Briarwood Mall Opens as an enclosed shopping hub
Briarwood Mall opened on October 3, 1973, about three miles south of downtown Ann Arbor, right by State Street and I-94. It was built as an enclosed regional mall, so visitors could forget about Michigan’s unpredictable weather.
A. Alfred Taubman developed the mall and knew that if the space felt comfortable, people would stay longer than they planned.
At the start, the lineup was straightforward. JCPenney and Sears were there on day one, and Hudson’s joined in 1974…