Saks Fifth Avenue
to Locate at
Somerset Mall
Saks Fifth Avenue announced yester-
day that it will build a new suburban
More in the Detroit metropolitan area.
The nation's leading women's spe-
cialty shop revealed that it will be the
prime tenant of a quality shopping
center for Somerset Park, the huge,
multi-million dollar apartment village
in Troy,
Yesterday's announcement was made
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roy Allan R. Johnson, of New York City,
vice president and general manager of
-- `':s• Fifth Avenue.
He told newsmen that the decision
was based on the store's faith in, "the
Detroit area in general and the Birm-
'..)n2tham-Troy-Bloomfield area in particu-
lar as typified by the development of
Somerset Park."
His announcement came at a press
conference held at Somerset Park, lo-
cated at Coolidge and Maple Road.
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Phillip Stollman and Samuel Frankel,
'Spokesmen for the Biltmore Develop-
ment Company, developers of Somerset
Park said that negotiations had been
taking place with Saks Fifth Avenue for
the past three months.
Stollman said that Saks Fifth Avenue
tall occupy its own building at the en-
‘1.osed-mall shopping center which will
be situated on the southeast corner of
the intersection of Coolidge and Big
Beaver (Sixteen Mile) Road.
"We feel this decision by Saks Fifth
Avenue reflects the same faith that we
{ have shown by undertaking in this area
,ione of the largest apartment residence
developments in the history of the na-
tion," said Stollman. "It's a marriage
of endeavor between Saks Fifth Avenue
and our program to develop Somerset
Park into the nation's finest residential
community."
SOMERSET PARK
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I Edward T. Bedford, General Mana-
ger of Detroit Operations for Saks Fifth
lAvenue, said that ground will be broken
on n the new store this fall with a tenta-
kve opening date of early fall 1967.
Announcement of Saks Fifth Avenue
plans follows by a few days the news
i..aat Biltmore Development Company
recently acquired an additional 500
acres in the Somerset Park vicinity.
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Stollman said "Our basic concept is to
evelop the most comprehensive and
Beautiful housing community in the Un-
\--States."
c\—nson revealed that the need for
expansion was recognized some time ago
(It ad we had several other locations in
ind. The exciting scope of Somerset
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dark and the location it enjoys in the
Birmingham-Troy-Bloomfield area, dic-
l i tated our decision."
Stollman praised the Troy city gov-
ernment for its role in making Somer.
et Park complex possible, which, he
'-‘ ,'d ' "has now brought this outstanding,
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;tore- to the city and has further ex-
?)anded our horizons for Somerset Park."
He reconfirmed that the overall de-
). yelopment — on the original 240 acres
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pid high-rise apartment house facilities
or 2.000
families.
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"Our
only
definite plan for the addi-
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'Iona' acreage north of Big Beaver, as
f now, said Stollman, "is to utilize 107
ores for construction of single resi-
ence homes in the $30,000 to 545,000
rice range."
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Johnson described the proposed Saks
Fifth Avenue building as a two-story
siructure of contemporary design that
'All be complimentary to the architec-
ture of the area, designed for Somerset
Park by the architectural firm of Levine,
'Alpern & Associates.
This is the same architectural firm
which designed the entire 2,000 unit
`7.).merset Park apartment village which
is now under construction at Coolidge
and Fifteen Mile (Maple) Road, and
east from Coolidge to a point close to
Crooks Road.
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All of 'these features are also included at
NO EXTRA COST
Insulated Glass Throughout ■ Heat and Hot Water In-
cluded ■ Central Air Conditioning* CARPETING
THROUGHOUT APARTMENTS AND HALLS (excluding
Townhouses) ■ Ceramic Tile Bathrooms ■ Sound Condi-
tioning a Two-Car Parking Space for Every Apartment
R Carports (Available) ■ Storage Space for Each Apart-
ment a Full Basements ■ Formica Vanities in Bath
Laundry Equipment ■ Sliding Glass Doors ■ Some Apart-
ments with Balconies ■ Large Wardrobe and Walk-In
Closets I Tub Enclosures ■ Basement Incinerators a
Kitchen Exhaust Fan ■ Waste King Disposer ■ Hotp.oint
Appliances Including: Built-in Oven and Range—Two-Door
14 Cu. Ft. Refrigerator and Freezer—DISHWASHER
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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
May, June 18, 1965-2J