Rogers Plaza also refereed to as Rogers Plaza Town Center since 2002 is an enclosed shopping mall in Wyoming, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Opened in 1961, it was the first shopping mall in Western Michigan and the first enclosed one in the state of Michigan. The center features Ross Dress For Less , Ollie's Bargain Outlet and B2 Outlet among its major stores.
Shops and businesses
The mall has a total of over 30 stores and businesses with about of retail space available. Outside are more than 900 parking spaces along with a few detached out-lot businesses including a bank, gas station, thrift shop, and appliance store.
Shopping
Designer's Diamonds
Fineline Boutique
Blanca's Therapy Bed
The Trophy Place
Triple J's Just Jesus Jerseys
Far Harbor Gaming
Jeneen's Furniture
Ross Dress For Less
AutoZone
B2 Outlet Stores
Harbor Freight Tools
Citi Trends
Ollie's Bargain Outlet
Shoe Show Mega Store
Services
Secretary of State
US Post Office
Destiny Dental
All Weather Seal
102.5 The Ride (WPRR (AM)) Nails 2000 W. Optical Century Driving School L.A. Insurance Designer's Dugout Lifeline Community Church Office Oak Street Health
Restaurants
Simply Delicious Snacks by Adina
Maya Mexican Grill & Bar
China Buffet & Grill
Jets Pizza
Burton Nutrition
Bolded business names do not have access to mall interior.
Notable previous tenants
Throughout its history Rogers Plaza hosted many notable businesses including one of the last new S.S. Kresge Co. stores to open under the name before the change to Kmart in 1962. Other notable businesses include the short lived McDonald's Express concept which opened in 1991; and the Kings Room barbershop which was the longest serving tenant of the mall until its closure in early September, 2023.
Vega Dance Studio (Located in basement) McDonald's Express King's Room (2023) Old Country Buffet (2016) Montgomery Wards (2000) KB Toys (2003) MC Sports (2015) Big Lots (2018) Deb Shops (2015) Family Fare (2019) GNC (store) (2019) OfficeMax (2020) Sears Portrait Studio (2013) Turn Style (1978)
History
Built in 1960, the mall originally included S. S. Kresge and W. T. Grant variety stores, Kroger and A&P supermarkets, Cunningham Drug, and Montgomery Ward. An adjacent development, Southland Plaza (now Wyoming Village Mall), opened one year later with a Wurzburg's department store. Mall developers were initially unsuccessful in attracting a department store for the eastern anchor, but by 1971, a Turn Style discount store had opened on the east end. This store was the subject of a lawsuit from Kresge. Into the late 1980s, the Stannard's Music store was one of the first stores in the area to introduce the public to the MIDI, giving seminars on the capability of the device.
Basement Community Center
In the early 1960s history of Rogers Plaza there was a Basement level accessible via a spiral staircase at the south entrance. Initially this Downstairs Community Center housed the Vega Dance Studio which opened on January 7th, 1963. Eventually this space was closed on the 1980s and is no longer available to lease. The door to the stairway still exists at the south entrance, along with a second entrance next to CitiTrends at the west end of the mall. Currently the basement houses utility access and room for a storm shelter.
Downturn and fire
By the 1990s, the mall was having difficulty attracting business. In 1990, the mall's east anchor had become Best Products and in 1990 and 1991, the mall held a "Haunted Hotel" event, sponsored by Easter Seals, near Halloween. In 1991, a fire in the Best store resulted in three people hospitalized for smoke inhalation. In 1994, Office Max became a tenant replacing Bargain Books, with the bookstore moving into a smaller space. while Gantos, a boutique, closed. In 1998, a United States Postal Service store opened in the center of the mall. Rogers Plaza had a total of 30 retail stores in 1999 with the mall "filling up fast", with the former space used by Best being filled. However, much of the mall's business was taken by the newly opened Rivertown Crossings Mall in Grandville.