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{{ About|a shopping center in Michigan|other shopping centers|Southland (disambiguation)}}
{{ About|a shopping center in Michigan|other shopping centers|Southland (disambiguation)}}
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| name = Southland Center
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| shopping_mall_name = Southland Center
| logo = Southland Center logo.svg
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| caption = Southland Center from the eastern Eureka Road entrance, November 2014
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| location = [[Taylor, Michigan]]
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| caption = Southland Center from the eastern Eureka Road entrance, November 2014
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| coordinates = {{coord|42.200038|-83.254201|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-MI}}
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| location = [[Taylor, Michigan]], [[United States]]
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| opening_date = {{Start date and age|1970|07|20}}
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| coordinates = {{coord|42.200038|-83.254201|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-MI}}
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| owner = [[Brookfield Properties]]
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| opening_date = July 20, 1970
| owner= [[Rouse Properties]]
| manager = [[Brookfield Properties]]
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| developer = [[Dayton-Hudson Corporation]]
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| manager= [[Rouse Properties]]
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| architect = [[Victor Gruen]], Louis G. Redstone
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| developer= [[Dayton-Hudson Corporation]]
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| number_of_stores = 80
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| architect= [[Victor Gruen]], Louis G. Redstone
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| number_of_anchors = 6
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| number_of_stores = 108
| floor_area = {{convert|920,000|sqft|abbr=on}}
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| number_of_anchors = 8
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| floor_area = {{convert|920,000|sqft|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rouseproperties.com/southland-center|title=Center information|work=Rouse Properties|accessdate=8 December 2013}}</ref>
| publictransit = {{{publictransit|{{bus icon}} [[Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation|SMART]] 125, 160, 275}}}
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| parking =
| floors= 1 (2 in JCPenney, 3 in Macy's)
| floors = 1 (2 in JCPenney, 3 in Macy's)
| website = {{url|shopsouthlandcenter.com}}
| website = {{url|http://shopsouthlandcenter.com/}}
| footnotes = <ref name=mall>{{cite web | url=https://www.brookfieldpropertiesretail.com/properties/property-details/southland-center.html | title=Southland Center | publisher=[[Brookfield Properties]]}}</ref>
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'''Southland Center''' (also known as '''Southland Mall''') is an [[enclosed mall]] located at 23000 [[Eureka Road]] in [[Taylor, Michigan]] (a [[Downriver]] community located southwest of [[Detroit]]), exactly halfway between [[U.S. Route 24 in Michigan|U.S. Highway&nbsp;24]] (Telegraph Road) and the [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate 75]] freeway, presently anchored by [[Macy's]], [[JCPenney]], [[Best Buy]], [[Shoe Carnival]], [[Forever 21]], [[Ulta]], [[H&M]] and a 12-screen [[Cinemark]] movie theater. It is the newest of the Detroit area's four "land" malls ([[Northland Center|Northland]], Southland, [[Eastland Center|Eastland]], [[Westland Center|Westland]]). Southland Center opened on July 20, 1970. It is owned and managed by [[Rouse Properties]], one of the largest mall owners in the United States.
'''Southland Center''' (also known as '''Southland Mall''') is an [[enclosed mall]] located at 23000 Eureka Road in [[Taylor, Michigan]] (a [[Downriver]] community located southwest of [[Detroit]]), exactly halfway between [[U.S. Route 24 in Michigan|U.S. Highway&nbsp;24]] (Telegraph Road) and the [[Interstate 75 in Michigan|Interstate 75]] freeway. The mall features [[Macy's]], [[JCPenney]], and [[Best Buy]], in addition to a 12-screen stadium [[Cinemark Theatres]]. It is the newest of the Detroit area's original four "land" malls ([[Northland Center|Northland]], Southland, [[Eastland Center (Detroit)|Eastland]], [[Westland Center|Westland]]). Southland Center opened on July 20, 1970. It is owned and managed by [[Brookfield Properties]], one of the largest mall owners in the United States.


