Kirkwood Mall
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 All Sports, JCPenney, and Target. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Herberger's. The mall is located in the downtown district.
| Location | Bismarck, North Dakota, United States |
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| Coordinates | 46°47′52″N 100°47′05″W |
| Opening date | 1970 |
| Previous names | Kirkwood Plaza Shopping Mall |
| Developer | Wachter Real Estate Trust |
| Management | CBL Properties |
| Owner | CBL Properties |
| Architect | Rauenhorst Corp. |
| No. of stores and services | 90 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 (5 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 850,000 sq ft (79,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Parking | 4,200 spaces |
| Public transit access | Bis-Man Transit |
| Website | shopkirkwoodmall |
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.