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The mall is one of four super-regional Taubman malls built in the Detroit metro area in the 1970s, the other three being Briarwood Mall in Ann Arbor (1973), Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights (1976) and Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi (1977). In 1976, the mall opened with JCPenney as the north anchor and Sears as south anchor; Hudson's opened on July 20.
Dearborn is among a small number of municipalities that own property in other cities. It owns the 626-acre (2.53 km 2) Camp Dearborn in Milford, Michigan, which is located 35 miles (56 km) from Dearborn. [20] Dearborn was among an even smaller number of cities that hold property in another state.
While Detroit endures nonstop bad publicity, nearby Ann Arbor thrives. It remains not only the home of the University of Michigan, but the center of research and technology for the entire ...
Ann Arbor became the seat of Washtenaw County in 1827 [23] and was incorporated as a village in 1833. [24] The Ann Arbor Land Company, a group of speculators, set aside 40 acres (16 ha) of undeveloped land and offered it to the state of Michigan as the site of the state capitol, but lost the bid to Lansing.
Starting from the original deli, Zingerman's Community of Businesses (ZCoB) has expanded to nine Ann Arbor based businesses with over 500 total employees. [3] Each business has shared ownership between original founders Paul Saginaw and Ari Weinzweig, and the managing partners who started each business. Each business has its own organizational ...
Briarwood Mall is a shopping mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. The mall's three anchor stores are Macy's, JCPenney, and Von Maur. Surrounded by office and other development, the mall anchors the southern Ann Arbor commercial area around Eisenhower Boulevard and I-94. It serves as the primary shopping mall for all of Washtenaw County.
Screenwriter and director Lawrence Kasdan lived at Debs Cooperative in the late 1960s, and his experiences at the co-op served as a basis for the 1983 film The Big Chill. Many of the characters were based on his housemates, and the ways in which they cook communal meals and share their house echo the culture of Ann Arbor cooperatives. [7] [8]
Arborland Center is a shopping center located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1961 as an unenclosed shopping mall, the center was redeveloped as a power center in 1998. [ 1 ] Current anchor stores include Marshalls , Petco , Kroger , Ulta , Old Navy , Gardner-White Furniture (that used to be a Toys "R" Us ), and Bed Bath & Beyond .