Great Lakes Crossing Outlets

Great Lakes Crossing Outlets
The marquee sign, welcoming shoppers to Great Lakes Crossing, faces the southbound lane of Interstate-75
Location 4000 Baldwin Road
Auburn Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Opening date November 12, 1998
Developer Taubman Centers
Management Taubman Centers
Owner Taubman Centers
No. of stores and services 185
No. of anchor tenants 9 (8 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area 1,400,000 ft²
No. of floors 1 (Mezzanine in Bass Pro Shops)
Website http://www.greatlakescrossingoutlets.com

Great Lakes Crossing Outlets is an enclosed shopping mall, super-regional in size, located in the city of Auburn Hills, a suburb on the northern outskirts of metro Detroit, Michigan, United States. Developed and owned by Taubman Centers, Great Lakes Crossing Outlets features 185 manufacturer's outlets, traditional retail stores and restaurants, a 1,000-seat food court, and a 25-screen AMC Star movie theater. Anchor stores of the mall include Burlington Coat Factory, Bass Pro Shops, The Children's Place Outlet, Lord & Taylor Outlet, and Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th. Great Lakes Crossing Outlets is also home to Legoland Discovery Center Michigan and Sea Life Michigan Aquarium.

History

An entrance on the mall's south side near Marshalls and Lord & Taylor Outlet, May 2014.

In the 1990s, Taubman Centers presented plans for an outlet dubbed Great Lakes Crossing, similar in design to a previously proposed Auburn Mills mall, but with a design that proved to be less intrusive on adjacent wetlands.

The Rainforest Cafe, located in District 7, is one of the mall's most popular stops among tourist and shoppers alike.

The mall, with a design scheme based on Michigan's outdoors, opened on November 12, 1998 with over 200 stores laid out in a mile-long oval racetrack layout. It was modeled after several malls built by the Mills Corporation, featuring a mix of outlet stores, big box stores, traditional mall retailers, and restaurants.[1]

Several retailers opened their first Michigan locations in the mall,[2] including Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, GameWorks, Neiman Marcus Last Call Clearance Center, and Rainforest Cafe, as well as the first mall-based location for discount sportswear chain Steve & Barry's.[3][4] It also included a JCPenney Outlet store.[5]

JCPenney closed the outlet store in April 2002. H&M occupies 25 percent of the former JCPenney Outlet space since opening in June 2007. Circuit City occupies 50 percent of the former JCPenney Outlet space since opening of May 2003 and closed due to Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in March 8, 2009. The remainder of the JCPenney space featured a 22,000+ square foot, 650-seat Toby Keith's I Love This Bar & Grill until November 2015. Sports Authority acquired Sportmart stores in 2003. Steve & Barry's closed in 2007 and was replaced by Urban Behavior which would later be replaced by an expanded Forever 21 store. A Coach Factory Outlet and a BCBG Max Azria store opened in the last quarter of 2009. On March 29, 2010, GameWorks closed due to company restructuring and in 2013, Halloween City is previously on the spot.[6][7] Four years later, the space underwent conversion to Sea Life Michigan Aquarium.[8]

On September 27, 2010, the mall name changed to Great Lakes Crossing Outlets. The re-grand opening celebration was October 14, 2010. At the same time, several new outlet stores announced their entry into the mall. The new stores include Lord & Taylor Outlet, HUGO BOSS Factory Store, Talbots Outlet, and Movado Company Store all being the first in Michigan. Other new stores include Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store, Wilsons Leather Outlet and aerie outlet by American Eagle. Also announced was that Art Van Furniture, Michigan's largest furniture chain would be opening its first mall location on the former site of Circuit City.[9]

In January 2015, Great Lakes Crossing Outlets introduced Sea Life Michigan Aquarium by Merlin Entertainments. It is one of only two aquariums in Southeast Michigan. Jeepers! closed in 2015 for relocation to Lakeside Mall. Legoland Discovery Center Michigan opened adjacent to the food court in March 2016 on the former site of Jeepers!. The first Michigan location of candy shop IT'Sugar opened in April 2016. The Sports Authority closed its store in August 2016 due to the chain's Chapter 11 Bankruptcy.[10] This vacancy was filled with Michigan’s first location of the Japanese arcade Round1 of Round One Entertainment Inc. on October 21, 2017.[11] Neiman Marcus Last Call closed on January 15, 2018 due to bankruptcy protection.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cruising Great Lakes Crossing". Detroit Free Press. November 10, 1998. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Development Digest
  3. ↑ FEATURE Steve & Barry's Archived 2007-03-23 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ DetFreePress.Retail.pdf
  5. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2706&dat=19981210&id=FwVKAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Wx4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4012,5509266
  6. ↑ Sega Closes Nearly 50% Of Gameworks Stores | Articles | Vending Features | Vending Times Inc
  7. ↑ http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20100506/gameworks-closes-due-to-sega-reorganization
  8. ↑ http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2014/09/sea_life_michigan_aquarium_at.html
  9. ↑ Great Lakes Crossing Celebrates a Transformation to Great Lakes Crossing Outlets - BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/
  10. ↑ http://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/2016/05/20/sports-authority-shuttering-stores-amid-bankruptcy/84678548/
  11. ↑ http://www.greatlakescrossingoutlets.com/news/2016-12-21/michigans_first_round_1_bowling_and_amusement_center_coming_soon_to_great_lakes_crossing_outlets

Coordinates: 42°42′9″N 83°17′57″W / 42.70250°N 83.29917°W / 42.70250; -83.29917

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