Courtland Center
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| Location | Burton, Michigan, USA |
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| Coordinates | 43°01′01″N 83°37′52″W / 43.017°N 83.631°W |
| Address | 4190 E. Court St. |
| Opening date | 1968 |
| Owner | Tucker Development |
| No. of stores and services | 60 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 5 |
| Total retail floor area | 460,000 square feet (43,000 m2) [1] |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Website | http://courtlandcenter.com/ |
Courtland Center is an enclosed shopping mall in Burton, Michigan, a suburb of Flint, Michigan, USA. It opened in 1968, two years before the larger Genesee Valley Center on the other side of the Flint metropolitan area. Courtland Center comprises more than sixty inline tenants, including five anchor stores (JCPenney, Steve & Barry's, Dunham's Sports, Staples, and Jo-Ann Etc.), as well as a second-run movie theater. The mall is owned by Tucker Development.
History
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Courtland Center opened in 1968 as Eastland Mall in what was then Burton Township, at the southestern corner of East Court Street and Center Road. At the time, it featured three anchor stores: The Fair on the western end, Federals in the center, and Woolco on the eastern end. The mall also featured a single-screen movie theater called the Eastland Cinemas, as well as an A&P supermarket which later became Jo-Ann Fabrics. Federals closed in the 1970s, with Robert Hall Village briefly taking over the central anchor before being replaced with JCPenney.
By 1982, the theater was acquired by National Amusements, who added a second screen.[2] Later that same year, Woolco closed, and was subdivided between a Crowley's department store and additional mall space. Later in the 1980s, the mall's theater complex was closed. Also, The Fair closed and was replaced with Mervyns. Also, in 1987, the mall was renamed Courtland Center.
In the 1990s, JCPenney expanded its presence at the mall by moving its home goods into a space that had been vacated by Perry Drug Stores. JCPenney also moved some of its women's wear to an adjacent storefront. Crowley's closed in 1997, and the theaters re-opened in 1999 under the management of National Amusements.[3] A portion of the former Crowley's was converted to Old Navy in July 2000, while the rest remained vacant.
2000s redevelopment
Tucker Development acquired the mall from Forest City Enterprises and began renovations on it. Also in the early 2000s, the theater re-opened under new management as a second-run complex, after being redeveloped to include stadium seating. Old Navy relocated inside the mall in 2005, displacing a former f.y.e. which had closed, and a Payless ShoeSource which was relocated.[4] Later that same year, Staples moved into Old Navy's former location, while the remainder of the former Crowley's was split between a new Jo-Ann Etc. store (which, in turn, led to the closure of the existing Jo-Ann Fabrics) and Dunham's Sports, which had also moved from a nearby strip mall.[4] Dunham's was the only one of these three new stores to feature a mall entrance.
Mervyns closed in early 2006 when the chain exited Michigan. In late 2007, JCPenney announced that it would relocate its existing stores in the mall to a newer, larger location in the former Mervyns, which was also expanded in the process. Old Navy closed its store at the mall in January 2008,[5] and despite a fire on the roof of the former Mervyns building which briefly closed the mall in September, JCPenney's new store opened on March 1, 2008.[6][7] This new store comprised several departments which were not present in the former locations, as well as an inline Sephora store.[7] The separate women's and home stores were closed once the new store opened, while JCPenney's former main store was replaced by Steve & Barry's, which opened on May 15, 2008.[7][8] Since the opening of the new anchors, however, several inline stores have closed, including Dollar Tree, Kay Jewelers, and Foot Locker.
References
- ^ "Courtland Center". Tucker Development. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ "Courtland Center Cinemas". Cinema Treasures. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ Sicard, Allyson J. (1999-09-01). "Midwest Development Projects". Retail Traffic Mag. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ a b "JoAnn Moving; Staples on the Way — Courtland Center Mall is Changing Inside and Out". The Flint Journal. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ Klaft, Holly (2008-01-15). "Old Navy store at Courtland Center closing". The Flint Journal. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ Mickle, Bryn (2007-09-21). "Fire on the roof closes Courtland Center in Burton". The Flint Journal. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c Lowe, Elizabeth (2008-06-20). "Steve & Barry's and JC Penney provide strong anchor to buoy Courtland Center". The Burton News. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
- ^ Burden, Melissa (2008-02-21). "Courtland Center mall getting Steve & Barry's, bigger JCPenney". The Flint Journal. Retrieved 2008-10-10.