Detroit’s four Hudson Corporation-developed “land” malls, Northland, Eastland, Westland and Southland, opened in sequence between the 1950s and 1970, with Southland arriving last on July 20, 1970 under a Victor Gruen Associates design. Greenwood Global, a Chicago-area investment group, bought the property from Brookfield Properties in January 2025 after Brookfield defaulted on the mall’s loan in 2022, with Jones Lang LaSalle taking over day-to-day management.
Macy’s, JCPenney and Century Theatres anchor the enclosed format alongside Round1 Bowling & Arcade, while the inline mix runs through mall standards like H&M, Victoria’s Secret and Foot Locker. Forever 21 closed in March 2025, less than two months after the ownership change, in a departure tied to the chain’s broader exit from Michigan rather than to anything specific at Southland.
A large share of the smaller inline units carry independent, single-location tenants rather than national chains: jewelry repair counters, phone-repair kiosks, and food vendors selling kabob and hot dog fare sit alongside the mall standards, a leasing mix that reads less like a traditional department-store-anchored regional mall and more like a flexible, low-barrier marketplace layered inside one.
That format gives Greenwood Global a wider pool of potential tenants to backfill space than a landlord chasing only national retailers would have. Whether the new ownership leans further into that independent-tenant model or works to rebalance toward national chains will show up first in how the vacant Forever 21 space gets filled.
Quick options include Charley's Philly Steak and Panera Bread.
Yes. Century Theatres operates inside Southland Center. For showtimes, use the Century Theatres website or app.
Yes. Planet Fitness operates at the property.
Other attractions at the property include Round1 Bowling & Arcade.
Records updated 22 July 2026.
