Lakeview Square Mall

Lakeview Square Mall
Location Battle Creek, Michigan
Coordinates 42°15′47″N 85°11′02″W / 42.263°N 85.184°W / 42.263; -85.184Coordinates: 42°15′47″N 85°11′02″W / 42.263°N 85.184°W / 42.263; -85.184
Address 5775 Beckley Rd.
Opening date 1983[1]
Developer Forbes/Cohen
Management GK Development
No. of stores and services 40+[1]
No. of anchor tenants 3 (1 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area 550,000 square feet (51,000 m2) (GLA)[1]
No. of floors 1
Website www.lakeviewsquare.com

Lakeview Square Mall is an enclosed shopping mall serving the city of Battle Creek, Michigan. It opened in 1983 and currently has only one anchor store; a Sears. The mall also features a large Barnes & Noble, Shoe Department Encore, and a Dunham's Sports. The mall is managed by GK Development.

History

Sidney Forbes and Maurice Cohen, owners of Forbes/Cohen Properties, opened Lakeview Square on May 15, 1983.[2] More than 10,000 people were present at the mall's opening ceremony.[3] It was first proposed in 1978, but development was delayed by a homeowners' association lawsuit.[4] When it opened, the mall featured three anchor stores: J.C. Penney, Sears and Hudson's (which became Marshall Field's in 2001 and Macy's in 2006).[4] One of the first expansions at the mall was a movie theater complex, which was added to the Sears wing and opened in 1995.[5]

General Growth Properties bought the mall, along with Westwood Mall and Lansing Mall, from Forbes/Cohen in 1998.[6] The same year, Old Navy opened at the mall, replacing a space vacated by Kalamazoo-based department store Gilmore Brothers five years prior.[7] Dunham's Sports also opened a store at the mall in 2006, relocating from a nearby plaza.[8] Steve & Barry's opened a store at the mall in 2007, replacing Old Navy. The Steve & Barry's went out of business during the company's bankruptcy in 2008. That space is now occupied by Shoe Department Encore. [9][10]

The mall was sold to Cushman & Wakefield in 2011,[11] and again to GK Development in 2013.[12]

Macy's closed in March 2017. [13] and JCPenney [14] closed on July 31, 2017, leaving Sears as the only anchor left.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lakeview Square". General Growth Properties. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Massie, Larry B.; Schmitt, Peter J. (1984). Battle Creek, the place behind the products: an illustrated history. Windsor Publications. p. 116. ISBN 0-89781-117-8.
  3. ↑ Hanna, Stacy (2 April 2006). "The mall at 23". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 Willis, Elizabeth (12 October 2008). "Looking good in silver: Mall marks 25th year". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Theater opens Friday at Lakeview Square". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 16, 1995. p. 13. Retrieved June 10, 2018.
  6. ↑ Sinderman, Martin (February 1, 1998). "Retail Investment Forecast -- 1998". Retail Traffic. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  7. ↑ Rea, Linda (July 11, 1998). "Business booming at Lakeview Square". Battle Creek Enquirer. pp. 1A, 2A.
  8. ↑ Hanna, Stacy (31 May 2006). "Plaza to get new tenant". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  9. ↑ Antonian Rutherford, Stephanie (5 December 2007). "Holiday shoppers notice changes at Lakeview Square Mall". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  10. ↑ Antonian Rutherford, Stephanie (18 October 2007). "Steve & Barry's moving into mall". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-26. Retrieved 2013-04-19.
  12. ↑ "GK Development Buys Lakeview Square for $9M". nreionline.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  13. ↑ "Macy's at Lakeview Square Mall in Battle Creek to close". mlive.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "J.C. Penney store in Battle Creek is among 138 to be closed". mlive.com. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
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