Moorhead City Hall opens after $21.5M renovation

MOORHEAD — For the first time in more than 50 years, Moorhead City Hall has front doors. After a $21.5 million renovation and addition, City Hall is open. The building, which used to be above the Moorhead Center Mall, closed for renovations in October 2024 as the mall was being demolished. It was originally built with the mall in the early 1970s. Before the renovation, the only way to access the City Hall tower was through the lobby of the Moorhead Center Mall. Rather than a regular entrance, the way in was a pair of elevators. Kristie Leshovsky, Moorhead community development director, heads into the newly renovated Moorhead City Hall on Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. Anna Paige / The Forum Now, residents will be able to access all city services at a service desk on the first floor of City Hall, Community Development Director Kristie Leshovsky said during a tour of the building. No longer do you have to figure out what floor to go on to do City Hall businesses, Le