Meridian Mall (Okemos, Michigan)

Meridian Mall

Meridian Mall entrance sign along Grand River Avenue
Location	Meridian Charter Township (Okemos), Michigan, United States
Opening date	1969
Developer	M.H. Hausman Co.
Management	CBL & Associates Properties
Owner	CBL & Associates Properties
No. of stores and services	125
No. of anchor tenants	5
Total retail floor area	997,128 sq ft (92,636 m2).
No. of floors	1 (2 in Younkers Women's and Dick's Sporting Goods)

Meridian Mall is a super-regional shopping mall located in Okemos, Meridian Township, a suburb of Lansing, Michigan, United States. The mall is near Michigan State University. It opened in 1969, the same year that its main competitor, Lansing Mall, opened on the other end of the Lansing metropolitan area. Meridian Mall features about 125 stores plus a food court. Anchor stores include Dick's Sporting Goods, JCPenney, Macy's, and two Younkers stores. Meridian Mall is owned and managed by CBL & Associates Properties.

Meridian Mall was built by M.H. Hausman Company and opened to the public on November 6, 1969. The mall was built at the northwest corner of Grand River Avenue (M-43) and Marsh Road in Meridian Charter Township. Originally, the mall featured three anchor stores: Lansing-based J.W. Knapp Company (Knapp's), a Woolco discount store, and a G.C. Murphy dime store. Tenants at the time included a movie theater, Cunningham Drug, Hamady Brothers supermarket, Schensul's Cafeteria, and Elias Brothers Big Boy restaurant. In 1979, the Murphy store was closed and its space was divided into a new mall section consisting of twelve shops.