Laurel Park Place, Livonia, MI

CBL and Associates offers over 130 malls throughout the United States, including Laurel Park Place in Livonia, Michigan. This mall is an enclosed shopping center in a suburb of Detroit. The mall was opened in 1989 by Schostak Brothers and Company. It currently has 74 stores with 2 anchor tenants all on one floor. The total retail space is 5-6, 685 square feet.

The mall is part of a larger complex with the Marriott Hotel, an office tower, and the Phoenix Theatres Movie Theatre. When the mall first opened the hotel and office building was part of it along with Jacobson's as the anchor store. In 1994 Parisian opened as the second anchor. Jacobson's was unable to remain at the mall when in 2002 the company filed for bankruptcy. This left the tenant spot open for Von Maur, which moved in a year later. This mall is one of the more progressive as one of three Detroit malls to add big screen televisions throughout the mall for store advertising. In 2008 a food court was finally added to the mall near the Marriott Hotel entrance.

Mall hours are Monday to Saturday 10am to 9pm. The mall is also open Sunday from noon to 6pm. Hours can vary in the department stores and for special events. For example mall walkers are allowed in the mall in the mornings. Christmas, New Year's, and Thanksgiving are just three of the holidays that can affect normal operating hours. Laurel Park Place does offer special events like photos with Santa and the Easter Bunny, as well as sales events.

At Laurel Park Place Mall shoppers can expect numerous stores for their shopping needs like A-Studios, Aeropostale, Always Irish, American Eagle Outfitters, Ann Taylor, Art Is In Market, Bath Fitter, Bath and Body Works, and Bee Waxed Salon. Also included in the shopping repertoire are Blondie's Salon and Spa, Borders Express, Brookstone, Calendar Club, Celebrity Pets Company, charisma Salon, Claire's, Coldwater Creek, Crazy 8, and Easy Spirit. Eddie Bauer, European Spa Boutique, Foto Fix, Franklin Covey, Gap, Go the Game, Gymboree, Heat It, Her Styler, J Trends, Johnston and Murphy, and the Limited are a few of the other shops.

In the food court one can expect to find Asian Too, Bistro X, Charley's Grilled Subs, and Sbarro. The mall has a number of speciality foods and restaurants. These locations include Bar Louie, California Pizza Kitchen, The Coffee Beanery, Leo's Coney Island, Max and Emma's, Mrs. Field's Cookies, Olga's Kitchen, Sanders, Subway, Sweet Lorraines, Auntie Anne's, Java Hope, and Sorella's Cupcakes.

The Marriott Hotel adjoining the mall makes it a good place to stay for visitors looking to shop. It is also a good place for business travelers. The businesses in this part of Detroit including the office tower combined with the hotel place tourists in a good spot. The hotel also has convention rooms for groups of individuals to meet, with a number of restaurant choices for catering. Laurel Park Place is one of the only malls that offers a hotel attached to it in Michigan.