Southeast Michigan Retail: Motor City Retail History

This post will look at retail in Lincoln Park and Wyandotte, Wayne County, MI. It's been a minute, but for our first 2022 post, we begin by announcing the closures of two different Arbor Drugs/CVS locations that we've covered on this blog. On January 8, 2022 , CVS announced the closure of CVS #8122 in Lincoln Park by that February, followed by the closure of CVS #8118 in Wyandotte on April 7. These stores were two of about 300 stores that have or will be closed by CVS over the next three years as it evaluates changes in consumer buying patterns and future health needs. The closure of CVS #8122 came just months after Meijer #208 across Dix Highway completed its very first remodel, and surprised both me (which is why I have no closure photos of #8122) and Y4123. Meanwhile, the closure of CVS #8118 eliminates a convenient option that residents of an under-construction mid-rise apartment on the site of the former Wyandotte Post Office one block north might have enjoyed. With the ...

This post will look at retail in Lincoln Park, Wayne County, MI. Lucky Drugs #2 / Arbor Drugs #122 / Hollywood Video #???? 3605 Dix Highway, Lincoln Park, MI Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 12.5 miles, approx. 15 minutes   This Arbor Drugs store opened on February 25, 1992, replacing a location of a Downriver-area chain, Lucky Drugs. This was a fairly short-lived location for Arbor Drugs, as you'll read below.   After Arbor Drugs relocated, this original building was soon converted into a Hollywood Video store, which lasted until that chain went under in 2010. It has been vacant since, though it did receive an exterior facelift to hide any Hollywood Video artifacts.   August 2021 Update: For the first time in a decade, 3605 Dix Highway has a tenant, as in 2020, AutoZone store #6034 opened in this building.   Arbor Drugs #122 / CVS #8122 3647 Dix Highway, Lincoln Park, MI Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 12.6 miles...