![]() Both buildings are in affordable housing programs and income limits apply. Hilltop is a four-story, 146-unit apartment building located on the west end of the property. Legacy Commons is a five-story, 247-unit senior apartment building located on the east end of the property. Aerial view looking south (Butler is on the very bottom of the picture, Robert Street in the upper left) with the new apartments dominating the bottom of the picture and the old Signal Hills strip mall at the top of the picture. The original strip mall still exists to the south, but we enter a new era with the Legacy Commons and Hilltop apartments, which opened in 2022, dominating the northern end of the property. Here’s a view of the former K-mart and Signal Bank buildings in 2020 just before they were demolished for the Legacy Commons and Hilltop apartments. Go-karts and mini-golf were also proposed, without serious support or backing. In 2017, the City Council rejected the idea of a shooting range. The building briefly housed a Halloween store and local auctions. It eventually closed in 2016 along with more than 130 K-marts nationwide. K-mart filed for bankruptcy in 2002 and the local store struggled for years. None had serious backing or fit with long-term plans for the site. Multiple rejected proposals came along, including a funeral home, youth shelter, banquet hall, and combined restaurant/dog park. Signal Bank closed in 2001 and stood empty for 20 years. Here’s a glimpse of the end of the enclosed mall in 1998 (black and white photos courtesy of Dakota County Historical Society, color photos courtesy of John Ramsay): K-mart Era (2000-2020)īy 2000, the anchor Herbergers and the enclosed portion of the mall were demolished, with a new standalone K-mart constructed to the northwest of the old mall. The opening of the Mall of America in 1992 meant the end of the Signal Hills mall. (Thanks to Carolyn Swiszcz and her zine.)
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