Green Oak Village Place

Green Oak Village Place is a retail lifestyle center located in Green Oak Township, serving Brighton, Michigan, United States. The mall, opened in stages between 2006 and 2008, includes six anchor stores: Barnes & Noble, Dick's Sporting Goods, DSW Shoe Warehouse, HomeGoods, JCPenney, Pier 1 Imports; Five Below; TJ Maxx and more than forty inline tenants. It is managed by REDICO.

Green Oak Village Place
LocationBrighton, Michigan, United States
Coordinates42.5069°N 83.7539°W / 42.5069; -83.7539
Address9608 Village Place Boulevard
Opening dateOctober 27, 2006 (2006-10-27)
DeveloperLormax Stern, REDICO, Quadrants, Inc.
ManagementREDICO
OwnerGreen Oak VIllage Place I, LLC and Green Oak Village Place Phase II Owner, LLC
ArchitectRogvoy Architects, PC
No. of stores and services40+
No. of anchor tenants6
Total retail floor area550,000 square feet (51,000 m2)[1]
No. of floors1

History

Prior to the construction of Green Oak Village Place, the only shopping mall in Brighton was Brighton Mall, a 20-store complex originally anchored by A&P and Grant City, which was demolished in 1996 for big-box stores, including Marshalls and Best Buy.

Following the construction of several new homes in the area, as well as increase in traffic along US-23 and Interstate 96,[2] plans were made in 2004 to build a new lifestyle center called Green Oak Village Place at the interchange of U.S. 23 and Lee Road southeast of town. A small shopping center featuring Costco and Kohl's had already been built at the southwestern quadrant of this interchange.[3] In December 2004, a preliminary approval was granted to build the center, which was developed by Lormax Stern in association with REDICO and Quadrants, Inc. The city's officials formed a task force to determine the impact that the mall would have on the city's downtown business district.[4] Construction began in June 2005, ahead of schedule.[5] At the same time, the Lee Road interchange with U.S. 23 was rebuilt to include three roundabouts,[6] leading one local resident to create a board game based on the roundabouts.[7]

Three of Green Oak Village Place's anchors — DSW Shoe Warehouse, Dick's Sporting Goods and Old Navy — were the first stores to open, doing so in mid-2006.[8] Barnes & Noble opened as the fourth anchor on October 25,[9] followed by a grand opening of the mall on October 27.[1] Inline stores began opening in October as well. Two months after the mall opened, a display at the Victoria's Secret store led to boycotts and protests from members of the community.[10]

A 104,000-square-foot (9,700 m2) JCPenney department store opened in March 2007,[11] and HomeGoods opened as a sixth anchor in September 2008. TJ Maxx opened in 2016[12] In 2020, Pier 1 Imports will close after the company filed for bankruptcy in February.[13]

References
  1. Greta Guest (2006-10-14). "Green Oak Village Place: Livingston Co. merchants pin hopes on mall". The Detroit Free Press.
  2. "Mall rises in Green Oak Twp". The Detroit News. 2005-10-06.
  3. Hightower, Brendel (2007-01-27). "Brendel Hightower column". The Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-10-20.
  4. "Brighton to consider impact of a new mall". The Detroit News. 2005-02-08.
  5. "New Green Oak mall is ahead of schedule". The Detroit News. 2005-07-20.
  6. "Major Shopping Center Project Begins". Alacra Store. 2005-08-20.
  7. Valerie Olander (2007-04-16). "Roundabouts weren't quite fun enough: Frustrated motorists can now play game at home". The Detroit News. Tom Breningstall heard so many stories of exasperation since the roundabouts opened last fall near the newly opened Green Oak Village Place mall, he designed a board game, which he says is equally frustrating.
  8. "New stores to open early". The Detroit News. 2006-04-25.
  9. "Barnes & Noble to Open New Store at 9605 Village Place Boulevard, Brighton, Michigan". Business Wire. 2006-10-11.
  10. "Protest of Victoria's Secret G-string Displays Spreads in Detroit Suburbs". Fox News. 2006-12-10.
  11. "Peney to boost traffic at mall". The Detroit News. 2007-02-20.
  12. Casey Hans (2008-09-10). "HomeGoods joins Green Oak Village Place". The Ann Arbor News.
  13. Tyko, Kelly. "Coronavirus store closings: Pier 1 Imports to shutter all stores nationwide in bankruptcy". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
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