The Shoppes at Gateway Park
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The Shoppes at Gateway Park is a proposed outdoor shopping mall, to be located in the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The complex will be located at the southeast corner of 8 Mile Road (M-102) and Woodward Avenue (M-1), near the Michigan State Fair complex. Construction on the mall will begin in Spring 2008; when completed, it will include more than forty inline tenants.[1] JCPenney will be the mall's anchor store; its opening will provide the city of Detroit with its first full-line department store in nearly ten years.[1]
[edit] Development
The Shoppes at Gateway Park will be an outdoor shopping mall with approximately 330,000 square feet (30,658.0 m²) of retail space.[1] Originally, construction on the property was slated to begin in March of 2007; however, Chicago, Illinois-based General Growth Properties, the mall's developer, has delayed groundbreaking on the mall until Spring 2008, in order to secure the interest of prospective tenants.[1]
In March of 2007, JCPenney has signed a letter of interest to be included as an anchor store of the complex.[2] This JCPenney will be the first full-line department store within Detroit's city limits since the closure of a Crowley's on Grand Boulevard in 1999.[1][3]
More than forty other retailers will be part of the complex, including five big box stores and five restaurants.[1] Another proposed feature of the mall is a special training center, in which General Growth plans to train employees on various retailing skills.[4]
At a December 2007 meeting, Detroit City Council members held a meeting to approve a special tax status regarding the mall's construction.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f Hurst, Nathan (2007-10-06). Detroit mall still on track. The Detroit News. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Harrison, Sheena (2007-03). Detroit mall may get J.C. Penney; Store would anchor Shoppes at Gateway Park.. Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Smith, Joel J. (2007-03-21). Penney's comes to Detroit. The Detroit News. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Harrison, Sheena (2006-10). Developer wants to offer retail skills; Training center would be at Gateway Park.. Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved on 2007-12-04.
- ^ Gorchow, Zachary (2007-12-05). 8 Mile-Woodward shopping mall plans move forward. The Detroit Free Press. Retrieved on 2008-01-01.
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