Miller Hill Mall

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Miller Hill Mall

Location	Duluth, Minnesota, United States
Opening date	1973
Management	Simon Property Group
Owner	Simon Property Group
No. of stores and services	100+
No. of anchor tenants	3
No. of floors	1
Website	Miller Hill Mall

Miller Hill Mall is a shopping mall located in Duluth, Minnesota. It is located on U.S. Highway 53 where it intersects Trinity Road.

1 History
- 1.1 Coming Soon
- 1.2 Now Open
2 Movies at the Miller Hill Mall
3 Dining
- 3.1 Sit down
- 3.2 Fast food counter service
  - 3.2.1 Former fast food counter service
4 Anchor Stores
5 Former anchors
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

The mall opened in 1973 and was expanded in 1987. When Mercantile Stores' Glass Block store was acquired by Dillard's, rumors circulated that Mervyn's and/or Dayton's would open in the former Glass Block space. Neither store surfaced, however ^[1].

The front facade displays many of the stores along U.S. Highway 53. Montgomery Ward was replaced by DSW Shoe Warehouse, Barnes & Noble and Old Navy ^[2] , and the movie thearure became Great American Bar & Grill, greatly improving the look of the front façade due to new architectural designs

In 2007 the front façade and surrounding wasted space in front of the recently vacated Walgreens was demolished. Inside the mall the entire section of the mall that used to house Walgreen’s and a few other small unsuccessful stores was walled off. This area is now home to a lifestyle center which brought a Coldwater Creek store, a brand-new mall entrance, three stores facing the highway including Coldwater Creek and one store facing the interior hallway.^[3]

[edit] Coming Soon

Hollister Co. ^[4] July, 2008
Build-A-Bear Workshop ^[5] Autumn 2008
Chicken Now ^[6] Summer 2008
Bristows

[edit] Now Open

Grab N Go ^[7]
Charlotte Russe ^[8]
Proactiv Solution ^[9]
New Victoria's Secret
Victoria's Secret PINK

[edit] Movies at the Miller Hill Mall

It began as a United Artist Theatre in 1976 and ran 1st run movies until its demise in 2000^[10] . The entire section was demolished and the space became occupied by Grandma's Restaurants, a local chain of diverse restaurants. ^[11] . Originally, Grandma's established a clone of it's popular Little Angies restaurant located in Canal Park, but it was closed shortly after. Grandma's replaced Little Angies with an original concept, The Great American Bar & Grill which currently occupies the location ^[12]. The large sign for the Miller Hill Mall that stands on the edge of U.S Highway 53 was refurbished and repainted after the closure of the movie theater. The space on the sign that formerly displayed what movies were showing is now advertising space for local radio stations.

[edit] Dining

[edit] Sit down

[edit] Fast food counter service

[edit] Former fast food counter service

Cinnabon (replaced by Mrs. Fields)
España Coffee and Gifts
Dairy Queen/Orange Julius (next to McDonalds; location 46 incorporated into location 44, Champs Sports)
McDonald's (replaced by Charter Test Drive Center)
Burger King (Closed January 28, 2008)

[edit] Anchor Stores

JCPenney (179,992 sq. ft.)
Sears (103,630 sq. ft.)
Younkers (145,886 sq. ft.) (opened as Glass Block, became Younkers in 1998)

[edit] Former anchors

Glass Block (sold to Dillard's whom immediately sold store to Saks, Inc. who then re-opened the store as Younkers, which is now owned by Bon-Ton)
Montgomery Ward (now DSW, Old Navy and Barnes & Noble)

[edit] References

[edit] External links