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Malls · Michigan

Eastland Center (Harper Woods)

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedDemolishedHarper Woods, MI

Opened 1957. Closed 2021. Redeveloped in 2021.

Status nowDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
What it becameindustrialextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2021extracted, unreviewed
Walkability14.5 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Eastland Center
Eastland Center. Photo: Notorious4life (talk) (Uploads), CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile15 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
JCPenneyThis site: JCPenney wikipedia · all sites with this
Macy'sThis site: Macy's wikipedia · all sites with this
Montgomery WardThis site: Montgomery Ward wikipedia · all sites with this
SearsThis site: Sears wikipedia · all sites with this
Finance and pipeline
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/114518816975990 overture · all sites with this
Website dead or redirectingThis site: …http://www.shopeastland.com overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 39,725 on 8 Mile Rd fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 3 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
Tract house prices doubled in 10 yearsThis site: +127% fhfa · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 14.5 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Scale
Building footprint 50,000+ m²This site: 50,084 m² overture · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: …demolished extraction · all sites with this
New use
Logistics and industrialThis site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

All elements and lists · Trends

Now

StatusDemolishedextracted, unreviewed
StrategyRedevelopedextracted, unreviewed
New usesindustrialextracted, unreviewed
What is there nowdemolishedextracted, unreviewed
Retrofit year2021extracted, unreviewed
RedeveloperNorthPoint Developmentextracted, unreviewed

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Eastland Center” and “Harper Woods” (13 hits, first 13 sampled, 8 other filers such as tenants left out). Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2007-04-16 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2007 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trustML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-512007-04-16 to 2007-04-168-K 1
CMBS trustCOBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C212007-04-30 to 2007-04-308-K 1

Site context

FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m11: FAMILY DOLLAR STORES; LENS CRAFTERS INC; LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC; MACY'S EASTLAND (MI); MR ALANS MENS BOOTERY INCEPA FRS
Census tract 261635514004,447 people, 4,869 per sq mi; median household income $60,568; median gross rent $1,357; 29% renters; 10.4% vacant units; 1.4% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 14.5 of 20; 114 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 709 m; land-use mix 0.74; 135,844 jobs within 45 min by car, 83,687 by transit; 9% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 3 grocers, 6 schools, 8 parks or playgrounds, 1 health, 1 civic, 4 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 136 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Wayne County (MI), 20241,227 units in 5+ unit buildings, 344 in 2–4, 1,058 single-family; 2023: 718 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.69; socioeconomic 0.69; housing and transport 0.56; 26% below 150% of poverty; 18% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby0 within 10 km, 12 within 25 kmcomputed
Overture Mapsplace Eastland Center (shopping_mall, confidence 0.91, from Overture, meta); building footprint 50,084 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and socialwww.shopeastland.com (down or redirecting, status 403); archived 2000–2025 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views41,783 since 2015; 5,913 in the last 12 months (-22% vs the prior 12); peak 2022-03 with 1,239Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +8% (4,132 → 4,447); median income +40% ($43,413 → $60,568); renters 40% → 29%; median home value +105% ($72,400 → $148,300)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively moderate overall (score 72.4); expected annual loss $1.8M; high: inland flooding, cold wave; community resilience relatively moderateFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20235,635 establishments (-7%); 70,575 jobs (+8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $175,631 (+1% 1 yr, +21% 5 yr); typical rent $1,402/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025316 (2000 = 100); -0.3% 1 yr, +39% 5 yr, +127% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)39,725 vehicles a day on 8 Mile Rd (principal arterial, 8 lanes); 913 trucks; 15 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1957 as a Hudson's‑anchored mall, Eastland Center underwent several expansions and renovations, adding anchors like JCPenney (1975) and Montgomery Ward (1993). The mall subsequently lost major tenants—Sears (2013), Macy’s (2017), and finally K&G and Shoppers World—before being sold to NorthPoint Development in 2021 and demolished for industrial redevelopment.

Why. The mall’s decline was driven by the sequential loss of major anchor tenants and the inability to replace them, which made the property unattractive to retailers and prompted the owner to pursue demolition and industrial reuse.

Where it stands. As of 2022 the site has been demolished and is controlled by NorthPoint Development, which plans to develop warehouses and industrial buildings on the former mall footprint.

For a planner

  • Precedent: other Detroit‑area malls have been converted to industrial/logistics uses.
  • Policy tools: possible use of brownfield incentives or zoning changes to facilitate industrial reuse.
  • Open questions: what environmental remediation is required before redevelopment?
  • Open questions: what is the expected timeline for necessary infrastructure upgrades?

For a developer

  • Site size: not specified in the record.
  • Control: sole owner NorthPoint Development since 2021.
  • Entitlement stage: demolition completed; industrial redevelopment planned but no permits detailed in the record.
  • Constraints: flood risk, transit access, and environmental conditions are not described in the record.
  • Market signals: tract‑level data on demand for industrial space are absent.

What we do not know yet

  • Exact parcel size and acreage are unknown.
  • Current zoning and any pending entitlements are not detailed.
  • Presence of floodplain, wetlands, or contamination is not recorded.
  • Proximity to transit infrastructure and its suitability for industrial use is unspecified.
  • The reliability of extracted fields (e.g., year_retrofit, developer) is marked as extraction and has not been verified.

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

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History and original facts

Opened1957Wikidata
Closed2021extracted, unreviewed
Original developerHudson'sextracted, unreviewed
AnchorsMacy's, JCPenney, Sears, Target, Montgomery Ward, Burlington, Shoppers World, K&G Fashion Superstore
CountyWayne County
Census division3 · East North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Demolished shopping malls in the United States

Not yet recorded: acres, GLA. Know it? Tell us.

Background

Eastland Center was an enclosed shopping mall located in the city of Harper Woods, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1957, the mall expanded several times before finally closing in 2021. K&G Fashion Superstore and Shoppers World were its final anchor stores, with four other vacant anchors left by Sears, Target, Burlington, and Macy's.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1957 Opened (Wikidata)
  2. 1957 Opened in 1957
  3. 1975 In 1975, Eastland Center was enclosed, with JCPenney opening as an additional anchor store
  4. 1993 In 1993, Eastland underwent a major renovation and expansion. As part of this renovation, Montgomery Ward was added as a new anchor
  5. 1999 Eastland Center was acquired by the Shopco Advisory Group in 1999
  6. 2005 Shopco continued to manage the mall until selling it to Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation in 2005
  7. 2010 In 2010, the mall saw Shoppers World take over the former Steve & Barry's space
  8. 2013 Sears closed in 2013
  9. 2017 Macy's closed its store at the mall on March 19, 2017, after nearly sixty years of business under various nameplates
  10. 2021 Then, in June 2021, Kohan sold the mall to NorthPoint Development, who planned to demolish the mall and convert the property to warehouses and industrial…
  11. 2022 K&G and Shopper's World remained open for the holiday season, but were closed by the time demolition began in April 2022

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Eastland Center (Michigan) · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy, year closed
    15 quoted sentences
    finally closing in 2021
    The mall was developed in 1957 by Hudson's, a Detroit-based department store chain
    K&G and Shopper's World remained open for the holiday season, but were closed by the time demolition began in April 2022
    K&G and Shopper's World remained open for the holiday season, but were closed by the time demolition began in April 2022

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