# Lincoln Park Shopping Center

Lincoln Park, MI · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-3d4dea3782` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/lincoln-park-lincoln-park-shopping-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-3d4dea3782.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-3d4dea3782.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-3d4dea3782

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | a Del Taco location at the former Wendy's building | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1957 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 2019 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “In early 1957, the strip mall itself held its official grand opening with a parade of elephants on Dix Highway.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Shopping_Center
- **year_closed**: “The store closed on January 6, 2019.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Shopping_Center
- **after_notes**: “By June 2019, the former Wendy's building on Southfield Road reopened as a Del Taco location.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Shopping_Center
- **status**: “The store closed on January 6, 2019.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Shopping_Center

## Anchors

Farmer Jack, Sears

## Timeline

- 1955: Construction began
- 1956: Sears opened as first store
- 1957: Official grand opening with parade of elephants
- 1965: Harold Stulberg became manager
- 1988: Major expansion opened Star Theatres and F&M Distributors
- 2005: Fairlane Green and Independence Marketplace opened nearby
- 2015: Sears Holdings spun off properties into Seritage Growth Properties
- 2018: All connected buildings except Sears torn down
- 2019: Sears store closed
- 2019: Former Wendy's building reopened as Del Taco

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Lincoln Park Shopping Center was a shopping center located at the corner of Southfield Road and Dix Highway, mostly in Lincoln Park, Michigan, though a portion containing a former Farmer Jack supermarket and a former Wendy's restaurant lay in neighboring Allen Park. Anchored by Sears and completed by 1957, it was one of the first large-scale strip complexes in the Downriver Detroit suburbs prior to the 1970 opening of Southland Center.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Shopping_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Park_Shopping_Center

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lincoln Park Shopping Center, Lincoln Park, MI." Record m-3d4dea3782, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/lincoln-park-lincoln-park-shopping-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_lincolnparklincolnparkshoppingcenter,
  title = {Lincoln Park Shopping Center, Lincoln Park, MI},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/lincoln-park-lincoln-park-shopping-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-3d4dea3782, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.