Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk
Shopping mall in Michigan, United States
Entrance on Twelve Mile Road
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Location | Novi, Michigan , United States |
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Coordinates | 42°29′31″N 83°28′55″W / 42.492°N 83.482°W / 42.492; -83.482 |
Opening date | 2002 |
Developer | PLC Novi West, Schostak Corporation |
Management | Transwestern |
Owner | Transwestern |
No. of stores and services | 20 |
No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
Total retail floor area | 737,000 square feet (68,469.5 m 2 ) |
No. of floors | 1 |
Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk is an open-air lifestyle center retail complex located across from the super-regional Twelve Oaks Mall in the city of Novi , Michigan , a suburb of Detroit . The center features Dick's Sporting Goods as its anchor store , as well as a movie theater , game room , and several restaurants.
History
After initial delays that saw the cancellation of two proposed anchor stores (a Jillian's and a movie theater), [1] construction began on Fountain Walk in late 2001. The mall's owner, PLC Novi West, initially worked with Taubman Centers and Ramco-Gershenson , two Detroit-area based developers; Schostak Corporation was later hired as a leasing agent. [2]
The first stores to open were Galyan's Trading Company and The Great Indoors . [3] A year later, the rest of the mall opened to the public. [3] Additional renovations brought Emagine Novi - an 18-screen movie theater- and a game room called Lucky Strike to the center. [2] The entire Galyan's chain was acquired and re-branded by Dick's Sporting Goods in 2004. Later that year, the mall's developers filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy . [2]
Difficulty of access to the mall has been cited as a factor limiting the center's growth, [4] as the mall lacks visibility from 12 Mile Road, Novi Road, and Interstate 96 , the three major roads that surround it. The center has been no more than seventy percent leased since its opening, and several major tenants have closed. [5] Modern Skate & Surf announced on its website that it was moving because "the landlord is remodeling the mall and our building will be torn down." [6]
On August 14, 2019, Sears Outlet closed. Floor & Decor will soon move into the vacated store.
Redevelopment
Approximately 60,000 square feet (5,574.2 m 2 ) of the mall was demolished in 2006 and re-developed; [5] similarly, another large part of the mall which housed Modern Skate was demolished in July 2008. [7] Additional big-box stores were added during the renovation, including a Powerhouse Gym. [8] The center was also renamed Twelve Mile Crossing at Fountain Walk. [9] Cost Plus World Market announced the closure of all its Detroit locations in April 2008. [10] The middle portion of the mall was then torn down, and a large section of retail space was converted to a gym. After parent company Sears closed all of its Great Indoors stores in 2012, the location at Fountain Walk was converted to a Sears Outlet store. [11] Mall developers have also presented the City of Novi with a plan to construct multiple tenant buildings along with a large retail/supermarket space to be built behind Dick's.
References
- ↑ "Rocky road to Novi; Fountain Walk ready to go after overcoming early pitfalls.(Cover Story)(Brief Article)" . Crain's Detroit Business . 2002-09-16. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16 . Retrieved 2007-08-22 .
- 1 2 3 "Mall owner's bankruptcy filing doesn't faze tenants" . Oakland Press.com . 2004-09-21. Archived from the original on September 7, 2006 . Retrieved 2007-08-22 .
- 1 2 "Retailers debut at Detroit's Fountain Walk retail project" . Detroit Building Trades.com . 2001-12-07 . Retrieved 2007-08-22 .
- ↑ "Novi takes tough stand on growth" . Detroit News . 2005-06-26 . Retrieved 2007-08-22 . [ dead link ]
- 1 2 "Fountain Walk to be remodeled" . Oakland Press.com . 2006-06-24. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 . Retrieved 2007-08-22 .
- ↑ "Modern Skate & Surf website" . Archived from the original on 2007-10-11 . Retrieved 2007-09-15 .
- ↑ "Fountain Walk to be remodeled" . Oakland Press.com . Archived from the original on September 28, 2007 . Retrieved 2007-08-07 .
- ↑ "Library building authority approved" . HometownLife.com . 2007-08-16. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27 . Retrieved 2007-08-22 .
- ↑ Marshall, Carroll (2007-10-18). "Fountain Walk redevelopment steps forward with $50M loan" . Mlive.com . Retrieved 2007-11-13 .
- ↑ Jackett, Chris (2008-04-03). "Fountain Walk developments moving smoothly" . HometownLife.com . Retrieved 2008-06-01 . [ dead link ]
- ↑ "Sears Outlet to Open in Fountain Walk" . 24 July 2012.
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