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Eastland Center (Harper Woods, Michigan)

Eastland Center
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Location Harper Woods, Michigan, United States
Coordinates 42°26′53″N 82°56′07″W / 42.4481°N 82.9354°W / 42.4481; -82.9354Coordinates: 42°26′53″N 82°56′07″W / 42.4481°N 82.9354°W / 42.4481; -82.9354
Opening date 1957
Developer J.L. Hudson Corporation
Management Jones Lang LaSalle
Owner Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp.
Architect Victor Gruen
No. of stores and services 88
No. of anchor tenants 4 (2 vacant)
Total retail floor area 1,415,557 sq ft (131,509.5 m2).
No. of floors 1 in the mall (plus a small lower level that connects to former Macy's), (2 in former Sears) (4 in former Macy's)
Parking 7613 spaces
Website http://www.shopeastland.com/

Eastland Center is an enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Harper Woods, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1957, the mall has been expanded several times since. It currently features over 88 stores, as well as a small food court, with Shoppers World, Target and Burlington Coat Factory serving as anchor stores. The mall area also includes a Lowe's. Eastland Center is managed by Jones Lang LaSalle, and owned by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. who acquired it in 2005.

The shopping center would have been Michigan's first shopping center constructed on 8 Mile and Kelly Road but the idea was scrapped. The mall was developed in 1957 by Hudson's, a Detroit-based department store chain (and corporate predecessor of Target Corp) that also developed Northland Center, another Detroit area mall.

In 1975, Eastland Center was enclosed, with JCPenney opening as an additional anchor store. A food court and movie theater were added to the eastern wing in 1985.MainStreet, a department store chain based in Chicago, Illinois, opened at the mall in the 1980s. The MainStreet chain was bought out and renamed by Kohl's in 1989. Kohl's closed at Eastland Center in 1995, and was replaced with Target a year later. In 1993, Eastland underwent a major renovation and expansion. As part of this renovation, Montgomery Ward was added as a new anchor. It closed in 1998, followed by JCPenney closing two years later. The Hudson's chain was re-branded Marshall Field's by its parent company Target Corporation in 2001.


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