Opening date 1979 Opened 1979 Number of stores and services 34 (as of November 2016) | Management Danielle Southerland Phone +1 269-927-4467 Number of anchor tenants 3 | |
Location Benton Township, Michigan Developer Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation Owner Kohan Retail Investment Group No. of stores and services 34 (as of November 2016) Address 1800 Pipestone Road, Benton Harbor, MI 49022, United States Hours Open today · 8:30AM–9PMFriday8:30AM–9PMSaturday8:30AM–9PMSunday9:30AM–6PMMonday8:30AM–9PMTuesday8:30AM–9PMWednesday8:30AM–9PMThursday8:30AM–9PMSuggest an edit Similar The Shops at Westshore, Adrian Mall, Maple Hill Pavilion, Hampton Square Mall, Brighton Mall Profiles | ||
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The Orchards Mall is an enclosed shopping mall near Benton Harbor, Michigan. Opened in 1979, it is anchored by J. C. Penney, Carson's, and Jo-Ann Fabrics.
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History
Meyer C. Weiner Company first proposed a mall called Pipestone Mall in Benton Harbor in 1974. By March 1976, Hudson's had been rumored as a potential anchor store. Westcor acquired the land in August of the same year. The mall was part of a development along Pipestone Road near Interstate 94 which also comprised a strip mall anchored by a Kmart. By 1977, Sears and J. C. Penney had been confirmed as anchors, with negotiations underway for Carson's as the third anchor.
Orchards Mall was built in 1979 by Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation with Westcor as leasing agent. It had Sears and J. C. Penney, both of which relocated from downtown Benton Harbor, as its anchor stores. It also featured a Walgreens drugstore, a York Steak House (later Ponderosa Steakhouse), and a food court. Elder-Beerman was added in 1992. Walgreens moved out of the mall in the late 1990s, and remained vacant until Jo-Ann Fabrics replaced it in the late 2000s.
General Growth Properties became the mall's management in 1999. A year later, several new stores were added including Bath & Body Works, while the Casual Corner and Finish Line, Inc. stores were remodeled, and Benton Township approved a $111,000 tax cut to help attract more new businesses. General Growth sold the mall to Sequoia Investments in 2002, at which point four more businesses opened, including a Subway and a Chinese eatery in the food court. In 2003, Sears expanded its sales floor by 4,600 square feet. KB Toys, an original tenant, closed in 2004. The Ponderosa, which closed in 1997, became an Italian eatery in 2007. The same year, the Subway became a local restaurant.
Sears closed its store at the mall in 2009, with some of the workers being offered jobs at the location in Portage's The Crossroads. Overflow Church purchased the building in 2012 and intended to move into it. Elder-Beerman was converted to Carson's in 2011. Sears returned to the mall in 2012 with its Sears Hometown format, a smaller-scale Sears store which sells major appliances and household hardware, in a spot vacated by an f.y.e. music store. At the same time, the former Sears Auto Center on a mall outparcel was reopened as a local auto repair shop.
In 2014 the mall was put up for sale; Kohan Retail Investment Group purchased it on December 9.