== History ==
== History ==
[[File:SouthlandCenterMacyscourtentrance.jpg|thumb|An interior entrance to the Macy's store in May 2015. This was taken before the store opened for the day.]]
[[File:SouthlandCenterMacyscourtentrance.jpg|thumb|An interior entrance to the Macy's store in May 2015. This was taken before the store opened for the day.]]
Southland Center was designed by [[Victor Gruen]] Associates and Louis G. Redstone Associates, and the newly formed Dayton-Hudson Corporation (a merger of [[Dayton's]] of [[Minneapolis]] and [[Hudson's]] of [[Detroit]]) developed the mall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p69bAAAAMAAJ&q=louis+g+redstone+southland+center&dq=louis+g+redstone+southland+center&hl=en&ei=VL6ZTp_SL8mPsQK2mvnnBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA|title=New dimensions in shopping centers and stores|first=Louis G.|last=Redstone|date=29 May 1973|publisher=McGraw Hill|accessdate=29 May 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> When opened in 1970, Southland Mall was originally anchored by a three-level; {{convert|272000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Hudson's]] at the center of the mall and junior-anchored by a [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth's]] dime store off the center court and a [[Kroger]] supermarket on the eastern side. A two-screen movie theater, located off the west court, opened just weeks after the rest of the mall. Kroger built a larger facility across Eureka Road in the mid-1970s, with the former store gutted and divided into several smaller stores, attached to a new wing ending in a new two-level; {{convert|215000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[JCPenney]] store in 1976. In 1986, the theater, by then a four-screen venue, was purchased by [[AMC Theatres]]. Then in 1988, a small addition was built onto the western side, including a {{convert|75000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Mervyns]] store.
Southland Center was designed by [[Victor Gruen]] Associates and Louis G. Redstone Associates, and the newly formed Dayton-Hudson Corporation (a merger of [[Dayton's]] of [[Minneapolis]] and [[Hudson's]] of [[Detroit]]) developed the mall.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p69bAAAAMAAJ&q=louis+g+redstone+southland+center|title=New dimensions in shopping centers and stores|first=Louis G.|last=Redstone|date=29 May 1973|publisher=McGraw Hill|isbn=9780070513686|access-date=29 May 2018|via=Google Books}}</ref> When opened in 1970, Southland Mall was originally anchored by a three-level; {{convert|272000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Hudson's]] at the center of the mall and junior-anchored by a [[F. W. Woolworth Company|Woolworth's]] dime store off the center court and a [[Kroger]] supermarket on the eastern side. A two-screen movie theater, located off the west court, opened just weeks after the rest of the mall. Kroger built a larger facility across Eureka Road in the mid-1970s, with the former store gutted and divided into several smaller stores, attached to a new wing ending in a new two-level; {{convert|215000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[JCPenney]] store in 1976. In 1986, the theater, by then a four-screen venue, was purchased by [[AMC Theatres]]. In 1988, a small addition was built onto the western side, including a {{convert|75000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Mervyns]] store that opened on August 12 of that year,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77309867/mervyns-grand-opening-871988/ | title=Mervyn's advertisement | work=[[Detroit Free Press]] | date=August 7, 1988 | access-date=May 11, 2021 | pages=2E}}</ref> and in October, [[The Rouse Company]] acquired the mall from its previous owners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Investor_Group_acquires_Ridgedale_Mall_Southland_Mall_from_Ridgedale_Center_Shopping_Mall-14284|title=Investor Group acquires Ridgedale Mall, Southland Mall from Ridgedale Center Shopping Mall|date=20 October 1988|work=Alacra Store|access-date=16 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77309774/rouse-purchases-southland-center/ | title=The Rouse Co. | work=Detroit Free Press | date=October 26, 1988 | access-date=May 11, 2021 | pages=7B}}</ref>

