Bismarck, North Dakota

The City of Bismarck's Assessing Division values all 27,821 city parcels ($12.07B of market value on the 2026 roll) and publishes the roll, owners and sale information included, as a free public ArcGIS layer; North Dakota deeds must state the full consideration on their face unless an exemption applies. Because that layer sits on services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403, the owners named here now come from the City's 2025 ACFR principal-taxpayer table (compiled by the Assessing Division), its 2026 Annual Report, SEC filings and State documents.

10 buildings · 5 with an owner established · 22 sources · 7 tier A · 3 tier B · prepared 2026-11-01

Can you find out who owns it?

North Dakota records title by deed with the county Recorder; there is no state title register. In Bismarck the Burleigh County Recorder's images are online only through NDRIN, a subscription network of 50 county recorders ($30 for 30 days or a $7 day pass, $1 a printed page). The owner of record is free: the City of Bismarck's Assessing Division values the city's 27,821 parcels and publishes them as a public ArcGIS layer with owner names, mailing addresses, market values and sale information, and Burleigh County's property search covers rural parcels. A deed must carry the full price paid on its face unless one of nine exemptions applies (family or affiliate sales, foreclosures, quitclaims, sales to non-profits and others), which is why the roll can show sale prices. No licence is stated on the City layer, so rows are not republished.

Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner

Cost of one title searchOwner of record free (City of Bismarck online property search; Burleigh County property search). Recorded deed images: NDRIN subscription, $30 per 30 days or $7 day pass, plus $1 per printed page. Recording a deed: $20.00 for 1-6 pages, $65.00 for 7-25 pages (Burleigh County Recorder, eff. 1 July 2017)

Bulk ownership dataCity of Bismarck 'Public Parcels' layer (ArcGIS Online item b4bad6a66ee54d6b8e24a2b009aefcf0, layer 'ParcelsJoin': market valuations, sale information, owner names and mailing addresses), public, no registration, no licence stated, so rows are not republished. Its feature service is on services1.arcgis.com and Burleigh County's rural parcel layer on services2.arcgis.com; both hosts answer robots.txt with 403, so neither is read for this record. The State's NDGISHUB Parcels layer is on services1.arcgis.com too

Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address

The marquee buildings

The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.

