OAKLAND MALL

OAKLAND MALL
TROY, MICHIGAN
RETAIL PROPERTIES, LLC
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OVERVIEW
n Oakland Mall is a 1.5 million square foot super regional
shopping center located in the Detroit Metropolitan area
of Michigan, serving approximately 650,000 people with
an average income of about $70,101.
n Oakland Mall’s family friendly atmosphere, selection
of stores, with great access and visibility from major
thoroughfares Interstate 75, 14 Mile Road, and John R
Highway make it a top destination.
n Oakland Mall’s central location in the Tri-County
shopping district continue to make it a powerful retail
destination today and into the future.
n Anchored by Macy’s, Sears and JCPenney, Oakland Mall
includes more than 128 specialty stores.
n Oakland Mall has a variety of exciting stores including
Aeropostale, Express/Express Men, Victoria’s Secret,
Forever 21, Bath & Body Works, and The Children’s Place.
n The Detroit Metropolitan area is home to six community colleges plus Oakland University and Wayne State University as well as campuses for the University of Michigan,
Michigan State, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, and
Eastern Michigan Universities. Within the market trade
area enrollment for the universities is estimated at 100,000
students in the fall of 2011 and those universities have a
total combined annual operating budget in excess
of $1.4 billion.
n Oakland Mall as a total retail complex exceeds $300
million in annual sales. In addition, the department stores
are very strong in their respective districts: Sears is #1
out of 11, Macy’s is #3 out of 18, and JCPenney is #3
out of 18.
n Oakland Mall’s trade area represents 66% of the
shoppers and serves 30% of the total 3.86 million
tri-county residents.
PROPERTY INFORMATION
& TRAFFIC COUNTS
26,156
145,000
37,940
38,858
48,198
48,613
LOCATION
412 W. 14 Mile Road
Troy, Michigan
www.oaklandmall.com
REGIONAL ACCESS
I-75 and 14 Mile Road
John R and 14 Mile Road
DESCRIPTION
Super Regional Shopping Center
TRAFFIC PATTERN
344,765 daily vehicles*
MAJOR STORES
Macy’s, Sears, JCPenney
TOTAL RETAIL SQ. FT.
1,500,000
PARKING: 8,500 Spaces
OPENED: 1968
NUMBER OF STORES: 128
* © CoStar Inc.
AERIAL VIEW
COMPETITION PROFILE
7.5 Mile
Center
Radius
Income
Median
Income
Average
Population
Projection
Population
Households
Household
Projection
Fairlane Town Center
Great Lakes Crossing
Lakeside Mall
Laurel Park Place
Macomb Mall
Oakland Mall
Somerset Collection
Village of
Rochester Hills
$48,373
$78,693
$70,854
$80,712
$58,162
$70,101
$85,012
$39,017
$60,683
$60,021
$63,631
$48,631
$55,083
$63,982
779,408
276,082
494,682
425,471
519,011
648,817
506,613
732,479
275,526
505,868
408,629
513,927
638,724
499,369
283,651
106,876
194,266
169,992
218,729
268,061
210,972
265,533
107,474
200,243
163,350
219,354
266,573
209,833
$88,940
$67,176
295,833
298,747
111,634
113,542
Great Lakes
Crossing
The Village of
Rochester Hills
Lakeside
Mall
The Mall at
Partridge Creek
The Somerset
Collection
Oakland
Mall
Twelve Oaks
Mall
Laurel Park
Place
Fairlane Town
Center
Macomb
Mall
MARKET TRADE AREA
POPULATION HOUSEHOLD INCOME
2011 Estimate: 648,817
$70,101 Average Income
70% Income over $35,000
POPULATION AGE TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS
30% Age under 25
42% Age 25-54 268,061
28% Age 55+
Median Age: 40.0
*According to the CQ Press, Troy has the lowest crime rate ranking
in Michigan for cities with a population of 75,000 or more
Source: Urban Retail Properties,
LLC Market Research
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BUSINESS
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES:
Professional 35% Administrative Support 15%
Services 12% Mgmt/Business 10%
Transportation 5% Sales 12%
Other 3% Production 8%
White Collar 67%
Blue Collar 17%
DAYTIME POPULATIONS
In Oakland Mall’s primary trade area there are 28,925 businesses with 351,063 employees.
Employee to residential population ratio is 53%. Oakland Mall’s daytime population is 69,586
the highest population counts of any mall in the Detroit DMA within 5 miles.
There are over 49 hotels within Oakland Mall’s primary trade area providing 5,252 rooms.
LARGEST PRIVATE EMPLOYERS IN METRO DETROIT
Ford Motor Company
University of Michigan
General Motors
Chrysler
Henry Ford Health System
Trinity Health
38,000
27,754
24,867
21,927
19,951
13,122
Automotive
Public University/Health Care
Automotive
Automotive
Health Care
Health Care
LARGEST PUBLIC EMPLOYERS IN METRO DETROIT
US Government
Detroit Public Schools
City of Detroit
US Postal Service
18,900
13,039
11,396
11,110
Federal Government
Public School System
City Government
Postal Service
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The City of Detroit is going to
be broke in a few months unless
Mayor Dave Bing moves faster
and more aggressively to restructure city services, the joint
city-state financial advisory
board warned Monday.
Expressing frustration at the
slow pace of reform, the board
said that six months into state
oversight, too many measures
meant to stave off bankruptcy
are moving too slowly, including restructuring the police and
fire departments and the bus
system, improving tax collections and saving money with pay
cuts and reductions in health
care and retiree benefits.
“At the present pace, I think
the city is going to run out of
money” before it can implement
changes needed to avoid even
worse financial trouble, board
member Ken Whipple, a former
CEO of Consumers Energy, told
members of Bing’s administration at the financial board’s
ALDS GAME 3: DETROIT VS. OAKLAND,
monthly meeting at Wayne
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State University.
Whipple said he recently observed operations at the city’s
bus system and public lighting
department and saw “pockets of
brilliance in a sea of disastrous
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From January to December 2011 the number of employed Oakland County
residents increased by 12,268 the largest increase among all of Michigan’s counties.
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Dow Jones
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3,198.66 | 1.78
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1,521.38 | 1.05
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US Airways,
American
linkup official
As expected, American
Airlines and US Airways
announced an $11 billion
merger deal Thursday that
would create the world’s
biggest airline.
The combined carrier
will be called American
Airlines and be based in
Fort Worth, Texas, but US
Airways CEO Doug Parker
will run it.
The merger would reduce the number of major
U.S. airlines to four: the
new American, United,
Delta and Southwest.
Travelers on American
and US Airways won’t notice immediate changes.
Both airlines serve Detroit
Metropolitan Airport.
Ford promotes Ray Day,
Elena Ford to VP posts
Ford Motor Co. announced two senior leadership changes Thursday ,
promoting Ray Day to
group vice president of
communications and Elena
Ford to the new position of
vice president of global
dealer and consumer experience.
Day, 46, who joined Ford
in 1989, is vice president of
communications.
Ford, 46, the great-greatgranddaughter of Henry
Ford, is director of global
marketing, sales and service operations. Both appointments are effective
March 1.
Chrysler recalling
360K SUVs, pickups
Chrysler Group LLC is
recalling 360,000 SUVs and
pickups sold in North
America to fix rear axles
that could fail.
The Auburn Hills automaker said the recall expands on an earlier campaign to fix rear axles that
were assembled with a
fastener that can loosen.
The new recall covers the
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