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Twelve Oaks Mall is a full line super-regional shopping mall with over 180 stores which is located in Novi, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The mall is located on the Northeast corner of Interstate 96 and Novi Road. Taubman Centers is the owner and manager of the mall, and it is anchored by Macy's, Lord & Taylor, Nordstrom, JCPenney and Sears. It is among the largest malls owned by the Taubman Corporation and one of the largest in Michigan for gross leasable area and total stores.〔Marshall, Caroll (August 23, 2007.(Twelve Oaks expansion makes mall among Tauban's biggest ). Oakland Business Review, ''MLive.com''. Retrieved on January 17, 2008.〕 The mall completed a major remodel and expansion in 2007. ==History== Twelve Oaks Mall was developed as a joint venture between A. Alfred Taubman, Homart Development, and the Dayton-Hudson Corporation, and opened on August 3, 1977, anchored by Hudson's, with Sears opening on October 1, 1977, Lord & Taylor on March 6, 1978, and finally JCPenney on May 3, 1978. The mall was designed by Victor Gruen and Richard Prince. The head builder was Richard Marrone. The mall is one of three super-regional Taubman malls built in Metro Detroit during the late 1970s, the other two being Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights and Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn. The mall was constructed on the site of a former gravel pit. Planning for the mall began around 1971. Excavation of the site began in the spring of 1975. Construction of the mall began in the fall of 1975. Prior to its development as a mall, the site was proposed to be used as a landfill. Opposition by residents and the then-Village of Novi prevented the establishment of the landfill. A regional mall was originally proposed to be built in Farmington Township (now Farmington Hills) at Thirteen Mile and Haggerty roads. Opposition to the proposal in Farmington Township and West Bloomfield Township pushed the developers west to the location in Novi. In 2002, The Taubman Corporation demolished the defunct United Artists Theatres and made way for a new "Lifestyle Cafe" food court, and allowed kiosks in the mall for the first time. This marked a change in Taubman policy, as it was originally believed that a food court would invite teenage loitering and that kiosks diminished the upscale atmosphere of the mall. In 2005, The Taubman Corporation announced a $63 million expansion project, which includes a of common space, 30 new stores, a renovation and expansion of Macy's to , and a new Nordstrom store.〔 The expansion will make Twelve Oaks Mall one of Taubman's largest mall properties.〔 Construction began in February 2006, with Clark Construction Company taking on the project. In September 2007, the new Nordstrom opened with over 40 small specialty shops including Martin + Osa (now closed), the first in Michigan. The new anchor store was built on the southeast side of the mall, adjacent to the existing Lord & Taylor store. On February 22, 2013, Taubman Centers announced that Michigan's first Cheesecake Factory would open at the mall later that year.〔Snavely, Brent. ("Cheesecake Factory is coming to Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi" ). Detroit Free Press 22 Feb 2013, n. pag. Web. 22 Feb. 2013.〕 The Cheesecake Factory opened on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. 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「Twelve Oaks Mall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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