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Gateway Fashion Mall

Gateway Fashion Mall (formerly Gateway Mall) is an enclosed shopping mall in Bismarck, North Dakota. Opened in 1979, the mall has more than 30 stores. The anchor stores are Harbor Freight Tools, Jo-Ann Fabrics, Planet Fitness and Mid Dakota Clinic. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears and Conlin's Furniture. The mall's AMC Theatres location closed its door at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and has since been replaced by a church.

Previous to a mall, the area was occupied by the town dump.

The mall was opened in September 1979 with anchor stores Sears, A.W. Lucas & Co., and White Mart. The mall originally featured a three-screen movie theater and food court to complement the three anchor stores and several in-line tenants.

Desmond's operated a 7,000-square-foot store from 1980 through 1986.

Thrifty White began closing its White Mart operations in the late 1980s; the store at Gateway Mall was taken by Menards, a Wisconsin-based home improvement chain. Menards have re-located outside the mall. Part of the space was leased by the PrimeCare Health Network, while the remainder of the former White Mart/Menards was converted to Hancock Fabrics, now Planet Fitness.

The middle anchor of the three original was A.W. Lucas. Their closure made way for Herberger's, which closed in 1994. The space, which later became Jacob's, then World's Greatest Deals, was taken by Conlin's Furniture.

Other stores in the 1990s included teen fashion merchant Deb, Payless Shoes, Juniques (gifts and collectables), and House of Sund pet store. Weight Watchers held meetings at the mall during the late 80s/90s. For a brief period in the early 2000s, Gateway Mall was home to a second Bath and Body Works location as well as Prairie Peddler, a home and gift store.

The mall's theaters were expanded to the "Midco 8", and at the time of expansion the complex was the largest in the city.

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