Jacobson Stores
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Jacobson Stores (known as "Jacobson's") was a regional department store that thrived primarily in Michigan and Florida, but also had stores in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and Kansas. Jacobson's focused on apparel, fine jewelry and home furnishings. Furniture sales were phased out in the late 80s through mid-90s. They entered bankruptcy in early 2002 after 134 years of service.
An important event in the company's history was when Nathan and Zola Rosenfeld purchased a three-store operation from the Jacobson family, in 1937. After bankruptcy, the company's logo and other intellectual property were purchased by Tammy Giaimo, who formed a new corporation called Jacobson Stores, Inc., which operates one store on Park Avenue in Winter Park, Florida.
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[edit] Former Jacobson's Locations
[edit] Florida
- Altamonte Springs - Renaissance Centre - (Now Baer's Furniture) - 60,000 square feet
- Boca Raton
- Clearwater - Northwood Plaza
- Fort Myers - Bell Tower Shops (now Fresh Market and Ulta cosmetics)
- Jacksonville - (now part of FCCJ)
- Longwood - Longwood Village Shopping Center - (closed and replaced with the Altamonte Springs store)
- Naples - Waterside Shops
- North Palm Beach - Oakbrook Square (Now Stein Mart and HomeGoods) - 90,000 square feet
- Osprey
- Sarasota - Saint Armond's Circle
- Tampa - Olde Hyde Park
- Winter Park - North Park Avenue
[edit] Indiana
[edit] Kansas
[edit] Kentucky
- Louisville - Oxmoor Center (now Von Maur)
[edit] Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- Downtown (moved to Briarwood Mall in 1992; site became flagship store for Borders Books)
- Briarwood Mall (opened 1992 in former Lord & Taylor, now Von Maur)
- Battle Creek - downtown
- Birmingham (separate women's/children's, men's, and furniture stores in two adjoining blocks)
- Dearborn
- Michigan Avenue (Now West Village Commons, a commercial and office mix-use project) - 75,000 square feet
- Home Store, Westborn Mall (opened 1999 in former Crowley's, closed 2000. Torn down for Kroger) - 26,000 square feet
- East Lansing - 333 E. Grand River Ave. (moved to Meridian Mall in 2000; now Barnes & Noble)
- Grand Rapids
- Downtown (moved to Wealthy St. location)
- 2255 Wealthy St. SE (now the Gaslight Village condominium/retail development)
- Grosse Pointe - The Village Grosse Pointe
- Jackson - downtown
- Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo Mall
- 359 S. Burdick (demolished for a cultural arts center)
- 209 S. Burdick - Home Store
- Livonia - Laurel Park Place (converted to Von Maur in 2003)
- Okemos - Meridian Mall (opened October 2000 on site of Service Merchandise, closed August 2002. Now Younkers) - 80,000 square feet
- Reed City (original store opened by the Jacobson family in the 19th century)
- Rochester Hills - Great Oaks Mall (mall torn down in 2003. Art Van Furniture was to build on site but did not open. Mall site is vacant)
- Saginaw - 400 Federal Ave. (purchased 10/02 by Saginaw Downtown Development Authority)
[edit] Ohio
- Columbus - Columbus City Center (closed 2002; vacant)
- Toledo - Westfield Shoppingtown Franklin Park ( closed 2002, demolished for mall expansion, site now occupied by National Amusements theater, Dick's Sporting Goods, and other shops)
