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Bath & Body Works Shifting Stores To Off-Mall Locations

Retailer Bath & Body Works, which saw a surge in sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, is planning to simultaneously open 49 off-mall locations, while closing 40 mall locations, in 2021. This will essentially keep the store count level but will shift stores away from malls to freestanding locations.

Mall Retailer Victoria’s Secret Closing Up To Fifty Stores In 2021

Victoria’s Secret, a brand of L Brands, intends to close up to 50 stores in 2021. This is after the closure of 250 stores in 2020. L Brands continues to look for a solution to its Victoria’s Secret problem, including spinning the brand off to a private equity firm.

Old Detroit Lions Offices Make Way for Godfrey Hotel

The old Detroit Lions’ administrative offices, located at in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood on Michigan Avenue, will be demolished to make way for a Godfrey Hotel. The 227-room, $74 million project will be the 5th Godfrey Hotel in the country. The hotel will contain a restaurant, bar, ballroom, and rooftop café. Construction is expected to take 18 to 20 months and is a joint venture of Oxford Capital Group and Hunter Pasteur Homes.