Shoppes at Knollwood

Shoppes at Knollwood
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LocationSt. Louis Park, Minnesota
Coordinates44°56′09″N 93°23′03″W / 44.9359000°N 93.3841000°W / 44.9359000; -93.3841000[1]
Opening date1955; 71 years ago (1955)
ManagementMid-America Real Estate
OwnerGateway Knollwood, LLC
Stores and services45
Anchor tenants2
Floor area460,000 square feet (42,735.4 m2)
Floors1 w/partial basement
Parking3,500
Public transitBus transport Metro Transit
Websitewww.shoppesatknollwood.com

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 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.[2]

History

Knollwood Mall opened in 1955 as an open-air strip mall called Knollwood Plaza.[3] It featured a Powers Dry Goods store, Woolworth, JCPenney, and Red Owl Grocery Store.[4] The center was enclosed in 1980 and Montgomery Ward added to the eastern side.[5]

Powers became Donaldson's and then Carson Pirie Scott. In 1994, the Carson's store closed and was torn down for a Kohl's.[6] Montgomery Ward closed its store in the mall in 1998, and one year later, Cub Foods opened in its place.[5][7]

The eastern wing of the mall was vacated in 1999 for a movie theater 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.[8] JCPenney closed in 2000.

In 2014, plans were announced to remove the remaining portion of enclosed mall between Kohl's and TJ Maxx/HomeGoods.[9] The center added a Nordstrom Rack store and renamed itself the "Shoppes at Knollwood" for its May 2015 grand re-opening.[10]

In March, 2025, it was announced that Kohl's would be closing, and the mall itself was for sale.[11]

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