Green Oak Village Place

Prior to the construction of Green Oak Village Place, the only shopping mall in Brighton was Brighton Mall, a 20-store complex originally anchored by A&P and Grant City, which was demolished in 1996 for big-box stores, including Marshalls and Best Buy.

Following the construction of several new homes in the area, as well as increase in traffic along US-23 and Interstate 96,^[2] plans were made in 2004 to build a new lifestyle center called Green Oak Village Place at the interchange of U.S. 23 and Lee Road southeast of town. A small shopping center featuring Costco and Kohl's had already been built at the southwestern quadrant of this interchange.^[3] In December 2004, a preliminary approval was granted to build the center, which was developed by Lormax Stern in association with REDICO and Quadrants, Inc. The city's officials formed a task force to determine the impact that the mall would have on the city's downtown business district.^[4] Construction began in June 2005, ahead of schedule.^[5] At the same time, the Lee Road interchange with U.S. 23 was rebuilt to include three roundabouts,^[6] leading one local resident to create a board game based on the roundabouts.^[7]

Three of Green Oak Village Place's anchors — DSW Shoe Warehouse, Dick's Sporting Goods and Old Navy — were the first stores to open, doing so in mid-2006.^[8] Barnes & Noble opened as the fourth anchor on October 25,^[9] followed by a grand opening of the mall on October 27.^[1] Inline stores began opening in October as well. Two months after the mall opened, a display at the Victoria's Secret store led to boycotts and protests from members of the community.^[10]

A 104,000-square-foot (9,700 m²) JCPenney department store opened in March 2007,^[11] and HomeGoods opened as a sixth anchor in September 2008. TJ Maxx opened in 2016^[12] In 2020, Pier 1 Imports closed after the company filed for bankruptcy in February.^[13]

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