Burnsville Center is a regional mall located in Burnsville, Minnesota, a south suburb of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint. Paul. In this video we take a full walk-through tour of the mall, walking throughout both the upper and lower levels as well as the food court.
Burnsville Center was opened in 1977 and was a thriving shopping mall for decades all the way up until the opening of the Mall of America in the early 1990s in nearby Bloomington. As the "Mega Mall" attracted more shoppers and indoor shopping centers fell in popularity over the years, Burnsville Center has seen less traffic and more vacant storefronts.
Nevertheless, Burnsville Center is still hanging in there. The mall is clean and well-maintained. It allows options for short-term leasing of storefronts along with pop-up shops and kiosks. It's conveniently located in the south metro of the Twin Cities at the convergence of 35W and 35E.
As a teenager in the 1980's, Burnsville Center was a place where I spent a lot of time. With an in-mall movie theater and a second theater in the parking lot, this was a place parents would drop off the kids for hours at a time and pick them up later. I remember clearly the bank of payphones at the top of the escalator, from which I would commonly call home to be picked up.
Hopefully, the City of Burnsville and regional planners can find a modernized use for this versatile old mall and it can continue a successful run into the future!
18 авг 2021
