Sc00by9999 Member Username: Sc00by9999
Post Number: 11 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:14 pm: | |
I was driving by the old navy off woodward and 9 mile and noticed it was closing. This was the cornerstone for the shopping in the area for a long while, always busy when Ive been in there. Is it moving, or what? Is there anything planned to take its place? That would seem to be a prime spot to be. |
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed
Post Number: 1264 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, August 22, 2007 - 11:38 pm: | |
That would be interesting, as it did always seem to be busy (I used to live right there). Maybe Old Navy is getting out of the outlet business? |
Jenniferl Member Username: Jenniferl
Post Number: 391 Registered: 03-2004
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 12:04 am: | |
Bummer! I shop at that Old Navy all the time. And yes, it's always very busy there. |
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus
Post Number: 1908 Registered: 06-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 4:05 am: | |
hmmm...I used to live kitty corner from that one and never really saw it very busy...definitely seemed like and odd location for that type of store...I always wondered how how they were able to survive... |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 5783 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 4:53 am: | |
Go right before school starts and that place was always hopping. It's been there for years and will be odd not to see it there soon. |
Danny Member Username: Danny
Post Number: 6385 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 6:09 am: | |
Old Navy closed due to a lack of business sales. It comes to show that corporate competition is still in the works. |
Bumble Member Username: Bumble
Post Number: 311 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 6:16 am: | |
Maybe the jerky landlord raised the rent. |
Screamingfit Member Username: Screamingfit
Post Number: 16 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 7:04 am: | |
A while ago, they fenced off the Woodward entrance and added some sort of pole barricade on the sidewalk. Made it look very "institutionalized". So much so that I nicknamed it the "Ferndale Gulag". |
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal
Post Number: 1207 Registered: 09-2004
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:01 am: | |
Old Navy and its parent Gap are in some significant trouble. Nationwide, Steve and Barry's has been taking over Old Navy's space in malls. Not saying that this is the reason that this store is closing. But it's along the lines of a Blockbuster Video closing. (Message edited by sharmaal on August 23, 2007) |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 1491 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:06 am: | |
Hopefully someone new will move in there and actually build a store that faces the street! |
Kpm Member Username: Kpm
Post Number: 61 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:11 am: | |
I thought they were changing from an Old Navy Outlet to a regular Old Navy. But I could be wrong. |
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn
Post Number: 449 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:51 am: | |
I have not seen that location busy in a year or so...Heck, if it were i doubt they would be closing. I'm glad they are closing...That is a great location for something other then an Old freaking Navy...Barns and Noble might work or maybe a Urban Outfiter...Who knows? What do you think Ferndale needs at that location? On the same note, I always thought the DOC (a few stores south) was a bit out of place... |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 2025 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 8:55 am: | |
Are you sure they are closing? They are remodeling the front entrance, and have had it barracaded for some time as the work is going on. I was there only last week, but you have to go in the rear entrance. Did you see a sign or something? I'll have to check it out on my way home today. |
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn
Post Number: 451 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:05 am: | |
I also was there last week and the cashier told me they were closing sometime in late September. |
Oakmangirl Member Username: Oakmangirl
Post Number: 137 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:25 am: | |
That was always an inhospitable place to shop...maybe it was the parking lot? Anyway, I'd love to see a vintage clothing store open there along the lines of the former Penny- Pinchers that was in Allen Park/Southgate. I loved the handmade signs in the dressing room reminding their more zaftig customers not to force themselves into the clothes, but to drink some Slimfast instead. So wicked. (I'm not teeny-tiny and could still appreciate that one.) |
Hockey_player Member Username: Hockey_player
Post Number: 347 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:34 am: | |
It is converting from an outlet to a normal Old Navy. Nothing shocking or spectacular. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 2031 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:35 am: | |
Darn, I was hoping for a Dave n' Busters. Zap zap, blam! |
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn
Post Number: 454 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:43 am: | |
Hockey,how do you know that to be true? |
Bussey Member Username: Bussey
Post Number: 565 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:44 am: | |
sources please... |
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13
Post Number: 2031 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:45 am: | |
Wasn't there a movie theater on that corner, years ago? |
Redvetred Member Username: Redvetred
Post Number: 44 Registered: 04-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 9:57 am: | |
Radio City Theater. 25 cents admission, 10 cents for popcorn and pop. Two features plus cartoons and previews. Spent many a Saturday there. |
Yooper Member Username: Yooper
Post Number: 72 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:02 am: | |
Pics? |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 1433 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:06 am: | |
Why exactly would Old Navy need an outlet store? Everything in there is already dirt cheap... |
Jazzstage Member Username: Jazzstage
