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Shopping mall in Michigan, U.S. Interior | |
| Location | Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
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| Opening date | 1973 |
| Developer | A. Alfred Taubman |
| Management | Ida Hendrix |
| Owner | Simon Property Group & GM Pension Trust |
| No. of stores and services | 120 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 983,000 sq ft (91,000 m) |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 floors in each anchor) |
| Website | www.shopbriarwood.com |
Briarwood Mall is a shopping mall in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. The mall's four anchor stores are Macy's, JCPenney, Sears, and Von Maur. Surrounded by office and other development, the mall anchors the southern Ann Arbor commercial area around Eisenhower Boulevard and I-94. It serves as the primary shopping mall for all of Washtenaw County. Simon Property Group currently manages and co-owns the mall. Briarwood is considered a Class A mall property by developers based on its sales per square foot. Many restaurants, hotels and stores surround the mall.
History
Originally developed by developer A. Alfred Taubman, Briarwood opened on October 3, 1973. At the time, it was anchored by JCPenney and Sears, with Hudson's opening a year later. A Lord & Taylor wing was added in 1980, only to close in 1994. The store was replaced by Jacobson's that year. Taubman's shopping center interests became a publicly traded real estate investment trust, Taubman Centers, in 1992. In 1998 Taubman Centers simplified its corporate structure and turned over full ownership to its financial partner, the GM Pension Trusts. Jacobson's would close in 2002 after the chain declared bankruptcy. The mall received a major renovation the following year. Taubman continued to manage the mall until 2004, when The Mills Corporation became 50 percent owner and manager. That same year, a Von Maur opened on the former Jacobson's site. In 2007, Simon Properties gained control of the Mills. It is Simon's very first managed property in the state of Michigan.
Briarwood Mall has also been home to a movie theater since its grand opening, originally run as "United Artists Briarwood." Since the closure of many of United Artists' theaters in the late 1990s, the theater has been operated as "Madstone Theater of Ann Arbor", "Village 7 Theaters", and "Movies at Briarwood." The theater later reduced to four screens, as the other three screens were been taken over by a new Pottery Barn.
The theaters closed again in 2010, with an MC Sports replacing them.
See also
References
- Notes
- Bidding war seen for GM mall package (April 14, 2004). BNET, CNET. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
- "Briarwood Mall". Ann Arbor News. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- Brouwer, Kyle (March 6, 2003).Briarwood Mall begins renovations, development.Michigan Daily. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.
- Village 7 Theaters - Ann Arbor Michigan
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