# Northland Center Southfield, MI · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-3d14c8e5f6` · release 2026-10-21 Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/southfield-northland-center/ JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-3d14c8e5f6.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-3d14c8e5f6.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-3d14c8e5f6 ## Facts | Field | Value | Provenance | |---|---|---| | Status | under construction | documented · model extraction, unreviewed | | Strategy | redevelop, regreen | documented · model extraction, unreviewed | | New use | housing, retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed | | What is there now | Northland City Center | documented · model extraction, unreviewed | | Opened | 1954 | reported · Esri 2014 layer | | Closed | 2015 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed | | Retrofit year | 2021 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed | | Acres | 159.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed | | GLA (sq ft) | 1800000 | reported · Esri 2014 layer | | Stores at peak | 140 | reported · Esri 2014 layer | | Original developer | J. L. Hudson Company | documented · model extraction, unreviewed | | Redeveloper | Contour Companies | reported · model extraction, unreviewed | | Zoning change | mixed-use | documented · model extraction, unreviewed | | Entitlement year | 2021 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed | | Planning notes | The first phase of the redevelopment was slated to feature '1,546 new for-rent housing units, the majority of them in 14 planned five- and six-story buildings.' | reported · model extraction, unreviewed | ## Quoted support - **year_closed**: “Macy's also announced that it was closing operations at Northland Center as well, with the store closing on March 22, 2015...” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - **acres**: “Northland Center was an enclosed shopping mall on an approximately 159-acre (64 ha) site...” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - **original_developer**: “The J. L. Hudson Company, a Detroit-based department store chain, built Northland Center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - **after_notes**: “In September 2021, demolition started to pave the way for a new $403 million redevelopment project that includes large-scale housing and some retail.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - **status**: “In September 2021, demolition started to pave the way for a new $403 million redevelopment project...” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - **strategy**: “In September 2021, demolition started to pave the way for a new $403 million redevelopment project that includes large-scale housing and some retail.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - **zoning_change**: “In September 2021, demolition started to pave the way for a new $403 million redevelopment project...” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center ## Anchors Macy's, Target, National Warehouse, Montgomery Ward, J. C. Penney, TJ Maxx, Hudson's, MainStreet (Kohl's) ## Parties - Spinoso Real Estate Group — owner (from text) (1954–2008) - J. L. Hudson Company — owner (from text) (1952–1954) - Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation — owner (from text) (2008–2014) - City of Southfield — owner (from text) (2015–2017) - Contour Companies — owner (from text) (2017–2021) ## Timeline - 1952: Construction began - 1954: Opened - 1975: Enclosed - 2015: Closed - 2021: Demolition started ## Deals and debt - 2017 sale: 11000000.0 Contour Companies ← City of Southfield https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - 2015 sale: 2500000.0 City of Southfield ← Spinoso Real Estate Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - 2008 sale: 31000000.0 Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation ← Spinoso Real Estate Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center ## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened) Northland Center was an enclosed shopping mall on an approximately 159-acre (64 ha) site located near the intersection of M-10 and Greenfield Road in Southfield, Michigan, an inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Construction began in 1952 and the mall opened on March 22, 1954. Northland was a milestone for regional shopping centers in the United States. Designed by Victor Gruen, the mall initially included a four-level Hudson's with a ring of stores surrounding it. As originally built, it was an open-air pedestrian mall with arrayed structures. The mall was enclosed in 1975 and expanded several times in its history. Additions included five other department store anchors: J. C. Penney in 1975, MainStreet in 1985, and TJ Maxx, Target, and Montgomery Ward in the 1990s. Managed by Spinoso Real Estate Group, Northland Center featured approximately 100 stores. Macy's, the last anchor, closed on March 22, 2015, exactly 61 years to the date of the mall's opening. The mall was partially demolished in September 2021, and is currently being redeveloped as Northland City Center. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center ## Sources - Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center - Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02) ## Cite Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Northland Center, Southfield, MI." Record m-3d14c8e5f6, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/southfield-northland-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21). ```bibtex @misc{retrofitatlas_southfieldnorthlandcenter, title = {Northland Center, Southfield, MI}, author = {{Retrofit Atlas}}, howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/mi/southfield-northland-center/}}, year = {2026}, note = {Record m-3d14c8e5f6, 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} } ``` Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.