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The Orchards Mall is an enclosed shopping mall near Benton Harbor, Michigan. Opened in 1979, it is anchored by J. C. Penney, Carson's, and Jo-Ann Fabrics. ==History== Meyer C. Weiner Company first proposed a mall called Pipestone Mall in Benton Harbor in 1974. By March 1976, Hudson's had been rumored as a potential anchor store. Westcor acquired the land in August of the same year. The mall was part of a development along Pipestone Road near Interstate 94 which also comprised a strip mall anchored by a Kmart. By 1977, Sears and J. C. Penney had been confirmed as anchors, with negotiations underway for Carson's as the third anchor. Orchards Mall was built in 1979 by Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Commercial Real Estate Reporter - Southeast )〕 with Westcor as leasing agent. It had Sears and J. C. Penney, both of which relocated from downtown Benton Harbor, as its anchor stores. It also featured a Walgreens drugstore, a York Steak House (later Ponderosa Steakhouse), and a food court. Elder-Beerman was added in 1992. Walgreens moved out of the mall in the late 1990s, and remained vacant until Jo-Ann Fabrics replaced it in the late 2000s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Orchards Mall; Benton Charter Township, Michigan - Labelscar )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New in business )〕 General Growth Properties became the mall's management in 1999. A year later, several new stores were added including Bath & Body Works, while the Casual Corner and Finish Line, Inc. stores were remodeled, and Benton Township approved a $111,000 tax cut to help attract more new businesses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exceeding expectations: Orchards Mall stages comeback )〕 General Growth sold the mall to Sequoia Investments in 2002, at which point four more businesses opened, including a Subway and a Chinese eatery in the food court.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Retail building boom stalls, but property owners count on a turnaround soon )〕 In 2003, Sears expanded its sales floor by 4,600 square feet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Business news in brief: Changes made at Orchards Mall Sears )〕 KB Toys, an original tenant, closed in 2004.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=KB Toys at Orchards Mall one of 377 going under )〕 The Ponderosa, which closed in 1997, became an Italian eatery in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BENTON TOWNSHIP Ñ By Christmas,… )〕 The same year, the Subway became a local restaurant.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New in business )〕 Sears closed its store at the mall in 2009, with some of the workers being offered jobs at the location in Portage's The Crossroads.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sears store to close in Benton Harbor; some workers may land jobs at Portage store )〕 Overflow Church purchased the building in 2012 and intended to move into it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Michigan Church selling former Sears building to Orchards Mall )〕 Elder-Beerman was converted to Carson's in 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Elder-Beerman changing names )〕 Sears returned to the mall in 2012 with its Sears Hometown format, a smaller-scale Sears store which sells major appliances and household hardware, in a spot vacated by an f.y.e. music store. At the same time, the former Sears Auto Center on a mall outparcel was reopened as a local auto repair shop.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sears returning to Orchards Mall )〕 In 2014 the mall was put up for sale; Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased it on December 9.〔 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「The Orchards Mall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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