Fashion Square Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in the northern edge of Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan. It lies within the boundaries of M-84 (Bay Road) to the west, Tittabawassee Road to the north, Fashion Square Blvd. to the east, and Schust Road to the south. The mall serves the city of Saginaw, its suburbs, and the greater Great Lakes Bay Region . It features more than 100 tenants,[2] including a food court, and its anchor stores are JCPenney and Macy's.[2]
 South end of Fashion Square Mall, showing J.C. Penney | |
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| Location | Saginaw Charter Township, Michigan, United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°28′36″N 83°58′22″W / 43.476584°N 83.972916°W |
| Address | 4787 Fashion Square Mall |
| Opening date | October 4, 1972 |
| Developer | Richard E. Jacobs Group |
| Owner | Kohan Retail Investment Group[1] Summit Properties USA |
| No. of stores and services | 50 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (2 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 798,016 sq ft (74,138.1 m2)[2] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 in JCPenney and Macy's) |
| Parking | 5235 |
| Public transit access |  STARS |
| Website | shopfashionsquaremall |
History
editFashion Square Mall opened on October 4, 1972 with JCPenney and Sears as its major anchor stores.[3] Hudson's, a chain based in Detroit, Michigan, was added in 1976 to the eastern end, as a third major anchor.[4] The mall also included branches of two local department stores: William C. Wiechmann Company and Heavenrich's,[5] the former of which was liquidated in 1992.[6] In 1981, the mall was part of a lawsuit involving the lease of a Big Boy restaurant which operated within.[7] CBL Properties bought the mall from its developer, Richard E. Jacobs Group, in 2000.[8]
A$10 million mall-wide renovation was completed in 2001, with the addition of new seating areas, family restrooms, and automatic doors. The same year, reflecting nameplate consolidation by Hudson's parent Target Corp., the mall's eastern anchor was re-branded as Marshall Field's, and by 2006, Marshall Field's would be among several nameplates to be converted to the Macy's name. Dunham's Sports also moved out in the 2000s, with Steve & Barry's taking its place in 2005.[9] Steve & Barry's closed in December 2008 after the chain declared bankruptcy.[10] McDonald's closed its food court location in January 2009,[11] as did a Garfield's restaurant in May, only six months after opening in a space vacated by Ruby Tuesday.[12] The Shoe Department Encore replaced the former Steve & Barry's space in mid-2010.[13]
Seitner's Department Store and Wiechmann’s Department Store were tenants.[14][15][16][17][18]
In January 2010, the JCPenney store underwent a remodel, including the addition of a Sephora cosmetics store.[19] Further renovations in 2011 included the addition of Dressbarn and Maurices clothing stores, plus a local restaurant called Willow Tree in the former Ruby Tuesday/Garfield's space.[20] An H&M opened in fall 2016.[21]
On August 6, 2019, it was announced that Sears would be closing as part of a plan to close 26 stores nationwide. The store closed in October 2019.[22]
In September 2020, Namdar Realty Group requested a deed in lieu to give up Fashion Square Mall.[23] As a result, the mall is now managed by the Farbman Group.[24] Kohan Retail Investment Group bought the mall at auction for $10.8 million in September 2022.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Engel, Justin (23 September 2022). "Fashion Square Mall in Saginaw Township purchased by Midland Mall owners". MLive. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ a b c "Fashion Square Mall fact sheet". CBL & Associates Properties. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
- ^ "Michigan". Chain Store Age. Lebhar Friedman. 1971.
- ^ "Hudson's". The Department Store Museum. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ^ Gross, Stuart D.; et al. (1980). Saginaw, a history of the land and the city. Saginaw Chamber of Commerce. p. 193. ISBN 9780897810166.
- ^ "Recession forces liquidation of a family-owned business". The Argus-Press. 9 June 1992. Retrieved 29 May 2010.
- ^ "SAGINAW JOINT VENTURE v. ELIAS, 106 Mich. App. 274 (1981)". Loislaw. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
- ^ "CBL Shareholders OK $1.3 Bln Acquisition of Mall Portfolio". CRE Direct. 19 January 2001. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
- ^ "New Steve & Barry's opens". The Valley Vanguard. 19 July 2005. Retrieved 26 December 2007.
- ^ Wyche, Paul (26 November 2008). "Steve & Barry's University Sportswear to close its store in Fashion Square Mall". The Saginaw News. Retrieved 13 January 2009.
- ^ Wyche, Paul (29 January 2009). "McDonald's not loving it at Fashion Square Mall, leaving a vacancy". Saginaw News. Mlive. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ "Garfield's Eatery in Fashion Square Closes". WNEM. Archived from the original on 15 May 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
- ^ Lynch-Morin, Kathryn (19 July 2010). "Saginaw Township's Fashion Square Mall pumping up its fashion sense with Sephora". The Saginaw News. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
- ^ Baston, Verlinder. "Seitner's Department Store". Mid-Michigan Remembers Stories About Us. Delta College. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Schrier, Jeff (24 September 2016). "SAGINAW: Two old buildings meet their demise on East Genesee in downtown Saginaw". MLive. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Engel, Justin (3 September 2010). "Longtime Saginaw businessman a humble, loving hero". MLive. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
- ^ Toft, Larry; Nagel, Elizabeth J.; Hammond, Tom (25 December 2018). Downtown Saginaw: Heart of a Historic City (illustrated ed.). Donning Company Publishers. ISBN 9781681841960. ISBN 1681841967. Simpson-Mersha, Isis (3 January 2019). "Old businesses highlighted in downtown Saginaw history book". Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Sonnenberg, Mike (12 December 2019). "Wiechmann's Department Store". Pure Saginaw. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Lynch-Morin, Kathryn (24 January 2010). "Fashion Square's J.C. Penney to become 'brand new store'". The Bay City Times. p. A12.
- ^ Lynch-Morin, Kathryn (25 August 2011). "Fashion Square Mall adding another new store". The Saginaw News. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ "Fashion retailer H&M coming to Saginaw's Fashion Square Mall". 23 February 2016.
- ^ "Sears in Saginaw TWP closing its doors".
- ^ "Brookfield, Namdar Plan to Back Out of Malls". The Real Deal New York. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
- ^ "Properties". Farbman Group. Retrieved 7 December 2020.