The Crossroads (Portage, Michigan)
The Crossroads is a shopping mall located in Portage, Michigan. The mall features three anchor stores, as well as 100 stores and a food court. The Crossroads Mall has been owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group 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 15th. The store's final day of business was November 10, 2019.
