Genesse Valley Center, Flint, MI

Geneses Valley Center in Flint, Michigan was opened in 1970 as a closed air shopping mall. Management is through Jones Lang, and LaSalle; however, it is owned by Genesse Valley. The store is 1,200,000 square feet approximately with one floor and a mezzanine, with two floors in the department stores. Room for 127 tenants including 6 anchors can be found at Genesse Valley Center. A food court inside, along with an external area are other characteristics of this mall. The Outdoor Village is the external section with a Barnes and Noble Bookstore.

When the mall was first built it housed Sears as the anchors store. Two months later Hudson's occupied the other anchor store. During this time fifty- six tenants were located at the mall including Hamady Supermarket and Cunningham Drugstore. A few months later Woolworth opened a dime store near Sears. Eventually JC Penney and Montgomery Ward attached themselves to the mall. Cunningham's space was demolished in order to build a site for Mervyn's since the drug store left. However, Mervyn's left later on. The mezzanine with a food court was added in the mid 1980's to help make it the largest mall in Michigan north of Detroit.

Steve and Barry's, Marshfield's, and then eventually Macy's were anchor stores. Macy's, Burlington Coat Factory, JC Penney, and Sears are now the four of six anchors to be located at the mall. When Barnes and Noble moved in the mall lost B Dalton because the store did not have enough business to support it. Over time the mall has attracted a lot of other retailers. A strip mall of sorts has Target, Jo- Ann and Old Navy, along with other stores of interest to shoppers.

Geneses Valley Center is open on Sundays from 12pm to 6pm. Monday through Wednesday they are open from 10am to 9pm, which also normally includes Thursday through Saturday; however, during holiday time the mall closes at 6pm. For example New Year's Eve they close at 6pm as well as New Year's Day. The mall has specials on social media sites, along with announcements of events they host such as Story Time with Mother Nature.

With over 100 stores it would be impossible to list them all here, but some of the stores located at Genesse Valley Mall include: Aerie, Aeropostale, Affordable Eyewear, All About Sports, All That's Natural, American Eagle Outfitters, and Amy's Hallmark. For fun at the mall shoppers will soon be able to take advantage of the American Fun Center. A few of the eateries are Arby's, Auntie Anne's, and Bar Louie. Also at the mall are Avon, Baggage Plus, Baker Shoes, Bandolino, Bath and Body Works, Best Beauty, Blue Moon Gallery, Body Kneads, BT Embroidery, Buckle, CJ Banks, and Campus Den.

Shoppers can expect specialty stores during the holidays to fill the walkways or empty stores. For example Calendar Club is often a Christmas time store, as is Hickory Farms, which shoppers can take advantage of for gift ideas and the new calendar year.