Minot, North Dakota
Minot's biggest landholders are public: the City (which owns the airport and bought the former Wells Fargo building for City Hall), the school district (gifted Cognizant's 37-acre campus for a second high school) and Trinity Health's 43-acre hospital campus; the largest taxpayer is CBL & Associates' Dakota Square Mall. Because Ward County's parcel layer sits on services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403, owners here now come from the City's 2024 ACFR principal-taxpayer table, SEC filings, owners' own releases and Wikipedia, and the parcel counts are kept under unverified.
8 buildings · 6 with an owner established · 16 sources · 5 tier A · 3 tier B · prepared 2026-11-01
Can you find out who owns it?
North Dakota keeps no state title register; ownership is read from county records. Ward County publishes its parcel layer (owner of record, legal description, address, acreage) through its ArcGIS Parcel Viewer, and the City of Minot assesses property inside the city. Deeds are recorded by the Ward County Recorder; North Dakota law requires the full consideration paid to be certified on the face of most deeds, so recorded deeds carry prices, but the statewide online deed index (NDRIN) is a $30-per-30-days subscription.
Is ownership public?An open dataset names the owner
Cost of one title searchOwner of record free (Ward County Parcel Viewer / parcel layer). Deed images: NDRIN '$30 charge which gives you access to NDRIN for 30-days' plus '$1 per page cost if you choose to print documents'
Bulk ownership dataWard County ND Parcels feature layer behind the County's Parcel Viewer (owner of record, legal description, address, acreage, school district; no values; no licence stated). Its feature service is on services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403, so it is treated as blocked and was not read for this record; the State's statewide parcel program publishes through ArcGIS Online and ndgishub.nd.gov, neither readable either.
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minot City Hall (former Wells Fargo building) 10 3rd Ave SW |
Civic | City of Minot The City bought the former Wells Fargo building downtown to move City Hall and Central Dispatch out of a potential flood zone, a project in its $74.3M HUD National Disaster Resilience action plan; the relocation was put at about $12 million, $7.75 million of it from CDBG-NDR. The City's site now gives 10 3rd Ave SW as its address. |
Government | $2.601M 2021-02-23 The City's own blog: 'On Feb. 23, we signed paperwork to officially purchase the former Wells Fargo building' for '$2.601 million', paid with CDBG-NDR funds. A |
| Dakota Square Mall 2400 10th St SW 740,844 sq ft (total center); 222,552 sq ft in-line GLA |
Retail | CBL & Associates Properties (taxpayer of record: Dakota Square Mall CMBS, LLC) 100% CBL's 2025 10-K lists Dakota Square Mall, Minot: opened 1980, acquired 2012, CBL ownership 100%, 740,844 sq ft, in-line sales $312/sq ft, 81% leased; anchors AMC, Barnes & Noble, JC Penney, Scheels, Target. CBL says it leases 'all or a portion of the land' at Dakota Square under a long-term ground lease. The City's 2024 ACFR (s9, second source) ranks Dakota Square Mall CMBS LLC first among property taxpayers ($2,840,700 taxable); that LLC is in CBL's Exhibit 21 (s8). No purchase price was read. |
REIT | —B |
| Minot International Airport (MOT) North Minot, off N Broadway / 2nd St NE |
Civic | City of Minot The City's 2024 ACFR runs the airport as a City enterprise fund: Airport fund land $2,924,003 and buildings $52,931,831 at cost, one terminal, Airport Revenue Bonds for 'Airport Terminal and Grounds Construction' ($28.52M, to 2035), and since 1 Aug 2021 a five-year agreement with LAZ Parking Midwest, LLC to 'operate and manage the parking' - management, not ownership. The City also leases out hangars there. Wikipedia's infobox gives 'Owner City of Minot' and says the airport covers 1,563 acres with two runways (s12). |
Government | —A |
| Trinity Health Healthcare Campus and Medical District (Trinity Health Hospital and medical office building) 2305 37th Ave SW Hospital about 600,000 sq ft; six-storey MOB attached · 6 floors |
