Future of Lakeside Mall

[daisy]

I would like to offer general comments on Lakeside Mall, Partridge Creek Mall and the M59 corridor. Eddie Bauer [[now located at Partridge Creek) and Talbots moved out of Lakeside Mall. The store Territory Ahead has moved out of Partridge Creek. The store Great Indoors was located directly across from Lakeside Mall [[on M59) and they have moved out. When Great Indoors moved out Garden Ridge moved in. Garden Ridge has moved out [[relocated about 2 miles west on M59) and has been replaced by a Sears discount outlet. The store Linens and Things, previously located at the entry to Lakeside Mall is no longer in business and the building remains vacant except when they open as Halloween City to sell costumes. If Lord and Taylor was ever to move out [[as they did at Fairlane Mall) the decline of the mall will escalate.

The development along M59 is a shame. From M59 and I 94 to M59 and Mound Road there are 3 Walmarts. There are also 2 Targets, 2 Home Depots and 3 McDonalds within approximately 3-4 miles. Need I comment further? In closing I am disheartened that M59 and Gratiot is being considered for a casino site. In the event that this should occur it should not be accepted as true development or progress for a community. It will be a continuation of short sighted planning.

[fastcarsandfreedom]

I think it's important to point out that The Great Indoors and Linens N Things ceased to exist in totality - all of their locations are gone, M59 corridor included. Eddie Bauer has also drastically reduced it's bricks and mortar footprint nationally, and Talbots has done a considerable amount of "pruning" it's list of locations as well. No idea what L&T's status at Lakeside is - Detroit is one of only a handful of non-coastal markets they stayed in when they went throught their big downsizing...fair to say The Lakeside and Twelve Oaks L&Ts are complimentary - they justify each other's existence to a degree, along with the Clearance store at Great Lakes Crossing. The Lakeside L&T is nice, got a redo not too long ago...much brighter, cleaner, etc than Fairlane ever was.

I would like to offer general comments on Lakeside Mall, Partridge Creek Mall and the M59 corridor. Eddie Bauer [[now located at Partridge Creek) and Talbots moved out of Lakeside Mall. The store Territory Ahead has moved out of Partridge Creek. The store Great Indoors was located directly across from Lakeside Mall [[on M59) and they have moved out. When Great Indoors moved out Garden Ridge moved in. Garden Ridge has moved out [[relocated about 2 miles west on M59) and has been replaced by a Sears discount outlet. The store Linens and Things, previously located at the entry to Lakeside Mall is no longer in business and the building remains vacant except when they open as Halloween City to sell costumes. If Lord and Taylor was ever to move out [[as they did at Fairlane Mall) the decline of the mall will escalate.

The development along M59 is a shame. From M59 and I 94 to M59 and Mound Road there are 3 Walmarts. There are also 2 Targets, 2 Home Depots and 3 McDonalds within approximately 3-4 miles. Need I comment further? In closing I am disheartened that M59 and Gratiot is being considered for a casino site. In the event that this should occur it should not be accepted as true development or progress for a community. It will be a continuation of short sighted planning.

[mtburb]

The development along M59 is a shame. From M59 and I 94 to M59 and Mound Road there are 3 Walmarts. There are also 2 Targets, 2 Home Depots and 3 McDonalds within approximately 3-4 miles. Need I comment further? In closing I am disheartened that M59 and Gratiot is being considered for a casino site. In the event that this should occur it should not be accepted as true development or progress for a community. It will be a continuation of short sighted planning.

Well, you're speaking of what's along M-59 from I-94 to Mound and that is about a 10 mile distance. On that stretch, there is one Lowe's, one Meijer, one Costco, five Yum Brands-owned restaurants [[one KFC, three Taco Bells [[one inside Lakeside) and one Pizza Hut), one Dunkin Donuts, two Starbucks [[right across the street from each other, one of those is inside Lakeside Mall), one Tim Horton's, two movie theaters [[one inside Partridge Creek that has 14 screens and is owned by a locally-based company and the other has 30 screens and is owned by an out-of-state company) and seven-yes seven-Subways!

And wasn't those Great Indoors closures part of the same move to close 120 Sears and Kmart stores, including 6 in Metro Detroit?