Buffalo Ridge Shopping Center

Buffalo Ridge Shopping Center is a shopping center in south of Traverse City, Michigan, in Garfield Township just off of US 31. It opened as an outdoor outlet mall in 1992. Its main outlets were Old Navy, Gap, Kitchen Collection, Kohl's, Bed Bath & Beyond, Michaels and a 9 screen movie theater. Today, it has become an open parking lot with a Lucky's Market,[1] Halloween Store, and a 14 screen movie theater.[2] A Lowe's store and an AutoZone store are across the street. The Traverse City Great Wolf Lodge is nearby.

Buffalo Ridge Shopping Center
LocationTraverse City, Michigan, United States
Coordinates44°43′56.0″N 85°38′54.2″W
Address3639 Marketplace Circle
Opening date1992
DeveloperHorizon Group
OwnerAriel Preferred Retail Group
No. of stores and services30+
No. of floors1

History

In 1992, an outdoor outlet mall opened as Traverse City Horizon Outlets off of US 31 south of Traverse City. The same year, the Grand Traverse Mall open one mile southeast. The outlet mall featured 30+ small outlet stores with an Outback Steakhouse and small movie theater, called Horizon Cinema, all within 3 wings and 2 other buildings. By 2015, all the stores (including Old Navy) in the northern wing had been closed and demolished to build a 14 screen theater known as Cherry Blossom 14. By this time, most of the stores in the western wing had closed as well, leaving it vacant. This means that two movie theaters were open on property, giving each other competition, as well as the 9 screen movie theater in the nearby Grand Traverse Mall. Between mid-2015 and late-2016, 32 movie screens were operating in the area, as well as 2 independent theaters in downtown Traverse City. Eventually in 2016, Horizon Cinema closed because too many people were going to its competitors. The theater in the Grand Traverse Mall closed that same year because Dick's Sporting Goods was planning on building a store there. The supermarket chain Lucky's bought the abandoned movie theater building and renovated it for a new store, opening in March 2017.

In Summer 2017, the vacant western wing was completely demolished, leaving the southern wing the only one in use. It had a Halloween Store and pet training facility inside. Also in the summer of 2017, the on-property Gander Mountain closed, but has since re-opened as a Gander Outdoors store.

In Fall 2017, the name of the shopping center changed from Traverse City Horizon Outlets to Buffalo Ridge Shopping Center.

Today, Kohl's, Bed Bath and Beyond, Michael's, ABC Warehouse, Qdoba, Cherry Blossom 14, the Halloween Store, a Dog Training facility,[3] Outback Steakhouse and Lucky's are the remaining stores in the complex.

In January 2019, a Hobby Lobby store opened in the Buffalo Ridge Center.[4]

References
  1. [email protected], MARK URBAN. "Lucky's Market to open March 22". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  2. "Cherry Blossom 14 Theater". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  3. "Sit Means Sit Dog Training". sitmeanssit.com. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  4. [email protected], DAN NIELSEN. "Hobby Lobby opens in Traverse City". Traverse City Record-Eagle. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
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