Rogers Plaza

Rogers Plaza
Location Wyoming, Michigan, U.S.
Address 972 28th Street Southwest
Opening date 1961
Developer Pioneer Shopping Centers, Inc.[1]
Owner Sun Valley Ltd.
No. of anchor tenants 3
Total retail floor area 365,572 square feet (34,000 m2)[2]
No. of floors 1

Rogers Plaza is an enclosed shopping mall in Wyoming, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Opened in 1961, it was the first shopping mall in Western Michigan. The center features Family Fare and OfficeMax among its major stores.

History

Built in 1960, the mall originally included S. S. Kresge and W. T. Grant variety stores, Kroger and A&P supermarkets, Cunningham Drug, and Montgomery Ward.[3] An adjacent development, Southwest Plaza, opened one year later with a Wurzburg's department store.[4] Mall developers were initially unsuccessful in attracting a department store for the eastern anchor, but by 1971, a Turn Style discount store had opened on the east end. This store was the subject of a lawsuit from Kresge.[1] By 1990, the mall's east anchor had become Best Products.[5]

In 2001 and 2002, the mall underwent a 14-month renovation project. As part of the renovation, the vacated Montgomery Ward was demolished for a Family Fare supermarket and AJ Wright discount store.[6] AJ Wright closed in February 2011[7] and became CW Price in August of the same year.[8]

The mall was purchased by Sun Valley Ltd. in June 2012. At the time, other major tenants included Big Lots, Harbor Freight Tools, Old Country Buffet, Citi Trends, OfficeMax, and MC Sports.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 "ROGERS PLAZA, INC. v. S.S. KRESGE CO.". Leagle.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "Three Popular Tenants Renew at Rogers Plaza Town Center". CB Richard Ellis. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Michigan". CSA Super Markets (Lebhar-Friedman) 36: 49. 1960.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Norma; DeVries, Jay. Wyoming. pp. 56–57. C1 control character in |pages= at position 4 (help)
  5. ↑ Directory of major malls. MJJTM Publications Corp. 1990.
  6. ↑ Rent, Katy (30 October 2002). "Rogers Plaza set for reopening". Grand Rapids Business Journal. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Wyoming's AJ Wright store to close in February". WZZM. 11 December 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  8. ↑ Vande Bunte, Matt (11 September 2011). "Wyoming sets hearing on bigger-than-allowed CW Price sign". Mlive.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Harger, Jim (5 June 2012). "West Michigan's oldest shopping mall has new owners". Mlive.com. Retrieved 29 August 2014.

Coordinates: 42°54′44″N 85°41′26″W / 42.9123°N 85.6906°W / 42.9123; -85.6906

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