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The Curse of Dix/Toledo Rd. Empty, empty, empty. Posted by Eric at 4:57 PM 
Wow, to have an entire shopping center go is quite something. A similar thing almost happened to 'The Ponds at Sterling' center at 14 and Van Dyke in Sterling Heights. They opened about 10 years ago with a KMart supercenter and an HQ. There were other stores like Staples, Radio Shack, Borders Express, as well as a bunch of outlot restaurants. Right away, the HQ closed and the KMart eventually closed. Most of the other stores hung on but very few remained. About half the restaurants shut down as well. It looked doomed but then last year, a church took over the HQ building, and the KMart was torn down in favor of a new Super WalMart. I moved away from the area so I don't know if the rest of the center has come to life, but prospects look encouraging.


May 6, 2008 at 9:06 AM Larjmarj said...

I went by there the other day on the way to my mom's house and immediately thought of your blog. I used to work at the Bo-Rics in that center back in my hairdressing days. What really cheeses me off is that they tore down the Michigan Drive-In Theater to build this scrap heap. There is another HUGE abandoned HQ right next to Sam's club on Northline by the I-75 exit. Dix is a bit of a bad locale for businesses. It's more of a thoroughfare.

May 12, 2008 at 4:07 PM itsjohnny0802 said...

Well, apparently they are demolishing that whole shopping center and are building a walmart supercenter. The property is 188,000 square feet and the store is supposed to be 156,000 sq. ft. So I don't know how it will even fit. But at least we wont have to look at that eyesore anymore.

October 23, 2009 at 2:26 PM