Birchwood Mall

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Birchwood Mall


caption =
location = Fort Gratiot, Michigan, United States
opening_date = October 10, 1990
developer =
manager = General Growth Properties
owner = General Growth Properties
number_of_stores = 107
number_of_anchors = 5
floor_area = convert|790000|sqft|m2|1
floors = 1
website = http://www.birchwoodmall.com

Birchwood Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Fort Gratiot Township, outside the city of Port Huron, Michigan, United States, Birchwood Mall features more than 100 stores, a ten-screen movie theater, and a food court. JCPenney, Macy's, Sears, Younkers, and Target are the mall's anchor stores. The mall is located on Pine Grove Avenue (M-25), north of Interstate 69.

History

Birchwood Mall opened in October 1990, with Target, Sears, JCPenney, and Wisconsin-based department store chain Prange's as its anchor stores. [cite web |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9220209_ITM |title=Birchwood mall comes to Port Huron |accessdate=2007-11-27 |last=Henderson |first=Tom |date=1990-11-01 |work=Business Detroit] Upon opening, the mall attracted Canadian shoppers, who crossed over from Sarnia, Ontario on the Blue Water Bridge. [cite web |url=http://thetimesherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071025/NEWS01/710250308 |title=Plaza should last 30 years |accessdate=2007-11-27 |last=Connell |first=Mike |date=2007-10-25 |publisher=The (Port Huron) Times-Herald]

The Prange's chain was acquired by Younkers in 1992, and all Prange's stores were re-branded. Three years later, Detroit-based Hudson's announced that it would add a store to the mall, and this store opened in 1997. [cite web |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17059696.html |title=Hudson's to build new store in St. Clair County |accessdate=2007-11-27 |date=1995-06-15 |work=PR Newswire] Old Navy was also added in the Younkers wing in the late 1990s, followed by Dunham's Sports.

In 2001, Hudson's changed its name to that of its Chicago-based sister nameplate Marshall Field's. On September 9, 2006, Marshall Field's was one of several nameplates to be converted to the Macy's name. Old Navy closed in late 2007.

The mall also contains an antique carousel in its food court.

References

External links

* [http://www.birchwoodmall.com Official website]
* [http://www.ggp.com/Properties/MallDirectory.aspx?smuid=500 GGP Stats For Birchwood Mall]