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Also in 1988, [[The Rouse Company]] acquired the mall from its previous owners.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alacrastore.com/deal-snapshot/Investor_Group_acquires_Ridgedale_Mall_Southland_Mall_from_Ridgedale_Center_Shopping_Mall-14284|title=Investor Group acquires Ridgedale Mall, Southland Mall from Ridgedale Center Shopping Mall|date=20 October 1988|work=Alacra Store|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> A [[food court]] called ''Picnic In The Garden''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tenpoundhammer/10697228995/|title=Southland Center, 1998|website=Flickr.com|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> opened around 1992-93 as part of an addition to the southern side (which also included two new store spaces that are presently occupied by [[Champs Sports]] and [[New York & Company]]) and featured a large triangular-shaped skylight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F7500B88332150E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Retail: Battling for shoppers: Metro Detroit's older malls fight for customers, survival: Competition, changing needs drive evolution in shopping|date=19 September 1999|work=[[The Detroit News]]|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> AMC's four-screen theater closed in January 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F75002D275553FE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Taylor cinema closes doors: AMC execs say they can't compete with megaplex theaters|date=27 January 1999|work=[[The Detroit News]]|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> and was replaced with a {{convert|22500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Borders Books & Music]] a year later. Hudson's was renamed [[Marshall Field's]] in 2001 and [[Macy's]] in 2006. Also in 2006, Mervyns exited Michigan and vacated its anchor in the mall (that space was subsequently demolished in 2015) and the food court, which had lost all of its tenants in late 2005, was demolished (except for the skylight) and rebuilt into a {{convert|45000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Best Buy store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2009/04/18/news/doc49e95177063d8410254254.txt|title=TAYLOR: Owners of Southland Center file for bankruptcy|date=18 April 2009|work=Southgate News Herald|accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> Later, in 2011, the Borders store shut down when that chain became defunct. [[Rouse Properties]] purchased Southland Center from the bankrupt [[General Growth Properties]] in January 2012 and that fall moved to add a number of new tenants; including [[rue21]], [[Torrid (clothing retailer)|Torrid]] and [[Taco Bell]], to Southland Center, in addition, several existing tenants also renovated their stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121018/BIZ/210180344|title=Southland Center adds youth-friendly tenants|date=18 October 2012|work=[[The Detroit News]]|accessdate=29 November 2012}}</ref> Forever 21 moved from an existing store in the mall to the former Borders space in spring 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120811/BUSINESS06/308110005/5-new-retailers-coming-to-Southland-Center|title=Detroit Free Press|website=Detroit Free Press|accessdate=29 May 2018}}</ref> Then, later in 2013, several smaller store spaces near JCPenney were demolished and replaced by a new {{convert|11300|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Shoe Carnival store (which relocated from a strip development across Eureka Road).