Institutional | Trinity Health Trinity Health's own release of 29 April 2023: the campus opened 30 April 2023; 'The 43-acre campus is home to both the new hospital and attached MOB'; the hospital 'is six stories tall, occupies about 600,000 square feet'; the MOB 'is six stories tall'; 'The $550 million dollar project'; 'Additional acreage is available for future campus expansion'. The release gives 2305 37th Avenue SW. Owner rests on Trinity's own account of its project; no title record was read. $550M is a project cost, not a purchase price. |
Institution | —B |
| Minot State University campus At the base of North Hill, just west of Broadway (US 83) |
Institutional | Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched Wikipedia: a public university founded in 1913 as a normal school, a member of the North Dakota University System, its campus 'at the base of Minot's North Hill, just west of Broadway (U.S. Route 83)'. The City's 2024 ACFR (s9) lists Minot State University as the city's sixth-largest employer (422). Owner of record not stated by an open source now read. |
Not established | —A |
| Ward County Courthouse 315 3rd St SE |
Civic | Ward County Wikipedia (NRHP infobox): the Ward County Courthouse at 315 Third St. SE, area 1.6 acres, built 1929 to a Toltz, King & Day Art Deco design for $498,000 - one of three 'distinctive county buildings in North Dakota' - listed on the National Register in 1985. Owner rests on its standing as the county courthouse; no title record was read. Ward County employed 300 in 2024 (City ACFR). |
Government | —B |
| North Dakota State Fair grounds State Fair Center, 2005 Burdick Expressway East |
Civic | Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched The State Fair's own site gives the fair office at the State Fair Center, 2005 Burdick Expressway East, and says the fair is held every July on the fairgrounds there. Who holds title to the grounds is not stated by an open source now read. |
Not established | —A |
| Former Cognizant campus, now Minot Public Schools' second high school (Minot North) 2000 21st Ave NW 122,585 sq ft in two buildings (main building about 115,000 sq ft) |
Institutional | Minot Public School District No. 1 Cognizant's release of 26 June 2020: Cognizant will 'donate its two office buildings and surrounding land' to Minot Public School District #1; the offer 'to gift the property located at 2000 21st Avenue NW' was accepted by unanimous School Board vote; 'The 37-acre Cognizant property' has two buildings, 122,585 sq ft combined; the board planned to convert the main building into a 9-12 high school. Wikipedia's Minot High School article (s17) gives Minot North as a second public high school opened 2024; Minot High's Magic City Campus is at 1100 11th Ave SW. |
Government | —A |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
North Dakota assesses at 50% of 'true and full value'; the City of Minot's assessor values property inside the city, so these figures come from the City's ACFR.
Highest taxable value, 2024$2,840,700 (Dakota Square Mall CMBS LLC)
City ACFR FY2024, Principal Property Taxpayers, 0.11% of the total; taxable value of commercial property 'is 5% of actual market value per state statute', which would put the mall's market value near $57M (our arithmetic, not a stated figure).
City true and full value, 2024$5,067,648,327
City ACFR FY2024, Assessed Value and Estimated Actual Value of Taxable Property; total assessed value $2,533,824,163 at 50%: commercial land and buildings $1,008,462,870, residential $1,495,304,733, public utilities $30,056,560.
City-owned land at cost, 2024$121,253,382
City ACFR FY2024 capital assets: governmental $111,607,977 plus business-type $9,645,405 (Airport $2,924,003).
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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.
Public bodies hold the biggest blocks of Minot ground. A full holdings count by owner came from Ward County'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 parcel counts are kept under unverified. The City's ACFR gives 27.73 sq mi (about 17,750 acres) of city area. Outside the city, Minot Air Force Base (about 12 miles north, 12,825 employees in 2024 per the ACFR) is federal land.
