Laurel Park Place is an enclosed

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located in the city of

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

, a suburb of

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, United States. The mall, which is managed by

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, features approximately 60 restaurants and stores. Laurel Park Place includes a Phoenix movie theater, restaurants, a food court, the attached Livonia

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hotel, and an office building. In 2004, Laurel Park Place had $409 per sq ft of sales, above the threshold for class A mall properties.CBL & Associates Properties Announces Closing on Acquisition of Laurel Park Place in Livonia, MI
''BNET''. Retrieved on July 4, 2009. It is located near the intersection of I-275 and 6 Mile Rd. The mall's anchor stores are

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, Von Maur,

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, and

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. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once

Carson's Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still ope ...

History

Laurel Park Place was developed by Schostak Bros & Co. of

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. The mall opened in 1989,Laurel Park Place sold to developer
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as its anchor store. This store was the largest Jacobson's in the chain. Parisian opened its first Michigan location at the mall in August 1994. The store was part of a expansion that included additional mall space at the northern end. Jacobson's declared bankruptcy and closed the last of its stores in 2002, and their store at Laurel Park Place was replaced a year later by Von Maur.

acquired a 70%

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interest in the mall from Schostak Bros. & Co. in 2005. Schostak has since moved its headquarters into Laurel Park Place's office complex. In 2007, Laurel Park Place was one of three Detroit-area shopping malls to install

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s throughout the mall, advertising businesses within the mall itself. A food court was added next to the Marriott hotel in 2008, the food court is mostly abandoned as of 2020. Parisian was re-branded to

in January 2013. On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Carson's would be closing as parent company

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was going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018. On November 15, 2019,

opened a 45,000-square-foot (4,200 m²) store in the lower level of the former Carson's.

References

External links

Official website
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