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The "retail apocalypse" has accelerated and I'm wondering if Twelve Oaks will still be so immune and be able to pull out of it now. Certainly Novi overall is looking really overdone to me for this...

My thoughts are that as long as people are getting around in cars and 5 freeways come together right there, that land is always going to be some big regional draw. One of the early proposed sites...

I'm not so sure Taubman has much control over what's happening though. I too am sure they've seen it coming for many years.

The financing/partnership model that Taubman used to build Twelve Oaks...

Yes, I do remember the 1996-ish renovation on Sears. They also painted the exterior brick from a dark brown to the hodgepodge of beige it is today and finally updated the logo that had been changed...

Oh, as for the department stores:

Macy's got a comprehensive gut renovation in 2007 just as the Marshall-Field's transfer was taking place. It's considered a flagship store. But built to MF...

I wouldn't say it's too outdated, the design was very advanced yet conservative [[which has helped), it has performed much better in longevity than most other malls from the late-1970s. I think...

Well I suppose I could mean aging in two ways: the population and the city itself [[and the planning principles it was developed on). I'm certainly no expert on anything, but it seems to me like a lot...

I've noticed a lot of vacancies too, some of which advertised new stores. That's inevitable in any mall. I saw one store that said it would open in Summer 2018. That was around Halloween. I saw a few...