Building	Use	Owner	Owner type	Last price paid
North Dakota State Capitol 600 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck	Civic	State of North Dakota North Dakota's Office of Management and Budget states that in 1883 two 160-acre tracts were deeded to the Territory of North Dakota by the Northern Pacific Railroad for the land on which the Capitol stands, that the present Capitol was completed in 1934, and that the Capitol complex is now 132 acres. Wikipedia gives a height of 241 ft 8 in; its infobox counts 18 floors while the Bismarck article says 19 storeys, and it is the tallest building in North Dakota.	Government	—A North Dakota Office of Management and Budget (Facility Management)
Bismarck Municipal Airport (BIS) 2301 University Dr, Bismarck	Civic	City of Bismarck Wikipedia states the airport lies three miles southeast of the City of Bismarck, 'which owns it', and covers 2,425 acres; a $15 million terminal opened in May 2005. The City's 2025 ACFR runs it as a City proprietary fund ('accounts for the operations of the Bismarck Municipal Airport') and counts one terminal building among City capital assets.	Government	—A Wikipedia
Bismarck Event Center (former Civic Center) 315 S 5th St, Bismarck	Civic	City of Bismarck The City's 2025 ACFR carries the Event Center as a City proprietary fund and states that Global Spectrum, L.P. (dba Oak View Group) was chosen 'to operate the Bismarck Event Center on behalf of the City', under a contract running from 1 May 2026 to 31 Dec 2046. Wikipedia (second source): 10,100 seats, opened 1969 as the Civic Center, renamed in 2014; the land was bought from the Wachter family, who then developed Kirkwood Mall to its south.	Government	—B City of Bismarck, Finance Department
Kirkwood Mall 600 S 5th St, Bismarck 835,159 sq ft (CBL 10-K)	Retail	Kirkwood Mall Acquisition LLC 100% (CBL & Associates Properties) The City's 2025 ACFR (Assessing Division table) ranks Kirkwood Mall Acquistion LLC [sic] as Bismarck's largest single-property taxpayer: $61,932,900, 1.07% of the city's taxable assessed value (rank 1 in 2016 too, at $29,158,000). CBL's 2025 Exhibit 21 lists Kirkwood Mall Acquisitions, LLC and CBL Kirkwood Mall OP PropCo, LLC as subsidiaries, and its 10-K lists Kirkwood Mall as 100% owned, acquired 2012, 835,159 sq ft, 96% of in-line space leased. Wikipedia says the Wachter family built it (1970) and sold it in 1984 for a reported $40M.	REIT	—B City of Bismarck, Finance Department
Gateway Fashion Mall 2700 State St, Bismarck	Retail	Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched Wikipedia: opened 1979 on the former town dump, about 320,000 sq ft and more than 30 stores, two vacant anchors (former Sears and Conlin's Furniture); sold in May 2006 to a private buyer, who is not named here. The owning entity of record is not stated by any open source we could read after the City's parcel layer became unusable.	Not established	—A Wikipedia
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck 300 N 7th St, Bismarck	Institutional	Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched The hospital parcel's owner is no longer sourced. The City's 2025 ACFR names 'Medcenter One Inc % Sanford Bismarck' as the fourth-largest single-property taxpayer ($33,920,000 in 2025; rank 2 in 2016 at $12,277,550), so Sanford's Bismarck property is held in the Medcenter One name, but the table does not say which building. Wikipedia (second source): Medcenter One joined Sanford Health in 2012; 238 beds.	Not established	—B City of Bismarck, Finance Department
CHI St. Alexius Health Bismarck 900 E Broadway Ave, Bismarck	Institutional	Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched Wikipedia's Bismarck article lists CHI St. Alexius Medical Center (285 beds) as one of the city's two hospitals and the third-largest employer (1,270 staff, 2024 ACFR). The owner of record of the hospital parcel came from the City's parcel layer, which is no longer read, and no other open source states it.	Not established	—A Wikipedia
Bismarck State College campus 1500 Edwards Ave, Bismarck	Institutional	Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched Bismarck State College is a public college in the North Dakota University System; Wikipedia lists it as the seventh-largest employer (891 staff, 2024 ACFR). The title holder of the campus came from the City's parcel layer, which is no longer read, and no other open source states it.	Not established	—A Wikipedia
Downtown hotel, 605 E Broadway (Ramada Bismarck Hotel per State list) 605 E Broadway Ave, Bismarck	Hotel	Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched The State's Bismarck-Mandan hotel list names the property at 605 E Broadway Ave 'Ramada Bismarck Hotel'; travel listings now call it the Radisson, which we could not confirm from a source we opened. Its owner of record and last sale came from the City's parcel layer, which is no longer read.	Not established	—A North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission
Grand Pacific Center 400 E Broadway Ave, Bismarck 94,943 sq ft (10-K)	Office	Presidio Property Trust 100% (Presidio Property Trust) Presidio Property Trust (formerly NetREIT) lists Grand Pacific Center, Bismarck, in its 2025 10-K as 100% owned, acquired March 2014 for $5,339K, built 1976, 94,943 sq ft, 88.6% occupied, carrying a $6.39M fixed-rate mortgage maturing July 2029. Presidio sold its Fargo Dakota Center in January 2026 to settle that property's matured non-recourse loan; nothing is stated about selling the Bismarck building.	REIT	$5,339,000 2014-03 Presidio's 2025 10-K property table: acquired 03/14, $5,339 thousand A Presidio Property Trust, Inc. (SEC EDGAR)

The core land

The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.

Bismarck's 27,821 parcels carry a 2026 market value of $12.07B, of which $7.82B is residential and $4.25B commercial (City Assessing Division, 2026 Annual Report). The most valuable taxable property is Kirkwood Mall (City ACFR). The single most valuable ground is not valued at all: the Capitol, the hospitals, the airport and the college are exempt.

Total market value, 2026$12,068,139,100

Up 4.44% on 2025; commercial land $1.15B, residential land $1.63B. City of Bismarck Assessing Division 2026 Annual Report (31 Mar 2026, updated 1 Jun 2026).

Largest single-property taxpayer$61,932,900

Kirkwood Mall Acquistion LLC, 2025, 1.07% of taxable assessed value; next Waterford on West Century LLC $51.3M, 1605 Plains Realty LLC $34.2M, Medcenter One % Sanford Bismarck $33.9M, Lasalle Shopping Center $33.6M. City of Bismarck 2025 ACFR (table by the Assessing Division).

Exempt property the City must value$687,552,700

2026 total of all exemptions; charitable exemptions (NDCC 57-02-08(8), e.g. hospitals) $597.1M over 152 exemptions; Renaissance Zone $31.8M. Assessing Division 2026 Annual Report.

Median single-family sale, 2025$362,000

City Assessor records, 805 sales; 2026 median single-family assessment $344,800. Assessing Division 2026 Annual Report.

Who owns the town

At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.

Government owns the biggest blocks of Bismarck ground: the State's Capitol complex (132 acres) and the City's airport (2,425 acres, much of it outside the city's parcel layer) are both exempt and carry no market value. A full holdings count by owner came from the City's parcel layer, which is no longer read (its host answers robots.txt with 403), so only holdings an open document states are listed; the counts are kept under unverified.