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First announced in 1991,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77194310/southland-center-food-court/ | title=Southland Mall to add food court in expansion | work=Detroit Free Press | date=September 13, 1991 | access-date=May 6, 2021 | pages=2E}}</ref> a [[food court]] called ''Picnic In The Garden''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/tenpoundhammer/10697228995/|title=Southland Center, 1998|website=Flickr.com|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> broke ground on February 13, 1992<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77194118/southland-center-food-court/ | title=Southland Expands | work=Detroit Free Press | date=February 7, 1992 | access-date=May 6, 2021 | pages=1E}}</ref> and opened on November 19, 1992,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/77194200/southland-center-food-court-opening/ | title=Advertisement | work=Detroit Free Press | date=November 15, 1992 | access-date=May 6, 2021 | pages=7R}}</ref> featuring a large triangular-shaped skylight,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F7500B88332150E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Retail: Battling for shoppers: Metro Detroit's older malls fight for customers, survival: Competition, changing needs drive evolution in shopping|date=19 September 1999|work=[[The Detroit News]]|access-date=16 April 2010}}</ref> along with an expansion to [[Champs Sports]]' store and a new [[New York & Company|Lerner New York]] store. AMC's four-screen theater closed in January 1999<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DTNB&s_site=detnews&f_site=detnews&f_sitename=Detroit+News%2C+The+%28MI%29&p_multi=DTNB&p_theme=gannett&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F75002D275553FE&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Taylor cinema closes doors: AMC execs say they can't compete with megaplex theaters|date=27 January 1999|work=[[The Detroit News]]|access-date=16 April 2010}}</ref> and was replaced with a {{convert|22500|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Borders Books & Music]] a year later. Hudson's became [[Marshall Field's]] in 2001 and transitioned to [[Macy's]] in 2006. Also in 2006, Mervyns exited Michigan and the food court, was razed and rebuilt for [[Best Buy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2009/04/18/news/doc49e95177063d8410254254.txt|title=TAYLOR: Owners of Southland Center file for bankruptcy|date=18 April 2009|work=Southgate News Herald|access-date=16 April 2010}}</ref> Later, in 2011, the Borders store shuttered along with the chain. Rouse Properties was spun off from General Growth Properties in January 2012. The company then added several new tenants; including [[rue21]], [[Torrid (clothing retailer)|Torrid]] and [[Taco Bell]], to Southland Center, in addition, several existing tenants also renovated their stores.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20121018/BIZ/210180344|title=Southland Center adds youth-friendly tenants|date=18 October 2012|work=[[The Detroit News]]|access-date=29 November 2012}}</ref> Forever 21 moved from a smaller pre-existing storefront to the previous Borders space opening in spring 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20120811/BUSINESS06/308110005/5-new-retailers-coming-to-Southland-Center|title=Detroit Free Press|website=Detroit Free Press|access-date=29 May 2018}}</ref> Then, later in 2013, several smaller store spaces near JCPenney were demolished and replaced by a new {{convert|11300|sqft|m2|adj=on}} Shoe Carnival store (which relocated from a strip development across Eureka Road).
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On July 2, 2014, Rouse Properties announced that the vacant-for-eight-years Mervyn's space would be replaced by a 12-screen, all-digital, [[Cinemark]] multiplex theater (which ultimately opened in April 2016 after several opening date changes), accompanied by several outdoor sit-down restaurants, including the first [[Grimaldi's Pizzeria]] in Michigan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2014/07/02/news/doc53b425e55d6db612976261.txt|title=Cinemark coming to Southland Center as another theater chain picks Taylor|date=July 2, 2014|work=Southgate News Herald|accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/03/19/news/doc5509f70821063132111613.txt|title=National chain Grimaldi's Pizzeria to locate at Taylor's Southland Center|date=March 19, 2015|work=Southgate News Herald|accessdate=April 9, 2015}}</ref> This announcement came just one day after an announcement by [[MJR Theatres]] that they would be reopening the former AMC Star Taylor 10 multiplex theater across Eureka Road by the 2014 Christmas season, however, that plan never materialized and that building remains abandoned. In addition, in the late summer of 2014, a complete renovation of the mall began. This project added new flooring and lighting, removed the fountain and replaced it with seating and electronic-device chargers and added several more tenants including Pink, Francesca's and [[Zumiez]]. This project was completed in the summer of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20140702/BUSINESS06/307020112/Southland-mall-new-movie-theater|title=Southland mall is battleground for rival movie theater proposals|date=July 2, 2014|work=Detroit Free Press|accessdate=July 3, 2014}}</ref> Ulta opened a location in the mall along the corridor between Macy's and Best Buy on August 29, 2014. [[H&M]] opened on October 1, 2015, requiring the demolition of a total of ten smaller storefronts stretching from the west court into the Cinemark wing, necessitating the relocation of the Taco Bell restaurant across the corridor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/09/24/news/doc5603f5d462ea0723362674.txt|title=H&M slated to open soon at Taylor's Southland Center mall|date=September 24, 2015|work=Southgate News Herald|accessdate=September 24, 2015}}</ref>


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In July 2014, Rouse Properties announced that the previous Mervyn's space would be replaced by a 12-screen, all-digital, [[Cinemark]] multiplex theater accompanied by several outdoor sit-down restaurants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/grimaldi-s-pizzeria-location-in-southland-center-shuts-off-the/article_09adfeb0-146c-5893-be68-93fdc025bd9e.html|title=Grimaldi's Pizzeria location in Southland Center shuts off the oven|date=July 25, 2018|work=Southgate News Herald|access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2014/07/02/news/doc53b425e55d6db612976261.txt|title=Cinemark coming to Southland Center as another theater chain picks Taylor|date=July 2, 2014|work=Southgate News Herald|access-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/03/19/news/doc5509f70821063132111613.txt|title=National chain Grimaldi's Pizzeria to locate at Taylor's Southland Center|date=March 19, 2015|work=Southgate News Herald|access-date=April 9, 2015}}</ref> In addition, in the late summer of 2014, a complete renovation of the mall began. This project added new flooring and lighting, removed the fountain and replaced it with seating and electronic-device chargers and added several more tenants including Pink and [[Zumiez]]. This project was completed in the summer of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freep.com/article/20140702/BUSINESS06/307020112/Southland-mall-new-movie-theater|title=Southland mall is battleground for rival movie theater proposals|date=July 2, 2014|work=Detroit Free Press|access-date=July 3, 2014}}</ref> Ulta opened a location in the mall along the corridor between Macy's and Best Buy in August 2014. [[H&M]] opened in October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2015/09/24/news/doc5603f5d462ea0723362674.txt|title=H&M slated to open soon at Taylor's Southland Center mall|date=September 24, 2015|work=Southgate News Herald|access-date=September 24, 2015}}</ref>
== Anchors ==


