Kennedy Mall
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| Location | Dubuque, Iowa, United States |
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| Opening date | April 15, 1970 |
| Developer | Cafaro Company |
| Management | Cafaro Company |
| Owner | Cafaro Company |
| No. of stores and services | 63 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 |
| Total retail floor area | ~700,000 ft² |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in far West Wing) |
| Website | Kennedy Mall Website |
Coordinates: 42°29′38″N 90°43′23″W / 42.494°N 90.723°W
Kennedy Mall is a shopping mall located in Dubuque, Iowa. The mall is located just north of Dodge Street (U.S. Highway 20) at the intersection of Dodge and Wacker Drive. The street address for the Mall is 555 John F. Kennedy Road. Cafaro Company owns the mall.
Kennedy Mall was the first climate controlled mall in the state of Iowa. In 1964, Montgomery Ward announced that it would move its store in Dubuque, which was located in the downtown area, out to the west end. In February 1966, rezoning of the land on which the mall was built was approved. William M. Cafaro and Associates (now Cafaro Company) of Youngstown, Ohio developed the site. Originally, the three main anchor stores were Younkers, Montgomery Ward, and Roshek's Department Store - which had also moved to the west end.
In the fall of 1968, Younkers was opened. This was followed by Montgomery Ward in the spring of 1969, and Roshek's in the fall of 1970. The mall was formally opened on April 15, 1970, with F. W. Woolworth Company operating as a junior anchor. At the time, it had sixty stores, which made it Iowa's largest enclosed mall. Soon afterwards, a tornado had damaged the Dubuque area, including the mall.
Today, Younkers is the only remaining original anchor store to still operate a store at the Mall. Roshek's closed its mall store in 1982, and Montgomery Ward followed suit in 1983. J.C. Penney then moved from its downtown location into the space that had been previously occupied by Wards. Armstrong Department Stores of Cedar Rapids, Iowa moved into the space previously occupied by Roshek's. In the late 1980s, Armstrong's ceased operations even though the Dubuque store was profitable. At that point, Sears decided to move their store from the south end of Dubuque to Kennedy Mall. They took over the southern half of the store. Younker's eventually decided to expand, and moved their men's and houseware departments into the northern half of the building. Today, Books-A-Million, Best Buy, Dick's Sporting Goods, J.C. Penney, Planet Fitness, Younkers Men & Children, and Younkers Women make up the anchor stores at Kennedy Mall.
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