Quote Originally Posted by Bham1982 View Post
No, it's definitely the area. Retailers like Target aren't exactly struggling; it's Eastland that's struggling.

That mall was solidly middle class 20-30 years ago, with lots of GP shoppers and the like, and now primarily attracts poorer households from the East Side ghettohoods. Middle class Macomb shoppers mostly go to Partridge Creek, which is successful.



Canada isn't as over-retailed as the U.S., so very odd. The major Toronto malls like Yorkdale and Sherway do quite well.

In any case, Detroit- area retailers in good locations do very well, and there are few vacancies in Metro Detroit "A" locations. Good luck finding any space at Somerset or in the big box cluster around Twelve Oaks.
I was responding to the quote regarding the whole metro Detroit area, not the Eastland Mall.