History
The Lansing Mall was built in the western suburb of Delta Township along M-43 (Saginaw Highway), and opened to the public in July 1969. Originally, it included three anchor stores: Montgomery Ward at the eastern end, Detroit-based Federal's at the western end, and Wurzburg's, Grand Rapids based chain, in the middle. Federal's closed its store in 1972, and Wurzburg's was converted to Knapp's which then closed and was later occupied by JCPenney,where it still stands today.
The former Federal's store briefly operated as Robert Hall Village before it was supplanted in 1979 by an extension of the mall's western wing, with a Hudson's department store being added at the end of the westernly expansion. A northern wing, completed in 1987, added Mervyns and a food court.
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