 The mall's southern entrance in 2018 | |
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| Location | Fort Gratiot Township, Michigan, United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°02′11″N82°27′13″W / 43.0363°N 82.4535°W /43.0363; -82.4535 |
| Opening date | October 10, 1990; 34 years ago (October 10, 1990) |
| Developer | General Growth Properties |
| Management | Kohan Retail Investment Group Summit Properties USA |
| Owner | Kohan Retail Investment Group Summit Properties USA |
| No. of stores and services | 45+ |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 5 (4 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 729,407 sq ft (67,764.1 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 (staff mezzanine in Target) |
| Public transit access |  BWAT |
| Website | birchwoodmall |
Birchwood Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located inFort Gratiot Township, outside the city ofPort Huron, Michigan, United States. The Mall features more than 100 stores and afood court. The mall's anchor stores areCubeSmart,Dunham's Sports,JCPenney, andTarget. Other major tenants includePlanet Fitness andAMC Birchwood 10. There are 3 vacant anchor stores that were onceCarson's,Macy's, andSears. The mall is located on 24th Avenue (M-25), north ofInterstate 69 (I-69) andI-94.
Birchwood Mall opened in April 1991, withTarget,Sears,JCPenney, andWisconsin-based department store chainPrange's as its anchor stores.[1] Upon opening, the mall attractedCanadian shoppers, who crossed over fromSarnia,Ontario on theBlue Water Bridge.[2]
The Prange's chain was acquired byYounkers in 1992, and all Prange's stores were re-branded. Three years later, Detroit-basedHudson's announced that it would add a store to the mall, and this store opened in 1997.[3]Old Navy was also added in the Younkers wing in the late 1990s, followed byDunham's Sports.Chuck E. Cheese's was added in 2004 and closed in 2014.
On February 2, 1999,Lowe's Home Improvement opened next to the mall.[4]
In 2001, Hudson's changed its name to that of its Chicago-based sister nameplateMarshall Field's. On September 9, 2006, Marshall Field's was one of several nameplates to be converted to theMacy's name. Old Navy closed in late 2007. The space was later occupied byRainbow Shops and is nowPlanet Fitness.
In January 2013, the Younkers store changed its name again, this time becomingCarson's.[5]
On January 13, 2016, it was announced that one of its anchor stores, Sears was planning to close its doors after being at the Birchwood Mall since its opening in April 1991. The store closed in March 2016. There are no current plans for that particular retail space.[6]
In March 2016Carmike Cinemas announced closure of the movie theater for remodeling. The remodeling would last two weeks.[7] Upon first opening, the mall had neon lighting in some archways in the mall. Most of it was later removed or turned off.[8]
On July 8, 2016, aFive Below went in the former Chuck E. Cheese's.[9]
On January 3, 2018, it was announced that Macy's would also be closing as part of a plan to close 11 stores nationwide. The store closed in March 2018.[10]
On April 19, 2018, Carson's parent companyBon-Ton announced they were unable to find a buyer and was going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018. After the closure of Carson's, the mall only has 2 of its 5 anchor stores occupied, JCPenney and Target.[11] However, Dunham's Sports moved into the former Carson's space in September 2020.[12]
In February 2021, the mall was sold to theKohan Retail Investment Group for $5.6 million.[13] Later in the year, a CubeSmart Self Storage opened in the former Macy's.
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