 Throughout the mid 2000 's , Southdale began struggling with maintaining a low vacancy rate . Mervyn 's , one of Southdale 's four anchors , announced that they had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy , which would in turn close all of their Minnesota locations . After the closure of Mervyn 's in 2004 , several tenants followed and ended their leases as well ; national retailers like The Bombay Company , Crate & Barrel , Ritz Camera , and Select Comfort all announced closures of their Southdale locations . Talks of a Dick 's Sporting Goods filling the space formerly leased by Mervyn 's occurred , but those plans never took off and eventually dissolved . 
