The Village of Rochester Hills

The Village of Rochester Hills
2021
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LocationRochester Hills, Michigan, United States
Coordinates42°41′02.9″N 83°11′34.2″W / 42.684139°N 83.192833°W / 42.684139; -83.192833
Address104 N. Adams Rd. Rochester Hills, MI 48309
Opening dateSeptember 20, 2002 (2002-09-20)
DeveloperRobert B. Aikens & Associates
OwnerRobert B. Aikens & Associates
No. of stores and services40+
No. of anchor tenants2
Total retail floor area375,000 square feet (34,800 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in Von Maur)
Websitewebsite

The Village of Rochester Hills is a lifestyle center located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit. Built in 2002, the center replaced a former enclosed shopping mall called Meadowbrook Village Mall. The Village of Rochester Hills features the traditional retailers Von Maur and Whole Foods Market, in addition to prominent specialty retailers such as Williams Sonoma, Talbot's, Banana Republic, Chico's, J.Jill, and Pottery Barn.[1]

History

The northeastern corner of Walton Boulevard and Adams Road in Rochester Hills, Michigan was originally occupied by Meadowbrook Village Mall. This was a small enclosed shopping mall built in 1976,[2] which did not feature any major anchor stores,[3] and Frank's Nursery & Crafts as the largest tenant.[4]

Starting in the mid-1980s, Meadowbrook Village Mall's owners, Robert B. Aikens & Associates, had made unsuccessful attempts to attract national chain stores to the mall. In 1996, the company made the decision to demolish the property for a lifestyle center complex anchored by a Parisian department store and a Farmer Jack Food Emporium supermarket,[3] with the other stores arranged along a "main street."[5] The Village of Rochester Hills opened on September 20, 2002 as the Detroit area's first lifestyle center,[6] with more than fifty inline tenants, including the largest Talbots clothing store in the state,[7] and the state's first Coldwater Creek.[8] Upon opening the Village of Rochester Hills store, Detroit became the second most-profitable market for the Parisian chain.[9][10] Farmer Jack closed the last of its stores in 2007 when its parent company, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company (A&P), decided to exit the Detroit market, and Whole Foods Market moved from an existing store into the former Farmer Jack building.[11]

Parisian became Carson's in January 2013.[12]

On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Carson's would shutter after it wasn't able to establish any new conditions to satisfy its established long-term debt.[13] In 2019, it was announced Von Maur would begin overhauling the structure.[14] The new Von Maur store, the chain's fourth Michigan location, initially had planned on opening in the fall of 2020, however it opened a year and a half later on March 19, 2022, due to COVID-19.[15]

In April 2019, Barnes & Noble opened a new store at the Village.

References

  1. ^ "The History of MeadowBrook Village Mall". rochestermedia.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
  2. ^ "Michigan". Chain Store Age: E–70. 1974.
  3. ^ a b Brandon Boswell (2001-09-01). "Center Profile: A Lifestyle Change". Retail Traffic. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  4. ^ "When the Walls Come Tumblin' Down". Retail Operations and Construction. 2001-07-16. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  5. ^ Brent Snavely (2002-08-05). "Article: Street dreams; It's hardly a city, but Bruce Aikens hopes the Village of Rochester Hills will function like a downtown shopping district". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 2009-10-28. [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Traffic Patterns". Retail Traffi Mag. 2005-04-01. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  7. ^ Lorene Yue (2002-09-20). "New Detroit-Area Mall Mimics Old Downtown". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  8. ^ Jennifer Bott (2002-07-12). "Catalog Company to Open First Michigan Store". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  9. ^ Brent Snavely (2002-12-09). "Parisian feels magnifique over results in Detroit area". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 2009-10-28. [dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Belk, Inc. Announces Agreement With Saks Incorporated to Acquire Parisian Department Stores". PR Newswire. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  11. ^ "Rochester Hills Whole Foods to move". The Detroit News. 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
  12. ^ "Michigan Parisian Stores To Become Carson's Stores - CBS Detroit". CBS Detroit. January 2, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
  13. ^ "Rochester Hills Carson's in Village to close". 13 April 2018.
  14. ^ "Village of Rochester Hills to welcome Von Maur department store". www.candgnews.com. Retrieved 2022-03-20.
  15. ^ Haddad, Ken (2022-03-14). "Von Maur opening store at Village of Rochester Hills, first new store in area since 2008". WDIV. Retrieved 2022-03-20.