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Northtown Mall (Blaine, Minnesota)

Northtown Mall
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Location Blaine, Minnesota
Coordinates 45°07′38″N 93°15′38″W / 45.12735°N 93.26065°W / 45.12735; -93.26065Coordinates: 45°07′38″N 93°15′38″W / 45.12735°N 93.26065°W / 45.12735; -93.26065
Opening date 1972
Management WP Glimcher
Owner WP Glimcher
No. of stores and services 100
No. of anchor tenants 5
Total retail floor area 621,109 sf (excludes Home Depot)
No. of floors 1
Website http://www.northtown-mall.com/

Northtown Mall is a shopping mall located in Blaine, Minnesota, United States. Currently, the mall features Herberger's, Best Buy, The Home Depot and Burlington Coat Factory as anchors. In addition, Northtown Mall features over 100 stores and restaurants, as well as a food court and Paladin Career and Technical High School public charter school which was open in September 2002. The mall is owned by WP Glimcher. Over 5.5 million people visit the mall every year.

The mall opened in 1972 with 33 stores, and was originally anchored by Montgomery Ward, Powers Dry Goods and Woolworth.MainStreet was added as a fifth anchor in 1983 and by 1988, the short-lived MainStreet chain's stores were converted to Kohl's. Powers Dry Goods was converted to Donaldson's when the Powers chain was purchased. The old Woolworth's was divided between HomePlace and Best Buy in the late 1990s, the same year that a food court was added to the mall. Donaldson's would later be converted to Carson Pirie Scott, then later to Mervyn's, and after Mervyns left Minnesota, to Herberger's.

There used to be 30 foot Titanic model on display from December 1972 till 1985 when model was moved to Marine Museum at Fall River.


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