Name	Type	Holdings (as stated)
City of Bismarck Wikipedia states the City owns Bismarck Municipal Airport, which covers 2,425 acres; the City's 2025 ACFR runs the Airport and Event Center as City proprietary funds and counts 5 parking lots, 5 fire stations and 3 community centres among City capital assets.	Government	Airport, 2,425 acres; Event CenterB Wikipedia
State of North Dakota OMB: the Capitol land was deeded to the Territory in 1883 (two 160-acre tracts, partly sold since); the complex is now 132 acres.	Government	Capitol complex, 132 acresA North Dakota Office of Management and Budget (Facility Management)

Who builds the houses

New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.

Bismarck permitted 260 new homes in 2025: 218 single-family houses ($75.5M of construction), 26 units in two-unit buildings, 10 in 3-4-unit buildings and one six-unit building, per the Census Building Permits Survey; the City's own permit count was 245 new residential structures ($77.2M). The City Assessor recorded a median single-family sale price of $362,000 on 805 sales in 2025. No league table covers the market; the builder holdings that came from the City's parcel layer are now under unverified.

Commercial landlords

The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.

The Assessing Division's list of the twelve largest single-property taxpayers (City ACFR, 2025) is led by Kirkwood Mall and dominated by retail, senior living and apartments, industry (Clark Equipment) and a bank; together the twelve are 7.07% of the city's taxable value. The biggest deal of 2026 was Centerspace's exit: the listed REIT completed the sale of six Bismarck apartment communities on 11 August 2026 to an unaffiliated buyer its 8-K does not name. Apartment-owner counts came from the City's parcel layer and are now under unverified.

Name	Type	Taxable assessed value (City ACFR, 2025)
CBL & Associates Properties Via Kirkwood Mall Acquisitions, LLC (Exhibit 21); 100% owned per the 2025 10-K. The ACFR ranks 'Kirkwood Mall Acquistion LLC' first among single-property taxpayers at $61,932,900 (second source, s21).	REIT	Kirkwood Mall, 835,159 sq ft; $61.9MB CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (SEC EDGAR)
Waterford on West Century LLC Second-largest single-property taxpayer in 2025 ($51,334,500; rank 3 in 2016 at $12,235,500).	Private company	$51.3MA City of Bismarck, Finance Department
EVI entities EVI Coulee Ridge 1 LLC ($29,829,200, rank 8) and EVI Bismarck Village LLC (Edgewood) ($21,972,500, rank 11) in 2025. The Assessing Division's 2026 report also lists EWR Bismarck Paradise Valley LLC building at 3407 Rutland Dr ($1,436,100, 40% complete). The common parent is not stated.	Private company	$51.8M across two propertiesA City of Bismarck, Finance Department
Lasalle Shopping Center LLC Fifth-largest single-property taxpayer in 2025 ($33,565,300; rank 9 in 2016 at $9,463,900).	Private company	$33.6MA City of Bismarck, Finance Department
Walmart (Wal-Mart Property North) Twelfth in 2025 ($21,530,200); in 2016 both Wal-Mart Property North ($9,832,250) and Wal-Mart Property South ($9,124,450) were in the top twelve.	Public company	$21.5MA City of Bismarck, Finance Department

Looked for and not found

Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.

