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Maple Hill Pavilion (formerly Maple Hill Mall) is a strip mall serving the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Maple Hill Mall became a dead mall after several years of decline and the loss of several major tenants. The center has since been re-developed as a strip mall called Maple Hill Pavilion which features DSW Shoe Warehouse, Hobby Lobby, Marshalls, PetSmart, Pier One Imports, Office Max, Rooms Today, and Target as its anchor stores. Maple Hill Pavilion is managed by Kimco Realty. ==History== Maple Hill Mall opened in 1971 on West Main Street (M-43) on the northwestern side of Kalamazoo. Originally anchoring the mall were Montgomery Ward, as well as three local department stores: Grand Rapids-based Steketee's and Wurzburg's, as well as Kalamazoo-based Gilmore Brothers. A combination Turn Style/Jewel Food Stores was located next to Wurzburg's, but was detached from the mall.〔http://books.google.com/books?id=gtMSAQAAMAAJ&q=%22maple+hill+mall%22+%22wurzburg%27s%22&dq=%22maple+hill+mall%22+%22wurzburg%27s%22&hl=en&ei=P90tTtfPCqL10gHPyaTlDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA〕 Wurzburg's would later close in the 1970s and be converted to mall space. In the mid 1980s, Turn Style closed and was replaced with Meijer Square, a failed concept store of Grand Rapids-based superstore chain Meijer, as well as the only Meijer store to be located in an enclosed mall. Meijer Square was strictly a discount department store, lacking the full-line grocery section normally found at Meijer stores. By the early 1990s, Meijer re-located to West Main and 9th Street; the old Meijer Square location was demolished and replaced with Target. Gilmore Brothers closed in 1995.〔Rootsweb.com: Kalamazoo Co. History, Page 6 http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikalama/kalamazoohistory2d.htm#GILMORE%20BROTHERS〕 The former Gilmore Brothers became mall space. Montgomery Ward and Steketee's closed in 2000 and 2003, respectively.〔MiBiz - Michigan's Business Advocate: Sometimes smaller is better in world of Kalamazoo retail http://mibiz.com/absolutenm/templates/template.asp?articleid=2235&zoneid=34〕 Without the draw of its anchor stores, the mall lost customer traffic and many inline tenants. Several big box tenants were opened in the late 1990s and early 2000s to fill the increasing number of vacancies, including Office Max and Marshalls. Kimco Realty acquired the dying mall in 2003, with plans for renovation. Value City Furniture and Hobby Lobby opened in 2004, each taking half of the former Montgomery Ward. Immediately prior to demolition, only four inline tenants remained - GNC, Dollar Tree, Regis Hairsylists and Glamour Nails (a nail salon). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maple Hill Pavilion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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