Fairlane Town Center

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Fairlane Town Center

Location	Dearborn, Michigan, USA
Opening date	1976
Developer	A. Alfred Taubman
Management	Taubman Centers
Owner	Taubman Centers
No. of stores and services	180+
No. of anchor tenants	4, plus one vacant
Total retail floor area	1.4 million ft² Macy's - 240,000 ft² Sears - 244,000 ft² JC Penney - 200,000 ft² Off 5th - 45,000 ft² former Lord & Taylor - 122,000 ft²
No. of floors	3
Website	http://www.shopfairlane.com/

Fairlane Town Center, is a shopping mall in Dearborn, Michigan. Its anchor stores are Macy's, JCPenney, Sears and Off 5th. The mall also includes an AMC Theatres multiplex, as well as a Steve & Barry's, DSW Shoe Warehouse and Bally Total Fitness among other major stores. The mall also includes a large food court and several other eateries. The mall also has it's own Police Department - the only mall to do so in Michigan - the Fairlane Town Center Police Authority, which operates in conjunction with the Dearborn Police Department.

1 History
2 Coming Soon
3 Controversy
4 Anchors
5 Former anchors
6 External links

[edit] History

Developed by developer A. Alfred Taubman in 1976, Fairlane Town Center was anchored at the time by Hudson's, JCPenney and Sears, and featured a skating rink and a theatre. Lord & Taylor added a store in 1978, and Saks Fifth Avenue followed in 1980. Hudson's adopted the Marshall Field's name in 2001 as the chain was acquired; in 2006, the store was converted to Macy's along with all other Marshall Field's stores in Michigan. Saks closed off much of its store in 2001, using a portion as an Off 5th outlet store. Lord & Taylor closed in 2006. A Star Theatre multiplex was added (now AMC Theatres as of 2006) in the 1990s; the mall's ice skating rink and an older theatre were demolished for the new theatre. The center is currently owned by Taubman's publically traded REIT, Taubman Centers.

[edit] Coming Soon

H&M (spring 2007)
Starter's Bar & Grill (fall 2006)
Taco Bell (fall 2006)

[edit] Controversy

Frederick Finley, 32, died after he was assaulted on June 22, 2000 in a parking lot outside the Lord & Taylor department store at the Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn. Finley had come to the defense of his 11-year-old stepdaughter, who was being forcibly detained by five plain clothes Lord & Taylor Loss Prevention officers for allegedly shoplifting a $4 bracelet.

Three guards — two black and one white — threw Finley to the ground, face-first, then handcuffed him while one guard pushed his knee into Finley's neck. The same guard then used a chokehold to restrain Finley. According to an autopsy report, Finley died of asphyxiation due to neck compression.

On July 5, thousands of protesters converged on the Fairlane Town Center to demand the arrest of Finley's attackers. Many carried signs declaring that a human life is worth more than a $4 bracelet. The following day, two weeks after the killing, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office lodged involuntary manslaughter charges against Dennis Richardson, one of the two black guards involved in the assault. Richardson was identified as the guard who put Finley in a headlock.

[edit] Anchors

[edit] Former anchors

Hudson's - converted to Marshall Field's in 2001
Lord & Taylor - closed 2006
Marshall Field's - converted to Macy's in 2006
Saks Fifth Avenue - portion of store closed, remaining section converted to Off 5th