Westwood Mall (Jackson, Michigan)
Location | GLA) |
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No. of floors | 1 plus 2nd floor which is mall staff only |
Public transit access | JATA |
Website | shopwestwoodmall |
Westwood Mall is an enclosed shopping mall serving the community of Jackson, Michigan. It opened in 1972 and the mall's anchor stores are JCPenney and Walmart. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Younkers.
History
The mall was built in 1972 with Wurzburg's and
JCPenney in 1980.[1] Elder-Beerman was added as a third anchor in September 1993.[2] General Growth Properties acquired the mall from Forbes/Cohen in 1998, along with nearby Lansing Mall and Lakeview Square Mall.[3]
In 2004, Walmart opened its first Jackson location on the site vacated by Montgomery Ward three years prior.[4][5] Five years later, the company expressed interest in purchasing houses behind the mall to build a retention basin.[6]
Several stores closed in the mall in the late 2000s, including
Ritz Camera and an original tenant, Crown & Carriage Gifts.[8] Despite the loss of these stores, the mall retained a higher occupancy rate than the national average.[9] The Elder-Beerman store was re-branded Younkers in 2012.[10]
On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Younkers would be closing as parent company
The Bon-Ton Stores was going out of business. The store closed on August 31, 2018.[11]
In February 2021, the mall was sold to the Kohan Retail Investment Group.[12]
References
- ^ "Peek Through Time: Cool, comfortable Westwood Mall 'the place to go' in summer of 1972". 29 July 2015.
- ^ "The Bottom Line". Dayton Daily News. June 20, 1993. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ Sinderman, Martin (February 1, 1998). "Retail Investment Forecast – 1998". Retail Traffic. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ Susan, Stock (April 18, 2003). "Wal-Mart plans new store at mall in Jackson". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ "Westwood Mall Welcomes Wal-Mart". Business Wire. July 21, 2004. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ Gautz, Chris (March 26, 2009). "Walmart trying to buy homes near Westwood Mall to build detention pond". Jackson Citizen Patriot. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ "Gap store at Westwood Mall in Jackson closing on Jan. 26". Jackson Citizen-Patriot. January 7, 2010. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ Gautz, Chris (December 29, 2010). "Crown and Carriage Gifts in the Westwood Mall, and Best Books at Jackson Crossing have announced plans to close". Jackson Citizen-Patriot. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
- ^ Guenther, Heather (May 31, 2009). "Vacancy rates skyrocketing at malls across the U.S." Jackson Citizen-Patriot. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- ^ "Elder-Beerman department store at Jackson's Westwood Mall is now Younkers". 10 September 2012.
- ^ "Mid-Michigan Younkers stores to close". 19 April 2018.
- ^ Airgood, Bryce (February 24, 2021). "Fort Gratiot's Birchwood Mall sold for $5.6M". The Times Herald. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.