The Empire Mall has more than 120 stores on a single level at 5000 W Empire Mall in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. As of September 2025, about one square foot in eight of the space it owns was vacant.
Younkers and Herberger’s were the mall’s two department-store anchors when it opened in 1975. Herberger’s lasted five years; Younkers lasted until 2018.
Bon-Ton liquidated that year, so the Younkers building came empty in August. It went more than five years without a permanent tenant…