A Clash of Corporate - Arbor Drugs #213, Southgate, Michigan

This post will look at retail in Southgate, Wayne County, MI.
Arbor Drugs #213 / CVS #8213
13545 Eureka Road, Southgate, MI
Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 15.1 miles, approx. 20 minutes

This store, located in the Southgate Shopping Center in it's own building not attached to the strip, was to have opened under Arbor Drugs ownership, but when serious planning got underway, CVS bought out Arbor in 1998. Construction began soon after, and this store opened as an Arbor store under CVS ownership with Arbor signage on April 5, 1999, as CVS #8213 (CVS added an 8 in front of the former Arbor store numbers). The Arbor branding was fairly short lived, as CVS signage would quickly replace it by 2000.

In this photo we can see the north wall of this unusual store. This store was built with a variation of the architectural design that typical Arbor stores were built with in the late 1990's.

Here's a wider shot of the north wall. Now let's head inside.

We are looking down the second-from-north aisle from the front actionway towards the pharmacy. This photo was taken on April 5, 2019 - exactly two decades to the date of the opening of this store. Back then, it had CVS' early 2010's (or late 2000's?) interior decor package.

What happened when I returned exactly four months later?

In that time frame, it received a remodel into CVS' current interior decor package. The all-gray walls now had an interruption for a new red wall at the pharmacy, with a new wall sign displaying the heart symbol the company recently implemented as part of it's rebranding to CVS Health.

One final photo, showing the front actionway from the checkout stand.

Now that we've got a relatively short post out of the way, until next time....

August 2022 Update: CVS #8213 has closed for good as of July 2022.
Location: 13545 Eureka Rd, Southgate, MI 48195, USA

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