Cole's looks at expanding on Michigan Mall

dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-25T15:12:11Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-25T15:12:11Z
dc.date.issued	1976-09-15
dc.identifier.uri	http://dspace.willardlibrary.org/xmlui/handle/123456789/1000000403
dc.description	A fixture in Battle Creek's downtown from 1965 until August of 1986, Cole's at the corner of Michigan and McCamly avenues was one of the anchors of the Michigan Mall — its president and co-owner Theodore Sovern also was chairman of the Downtown Development Authority. When this photo was taken in September 1976, the store was considering a $1.4 million expansion. Hopes for a growing retail environment downtown were never realized, however, this in spite of the construction of the "superblock" that would eventually become McCamly Plaza or the Kellogg Co. headquarters near the river. Cole's Inc. would open a women's closing store in the new Lakeview Square Mall in 1983. It liquidated its downtown women's clothing department in late 1985, and in 1986 announced the decision to consolidate the men's store at the mall, as well. "The (downtown) store was not making money," Sovern told the Enquirer and News on June 17, 1986.	en_US
dc.format.medium	35mm BW Negative
dc.subject	business downtown Michigan Mall Lakeview Square	en_US
dc.title	Cole's looks at expanding on Michigan Mall	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.description.envelope	Cole's Inc. Expanding business on mall $250,000... 9/15/76
dc.description.photographer	Enquirer and News
dc.description.taxonomy	Business/Industry\|Downtown/Michigan Mall	en_US