As of September 2018, a section on the third floor of Macy's became a Macy's Backstage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsherald.com/2022/08/17/southland-center-defaults-on-75m-loan-but-analyst-says-its-not-a-dead-mall/|title=Southland Center defaults on $75M loan, but analyst says it’s ‘not a dead mall’|date=August 17, 2022|work=Southgate News Herald|access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref>
*[[Macy's]] (292,000 sqft)
*[[J. C. Penney]] (216,000 sqft)
*[[Cinemark Theatres]] (50,000 sqft)
*[[Best Buy]] (45,000 sqft)
*[[H&M]] (24,150 sqft)
*[[Forever 21]] (22,500 sqft)
*[[Shoe Carnival]] (11,300 sqft)
*[[Ulta Beauty]] (10,000 sqft)


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://rouseproperties.com/southland-center Southland Center's page on the Rouse Properties website]
* [http://www.shopsouthlandcenter.com/ Southland Center homepage]


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This article is about a shopping center in Michigan. For other shopping centers, see Southland (disambiguation).
Southland Center
Southland Center logo
Southland Center from the eastern Eureka Road entrance, November 2014
Map
LocationTaylor, Michigan
Coordinates42°12′00″N 83°15′15″W / 42.200038°N 83.254201°W / 42.200038; -83.254201
Opening dateJuly 20, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-07-20)
DeveloperDayton-Hudson Corporation
ManagementBrookfield Properties
OwnerBrookfield Properties
ArchitectVictor Gruen, Louis G. Redstone
No. of stores and services80
No. of anchor tenants6
Total retail floor area920,000 sq ft (85,000 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in JCPenney, 3 in Macy's)
Public transit accessBus transport SMART 125, 160, 275
Websiteshopsouthlandcenter.com
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Southland Center (also known as Southland Mall) is an enclosed mall located at 23000 Eureka Road in Taylor, Michigan (a Downriver community located southwest of Detroit), exactly halfway between U.S. Highway 24 (Telegraph Road) and the Interstate 75 freeway. The mall features Macy's, JCPenney, and Best Buy, in addition to a 12-screen stadium Cinemark Theatres. It is the newest of the Detroit area's original four "land" malls (Northland, Southland, Eastland, Westland). Southland Center opened on July 20, 1970. It is owned and managed by Brookfield Properties, one of the largest mall owners in the United States.

History

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An interior entrance to the Macy's store in May 2015. This was taken before the store opened for the day.

Southland Center was designed by Victor Gruen Associates and Louis G. Redstone Associates, and the newly formed Dayton-Hudson Corporation (a merger of Dayton's of Minneapolis and Hudson's of Detroit) developed the mall.[2] When opened in 1970, Southland Mall was originally anchored by a three-level; 272,000-square-foot (25,300 m2) Hudson's at the center of the mall and junior-anchored by a Woolworth's dime store off the center court and a Kroger supermarket on the eastern side. A two-screen movie theater, located off the west court, opened just weeks after the rest of the mall. Kroger built a larger facility across Eureka Road in the mid-1970s, with the former store gutted and divided into several smaller stores, attached to a new wing ending in a new two-level; 215,000-square-foot (20,000 m2) JCPenney store in 1976. In 1986, the theater, by then a four-screen venue, was purchased by AMC Theatres. In 1988, a small addition was built onto the western side, including a 75,000-square-foot (7,000 m2) Mervyns store that opened on August 12 of that year,[3] and in October, The Rouse Company acquired the mall from its previous owners.[4][5]

