Woodland Mall

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Woodland Mall
Woodland Mall
Location Kentwood, Michigan, United States
Coordinates 42°54′59″N85°35′16″W / 42.91629°N 85.5879°W / 42.91629; -85.5879
Opening dateMarch 1968;56 years ago (1968-03)
Developer Taubman Centers
Management Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
OwnerPennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
No. of stores and services100+
No. of anchor tenants 3
Total retail floor area 1,158,942 sq ft (107,700 m2) [1]
No. of floors1 (2 in Barnes & Noble, JCPenney, and Macy's)
Public transit access Bus-logo.svg The Rapid
Website shopwoodlandmall.com

Woodland Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall located in Kentwood, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids. The mall features JCPenney, Macy's, and Von Maur, in addition to a Phoenix Theatres. [2]

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The mall is owned and managed by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, who acquired it from its developer, Taubman Centers, in 2006.

History

Woodland Mall opened in 1968 at the northwestern corner of 28th Street (M-11) and East Beltline Avenue (M-37). The mall was built at a southwest-to-northeast orientation, with Sears at the southwestern end, and JCPenney at the northeastern end. A Kresge dime store was also located in the Sears wing. Another mall, Eastbrook Mall (now Centerpointe Mall), was located on the northeastern corner of the same intersection. A 1975 expansion to Woodland Mall brought a northwesterly-oriented central wing which ended in a third anchor store, Hudson's. After the closure of Kresge in 1987, the store's former space was divided among smaller retailers.

Lord & Taylor was proposed in 1997 as a fourth anchor store at the southeastern end of the mall. However, Hudson's attempted to sue the mall, claiming veto power over the addition of new anchor stores, and the Lord & Taylor was never built. [3] A food court (Cafes in the woods) was built next to JCPenney in 1999 as well as a play area in the Sears wing. Also in 1999, RiverTown Crossings opened in Grandville, on the other side of the city. This was the first serious form of retail competition for Woodland Mall, as prior to the opening of RiverTown Crossings, Woodland was the only super-regional mall in Metro Grand Rapids. [4] In the late 1990s Woodland Mall experienced many other renovations including new flooring and curves to the ceiling throughout the mall, new lighting and décor as well as updated entrances to look more modern.

Hudson's was converted to Marshall Field's in 2001 in a nameplate consolidation by parent Target Corporation (formerly known as Dayton-Hudson), and then to Macy's in 2006 as the result of an acquisition. A 14-screen movie theater (then owned by Cinemark) and a Red Robin and On the Border restaurant were added to the southeastern portion of the mall in 2006, the same year in which Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust acquired the mall from Taubman. [5] Celebration Cinema purchased the movie theater complex (as well as a former Cinemark at RiverTown Crossings) a year later.

Barnes & Noble, in October 2008, announced that it would be relocating from a nearby store to a new location at the mall. [6] On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, the two-story bookstore opened to the public. [7]

In 2013 H&M announced that it would be opening its first location in Michigan outside of Metro Detroit which opened in October 2013. [8]

On January 4, 2017, it was announced Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its brick-and-mortar format. The previous Sears outpost had been razed for a major expansion featuring 10-15 new retailers, with Von Maur at the end of the wing. Von Maur opened on October 12, 2019. [9]

On May 17, 2019, REI opened in the parking lot. [10]

By 2023 Woodland Mall had announced several newest additions, among them are Carter's, Locker Room by Lids, Lovisa, Offline by Aerie, Rue 21, Arula, and Abercrombie & Fitch. [11] [12]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Renovated theater featuring 'spectacular' audio, visual equipment opening at Woodland Mall". 13 April 2022.
  3. ↑ "Skyview Local Summary". Archived from the original on 2006-10-16. Retrieved 2007-04-08.
  4. ↑ "Dueling malls: RiverTown, Woodland square off: Western Michigan shoppers get more choices". The Detroit News . 1999-08-08. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  5. ↑ "Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust Acquires Woodland Mall in Grand Rapids, Michigan". Business Wire. 2006-01-03. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  6. ↑ Brubaker, Jim (2008-10-07). "Two relocations facilitated by Transwestern". REJournals.com. Retrieved 2008-10-10.[ dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Barnes & Noble to open in Woodland Mall, hire 40 to 45 for holidays". 17 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Why H&M is opening first Grand Rapids store in Woodland Mall instead of newer, bigger rival". mlive. Mar 6, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Grand opening for Von Maur is October 12". WXMI. Oct 4, 2019.
  10. ↑ "REI opening store on 28th Street". 9 May 2019.
  11. ↑ https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2022/11/new-store-featuring-sports-team-apparel-hats-opens-at-woodland-mall.html
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