Westland Center, Westland, MI

Westland is a section of Detroit, Michigan. The Westland Mall is part of the four "land'' malls in the Detroit area. The others are Southland, Northland, and Eastland. All of the land malls have over 100 stores of upscale origins. This particular mall was built in 1965 by Hudson before being turned over to Jones Lang LaSalle for management and ownership a few years back. The mall has four anchor tenants in 1.056,000 square feet. The anchor stores are 89,000 to 354,000 square feet each. The mall has one main floor with a small basement and mezzanine. The only exception is Macy's, which has 4 floors and a basement.

The Hudson Corporation began the mall as an enclosed center with climate control. It was the first fully enclosed mall in Michigan. The building of the mall helped create a new city in 1966. Livonia was trying to annex Nankin Township. When the mall was built the people decided to change Nankin into a city, calling it Westland. This stopped Livonia from overtaking the township, and making it the fourth largest city in the county.

Besides Hudson as the anchor, there was also Kresge and Kroger. These two stores closed, allowing JC Penney to move in during 1976. MainStreet also joined the mall in the 80's before leaving and allowing Khol's to come to the mall in 1988. Hudson became Marshall Field's in 2001, when Hudson became Target. This eventually turned into Macy's in 2006.

Center hours at Westland are Sunday 11am to 6pm and Monday to Saturday 10am to 9pm. The mall offers sales events during the year at various stores. There can be mall wide sales events or store specific. Other events include photos with Santa during the holiday season. At this time the mall will also change their owners for the Christmas shopper.

Westland Mall offers Aeropostale, Alvmni, American Eagle Outfitters, Art Glass Pendant, Bath and Body Works, Benson Diamond Jewelers, Body Arts, BonBons, Borders Express, Brilliant Diamonds, Champs Sports, Charlotte Russe, The Children's Place, Christopher and Banks, CJ Banks, Claire's Boutique, Dance Academy, and Empire Today as some of its stores. Also at the mall are Exotic Images, Express, Far East Trading, Fischer's Hallmark, Foot Locker, Forever 21, FYE, and Game Stop.

With over a hundred stores it is hard to list them all; however, a few of the other stores include: Gav's Airbrush, GNC, Go Toys and Games, Go Wireless, Great Lakes Fashion, H&R Block, Haircut House, Helzburg Diamonds, Hickory Farms, Hot Topic, International Gifts, JB Robinson Jewelers, Journeys, and Justice.

As with any mall there are food locations inside and out. A few of the places to eat are Coffee Beanery, Mrs. Fields Cookies, Pretzel Peddler, Pretzel Place, Subway, Lakeshore Grill, Longhorn Steakhouse, Olga's Kitchen, and Panera Bread. Westland Mall is a lot like the other four land malls in the stores being offered. Most of the shoppers at Westland Mall are locals, though they do get a few tourists at the mall that come to Detroit for business or holidays.