Southland Center, Taylor, MI

An enclosed mall, Southland Center is located in Taylor, Michigan at 23000 Eureka Road. Taylor is a suburb of Detroit. The Detroit area has four malls considered the Land Malls because they are Southland, Northland, Eastland, and Westland. Southland Center opened a little later than the other malls. The official opening was 1970. This mall was developed by Hudson Corporation, but later turned over to General Growth Properties or GGP.

GGP is a real estate investment trust with over a hundred different properties in the United States. They are an older company, having been formed in 1954. This company is well known for their management of malls helping to make Southland Center a place to shop. Southland Center has 108 stores with 4 anchor tenants at the moment. The entire mall is but one floor; however, JC Penney has two floors and Macy's has 3 floors.

Hudson built their store in the mall center to make it the primary focus. There were two other anchors at the time the mall was opened: Woolworth and Kroger Supermarket. The mall also had a movie theater that opened within a few weeks of the mall. In 1976 the mall expanded for JC Penney and Kroger left. A number of renovations to the mall occurred over the next few decades, offering new and different stores. Eventually the original three anchor stores left. In the case of Hudson it was converted to Marshall Field's before becoming Macy's all under the Hudson-Target- Macy progression. Today besides Macy's and JC Penney, the anchors are Borders Books and Music and Best Buy.

Throughout the year, Southland Center offers many events including sales events. The events can be set up for a specific store, be mall wide, or are hosted by the mall like photos with Santa. Mall walkers are welcome in the mornings before the mall officially opens. Mall hours, when it is not a holiday, will be Monday through Saturday 10am to 9pm, and Sunday 12pm to 6pm.

Dining in a casual restaurant is possible at Big Boy, Macy's Lakeshore Grill, Olga's Kitchen or Ruby Tuesday. There are other eateries at the mall in the food court area. These places include A Different Twist Pretzel Company, Bear Claw Coffee, Pretzel Peddler, Cinnabon, Sawa, Dairy Queen, Orange Julius, Sbarro, Subway, and Mrs. Fields Cookies.

Southland Center caters to many different shoppers with almost any budget. Stores at the mall are 5-7-9, Aeropostale, Man Alive, Majic Windows, American Eagle Outfitters, Bath and Body Works, Motherhood Maternity, Motif Jewelers, Mr. Sam Tailor, and MW Tux. Other stores include Buckle, New York and Co., Champ Sports, Ocean Blue, Charlotte Russe, Olan Mills Portrait Studio, China Capital Arts, Christopher and Banks, and PacSun.

The mall offers a number of clothing, shoe, and accessory shops like Payless, CJ Banks, Pearle Vision, Claire's, Piercing Pagoda, President Tuxedo, Disney Store, Express, Radio Shack, Finish Line, and Rave. Teenagers and adults will find clothing that is in fashion, and often sales are held to offer great deals.