| Name | Type | Holdings (as stated) |
|---|---|---|
| City of Minot City ACFR FY2024: City land $121,253,382 at cost (governmental $111,607,977, business-type $9,645,405, of which Airport $2,924,003). Wikipedia names the City as owner of Minot International Airport, 1,563 acres (s12, second source). |
Government | Land at cost $121.3M (2024); airport 1,563 acresB |
| Trinity Health Trinity Health's 2023 release: 'The 43-acre campus is home to both the new hospital and attached MOB'; 'Additional acreage is available for future campus expansion'. |
Institution | 43-acre hospital campusB |
| Minot Public School District No. 1 Cognizant gifted its 37-acre, two-building campus at 2000 21st Ave NW to the district in June 2020 for a second high school. The district was the city's third-largest employer (1,027) in 2024 per the ACFR. |
Government | 37-acre former Cognizant campus (gift, 2020)A |
| Ward County Ward County Courthouse, 315 Third St SE, NRHP-listed, area 1.6 acres. |
Government | Courthouse, 1.6 acresB |
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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.
Minot is a small, local new-home market: no starts league table covers it, and the City's permit counts by builder were not read. The lot holdings by developer that came from Ward County's parcel layer (Stonehaven Development the largest) are now under unverified, since that layer's host answers robots.txt with 403.
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
No REIT or association publishes a Minot league table; the City's ACFR ranks the largest property taxpayers by 2024 taxable value (the footnote says commercial taxable value is 5% of market value). Holders are named as entities only; the parcel counts that came from Ward County's parcel layer are now under unverified.
| Name | Type | 2024 taxable value (City ACFR) |
|---|---|---|
| CBL & Associates Properties (Dakota Square Mall CMBS, LLC) Dakota Square Mall; the CMBS LLC and the CBL Dakota Square PropCo LLCs are all in CBL's Exhibit 21 (s8). |
REIT | $2,840,700 - rank 1 (also rank 1 in 2015, $4,294,650)A |
| MIMG CCXXXI Commons Sub LLC / Plaza Sub LLC / South Pointe Sub LLC; MIMG CCXLVIII The Wyatt Sub, LLC The ACFR names the entities; who stands behind MIMG was not established. |
Private company | $1,545,000 (Commons, rank 3) + $853,750 (Plaza, rank 11)A |
| EWR Minot entities (EWR Minot North Highlands Apartments LLC, Woodside Willow LLC, Meadow Ridge Apartments LLC) Three EWR Minot LLCs appear in the ACFR taxpayer table. The parent was not established. |
Private company | $1,094,150 (North Highlands, rank 6); EWR Minot Woodside Willow LLC $651,150; EWR Minot Meadow Ridge Apartments LLC $564,100A |
| SUSO 3 Southgate LP Fifth-largest taxpayer in both 2024 and 2015 (City ACFR). |
Private company | $1,157,300 - rank 5 (also rank 5 in 2015)A |
| Sail Properties LLC Ninth-largest taxpayer in 2024 (City ACFR). |
Private company | $892,750 - rank 9A |
| ARHC MMMINND01 LLC and ARHC WEMINND01 LLC The parent behind the ARHC names was not established. |
Private company | $793,300 - rank 13 (rank 3 in 2015, $1,320,250)A |
| Dakota Upreit Limited (c/o SMC) Nineteenth-largest taxpayer in 2024 (City ACFR). |
Private company | $694,200 - rank 19A |
| Utilities: Northern States Power Co; Montana-Dakota Utilities City ACFR FY2024 principal property taxpayers. |
Public company | NSP $1,714,393 (rank 2); MDU $905,619 (rank 8)A |
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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 stands behind MIMG CCXXXI/CCXLVIII, EWR Minot, ARHC, SUSO 3 and Dakota Upreit - entity names come from the ACFR; no filing naming their parents was read.
- Deed prices: North Dakota requires full consideration on the face of most deeds, but no deed was read (NDRIN is a paid subscription), so no sale price other than the City's own purchase is stated.
- New-home starts by builder: Minot building-permit counts by contractor were not read; the lot-holding figures (under unverified) are lots held, not homes built.
- Ward County's participation in NDRIN was not confirmed on NDRIN's own county page.