First announced in 1991,[6] a food court called Picnic In The Garden[7] broke ground on February 13, 1992[8] and opened on November 19, 1992,[9] featuring a large triangular-shaped skylight,[10] along with an expansion to Champs Sports' store and a new Lerner New York store. AMC's four-screen theater closed in January 1999[11] and was replaced with a 22,500-square-foot (2,090 m2) Borders Books & Music a year later. Hudson's became Marshall Field's in 2001 and transitioned to Macy's in 2006. Also in 2006, Mervyns exited Michigan and the food court, was razed and rebuilt for Best Buy.[12] Later, in 2011, the Borders store shuttered along with the chain. Rouse Properties was spun off from General Growth Properties in January 2012. The company then added several new tenants; including rue21, Torrid and Taco Bell, to Southland Center, in addition, several existing tenants also renovated their stores.[13] Forever 21 moved from a smaller pre-existing storefront to the previous Borders space opening in spring 2013.[14] Then, later in 2013, several smaller store spaces near JCPenney were demolished and replaced by a new 11,300-square-foot (1,050 m2) Shoe Carnival store (which relocated from a strip development across Eureka Road).

In July 2014, Rouse Properties announced that the previous Mervyn's space would be replaced by a 12-screen, all-digital, Cinemark multiplex theater accompanied by several outdoor sit-down restaurants.[15][16][17] In addition, in the late summer of 2014, a complete renovation of the mall began. This project added new flooring and lighting, removed the fountain and replaced it with seating and electronic-device chargers and added several more tenants including Pink and Zumiez. This project was completed in the summer of 2015.[18] Ulta opened a location in the mall along the corridor between Macy's and Best Buy in August 2014. H&M opened in October 2015.[19]

As of September 2018, a section on the third floor of Macy's became a Macy's Backstage.[20]

References

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  1. ^ "Southland Center". Brookfield Properties.
  2. ^ Redstone, Louis G. (29 May 1973). New dimensions in shopping centers and stores. McGraw Hill. ISBN 9780070513686. Retrieved 29 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Mervyn's advertisement". Detroit Free Press. August 7, 1988. pp. 2E. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "Investor Group acquires Ridgedale Mall, Southland Mall from Ridgedale Center Shopping Mall". Alacra Store. 20 October 1988. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  5. ^ "The Rouse Co". Detroit Free Press. October 26, 1988. pp. 7B. Retrieved May 11, 2021.
  6. ^ "Southland Mall to add food court in expansion". Detroit Free Press. September 13, 1991. pp. 2E. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  7. ^ "Southland Center, 1998". Flickr.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Southland Expands". Detroit Free Press. February 7, 1992. pp. 1E. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  9. ^ "Advertisement". Detroit Free Press. November 15, 1992. pp. 7R. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  10. ^ "Retail: Battling for shoppers: Metro Detroit's older malls fight for customers, survival: Competition, changing needs drive evolution in shopping". The Detroit News. 19 September 1999. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  11. ^ "Taylor cinema closes doors: AMC execs say they can't compete with megaplex theaters". The Detroit News. 27 January 1999. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  12. ^ "TAYLOR: Owners of Southland Center file for bankruptcy". Southgate News Herald. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  13. ^ "Southland Center adds youth-friendly tenants". The Detroit News. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
  14. ^ "Detroit Free Press". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  15. ^ "Grimaldi's Pizzeria location in Southland Center shuts off the oven". Southgate News Herald. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  16. ^ "Cinemark coming to Southland Center as another theater chain picks Taylor". Southgate News Herald. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  17. ^ "National chain Grimaldi's Pizzeria to locate at Taylor's Southland Center". Southgate News Herald. March 19, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  18. ^ "Southland mall is battleground for rival movie theater proposals". Detroit Free Press. July 2, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  19. ^ "H&M slated to open soon at Taylor's Southland Center mall". Southgate News Herald. September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  20. ^ "Southland Center defaults on $75M loan, but analyst says it's 'not a dead mall'". Southgate News Herald. August 17, 2022. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
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