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That year, the Hudson's department store chain and architect Victor Gruen developed Northland Center in the Detroit suburb of Southfield. [1] It was followed by three other directional malls in Detroit suburbs, also developed by Hudson's and Gruen: Eastland Center in Harper Woods, Westland Center in Westland and Southland Center in Taylor.
Although it is unclear when Chinese immigrants first arrived in Detroit, as newspapers in the 1800s did not differentiate between the different cultures of East Asia, it is known that in 1874, 14 Chinese washermen lived in the city. [6] In 1905, Detroit's first two Cantonese chop suey restaurants opened near the Detroit River. [7]
As the world's traditional automotive center, Detroit, Michigan, is an important source for business news. The Detroit media are active in the community through such efforts as the Detroit Free Press high school journalism program and the Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit. Wayne State University offers a widely respected journalism program.
Universal Shopping Center, formerly Universal Mall and Universal City, is a redeveloped open-air power center located in Warren, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The first phase opened in mid-2009 with Target , Burlington Coat Factory , Marshalls , and Petco .
In August 2009, the Meijer chain announced it would open its first store with the city limits of Detroit at the $90 Million Shoppes at Gateway Park. [11] Two other stores including HomeGoods also announced they have signed on to share the 40,000 square feet (3,700 m 2) designed for the mall's secondary anchor. The mall was scheduled to open in ...
[27] [28] An area south of Grand Boulevard along Woodward contains some retail stores in the district which have existed at their present location since the 1920s. [28] [29] The boutique Hotel St. Regis, Detroit is adjacent to the Fisher Theatre. The Consulate-General of Lebanon in Detroit is located in Suite 560 in the New Center One Building ...
The shopping center would have been Michigan's first shopping center constructed on 8 Mile and Kelly Road but the idea was scrapped. The mall was developed in 1957 by Hudson's, a Detroit-based department store chain (and corporate predecessor of Target Corp) that also developed Northland Center, another Detroit area mall.
The Metropolitan Center for High Technology, formerly S. S. Kresge World Headquarters, is an office building located at 2727 Second Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.