The Crossroads (Portage, Michigan) facts for kids
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| Location | Portage, Michigan, USA |
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| Coordinates | 42°13′13″N 85°35′39″W / 42.2203°N 85.5943°W |
| Opening date | July 24, 1980 |
| Developer | Westcor, Dayton-Hudson Corporation |
| Management | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| No. of stores and services | 100 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 (3 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 769,801 square feet (71,516.9 m2) |
| No. of floors | 2 |
| Parking | 4006 |
The Crossroads is a shopping mall located in Portage, Michigan. The mall features 100 stores and a food court. The anchor stores are JCPenney, Burlington, and Macy's. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears. The Crossroads Mall has been owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group (and predecessor General Growth Properties) since 1999.
History
The Crossroads Mall opened in Portage, Michigan, in 1980. At the time, it was the only two-level mall in Michigan outside Metro Detroit. JCPenney and Hudson's were the first two anchor stores, with Sears opening in 1982. Westcor built the mall in association with the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, which owned the Hudson's chain at the time. The mall was built on South Westnedge Avenue south of Interstate 94. Tenants on opening day included Arby's, Casual Corner, Claire's, County Seat, B. Dalton, Hickory Farms, Kinney Shoes, and Consumer Value Stores. Mervyns was later added as a fourth anchor, opening in 1989.
General Growth Properties acquired the mall in 1999, and a food court was added in the early 2000s.
Hudson's was renamed Marshall Field's in 2001, and subsequently became Macy's in September 2006. Mervyns closed in early 2006 along with the rest of the chain's Michigan stores, and Burlington Coat Factory opened its first Kalamazoo store in the space vacated by Mervyn's. In August 2019 Sears announced they would be closing their Crossroads location with liquidation sales starting on August 15. The store's final day of business was November 10, 2019.