Who bought Centerspace's six Bismarck apartment communities on 11 Aug 2026: the 8-K calls the buyer an unaffiliated third party and names no one.
The common parent of the EVI/EWR LLCs: no filing we opened names it.
What 'VPU Bismarck' is, the care-of party on four St. Alexius medical office buildings (see the St. Alexius entry below).
The current brand of the hotel at 605 E Broadway: the State's list says Ramada, travel listings say Radisson; neither the roll nor a source we opened settles it.
The price CBL paid for Kirkwood Mall in 2012-2013: CBL's 10-K gives the cost basis, not a price, and the roll records no consideration.
Deed images and the Recorder's index: NDRIN is a paid subscription, so no deed was read; owners here come from the ACFR taxpayer table, SEC filings and State and City documents.
North Dakota State Capitol: City roll parcel 0110-001-001 'STATE OF ND', 114.1 mapped acres, exempt under NDCC 57-02-08(2), plus a 25.1-acre State parcel at 900 E Boulevard Ave — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Bismarck airport: 51 City parcels at 2301 University Dr and 3920 Perimeter Rd ('BISMARCK, CITY OF AIRPORT'), 1,012 mapped acres in the City layer, exempt under NDCC 57-02-08(3); a 40,899 sq ft private hangar valued at $3.30M — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Event Center parcels: 0001-069-002 'BISMARCK, CITY OF CIVIC CENTER', 11.5 mapped acres, plus 410 and 411 S 5th St (7.4 acres) in the same name — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Kirkwood Mall on the 2026 City roll: 45.2-acre parcel, market value $63,071,000; with pad sites eight parcels total $79.3M; 829,353 sq ft main building — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Gateway Fashion Mall: owner of record GATEWAY FASHION MALL LLC (eight parcels, 32.5 acres, 2026 market value $16,972,900; main 24.4-acre parcel $12,020,600; 355,745 sq ft); last sale $13,282,087 on 2 May 2006 repeated against five parcels — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Sanford Bismarck hospital parcel 0001-100-001 owned by 'MEDCENTER ONE INC % SANFORD BI[SMARCK]', exempt under NDCC 57-02-08(8); 33 Medcenter One/Sanford parcels, 38.4 acres, taxable ones $63.9M led by 222 N 7th St ($31,657,700); 1809 E Century Ave bought for $7.0M on 30 Dec 2020 — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
CHI St. Alexius: hospital parcel 0005-076-001 owned by 'ST ALEXIUS HOSPITAL', 5.0 acres, exempt; 45 St. Alexius parcels, 36.0 acres; four medical office buildings held 'ST A'S MEDICAL CENTER % VPU BISMARCK', taxable $32.5M, transferred 19 Jul 2024 with no price — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Bismarck State College: main campus parcel 0160-031-050 owned by 'STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA', 41.4 acres, exempt; five parcels (32.0 acres) titled to Bismarck State College and two to the BSC Foundation — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
605 E Broadway hotel: owner of record MAHADEV BISMARCK HOSPITALITY L[LC], 0.8 acres, built 1982, 138,533 sq ft, 2026 market value $9,726,800; sold for $11,000,000 on 18 Mar 2026 — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Grand Pacific Center on the City roll: owner of record NETREIT BISMARCK LLC, 1.0 acre, 101,875 sq ft, 2026 market value $8,222,200, roll sale price $5,350,000 on 29 Apr 2014 — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Landholdings by owner on the 2026 City roll: City of Bismarck 227 parcels/3,198 acres (airport 51 parcels/1,012 acres); Bismarck Park District 136 parcels/1,846 acres; State of North Dakota 34 parcels/1,094 acres incl. 583 acres titled 'STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA (SCHOOL...' on N Bismarck Expressway; Burleigh County 10 parcels/419 acres; Bismarck Public School District #1 33 parcels/306 acres; Burleigh County Housing Authority 63 parcels/297 units — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Private and utility holdings on the 2026 City roll: Montana-Dakota Utilities 47 parcels/70 acres (and a $9.1M two-parcel sale on 1 Dec 2025 at 707 Airport Rd and 2024 Vermont Ave); Canadian Pacific 7 parcels/42 acres and BNSF 6 parcels/4.5 acres; 92 parcels coded state-assessed; Three Affiliated Tribes (MHA Nation) 29 parcels/$33.3M incl. 1300-1321 Elbowoods Ln ($19.6M); lot developers MBR Properties LLC 307 parcels/$21.0M and Investcore, Inc. 178 parcels/$14.6M — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Apartment owners on the 2026 City roll: Sterling Properties LLLP 877 apartments/25 parcels/$83.4M (Sterling Multifamily Propertie[s] 96 more); MIMG CCLXVI Cottonwood Sub LLC 601 apartments/7 parcels/$66.6M, all showing an 11 Aug 2026 sale ($45.9M, $28.0M, $20.3M, $11.2M group prices), i.e. the apparent Centerspace buyer; Dakota UPREIT Limited Partnership 629 apartments/23 parcels/$90.0M (901 W Interstate Ave bought for $19,293,537 on 6 Jan 2017); EVI/EWR LLCs 599 apartments/71 parcels/$165.6M; 8,508 apartment units on the roll — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Store owners on the 2026 City roll: Walmart 1400 Skyline Blvd ($21.8M), 2717 Rock Island Pl ($19.8M), Sam's Club 2821 Rock Island Pl ($13.3M); Costco 1325 57th Ave NE (bought for $3.9M in 2019, now $20.3M); Target, Menard and Lowe's own their stores; no company holds more than 15 rented houses — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Builders on the 2026 City roll (parcels held; built 2024+ still held): Heritage Development Inc 103/71 (Heritage Cottages LLC 34 more units); JE Homes LLC 85/28 (63 vacant lots); Sattler Homes Inc 125/18 (107 vacant lots); Diversity Homes Inc 24/12; Boulder Homes LLC 14/9; Stoneshire Builders, Aspire Homes and RW Homes & Construction 21/25/19, 8 each; 508 residential parcels built since 2024 — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
Core figures from the City layer (ASSESS_YEAR 2026): 3,624 exempt parcels by class (municipal 217, parks 160, non-profit 103, religious 102, state-assessed 92, county 70, state-owned 62, hospitals 47); downtown Original Plat 326 parcels, $45.0M land / $320.4M total, about $11 per sq ft of land; a 217,291 sq ft warehouse at 1605 Northern Plains Dr ($33.2M; bought for $38,187,800 on 13 Sep 2023) — previously from services1.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)