Livonia Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The center is located at the corner of 7 Mile Road and Middlebelt Road. The mall features over 50 stores and restaurants, as well as a three-screen movie theater. It is also home to the largest mall-based Sears in the state of Michigan.^[1] It is managed by Konover Properties, who purchased the mall from its previous owner in 2005.^[2] Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... Shortcut: WP:-( Vandalism is indisputable bad-faith addition, deletion, or change to content, made in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of the encyclopedia. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Livonia is a city located in the northwest part of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Nickname: Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: , Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Founded 1701 Incorporation 1806 Government  - Type Strong Mayor-Council  - Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) Area  - City  143. ... . The Mile Road System in southeast Michigan was established as a way to delineate east-west roads through the Detroit area and the surrounding rural rim. ... Sears Holdings is a proposed new retail holding company, created from the merger of Sears, Roebuck and Company of Hoffman Estates, Illinois and Kmart Holdings Corporation of Troy, Michigan. ...

History

The mall opened October 29, 1964^[3] with Sears, Kresge, and Crowley's as anchor stores.^[1] A movie theater was added a year later, and Children's Palace was eventually added as well^[1]. Kmart closed all of its Kresge operations in 1987 with the demise of the chain. A Mervyn's store was added in 1989. Crowley's was converted to Value City in March 2000. Mervyn's closed in 2006^[4] and is currently vacant. As of May 2007, no new anchor has been proposed in the former Mervyns. is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Sears Holdings is a proposed new retail holding company, created from the merger of Sears, Roebuck and Company of Hoffman Estates, Illinois and Kmart Holdings Corporation of Troy, Michigan. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy one of the guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia on one of the following topics: If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand the article to establish its notability, citing reliable sources. ... In retail, an anchor store, or draw tenant, is one of the larger stores in a shopping mall, usually a department store in a major retail chain, such as Macys or JCPenney. ... Child World, sometimes called Childrens Palace depending on location, is a defunct toy store chain founded in Avon, Massachusetts. ... Mervyns is a neighborhood department store based in Hayward, California. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... The current Value City logo. ...

Possible re-development

Livonia Mall has not been remodeled since it first opened, and sections of it looked very dated.^[1] Although the mall is 42 percent occupied, most of its tenants are independent, local shops. Because of the mall's condition, plans were made to convert the center to a strip mall in 2006. These plans have stalled, however, as the mall could not strike a deal with the Sears anchor; as of 2007, Livonia Mall is still open as an enclosed mall. Example of a small strip mall. A strip mall (also called a plaza) is a shopping center where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. ...

Anchors

• Sears (385,000 ft²)
• Value City (126,900 ft²)

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Former anchors

• Children's Palace (converted to Killer Paintball)
• Crowley's (opened 1978, converted to Value City in 2000)
• Kresge (closed 1987, later Children's Palace)
• Mervyn's (78,000 ft²) (opened 1980, closed 2006, vacant)
• Killer Paintball (closed 2006, vacant)

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References

External links

• Livonia Mall Official Site
• Deadmalls.com writeup