Post Number: 77 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:09 am: | |
I remember it being an F&M with a McDonalds next door. It was such an ugly corner back then. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 2033 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:13 am: | |
I don't know... I was getting some sweet jeans there for under $20 though. I hope they don't go up. |
Jimg Member Username: Jimg
Post Number: 910 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:17 am: | |
Federal's Department Store was exactly on that corner. |
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster
Post Number: 2146 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 10:20 am: | |
"It is converting from an outlet to a normal Old Navy." Ferndale rises! |
Waz Member Username: Waz
Post Number: 166 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 11:01 am: | |
F&M was on Nine Mile at the intersection of Allen. I believe it is now a Gay/Lesbian center. Radio City was the second building north of the corner. |
Susanarosa Member Username: Susanarosa
Post Number: 1624 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 11:15 am: | |
Before becoming an Old Navy outlet it was the Gap outlet. I did all my high school shopping there because they carried stuff regular Gap didn't. Lots of black and plaids. |
Hockey_player Member Username: Hockey_player
Post Number: 348 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 11:19 am: | |
OK, clarification: according to the head of the Ferndale DDA, the site is locally owned and leased to the Gap, which owns Old Navy and which planned to convert it to a regular Old Navy store. However, the owner of the building, which includes the now-defunct Coffee Beanery, Radio Shack, GNC and a hair salon, has instead decided to renovate the property, which means Old Navy is now closing for good. Whether its replacement is a regular Old Navy or another tenant is entirely up to the timetable of the owner's renovation plans, which are still not entirely clear. In other words, nothing will be there for at least a while. |
Rocket_city Member Username: Rocket_city
Post Number: 364 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 11:20 am: | |
What's that line about mass transit equaling economic growth again? It's such a hard concept, I'm totally blanking. |
Screamingfit Member Username: Screamingfit
Post Number: 19 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 12:51 pm: | |
I wonder if we should expect GNC and Radio Shack to fold up shop, too? Better hurry up there and grab some capacitors and muscle drink mix... |
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1
Post Number: 9865 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 1:16 pm: | |
I heard it was from too much theft and employee theft. Anyone that questions me will be wrong and I will be right. No other factors played a role in this. Oh wait, it said Ferndale. Carry on. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 1441 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 1:44 pm: | |
^LOL. |
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed
Post Number: 1442 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 1:47 pm: | |
Oh wait, it said Ferndale. Carry on. So the real reason must be that it's below 16... |
Lfrac88 Member Username: Lfrac88
Post Number: 4 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 3:21 pm: | |
I'm happy that it's closing and being renovated- it is possibly the ugliest corner development I have ever seen, especially compared to how vibrant the rest of Ferndale is. And as to it closing because of employee theft- I wouldn't be surprised in the least. I overheard two teenagers talking at a gas station, one of them complaining that the Old Navy which she worked at (the Ferndale location) was too strict since she got yelled at about her cash drawer being under balance at the end of her shift. |
Patrick Member Username: Patrick
Post Number: 4837 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, August 23, 2007 - 3:37 pm: | |
Jesus, who wears Old Navy anymore besides people in Assville Kansas? Reminds me of Eddie Bauer and all that shit from the late 90's. |
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy
Post Number: 5801 Registered: 11-2004
| Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 2:11 am: | |
I really haven't noticed nor paid attention to jean manufacturers since Gloria Vanderbilt, Sasson, Girbaud and Calvin Kleins back in the late 80's/ early 90's. Why look at the stitching when what's in them could be much more enticing? Denim is denim. Whether it's Old Navy, Old Navy Outlet or something else goes into that location I hope it's something good. It's prime retail space and why waste it. |
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn
Post Number: 460 Registered: 11-2005
| Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 9:48 am: | |
H&M might do well for all the "hip" Ferdalies and/or Royal Oakers. Barns and Noble would work for me. Maybe they could pack in another car dealership…they always look great!!! Once a store becomes anchored in, Ferndale should look to spread the development. Possibly start an onslaught on Hilton and W 9 mile...Ferndale is much greater then 9 and Woodward. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 2067 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 9:50 am: | |
"Jesus, who wears Old Navy anymore besides people in Assville Kansas? Reminds me of Eddie Bauer and all that shit from the late 90's." :,( I'm wearing some right now. BOOOHOOO I'm so not cool. |
Sg9018 Member Username: Sg9018
Post Number: 23 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 10:06 am: | |
I read the owners of the Shoppes at Gateway Park is trying to persuade Barnes & Noble to join the new mall. |
Waz Member Username: Waz
Post Number: 171 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 11:25 am: | |
Wouldn't that be rich? The city stealing retail from a suburb? |
Paulc Member Username: Paulc
Post Number: 142 Registered: 03-2005
| Posted on Friday, August 24, 2007 - 11:31 am: | |
LOL - Johnlodge. Proudly wearing my "O.N. Assville Boot Cuts" right now Perhaps now I'll have to visit the Detroit and Ferndale meet-ups as I'll be moving to 9 & Woodward area (Cambourne - east side of Woodward) in late September - excited!) Any mixed retail (with some exception)would be welcomed at that corner - they have done a great job thus far - especially with the retail mix on 9 Mile. Cheers. |