How did Minnesota become home to the world’s first shopping mall?

Southdale’s architect had a vision to thwart the cold and create an indoor town square in Edina where it was always 75 ...
Star Tribune

With Kowalski’s coming to Southdale, the first U.S. mall gets closer to roots

News that a Kowalski’s Market was coming to Southdale made the headlines. The grocery store would replace a portion of the mall some remember as the former Herberger’s space (also known as the former ...
Finance & Commerce

Behind the scenes at Southdale

If you grew up in these parts, there’s a good chance you were familiar with the Southdale Center mall in Edina. Southdale always has been revered as the first of its class — the nation’s first ...
FOX 10 Phoenix

Malls aren’t obsolete and Gen Z is helping to prove that

The first indoor mall was introduced to America in Edina, Minnesota, in 1956, and with its introduction came a highly anticipated holiday shopping season. Mall Santas helped boost the popularity of ...
Finance & Commerce

Southdale mall continues to struggle — even under new ownership

For years, the stagnant state of the iconic Southdale regional mall in Edina was blamed on its troubled parent company, the Maryland-based Mills Corp. New ownership was supposed to herald a new life ...