 Meijer store at Fairlane Green, March 2017 | |
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| Location | Allen Park, Michigan, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°16′06″N83°12′05″W / 42.2682°N 83.2013°W /42.2682; -83.2013 |
| Address | Fairlane Drive |
| Opening date | 2005-2007 |
| Developer | Ford Land Development |
| No. of floors | 1 |
| Public transit access |  SMART: 140 |
Fairlane Green also known as "The Hill", is apower center in theUnited States city ofAllen Park,Michigan. It is built on top of a former landfill and was opened to the public in stages in the mid-2000s. Tenants includeTarget,Meijer,LA Fitness,Old Navy,Five Below,Panera Bread, and several others.
The elevation of Fairlane Green is high enough to allow one to see portions of the skyline ofdowntown Detroit from the northern end of the complex on most days.
Prior to the construction of Fairlane Green, there was only one large shopping development within the city of Allen Park, theLincoln Park Shopping Center, anchored bySears, and even then only a small portion was actually within Allen Park, the majority of it lying in adjacentLincoln Park.
Development of what became Fairlane Green began in December 2002, when Ford Land Development, the real-estate division of theFord Motor Company, received a special use permit to redevelop a former clay mine that extended fromOuter Drive and Snow Avenue to Oakwood Boulevard and ran parallel toM-39 andInterstate 94. The original proposal, which also included recreational facilities, was approved in August 2003. Ford Land had intended the complex to anchor the southern gateway to the Fairlane corridor through Allen Park andDearborn, including theFairlane Town Center mall.[1]
In May 2004, the portion of the complex site that included the former site of the Allen Park Veterans Administration Medical Center was sold to Lormax Stern and REDICO, which became Independence Marketplace.[2] Construction began on both centers a few months later.
Target was the first to open on October 9, 2005, joined by several other tenants, including those that relocated from the Lincoln Park Shopping Center, includingBarnes & Noble,Dress Barn,Lane Bryant,Longhorn Steakhouse, Michaels Arts & Crafts,Old Navy, On-The-Border Mexican Restaurant,Pier 1 Imports,T.J. Maxx,Cost Plus World Market andBed, Bath & Beyond.[3]
A second phase, which includedMeijer,Best Buy,LA Fitness, andThe Home Depot, opened in 2007. The recreational elements of the second phase, however, were never built. Cost Plus World Market closed in the late 2000s and was replaced byFive Below. Pier 1 and Bed Bath & Beyond closed following their respective bankruptcies in the early 2020s and were replaced by Rally House andBurlington, and Best Buy closed on March 4, 2023.
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| Cancelled | ||
See also:Tourism in metropolitan Detroit | ||