COURTLAND CENTER

'Courtland Center' is an enclosed mall located in the city of Burton, Michigan, United States. When it opened in 1968, the mall was known as 'Eastland Mall'. Currently managed by Tucker Development, Courtland Center features over 80 stores, a movie theatre, and a food court. The mall's current anchor stores include JCPenney, Dunham's Sports, Staples, and Jo-Ann Fabrics Superstore.

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Timeline

★ '1968': 'Eastland Mall' opens to the public. At the time, the center features Woolco, Federal Department Store, and The Fair as its anchor stores.

★ '1969': 'Eastland Mall Theaters', a single-screen movie theater, opens.

★ 'early 1970s': A & P and Kroger close; the former A & P is soon converted to Jo-Ann Fabrics.

★ 'late 1970s': Federal Department Store closes all stores; their store at Eastland briefly operates as a branch of Chicago-based discount chain Robert Hall Village, before being converted to J. C. Penney.

★ '1981': Plitt Theaters acquires the Eastland Mall Theaters, splitting the complex into two smaller screens.

★ '1982-1983': Woolco declares bankruptcy, closing all stores. The former Woolco at Eastland Center is later split between a Crowley's department store and additional mall space.

★ 'mid-1980s': The Fair Store closes.

★ '1987': The mall is renovated and re-named. A contest is held to devise a new name, with "Courtland Center" being the winning entry (The mall sits on the corner of 'Court' Street 'and Center' Road). Reflecting the mall's name change, the theaters are re-named Courtland Center Cinemas.

★ '1988': National Amusements closes the Courtland Center Cinemas.

★ '1989': Mervyns opens one of its first Michigan locations in the space vacated by The Fair.

★ 'mid-1990s?': J. C. Penney moves its home goods and intimate apparel departments into two separate storefronts.

★ '1996': Silver Cinemas re-opens the theater complex, expanding it to 6 screens, also making it the first complex in the Flint area to have all-stadium seating. The complex is re-named Silver Cinemas. Later in the year, National Amusements re-acquires the theater complex, reverting its name to Courtland Center Cinemas.

★ '1999': Crowley's closes.

★ '2000': Old Navy opens in half of the old Crowley's.

★ '2004': Old Navy moves into the Mervyns wing, abandoning its old store.

★ '2005': Jo-Ann Fabrics Superstore opens in a portion of the former Crowley's; the existing Jo-Ann Fabrics store is abandoned.

★ '2006': Dunham's Sports and Staples move from nearby centers, filling in the rest of the former Crowley's, as well as some additional mall space.

★ 'Spring 2006': Mervyns closes all Michigan stores.

★ 'June 2007': Plans are announced that JCPenney will be moving to the former Mervyn's space, which will be expanded further into the mall to create a 108,321 square foot store. The home and intimate apparel departments, which are currently in separate storefronts, will be moved into the newly-built store, which will open in March 2008. Tucker is in discussions with several other retailers to fill the existing JCPenney space in center court.^[1]

References

1. J.C. Penney moving, expanding in Burton mall

External links

★ Official website