Arborland Center
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| Location | Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°15′21.8″N 83°41′15.2″W / 42.256056°N 83.687556°W |
| Opening date | 1961, redeveloped 1999 |
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Taubman Centers (original mall) Simon Property Group (1980s mall) |
| Management | AmCap Incorporated |
| Owner | Brixmor Property Group |
| No. of stores and services | 26 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 6 |
| Total retail floor area | 406,736 sq ft (37,787.0 m2). |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Arborland Center is a shopping center located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1961 as an unenclosed shopping mall, the center was redeveloped as a power center in 1998. Current anchor stores include Marshalls, Petco, Bed Bath & Beyond, and Toys-R-Us.
Arborland was Ann Arbor's first suburban mall, opened in the early 1960s. The original Arborland featured J.C. Penney,Kresge, Kroger, and Montgomery Ward among its anchor stores. In 1973, the larger Briarwood Mall opened, and J. C. Penney moved to a newer store there. Competition from Briarwood caused Arborland to lose tenants throughout the end of the 1970s. E.N. Maisel & Associates purchased the mall in 1980 and enclosed its formerly open-air concourses, while replacing the vacated Penney store with Crowley's. Despite these additions, the mall continued to lose tenants, including Montgomery Ward, Sibley's Shoes, and Pearle Vision in early 1983.
Melvin Simon & Associates (now Simon Property Group) began renovations on converting the mall to discount and outlet stores in 1983, which necessitated closing of the Crowley's store as it was incompatible with the discount format. At the time of Simon's purchase, the center had only 13 tenants. Simon attracted over 45 new stores, including new anchor stores Burlington Coat Factory, Service Merchandise, F&M, Toys "R" Us, and Marshalls, along with a food court.
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