Crossroads Center (St. Cloud, Minnesota)

Crossroads Center
Location	St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States
Coordinates	45°33′20″N 94°12′36″W / 45.55556°N 94.21000°W
Opening date	April 20, 1966; 58 years ago
Developer	Crossroads Center, Inc.
Management	Spinoso Real Estate Group
Architect	George G. Mastny
No. of stores and services	102
No. of anchor tenants	6
Total retail floor area	890,000 sq ft (83,000 m2)
No. of floors	1 (2 in JCPenney and Scheel's All Sports)
Public transit access	Metro Bus
Website	www.crossroadscenter.com

Crossroads Center is a shopping mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota, United States, and is the largest mall in the state outside the core Twin Cities metro area.^[4] Its six anchor stores are Macy's, JCPenney, Target, Scheels All Sports, HomeGoods, and DSW Inc. The Marshall Field's store (originally Dayton's was officially renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006.

History

Groundbreaking at the 40-acre site of Crossroads Center started in September 1964.^[5] By the end of 1965, a movie theater and Sears were opened. J.C. Penney opened the first week of 1966; and the mall officially opened in April 1966.^[6] Besides Penney's, Sears, and the theater, the other stores at the mall on opening day were American Family Insurance, Buttrey's, Crossroads Barbershop, D.J. Bitzan Jewelers, Del Farm Food Store, Fanny Farmer Candy Store, Hallmark Cards, Lucille Heinen Beauty Salon, Jensen Fabrics, Kiddie Koncessions, Kinney Shoes, Musicland, Pako Film Shop, Ralph's Bakery, Scheels Hardware, Shirley's Maternity Fashions, St Clair's Menswear, Stevenson's, Three Sisters, Walbom's Apparel, Walgreens, and F.W. Woolworth Company.^[5]

A 200,000 sq. ft. addition to the mall in 1976 added Dayton's Department Store and other specialty stores.^[5] Dayton's would acquire Marshall Field's and rebrand their stores with the Marshall Field's nameplate in 2001.^[7] Marshall Field's was ultimately sold to Federated Stores, resulting in the name change to Macy's in 2006.^[8]

The center was renovated in 2004, with the construction of "additional skylights, 700-seat Food Court, family restrooms, improved traffic flow and parking, streamlined common area and children’s soft play area".^[9]

In October 2017, it was announced that Sears would be closing the Crossroads Center location in January 2018.^[10] HomeGoods, Ulta Beauty, and DSW currently occupy the former Sears location. Macy's and Penney's remain mall anchors.

2016 stabbing

On September 17, 2016, Crossroads Center was the site of a mass stabbing attack.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Happy 50th to the 'unbuildable' crossroads". SC Times. August 29, 2018. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
^ Minnesota Modern Registry, Docomomo US MN, accessed May 18, 2022.
^ "Crossroads Center". Brookfield Properties.
^ "'We Saw These Guys Just Dripping with Blood': A Quiet Night at the Mall Turns to Panic". Washington Post. September 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Happy 50th to the 'unbuildable' Crossroads".
^ "Is Winona at Long Last Awakening?". The Winona Daily News. Winona, Minnesota. January 2, 1966. p. 6. Retrieved September 18, 2016 – via Newspapers.com. Rochester is facing a similar problem although its downtown is far more modern than Winona's. For our neighbors to the west are overcrowded with shopping centers and it is common knowledge that when the newest one, half a mile west of Crossroads center opens, both J. C. Penney Co. and Montgomery Ward will leave the downtown area. Sears Roebuck already is located at Crossroads just as Montgomery Ward moved out of downtown into Miracle Mall here.
^ "13 Jan 2001, Page 1 - Star Tribune at Newspapers.com".
^ https://startribune.newspapers.com/image/250278793/?terms=
^ "Crossroads Center". General Growth Properties. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
^ "St. Cloud Sears location to close in January".
^ "Stabbing spree at Crossroads Center mall in St. Cloud, Minnesota". BNO News. September 17, 2016. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. Retrieved September 17, 2016.