- Ward County parcel layer size: 41,372 parcels countywide, 19,329 with Minot (MI) parcel numbers, 14,778 mapped acres; 281 Minot parcels (1,066 acres) carry no owner name — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Old City Hall at 515 2nd Ave SW: a 9.87-acre City of Minot parcel on the county roll; no roll row carries the new City Hall address (10 3rd Ave SW) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Dakota Square on the county layer: 49.6-acre main lot in 'Dakota Square Mall CMBS LLC'; outlots (Scheels lot 6.2 ac and others) in CBL Dakota Square Lot 8 PropCo and Mall OP PropCo I-III LLCs — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Airport parcels on the county layer: an 'AIRPORT LEASE SITE' parcel (16.2 ac, 3420 2nd St NE) and an Airport Industrial Park lot in City of Minot's name; the largest Minot-numbered parcels near the field (493.9, 197.7 and 80.1 acres) carry no owner name — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Trinity Health parcels: 'TRINITY HEALTH', Trinity Health Addition Lot 1, 2305 37th Ave SW, 43.5 acres, plus a 29.1-acre lot in Trinity Health 3rd Addition; the old downtown campus at 1 Burdick Expy W still in Trinity Health's name; 40 parcels / 119 acres in all (incl. 'TRINITY HOSPITALS') — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Minot State University land: 'STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA', unplatted SE1/4 NE1/4 Sec 14-155-83 at 500 University Ave W, 75.1 acres, plus parcels in the names 'NORTH DAKOTA MINOT STATE COLLEGE' (25.0 ac), 'NORTH DAKOTA STATE FOR MINOT STATE' (5.2 ac) and 'NORTH DAKOTA STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION' (3.8 ac); Minot State University Development Foundation 19 parcels (8.5 ac); State of North Dakota 14 parcels / 144 acres in all, incl. 28.4 ac at 1305 Highway 2 Byp E — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Ward County parcels: courthouse lot Ramstads Riverview S/D Block 3 plus half of vacated 3rd Ave SE; 55 Minot-numbered parcels (64.2 ac), the largest 37.5 acres at 200 72nd St SE in Energy Park Fifth Addition; Ward County Water Management District 3.2 ac — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- State Fair grounds title: 12 Minot-numbered parcels, 46.6 acres, in the names 'ND STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION', 'N D STATE FAIR ASS'N' and 'NORTH DAKOTA STATE FAIR ASSOCIATION' - incl. 10.0 ac at 1803 1st Ave SE, 9.9 ac at 2007 Burdick Expy E, 4.7 ac at 2501 Burdick Expy E and 11.0 ac in Magic City Industrial Park at 2901 4th Ave SE — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Minot Public School District holdings: 'MINOT HS 2 ADDITION' Lot 1 at 2100 21st Ave NW, 74.8 acres; outlots 18-20 Sec 23-155-83 at 1100 11th Ave SW, 60.1 acres; 245 Minot parcels, 302.9 acres under both name spellings; Nedrose School District 34.8 ac — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Minot holdings by owner (parcels / acres): City of Minot 675 / 999 (largest unplatted tracts in Sec 7-155-82 of 156.8 and 131.0 ac; Rosehill Cemetery 65.7 ac; plus 2 parcels, 37.8 ac, held jointly with the Park District); Minot Park District 87 / 837 (238.9 ac at 4600 County Rd 15 W; 174.5 ac at 720 16th St SW); Minot Area Development Corporation 9 / 668 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Further holdings (parcels / acres): North Dakota State Fair Association 12 / 47; United States 4 / 44 (20.6 ac at 1500 University Ave W; Army National Guard Reserve Center 20.6 ac; USPS 2.1 ac at 117 5th Ave SW); Minot Housing Authority 27 / 8.3; Soo Line Railroad 17 / 3.7; BNSF 12 / 5.2; MDU 13 / 6.7; Northern States Power 1 / 9.9; Central Power Electric Cooperative 4 / 22.9; Verendrye Electric 1 / 20.2; SRT Communications 13 / 17.9 — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- MIMG entities on the county layer: 10 parcels, 53.9 acres, in southwest Minot (Southgate Fourth, IRET First and Second, Prairie Green 6th Additions) plus a 15.0-acre parcel at 1410 30th Ave NW — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- EWR on the county layer: 169 parcels, 106.5 acres, under 21 'EWR' names - apartments (Dakota Terrace, Kenwood, Lindenwood, Emerald Court, Morgan, Elk Pointe, Paramount, Gateway), offices, a medical