is owned and managed by the Vanbarton Group and Varbarton Services, respectively.
Construction for the Har Mar Mall began in 1961, when Harold J. Slawik had a vision to build a "super mall", similar to shopping centers he had seen while traveling in Florida. Deriving its name from its owners – Harold J. Slawik and his wife Marie – Har Mar is a combination of the two names. It was built upon 50 acres of land near a busy intersection in Roseville, Minnesota. Minnesota-native Willard Thorson, who designed Apache Plaza in nearby St. Anthony, designed the mall, while Robert W. Fendler served as the mall's architect. According to Thorson, the mall consists of "a long corridor, which zigzags at a series of angles... that make Har Mar truly unique"; it features "massively wide" hallways and "arched ceilings with large windows" to allow natural light to enter the corridors.
The mall cost nearly $6 million to construct over a span of two years. During the summer of 1962, Harold Slawik died, leaving his wife in charge of the mall's construction; Mrs. Slawik reportedly worked 80 hour weeks in order to keep up with the mall. In May of the same year, Target Corporation constructed their first location in a parking lot directly north of Har Mar. While nearby Rosedale Center was constructed in 1969, Har Mar went through a significant expansion in the early 1970s. In 1970, the construction of a twin theater, Har Mar 1 & 2, was completed and became the Twin Cities' second double-screened cinema; its luxurious design included a "spacious lobby, with three Venetian glass chandeliers and bubbling fountains" and was constructed by architect Benjamin Gingold Jr.
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