The Village of Rochester Hills
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Location | Rochester Hills, Michigan, United States |
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Coordinates | 42°41′02.9″N 83°11′34.2″W / 42.684139°N 83.192833°WCoordinates: 42°41′02.9″N 83°11′34.2″W / 42.684139°N 83.192833°W |
Address | 104 N. Adams Rd. Rochester Hills, MI 48309 |
Opening date | September 20, 2002 |
Developer | Robert B. Aikens & Associates |
Owner | Robert B. Aikens & Associates |
No. of stores and services | 40+ |
No. of anchor tenants | 2 (1 open, 1 vacant) |
Total retail floor area | 375,000 square feet (34,800 m2) |
No. of floors | 1 (2 in former Carson's) |
Website | www.thevorh.com |
The Village of Rochester Hills is an upscale retail lifestyle center located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, a suburb on the northern outskirts of Metro Detroit. Built in 2002, the center replaced a former enclosed shopping mall called Meadowbrook Village Mall. The Village of Rochester Hills features more than forty inline tenants as well as one anchor store: Whole Foods Market. The second anchor store, Carson's closed on August 29, 2018, and will be replaced by Von Maur in March 2022.[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]
In 2006 and 2007, Belk acquired the Parisian name and converted most of the Parisian stores to the Belk name,[10] although the three Parisian stores in Michigan were sold to The Bon-Ton, which retained the Parisian name for these stores. 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 was re-branded to Carson's in January 2013.[12]
On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Carson's would be closing due to The Bon-Ton going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018.[13] The store was sold to Von Maur, which plans to open there in Spring 2022.[14]
In April 2019, Barnes & Noble opened a new store at the Village. This is a concept store, smaller than most Barnes & Noble locations.
References[]
- ^ "The History of MeadowBrook Village Mall". rochestermedia.com. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ^ "Michigan". Chain Store Age: E–70. 1974.
- ^ a b Brandon Boswell (2001-09-01). "Center Profile: A Lifestyle Change". Retail Traffic. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "When the Walls Come Tumblin' Down". Retail Operations and Construction. 2001-07-16. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ 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]
- ^ "Traffic Patterns". Retail Traffi Mag. 2005-04-01. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Lorene Yue (2002-09-20). "New Detroit-Area Mall Mimics Old Downtown". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Jennifer Bott (2002-07-12). "Catalog Company to Open First Michigan Store". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ Brent Snavely (2002-12-09). "Parisian feels magnifique over results in Detroit area". Crain's Detroit Business. Retrieved 2009-10-28.[dead link]
- ^ "Belk, Inc. Announces Agreement With Saks Incorporated to Acquire Parisian Department Stores". PR Newswire. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ "Rochester Hills Whole Foods to move". The Detroit News. 2007-08-01. Retrieved 2009-10-28.
- ^ http://www.freep.com/article/20130109/FEATURES13/130109081/Parisian-Bon-Ton-Stores-renamed-Carson-s
- ^ https://www.downtownpublications.com/single-post/2018/04/13/Rochester-Hills-Carsons-in-Village-to-close
- ^ https://www.freep.com/story/money/business/2019/10/30/carsons-rochester-hills-von-maur/4100257002/
External links[]
- Shopping malls established in 2002
- Shopping malls in Oakland County, Michigan
- Lifestyle centers (retail)
- 2002 establishments in Michigan