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Former Kmart property in Plymouth Township

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedRetrofit builtPlymouth Township, MI

Completed medical/retail retrofit on a minor arterial road; no active opportunity remains. · summary, model-written

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Former anchors

Kmart

This site: Kmart wikipedia · all sites with this

Scale

Under 20 acres

This site: 9 acres newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Strategy

Redeveloped

This site: Henry Ford Health 120,000 square foot, multi-story medical center and a ~10,000 square foot convenience retail center record · all sites with this

New use

Medical and health

This site: Henry Ford Health 120,000 square foot, multi-story medical center and a ~10,000 square foot convenience retail center newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

Retail (continued)

This site: -story medical center and a ~10,000 square foot convenience retail center newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

Status	Retrofit builtWikipedia no source
Strategy	RedevelopedWikipedia no source
New uses	healthcare, retailWikipedia no source
What is there now	Henry Ford Health 120,000 square foot, multi-story medical center and a ~10,000 square foot convenience retail centernewtypes-extraction reported
Developer	Grand Sakwa Propertiesnewtypes-extraction

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Official records (3)

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Wayne County (26163) profile (data.census.gov)from data.census.gov
FEMA flood map (NFHL) at this point (search)from msc.fema.gov
EPA ECHO facilities within 1 milefrom echo.epa.gov

Reference (3)

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Wikimedia Commons photos within 500 mfrom commons.wikimedia.org
Retrofitting Suburbia (book site)from retrofittingsuburbia.com
Plymouth Charter Township, Michigan on Wikipediafrom en.wikipedia.org

Place (8)

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USGS National Mapfrom apps.nationalmap.gov

Market (1)

listings and owner pages; commercial, so search engines are told not to follow

LoopNet: for sale in Plymouth Township, MI (search)from city search

News (2)

news searches and archived pages

Google News: “Former Kmart property in Plymouth Township” (search)from name search
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History and original facts

Acres	9.0newtypes-extraction reported
Anchors	Kmart
County	Wayne County
Census division	3 · East North Central
Notes	Draft from jasonmiller15.substack.com, model-extracted, unreviewed: A former Kmart property in Plymouth Township, MI, was redeveloped by Grand Sakwa Properties into a 120,000 sqft Henry Ford Health medical center and a 10,000 sqft convenience retail center.

Not yet recorded: GLA, year opened, original developer, retrofit year. Know it? Tell us.

Planning

No zoning change, subsidy or policy tool recorded for this site.

Site context

Housing permits, Wayne County (MI), 2024	1,227 units in 5+ unit buildings, 344 in 2–4, 1,058 single-family; 2023: 718 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby	0 within 10 km, 11 within 25 kmcomputed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	64,685 jobs in 5,616 establishments; average annual pay $41,403; employment location quotient 0.91; employment +0.9% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2021	391 jobs; 8 in retail trade, 0 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 26163562300)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2021
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)	children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 51st income percentile as adults; -1.6% incarcerated at the 2010 count (30 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-access at 1 mile, not low-income; 67% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 2.2%; median family income $125,132; 30 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Plymouth-Canton Community Schools (KG-12); 2 public schools within 1 mile: Bird Elementary School; West Middle SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation	786 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	201 county-logged events: 138 thunderstorm wind, 20 hail, 19 flood, 16 flash flood; $211,185,500 property damage reported; 1 direct deaths; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 48170, 2026-09	median list price $534,495 (+7.3% on the year); 88 active listings; median 41 days on market; 18% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	5,635 establishments (-7%); 70,575 jobs (+8%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $175,631 (+1% 1 yr, +21% 5 yr); typical rent $1,402/mo (+4% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	13,724 vehicles a day on N Territorial Rd (minor arterial, 2 lanes); 35 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

The former Kmart site (9 acres) in Plymouth Township, MI, has been redeveloped into a Henry Ford Health medical center (120,000 sq ft, multi-story) and a ~10,000 sq ft convenience retail center. The project is complete (status: built).

Why. The retrofit is already constructed, as confirmed by 'after_notes' and 'status'. The 'opp_score' is 0.0 with reason 'retrofit already built', indicating no current redevelopment opportunity remains.

Where it stands. Developer Grand Sakwa Properties completed the project. Housing market data (ZHVI $175,631, ZORI $1,402) and traffic (13,724 ADT on minor arterial road) are provided but not directly tied to the current use.

For a planner

Completed medical/retail project on a minor arterial road (N Territorial Rd) with 13,724 ADT.
Housing market shows 5-year ZHVI growth (20.7%) and 5-year ZORI growth (25.5%).

For a developer

No active redevelopment opportunity exists (retrofit already built).
Peer examples (e.g., Midtown Square Mall, City Center) show similar redevelopments but are not applicable to this site’s current status.

What we do not know yet

No occupancy or performance data for the new uses is provided.
No timeline for the project’s completion is specified beyond 'status: built'.

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retrofit already built

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Sources

From 3,000 to 2 Stores - What Happened To The Kmart Real Estate?
1 quoted sentence
a former Kmart property in the Metro Detroit suburb of Plymouth Township

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Former Kmart property in Plymouth Township, Plymouth Township, MI." Record n-c978d7b868, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/mi/plymouth-township-former-kmart-property-in-plymouth-township/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_plymouthtownshipformerkmartpropertyinply,
  title = {Former Kmart property in Plymouth Township, Plymouth Township, MI},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/big-box/mi/plymouth-township-former-kmart-property-in-plymouth-township/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-c978d7b868, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}

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