office building, and 46 condo units held by EWR Minot Heights Condos LLC — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- SUSO 3 Southgate LP: 5 parcels on 16th St SW, Southgate Fourth Addition, the largest 11.6 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Sail Properties LLC: 12 parcels, 17.5 acres, on Broadway S, 20th Ave SW and 1st St SW — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- ARHC parcels: 2.4 ac at 400 Burdick Expy E and 8.9 ac at 601 24th Ave SW — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Dakota Upreit Limited: 5 parcels on 20th Ave SW, about 6 acres — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- INREIT Properties LLLP: 8 parcels / 12.6 acres, incl. 11.9 ac at 5015 Hwy 2 E and four lots at 212-216 Broadway S — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Stonehaven Development LLC: 680 parcels / 279.5 ac held (The single largest holder of parcels in the city: 55th Crossing, 4th and 5th Additions (232, 146 and 240 lots), south Minot.) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Lakeland Dakota Homes LLC: 169 parcels / 65.4 ac held (Bolton Heights 2nd and 5th Additions.) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Mystery Ranch LLC: 115 parcels / 17.1 ac held (Skyport 6th, 9th and 13th Additions, northwest Minot.) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Double J Martin ND LLC: 107 parcels / 25.1 ac held (Magic Meadows Addition, 21st Ave SW area.) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Hudye Group LP: 96 parcels / 92.4 ac held (Prairie Wynd 4th and 5th Additions and Northern Plains Energy Park lots.) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
- Four Seasons Construction, Inc.: 96 parcels / 16.6 ac held (Two spellings. Other builders on the layer: Southwest Crossing Partners, LLC (75 / 66.2 ac), Rivers Edge Development, LLC (57), PWNREV Stonebridge Owner, LLC (49, Stonebridge Farms 5th), Artec Homes LLC (21), Mattson Construction Co (19), Mindt Construction, Inc (15), Rosenthal Homes LLC (13), Liechty Homes Inc (5 / 53.4 ac).) — previously from services2.arcgis.com, whose robots.txt answers 403; no other open source found (2026-11-04)
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Sources
- Ward County Parcel Viewer (Web AppBuilder app configuration naming the parcel layer) — Ward County, North Dakota · openA
- Property Tax (links to the Parcel Viewer and the Tyler tax portal) — Ward County · openA
- N.D.C.C. chapter 11-18, section 11-18-02.2 Statements of full consideration to be filed with recorder — North Dakota Legislative Branch · openA
- NDRIN Subscribers FAQ - What does NDRIN cost? — North Dakota Recorders Information Network · openA
- Mayor's blog, 5 March 2021: purchase of the former Wells Fargo building for City Hall — City of Minot · openA
- CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Form 10-K for 2025 (Item 2 mall table; Schedule III) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Exhibit 21 subsidiaries (FY2025 10-K) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- City of Minot Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, fiscal year ended 31 Dec 2024 (Principal Property Taxpayers p.160; Principal Employers p.169; Assessed Value p.157; Airport fund statements) — City of Minot Finance Department · openA
- Dear Minot Community and the Region-at-Large (news release, 29 April 2023) — Trinity Health · openA
- Terms of Use (page carries no stated restrictions in its body) — Trinity Health · openA
- Minot International Airport (infobox: 'Owner City of Minot'; 'The airport covers 1,563 acres') — Wikipedia · openA
- Ward County Courthouse (NRHP infobox: 315 Third St. SE, area 1.6 acres, built 1929; cost $498,000) — Wikipedia · openA
- Minot State University (public university, North Dakota University System; campus at the base of North Hill, west of Broadway) — Wikipedia · openA
- Cognizant Donates Local Facilities to Minot Public School District #1 (news release, 26 June 2020) — Cognizant Technology Solutions · openA
- General Information (fair office at the State Fair Center, 2005 Burdick Expressway East) — North Dakota State Fair · openA
- Minot High School (infobox: 1100 11th Ave. SW; Minot North opened 2024 as a second public high school) — Wikipedia · openA