Westland Center

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Westland Center


caption =
location = Westland, Michigan, United States
opening_date = 1965
developer = J.L. Hudson Company
manager = Jones Lang LaSalle
owner = Jones Lang LaSalle
number_of_stores = 87 [http://www.joneslanglasalle.com/microsites/retail_pdfs/factsheets/Westland%20Center.pdf Westland Center.pdf] ]
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = 1,056,696 million ft²
JC Penney - 177,115 ft²
Kohl's - 89,926 ft²
Macy's - 354,772 ft²
Sears - 188,772 ft²
floors = 1 main floor; plus small basement and mezzanine. Macy's 4 floors and a basement.
website = http://www.westlandcenter.com/
parking = 4,560

Westland Center is an enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Westland, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The mall features more than 100 inline stores, with JCPenney, Sears, Macy's and Kohl's serving as anchor stores.

History

Westland Center was developed by J.L. Hudson Corporation. When opened in 1965, it was Michigan's first fully enclosed, climate controlled mall. It was designed by Victor Gruen Associates and Louis G. Redstone Associates.cite book |author=McElroy, Martin C. P.; Meyer, Katharine Mattingly |title=Detroit architecture: A. I. A. guide |publisher=Wayne State University Press |location=Detroit |year=1980 |pages= |isbn=0-8143-1651-4 |oclc= |doi=]

Westland Center played a bit of local history. During the early 1960s, the city of Livonia wanted to annex the part of Nankin in which the mall was to be built. The shopping center eventually opened in 1965, joining Northland and Eastland malls in other Detroit Metro cities. In reaction to Livonia's annexation attempts, the people of Nankin voted to change the remainder of the township as a city on May 16, 1966 to the city of Westland, named after the mall. At that time, it was the fourth largest city in Wayne County.fact|date=June 2008

During its opening, the mall's anchors were a four-story Hudson's department store, an Kresge store, and a Kroger supermarket. During the mid-1970's, Kroger closed and was demolished for a J.C. Penney department store in 1976. As the department store was built by A. Alfred Taubman, he went on with his company to build the other Taubman malls. In the early 1980's, MainStreet joined the mall and remained there until Kohl's converted from that store in 1988. A year ago, Kresge closed its store and was replaced with smaller stores. A renovaton was done to the mall in 2000, first that was renovated was the Hudson's court, by removing the 20 ft. wall mounted clock, the carpeting was renovated, and it added 20 ft. rectangular squares mounted on the ceiling. In 2001, Hudson's was converted to Marshall Field's, which in turn became Macy's in 2006.

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