Kirkwood Mall

Kirkwood Mall
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LocationBismarck, North Dakota, United States
Coordinates46°47′52″N 100°47′05″W / 46.79778°N 100.78472°W / 46.79778; -100.78472
Opening date1970
Previous namesKirkwood Plaza Shopping Mall
DeveloperWachter Real Estate Trust
ManagementCBL Properties
OwnerCBL Properties
ArchitectRauenhorst Corp.[1]
No. of stores and services90
No. of anchor tenants6 (5 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area850,000 sq ft (79,000 m2)
No. of floors1
Parking4,200 spaces
Public transit accessBus interchange Bis-Man Transit
Websiteshopkirkwoodmall.com

Kirkwood Mall (originally known as Kirkwood Plaza) is an enclosed regional shopping mall in the city of Bismarck, North Dakota. At 850,000 square feet, Kirkwood Mall is the second largest mall in North Dakota, boasting over 90 shops. Opened in 1970, it is also the largest shopping center in the city. The mall's anchor stores are I. Keating Furniture & Flooring, Ashley HomeStore, Scheels, JCPenney, and Target. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Herberger's. The mall is located in the downtown district.

Named for Robert C. Kirkwood, then-chairman of the board of the F.W. Woolworth Company, one of the original anchor tenants: in his long career with the company (starting as a trainee in his native Provo, Utah in 1923), Kirkwood had served as a store manager in Bismarck from 1935-39 as he moved to whatever city the company needed; he became company president in 1958, and CEO & Chairman of the Board in 1964. At the time the mall was built, Woolworths was the largest variety store chain in the world with more than 4,250 stores; the Kirkwood Mall store was the largest at the time it was announced.[2]

  1. ^ Minnesota Modern Registry, Docomomo US MN, accessed May 18, 2022.
  2. ^ "Center Named After Chairman Of Woolworth," The Bismarck Tribune, September 4, 1968.