![]() ![]() The enclosed, climate-controlled skybridge was one of the first of its kind in the country, featuring moving walks to move shoppers between Somerset Collection South and Somerset Collection North. Ĭonnecting the two malls is a 700 ft enclosed bridge known as the "Skywalk" over Big Beaver Road. When Marshall Fields was converted to Macy's in 2006 Somerset became one of only three malls in the country to host all four department stores. Michigan's first Nordstrom and a Hudson's (converted to Marshall Field's and then Macy's) anchored the three-story expansion, named Somerset North. įollowing the success of the revamped mall, co-owners Forbes/Cohen Properties and Frankel Associates opened a new three-story $200 million, 940,000 sq ft expansion across from Somerset Mall on August 11, 1996, designed by JPRA Architects. Completed in August 1992, Saks was renovated and expanded with more luxury stores, like Tiffany's, opening their doors. ![]() In 1991-1992 the center was renamed Somerset Collection, a second level was added, and Neiman Marcus opened a store on the site of the razed Bonwit Teller. īonwit Teller significantly renovated its store in 1988, only to close in 1990 after the chain went bankrupt. Miller, Abercrombie & Fitch, Mark Cross, and FAO Schwarz. Thirty five additional stores opened, including I. Redstone Associates, was built onto the existing Saks, anchored by it and a new Bonwit Teller. ![]() A one-floor upscale "Somerset Mall" designed by Louis G. In 1969, Saks Fifth Avenue opened a stand-alone store on Big Beaver Road in Troy, an affluent suburb 16 miles north of downtown Detroit. Somerset Collection includes many relaxing water displays throughout the mall. Out of the 100 most profitable malls, 76 are owned by real estate investment trusts. Somerset Collection, developed, managed, and co-owned by The Forbes Company, is among the most profitable malls in the United States not owned by a real estate investment trust. Somerset Collection is a superregional, luxury shopping mall, located in Metro Detroit, in Troy, Michigan with more than 180 specialty stores. Surface parking, covered parking, and valet. ![]()
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