hudson's, and later marshall field's, once operated a store in the 1981 anchor space. in 2004 marshall field's was bought by may co., which also owned the l.s. ayres anchor. they closed the marshall field's anchor in 2005, and on december 12, 2007 the company (which by then had merged with federated department stores and been renamed macy's, inc.) sold the vacant store back to ggp for $1 million. between ggp's acquisition of the space from macy's and the search for a new anchor, the former marshall field's space was used in several ways. these included temporary retailers such as glowgolf, a fashion show sponsored by local christian radio station wlab star 88.3, and a habitat for humanity gift-wrapping station and display of department 56 houses that operated during several holiday seasons.