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Five Guys Burgers & Fries Coming?
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Bismarck City Commission Extends Smoking Ban
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Bismarck Pride Receives Makeover
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RCC Western Store Adding Second Location
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North Dakota Pharmacy Ownership Law On November Ballot
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Jimmy Johns Now Open
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Bismarck #74 on Money Magazine’s “Best Places To Live”
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Five Guys Burgers & Fries Coming?
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gateway mall Archive
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Former Conlin’s Furniture Space Filled At Gateway Mall
Posted on March 5, 2010 | 2 CommentsAfter months of bad news for Gateway Fashion Mall, the 30 year-old shopping center is finally in the news for something positive. Gateway Fashion Mall has announced that they have signed a new lease with regional discount chain, Famous Labels, to occupy the former Conlin’s... -
End of Road For Joy’s Hallmark
Posted on February 22, 2010 | No CommentsThe owner of long-time local business, Joy’s Hallmark, has announced that it is going out of business and closing its remaining store, located at Kirkwood Mall, by the end of the month due to the slowing economic conditions. It is one of two Hallmark stores currently... -
Will Macy’s Come to Bismarck?
Posted on January 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
With the reported sale of the Home Depot building last week, I've once again heard speculation going around that Macy's may open a store in Bismarck, possible inside the former Home Depot store. I decided it was time to explore the likelihood of this long-time retailer coming to the capital city. The rumor of a Macy's opening a Bismarck store have been circulating since Raymond Arjmand purchased Gateway Mall in 2006. Shortly after its purchase, Arjmand announced an [...]
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Gateway Mall’s Long-Troubled History
Posted on December 29, 2009 | 2 CommentsWith its recent completion of a multi-million dollar renovation, everyone thought Gateway Mall’s troubles were finally behind it. Instead, 2009 proved to be one of the worst years in the shopping center’s 30-year history, with the departure of several major tenants and a pending fraud... -
Remembering Past Retail Favorites: White Mart
Posted on November 28, 2009 | No CommentsWhite Mart was a regional discount department store chain operated by Jamestown-based White Drug (later Thrifty White). The Bismarck location was an original anchor store at Gateway Mall when the center opened in 1979. White Mart was Bismarck’s second modern-day discount department store, after Kmart... -
Gateway Mall Close To Scoring Major Tenant
Posted on October 11, 2009 | 4 CommentsThe embattled owner of Gateway Fashion Mall, Raymond Arjmand, states that he is close to signing a new lease for a combined 70,000 square feet, which will include both the former CVS/pharmacy space and Conlin’s Furniture anchor space when the retailer relocates in December. Arjmand has also announced... -
Departing Hansen’s Menswear Adds to Growing List of Vacancies For Gateway Mall
Posted on September 26, 2009 | No CommentsAnother long-time tenant at Gateway Fashion Mall has announced they are departing. Hansen’s Menswear announced they are relocating to 1003 East Interstate Avenue, near Bob’s Photo/A&B Pizza. According to the report, Hansen’s has been at Gateway for 30 years, which presumably means it was an... -
Gateway Fashion Mall’s Owner Faces Fraud Allegations
Posted on September 20, 2009 | 1 CommentWhen Raymond Arjmand purchased the plagued Gateway Mall in 2006, it seemed like the 30 year-old center would finally get the push it needed to survive. Almost immediately after its purchase, Arjmand announced bold new initiatives to reinvent the failing center, including a multi-million dollar...