Business View Magazine | March 2020

278 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2020 JANUARY 08, 2020 PROPOSED MASTER PLAN CONCEPT STUDY 200 0 50 100 Scale: 1”= 100’ communities of Maplewood and Saint Paul, as well as Ramsey County.” Roseville is one of the leading retail centers in the upper Midwest, with a history that goes back to the mid-20th century. The first McDonald’s in the state of Minnesota was built in Roseville in 1957, and the first Target store was built there in 1962. The city was also home to the first Barnes and Nobile bookstore outside of New York City. The Roseville Dairy Queen, also first in the state, is currently on the Preservation Alliance of Minnesota’s list of the 10 Most Endangered Historic Places. Today, Roseville’s main commercial/retail center is the 1.2 million- square-foot Rosedale Center that was originally built in 1969 and currently hosts 12 million visitors a year. Since Roseville doesn’t have a traditional downtown, most of its commercial activity is centered around Rosedale Center in the west end of the city. Some years ago, the city revised