- Arborland Center
Infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Arborland Center
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location =Ann Arbor, Michigan ,United States
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opening_date = 1961, redeveloped approximately 1999
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manager = AmCap Incorporated
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number_of_stores = 26
number_of_anchors = 6 (original)
6 (current)
floor_area = convert|406736|sqft|m2|abbr=on.
floors = 1Arborland Center is a
shopping mall located inAnn Arbor, Michigan ,United States . Opened in 1961 as an enclosed shopping mall, the center was 'De-Malled' around 1998 and redeveloped as apower centre [cite news | title=The Company - Timeline | publisher=Josephfreed.com | url =http://www.jfreed.com/cgi-bin/general_pdf.pl?item=CompanyTimeline | accessdate = 2008-01-18 ] , retaining the name Arborland Center. Currentanchor stores includeMarshalls ,PetSmart ,Circuit City ,Bed Bath & Beyond ,Borders andToys-R-Us .History
Arborland was Ann Arbor's first suburban mall, opened in the early 1960s was originally a California-style open mall. After the opening of nearby
Briarwood Mall in the 1970s, Arborland was enclosed. [cite news | first=PAULA | last=GARDNER | coauthors= | title=Owners list Arborland mall for sale | date= | publisher=mlive.com | url =http://www.mlive.com/mbusinessreview/stories/index.ssf?/mbusinessreview/se/stories/20050630_owner.html | work =Ann Arbor Business Review | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-17 | language = ] The original Arborland featured Federal Department Store, andCrowley's ,Montgomery Ward among its anchor stores; by the 1990s,Toys "R" Us ,Marshalls ,Service Merchandise ,Burlington Coat Factory , andLinens 'n Things would be added as well.In the late 1990s Freed and Associates purchased it on the cheap and razed most of the structure, transforming it into a
big box cluster. Toys "R" Us and Marshalls also received newly-built stores during the "de-malling" of the center. Freed's purchase price was around $6 million; within a decade, in 2005, Freed was said to be seeking a buyer for over $100 million. [cite news | first=PAULA | last=GARDNER | coauthors= | title=Owners list Arborland mall for sale | date= | publisher=mlive.com | url =http://www.mlive.com/mbusinessreview/stories/index.ssf?/mbusinessreview/se/stories/20050630_owner.html | work =Ann Arbor Business Review | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-17 | language = ] Freed did shortly find a buyer for the convert|409000|sqft|m2|abbr=on. Centre. The facility was purchased byAmCap , through a joint venture with Los Angeles-basedHart Realty Advisers for a reported $102 million. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=News From October 14, 2005 | date=2005-10-14 | publisher=REBusiness | url =http://www.rebusinessonline.com/news_archive/10-14-05.shtml | work =Real Estate Business | pages = | accessdate = 2008-01-17 | language = ]References
External links
* [http://www.arborlandcenter.com/ Arborland Center]
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