Overview

The largest mall within 170 km (105.6 mi) (reported to be 675000 square feet (62,709.6 m²) as of 2005), is the third biggest mall in North Dakota, boasting 70 shops, with four major anchor store

Anchor store

In retail, an anchor store, draw tenant, anchor tenant, or key tenant is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store or a major retail chain....

s, a food court and a nine-screen Carmike Cinema

Carmike Cinemas

Carmike Cinemas Inc. is a motion picture exhibitor headquartered in Columbus, Georgia in the United States of America. As of December 31, 2010 it operates or has an interest in 239 theaters with 2,236 screens in 35 states, making it the fourth largest theatre company in the United States.Carmike...

 with stadium seating. It also includes local recruiting offices for the United States military.

One unusual feature of the mall is a Sleep Inn & Suites

Choice Hotels

Choice Hotels International is a hospitality holding corporation which is affiliated with several hotel brands and is based in Silver Spring, Maryland...

, which is directly attached to the mall itself and opened in November 2003. The hotel also features Splashdown Dakota Super Slides, a 24000 square feet (2,229.7 m²) water park

Water park

A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments...

 complex which opened in April 2004. Dakota Square is one of only a few shopping malls in the United States to feature an attached hotel.

Dakota Square also includes several businesses not physically attached to the mall complex itself. These stores include a fast food restaurant, a grocery store, an American buffet, and an electronics retail store.

Located 50 miles (80.5 km) from the Canadian border, the mall also draws a significant number of customers from Canada.

History

The mall opened in 1980.

Formerly owned by Jones Lang LaSalle

Jones Lang LaSalle

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. is a multinational financial and professional services company specializing in real estate. Global headquarters are located in Chicago, with an operational remit covering the Americas regional market...

 of Chicago, Illinois, the mall is currently owned by The Lightstone Group

The Lightstone Group

The Lightstone Group is a privately held real estate investment company which owns and operates a diversified portfolio of multifamily, office, industrial, hotel and retail properties. Lightstone has invested directly in individual real estate assets and in real estate operating companies...

 as of 2005.

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. is the largest book retailer in the United States, operating mainly through its Barnes & Noble Booksellers chain of bookstores headquartered at 122 Fifth Avenue in the Flatiron District in Manhattan in New York City. Barnes & Noble also operated the chain of small B. Dalton...

 is located in the mall and opened on March 12, 2008. Also in 2008, Scheels All Sports

Scheels All Sports

Scheels All Sports is a privately held, employee owned and operated sporting goods and entertainment chain store headquartered in Fargo, North Dakota. Scheels operates 24 store locations in nine U.S. states. Their slogan is Gear. Passion. Sports....

 expanded into a store previously occupied by Old Navy

Old Navy

Old Navy is an American clothing brand as well as a chain of stores owned by Gap, Inc., with corporate operations in San Francisco and San Bruno, California. It is one of the first major corporations to house headquarters in the new Mission Bay district of San Francisco.Gap, Inc. was run by...

. As a result, Old Navy relocated within the mall

External links

• Dakota Square Mall website