The Crossroads (Portage, Michigan)

This article is about a shopping center in Michigan. For other shopping centers, see Crossroads Mall (disambiguation).

The Crossroads is a shopping mall located in Portage, Michigan. The mall features 100 stores and a food court. The anchor stores are JCPenney and Macy's. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Sears and Burlington (previously Mervyn's). The Crossroads Mall had been owned by Brookfield Properties (and predecessor General Growth Properties) from 1999 until its sale to Kohan Retail Investment Group in January 2022.^[1]

The Crossroads

Location	Portage, Michigan, USA
Coordinates	42.2203°N 85.5943°W / 42.2203; -85.5943
Address	6650 South Westnedge Avenue, Portage, MI 49024
Opening date	July 24, 1980; 45 years ago (July 24, 1980)
Renovated	1982, 2001/02, 2004/05
Developer	Westcor, Dayton-Hudson Corporation
Management	Summit Properties USA
Owner	Summit Properties USA
No. of stores and services	80
No. of anchor tenants	4 (2 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area	769,801 square feet (71,516.9 m2)
No. of floors	2
Parking	4006
Public transit access	Metro Transit
Website	www.thecrossroadsmall.com

History

JCPenney court in the mall in 2023

The Crossroads Mall in the City of Portage in Michigan was built in association with Dayton-Hudson Corporation, who owned the Detroit-based Hudson's chain at the time and Westcor, who built The Orchards Mall in Benton Harbor. The mall was built along South Westnedge Avenue south of Interstate 94. The mall opened along with most of its stores on July 24. 1980. At the time, it was the only two-level mall in Michigan outside Metro Detroit.

The mall opened with a JCPenney and a Hudson's as its first two anchors.^[2] Tenants on opening day included Arby's, Casual Corner, Claire's, County Seat, B. Dalton, Hickory Farms, Kinney Shoes, and Consumer Value Stores.^[3] The mall at this point was relatively small and did not contain a proper food court, instead many of the malls eateries were scattered around. After 1981, the rest of the malls stores opened fully. In 1982, the mall's third anchor, Sears, was added along with an addition to the mall.^[4] On December 11, 1987, the United Artists Movies at the Crossroads, a ten screen theater opened behind the mall. In 1989, Mervyn's of California was added as the mall's third anchor. The store was apart of Mervyn's plan to expand in Michigan.^[5] In 1999, the mall was acquired by General Growth Properties^[6], who also owned the nearby Lakeview Square Mall in Battle Creek. Hudson's was renamed Marshall Field's in 2001, and subsequently became Macy's in September 2006. Mervyn's closed in early 2006 along with the rest of the chain's Michigan stores, and Burlington Coat Factory opened its first Kalamazoo store in the space vacated by Mervyn's. On November 10, 2019, Sears closed.^[7] In 2021 Burlington Coat relocated to the former Value City Furniture at the Maple Hill Pavilion in Kalamazoo.^[8] The mall was purchased for $25 million in January 2022 by the Kohan Retail Investment Group.^[1] In September of 2024, Summit Properties USA became the new owners and managers of the mall.^[9]