It features the traditional retailers Macy's, Dillard's, Nordstrom, and Neiman Marcus, in addition to Arhaus, and Eataly.

It features prominent specialty retailers such as Psycho Bunny, Vuori, Golden Goose, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, and Versace.

[4][5][6] In the early 1960s, developer Raymond Nasher leased a 97-acre (390,000 m2) cotton field on the edge of Dallas and hired E.G Hamilton of Harrell+Hamilton Architects.

[15] Northpark Mall has a currency exchange at Travelex and tax free shopping with Texas sales tax refunds at TaxFree Shopping Ltd.[16] By 2023, NorthPark Center had announced several newest additions, among them are Rhone, Blue Nile, Breitling, Nike Rise, St.John, Buck Mason, Prada, Abercrombie & Fitch, Levi's, Jo Malone, Vuori, and Psycho Bunny.

NorthPark received the American Institute of Architects Award for "Design of the Decade - 1960s" as one of the first commercial centers in the United States to create space for the display of fine art.

The expansion turned NorthPark's original U-shape into a square design surrounding a 1.4-acre (5,700 m2) landscaped garden known as "CenterPark."

[21][22][23] NorthPark Center hosts Bookmarks, a 1,993-square-foot (185.2 m2) Dallas Public Library branch for children 12 years and younger.

[26] True Stories, a 1986 movie co-starring David Byrne, with one scene of a fashion show held at a mall in Virgil, Texas (the movie's fictional setting) during a town celebration; the interior portion of the scene was filmed in a mid-court area between Neiman Marcus and Dillard's.

"The place looks like a tricked-out spaceship compared to the stark, cold NorthPark in which True Stories was filmed exactly 20 years ago.