WOODLAND MALL

'Woodland Mall' is an enclosed shopping mall located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is a 1.1 million square foot mall featuring three anchor stores, over 100 tenants, a food court and a movie theater. Woodland Mall is owned by Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust ("PREIT") (NYSE: PEI), who purchased the mall in January 2006 for $177.4 million (USD) from Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO) and Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
Woodland Mall opened in 1969 with three anchors: JCPenney, Sears, and S.S. Kresge. Since opening, the mall has seen several renovations. A central wing with Hudson's was added in the mid 1970s. Kresge closed in the 1980s and was divided into smaller stores.
In 1997, Lord & Taylor was proposed as a fourth anchor store. However, Hudson's sued the mall, claiming veto power over the addition of new anchor stores, and the store was never built^[1]
A food court and play area were added to the mall in 1999. In 2006, a 14-screen Cinemark movie theater and Red Robin were added. Hudson's was converted to Marshall Field's in 2001 and then to Macy's in 2006 as the result of acquisitions. In June 2007, Celebration Cinema purchased the Cinemark theaters here and at Rivertown Crossings Mall. [1].
The mall is directly across from Centerpointe Mall.
As of May 21, 2007, six Interurban Transit Partnership bus routes serve the mall: routes 5 and 6 to Central Station, route 17 to Gerald R. Ford Airport, route 24 to Grandville Library, route 44 to Rivertown Crossings Mall, and 49 Davenport Express.

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Anchors

External links

Anchors

★ JCPenney (243,961 sq. ft.)

★ Macy's (157,316 sq. ft.)

★ Sears (271,900 sq. ft.)

External links

★ Woodland mall website

★ Vintage postcard of Woodland Mall from Malls of America blog