Measuring 40,000 square meters (430,000 sq ft) and with more than 100 stores, it is the largest shopping center in Northern Norway.

[4] The expanded center was opened on 10 November 2011 by the mayor of Bodø, Ole-Henrik Hjartøy, and the CEO of Coop Nordland, Lars Arve Jakobsen.

[5] The owner bought three surrounding lots for 65 million kr in 2013 and planned to expand the shopping center to between 63,000 square meters (680,000 sq ft) and 64,000 square meters (690,000 sq ft), with construction starting in March 2014 and estimated to be completed before the Christmas shopping season of 2015.

[1] In 2014, City Nord management announced that by November 2015, the mall would measure 65,000 square meters (700,000 sq ft), equalling the size of Jekta Storsenter.

[9] City Nord is aimed at a customer base from both Bodø and the rest of the Salten region of Nordland.