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in 1997. Plans were also made to divide the former Montgomery Ward space into smaller shops. Eventually, occupancy at Universal Mall rebounded to 75%, although by 2007 it had declined to 48% (in part due to the closure of Mervyns' Michigan operations in 2006).
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The mall was closed in June 2008 and demolition began on the 23rd of that month, leaving only the Burlington Coat Factory, AJ Wright, theater and former Value City. The rest has been replaced by a strip containing 35 tenants, including
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before dropping the Crowley's name entirely. Many of Universal Mall's major chain tenants either moved to other malls, or closed up entirely. By the end of the 1990s, Universal Mall's occupancy was below 35%, and it became a
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In 1997, the F. W. Woolworth chain closed the last of its stores, leaving a large vacancy in the northern wing. Three years later, Montgomery Ward closed the last of its stores as well. Also in 1999, Value City acquired the
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Universal Mall to fill Woolworth's space with Burlington Coat Factory.(Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., Universal Mall Properties L.L.C.)(Brief Article)
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was confirmed as the first anchor tenant at this point. The original mall opened in 1965 as Universal City with Montgomery Ward,
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was added to the mall in 1988, and shortly afterward, the eastern wing was renovated to include a movie theater and food court.
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opened that year, displacing the former Woolworth and most of the other stores in the northern wing;
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as its anchor stores. In 1980, Federal's went out of business and was replaced that same year by
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Universal Mall Properties acquired the mall in 1999, and mall renovations began soon afterward.
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location at Universal Mall and two other Detroit-area malls and renamed them Crowley's
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Development was announced in 1962 for a site formerly occupied by a farm.
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opened a year later in a space formerly occupied by
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Universal Mall
Warren, Michigan
Coordinates
42°30′07″N 83°04′59″W / 42.502°N 83.083°W / 42.502; -83.083
anchor tenants
Total retail floor area
SMART
power center
Warren, Michigan
suburb
Detroit
Target
Burlington Coat Factory
Marshalls
Petco
Montgomery Ward
Woolworth
Federal's
Crowley's
Mervyns
Crowley's
Value City
dead mall
Burlington Coat Factory
A.J. Wright
Ben Franklin
Petco
Target
Cinemark
MJR Theatres

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