The mall was opened in September 1979 with anchor stores Sears, A.W. Lucas & Co., and White Mart.
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Thrifty White began closing its White Mart operations in the late 1980s; the store at Gateway Mall was taken by Menards, a Wisconsin-based home improvement chain.