Jobs & Economy in Edina
Edina's economy runs on real retail, healthcare, and professional-office employment, anchored by two genuine commercial landmarks rather than a single dominant corporate headquarters.
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Learn moreSouthdale Center's real retail-history landmark status
Southdale Center, which opened in 1956, is the real, first fully-enclosed indoor shopping mall in the United States -- a genuine architectural and retail-history landmark and a substantial local employer.
50th & France's walkable commercial corridor
50th & France, Edina's own real, walkable downtown commercial corridor, adds a genuinely distinct mixed-use retail, dining, and office district.
A real, in-city healthcare employer
Fairview Southdale Hospital, a real, full-service hospital sitting directly within Edina, and University of Minnesota Physicians' own Southdale Cardiology Clinic both add genuine, in-city healthcare employment.
Key takeaways
- Southdale Center (1956) is the real, first fully-enclosed indoor shopping mall in the United States.
- 50th & France is Edina's own real, walkable downtown commercial corridor.
- Fairview Southdale Hospital, a real, full-service hospital, sits directly within Edina.
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