The area has had heavy competition by the increased openings ofbig-box electronics, clothing and media stories surrounding themall and in nearby Novi.

Company officials says the older mall does not fit with today'senclosed mall concepts, and new anchors must be built to take overfrom the current space formerly occupied by Crowley's andMontgomery Ward, which was cleared out after bankruptcy earlierthis year. Many stores in the mall have suffered, and movedout.

"The retail market place is evolving," says Richard Gershenson,executive vice president. "Tel-Twelve is an example of how aconcept will work during one time, and not in another."

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