The Crossroads (Portage, Michigan)

The Crossroads is a shopping mall located in Portage, Michigan. The mall features four anchor stores (Macy's, JCPenney, Sears, and Burlington Coat Factory), as well as 100 stores and a food court. The Crossroads Mall has been owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group (and predecessor General Growth Properties) since 1999.

The Crossroads
LocationPortage, Michigan, USA
Coordinates42.2203°N 85.5943°W / 42.2203; -85.5943
Opening dateJuly 24, 1980 (July 24, 1980)
DeveloperWestcor, Dayton-Hudson Corporation
ManagementBrookfield Properties Retail Group
OwnerBrookfield Properties Retail Group
No. of stores and services100
No. of anchor tenants4
Total retail floor area769,801 ft²
No. of floors2
Parking4006
Websitewww.thecrossroadsmall.com

History

The Crossroads Mall opened in Portage, Michigan, in 1980. At the time, it was the only two-level mall in Michigan outside Metro Detroit. JCPenney and Hudson's were the first two anchor stores,[1] with Sears opening in 1982.[2] Westcor built the mall in association with the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, which owned the Hudson's chain at the time. The mall was built on South Westnedge Avenue south of Interstate 94. Tenants on opening day included Arby's, Casual Corner, Claire's, County Seat, B. Dalton, Hickory Farms, Kinney Shoes, and Consumer Value Stores.[3] Mervyns was later added as a fourth anchor, opening in 1989.[4]

General Growth Properties acquired the mall in 1999,[5] and a food court was added in the early 2000s.

Hudson's was renamed Marshall Field's in 2001, and subsequently became Macy's in September 2006. Mervyns closed in early 2006 along with the rest of the chain's Michigan stores, and Burlington Coat Factory opened its first Kalamazoo store in the space vacated by Mervyn's.[6] In August 2019 Sears announced they would be closing their Crossroads location with liquidation sales starting on August 15th. [7] The store's final day of business was November 10, 2019.

References
  1. Kalamazoo Magazine. Kalamazoo County Chamber of Commerce. 1981.
  2. Larry B. Massie (1 January 2006). This Place Called Portage: Its Past and Present. Priscilla Press. ISBN 978-1-886167-27-8.
  3. "The Crossroads mall prepares for opening". Battle Creek Enquirer. July 6, 1980. pp. D1, D3. Retrieved June 9, 2016.
  4. "Mervyn's store opens in Portage". Battle Creek Enquirer. February 22, 1989. p. 7A. Retrieved June 9, 2018.
  5. "General Growth Acquires Mich. Mall For $68M". Realty Times. 1999-01-12. Archived from the original on 2011-05-25. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  6. "Outlook good to find new tenants for Kalamazoo area Kmart stores". MLive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-04.
  7. https://searsholdings.com/docs/080619_store_closing_list.pdf

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