 In February 2011 , Simon Property Group announced that Southdale would soon be anchored by Herberger 's , a local department store chain , and would lease the space previously used by Mervyn 's . Along with this announcement came the mention of a brand new food court to replace the nearly vacant one on the less @-@ traveled third floor , a housing development consisting of apartments and condominiums , and expanded retail . The food court 's construction would include six tenants , which was later increased to eight tenants . However , the new food court forced the closure of one of Southdale 's oldest tenants , Ralph 's Shoe Service , which originally opened at the mall in 1957 . Following several tenant terminations , the mall 's Marshalls anchor announced that their 40 @,@ 000 square feet ( 3 @,@ 700 m2 ) Southdale location would move to a different shopping center in Bloomington , Minnesota . 
