The Shops at Westshore

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The Shops at Westshore
The Shops at Westshore
Location Holland, Michigan
Coordinates 42°48′56″N86°05′15″W / 42.8155°N 86.0876°W / 42.8155; -86.0876
Opening date1988
Developer Bramalea
OwnerWestshore Mall Investors LLC
No. of stores and servicesapprox. 50
No. of anchor tenants 4 (3 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area 325,238 square feet
No. of floors1
Websitetheshopsatwestshore.com

The Shops at Westshore, formerly Westshore Mall, is an open air shopping mall in Holland, Michigan. It opened in 1988 and the mall's anchor tenants are Burlington, Grand Rapids Community College, and Dunham's Sports. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Younkers.

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History

Bramalea built the mall in 1988. Its original anchors were JCPenney, Sears, Prange's (which converted to Younkers in 1992), and Steketee's. [1]

The Steketee's store, the last one in the chain, closed in 2003. [2] The same year, its space was converted to Dunham's Sports. [3] Sears closed in 2004 [4] and became Steve & Barry's from February 2007 to December 2008. [5]

JJ Finnegan's restaurant, an original tenant, closed its location at the mall in 2009. Afterward, the mall owners took the restaurant owners to court for failure to pay rent. At this point, Westshore Mall was over 30 percent vacant. [6] The increasing vacancy came from increased competition when the larger Rivertown Crossings and The Lakes Mall were built nearby. In 2010, a bank purchased the mall for $7.8 million. [7]

In November 2014, a local developer announced plans to begin "de-malling" the complex into an outdoor shopping mall. [8] Work began on "de-malling" in mid-2015. The only stores remaining operational throughout the reconstruction are JCPenney, Younkers, Dunham's Sports, Buckle, and GNC. Also at this point, the complex was renamed The Shops at Westshore. [9] On March 23, 2016, it was announced that Burlington Coat Factory was opening in the space formerly occupied by Sears. On that same day, it was announced that Fed Ex Office was being relocated from across US-31. Also, on that same day, it was announced that Disc Traders and T-Mobile were both opening as well. On March 17, 2017, it was announced that JCPenney was closing as part of a plan to close 138 stores. JCPenney closed on July 31, 2017. Younkers closed in 2018.

In 2019, it was announced that Urban Air Trampoline Park would be opening, and that Grand Rapids Community College would open classrooms in the former JCPenney. [10]

List of anchor stores

NameYear
opened		Year
closed		Notes
Burlington 2016—Replaced Steve & Barry's
Dunham's Sports 2003—Replaced Steketee's
JCPenney 19882017
Prange's 19881992
Sears 19882004
Steketee's 19882003Last location in the chain to close.
Steve & Barry's 20072008Replaced Sears
Younkers 19922018Replaced Prange's
Grand Rapids Community College 2019—Replaced JCPenney

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  4. ↑ http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x1733658206/Bank-has-six-months-to-pay-Westshore-Mall-debt-to-avoid-foreclosure
  5. ↑ http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/business/x1720676394/Steve-Barry-s-to-close-Westshore-Mall-location-in-5-7-weeks
  6. ↑ "Struggling Westshore Mall will go to court to get unpaid rent from recently closed JJ Finnegans". MLive.com. 9 June 2009.
  7. ↑ "L.A. bank buys Holland's foreclosed Westshore Mall for $7.8 million". MLive.com. 29 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "Metro Detroit developer taps Centerpointe team for 'de-malling' Holland's Westshore mall". MLive.com. 12 November 2014.
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  10. ↑ "Trampoline, rock climbing park coming to Shops at Westshore".
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