Twelve Oaks Mallis ashopping mallwith over 180 stores which is located inNovi, Michigan,United States, a suburb ofDetroit.The mall featuresanchorstoresJCPenney,Macy's,andNordstrom,with two vacant anchors previouslyLord & TaylorandSears.
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| Location | Novi, Michigan,USA |
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| Opening date | August 2, 1977 |
| Developer | A. Alfred Taubman,Homart Development,andDayton-Hudson Corporation |
| Management | Taubman Centers |
| Owner | Taubman Centers |
| Architect | Victor Gruen,Richard Prince |
| No. of stores and services | 185 + |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 3 |
| Total retail floor area | 1,500,000 sq ft (140,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 (3 in Macy's) |
| Parking | 7,051 |
| Public transit access |  SMART740, 805 |
| Website | http://www.shoptwelveoaks.com/ |
The mall is located on the northeast corner ofInterstate 96and Novi Road.Taubman Centersis the owner and manager of the mall. It is among the largest malls owned by Taubman, and one of the largest in Michigan in terms of gross leasable area and total stores.[1]The mall completed a major remodel and expansion in 2007.
History
editPlanning and opening
editPlanning for the mall began in 1967 when theJ.L. Hudson Corporationpurchased land at the intersection of 12 Mile and Novi roads. Prior to its development as a mall, the site was proposed to be used as a landfill. Opposition by residents and the then-Village of Novi prevented the establishment of the landfill.
Another mall proposal in Farmington Township (nowFarmington Hills) was proposed byThe Taubman CompanyandHomart Development.Searswas signed on to anchor the proposed shopping center, andHudson'swas rumored to anchor the mall as well. The mall was to be located at Thirteen Mile Road, between Haggerty and Halsted, and set to open in 1974.[2]Opposition to the proposed mall in Farmington Township pushed the developers west to the current location in Novi.
Twelve Oaks Mall was then developed as a joint venture betweenA. Alfred Taubman,Homart Development, and theDayton-Hudson Corporation,[3]Excavation of the site began in the spring of 1975, and construction began later that fall. The mall opened on August 2, 1977, anchored by Hudson's, with Sears opening on October 1, 1977,Lord & Tayloron March 6, 1978, and finallyJCPenneyon May 3, 1978.
The mall was designed by Gruen Associates,[4]founded by the pioneer of the American shopping mallVictor Gruen,and Richard Prince. The head builder was Richard Marrone. The mall is one of three super-regionalTaubmanmalls built inMetro Detroitduring the late 1970s, the other two beingLakeside Mallin Sterling Heights andFairlane Town Centerin Dearborn.
21st century
editIn 2001, Hudson's converted toMarshall Field's.In 2002, The Taubman Corporation demolished the defunct United Artists Theatres and made way for a new "Lifestyle Cafe" food court, and allowed kiosks in the mall for the first time. This marked a change in Taubman policy, as it was originally believed that a food court would invite teenage loitering and that kiosks diminished the upscale atmosphere of the mall.
In 2005, The Taubman Corporation announced a $63 million expansion project, which includes a 97,000 sq ft (9,000 m2) of common space, and a new 165,000 sq ft (15,300 m2)Nordstromstore.[1]The expansion made Twelve Oaks Mall one of Taubman's largest mall properties.[1]Construction began in February 2006, with Clark Construction Company taking on the project. Also in 2006, Marshall Field's converted toMacy's,and expanded to 300,000 sq ft.
In September 2007, the new Nordstrom opened with over 40 small specialty shops. The new anchor store was built on the southeast side of the mall, adjacent to the existing Lord & Taylor store.
In January 2013,The Cheesecake Factoryannounced that it would open at the mall later that year, and it did so on August 13, 2013.[5]
In 2018,H&Mmoved to a two floor space in the Sears wing from its original location in the JCPenney wing. It is the first two-level H&M store in Michigan.
In March 2019, it was announced that Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its traditional brick-and-mortar format.[6]
The beginning of the 2020s saw several storied traditional department store retailers update its brick-and-mortar formats after being encroached upon to a degree by several digital retailers in recent years in addition to the COVID pandemic.
In August 2020, it was announced that Lord & Taylor would shutter its traditional brick-and-mortar format as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]
Several additional replacement tenants for each space are each reportedly in the midst of early on discussions.[8]
In 2020,Crate & Barrelopened at Twelve Oaks Mall. A renovated temporary outpost opened on February 6 while the larger permanent outpost in the Macy's wing is being constructed. [9]
In 2024, Dick's Sporting Goods signed a lease to open in part of the former Sears.[10]
See also
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References
edit- ^abcMarshall, Caroll (August 23, 2007.Twelve Oaks expansion makes mall among Tauban's biggest.Oakland Business Review,MLive.com.Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
- ^Gerdes, Wylie (November 16, 1969)."Sears Picks Township For Center"(PDF).Vol. 82, no. 16. Farmington Enterprise & Observer.Retrieved16 January2017.
- ^"Novi".Chain Store Age, Executives Edition Combined with Shopping Center Age.49.Lebhar-Friedman.: E-8, E-82 1973.
- ^"Gruen Associates".Retrieved16 January2017.
- ^"Michigan's first Cheesecake Factory restaurant opens Tuesday in Metro Detroit".
- ^https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/28/sears-closing-80-more-stores-in-march-faces-possible-liquidation.html%7Ctitle=Sears
- ^"Iconic department store Lord & Taylor to close all stores".NBC News.Retrieved2020-09-20.
- ^"Fewer Black Friday deals at Detroit-area stores but shopping endures".The Detroit News.Retrieved2023-08-03.
- ^"Crate & Barrel to leave Somerset Collection for Twelve Oaks Mall".Crain's Detroit Business.2019-11-19.Retrieved2019-11-20.
- ^"At Twelve Oaks Mall – Leased to Dick's Sporting Goods – Space Still Available".Transformco Real Estate.Transformco.Retrieved5 December2024.