WIND page 61 12 MONTH CERTIFICATE 5.25% 5.35% INTEREST RATE A.F.Y./* 60 MONTH CERTIFICATE 5.75% INTEREST RATE 5 13 70 Curbside access to all stores. A.F.Y./* These are fixed rate certificates of deposit that are insured by Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). A minimum opening deposit and balance of $500.00 is required to obtain the stated Annual Percentage yield. 15:149stsw Bank EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY CALL (810)338-7700 or (810)352-7700 Main Office 2600 Telegraph Rd. Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302 ** Deposits 1 , y eo trc rd **. Federally t. ** 4, 4, 4, 454 ., , , 4.1 4es N; it...6v Ozt r 4. * . ... 111‘. - * *Annual percentage yield when compounded quarterly. Rate is accurate as of 3/22/96. Penalty for early withdrawal from certificate accounts may be assessed. West Bloomfield Township Residents COMMUNITY FORUM Candidate for Township Treasurer Candidate for Township Supervisor BRUCE EPSTEIN LARRY WASSERMAN Cr) invite you to attend a Community forum on issues of concern to residents of West Bloomfield Township. Candidates Epstein and Wasserman will discuss and respond to your questions and comments. SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 1996 1:00 pm -- 3:00 pm Potomac Club, 6200 Farmington Road LU Cr) LLJ CD CC Refreshments will be provided. 02 Just North of Maple Road Paid for by Epstein for Treasurer Committee. 4103 Orchard Crest Ct., W. Bloomfield MI 48322. 810-539-1247 & Wasserman for Supervisor Committee. 6575 Red Cedar Lane. West Bloomfield MI 48324. 810-360-6611 LU Manial AN 445-6080 ARNOLD Automotive Group Ltd. Gratiot Ave. at 12 Mile Road, Roseville, Michigan ' Just 25 minutes front the Birmingham/Bloomfield area off of 1-696" 445-6000 Unfortunately, even the map Sons. He's "cautiously hopeful" of stores at the entrances to the that will remain the case when mall can't adequately serve as a his business is relocated to an- trail guide. other space while his current "It should've been configured area is demolished. as an open center in the early Mr. Ilyasov became a tenant 1970s," said Jim Galbraith, pres- six months ago because the 30- ident of Lautrec and develop- foot curbside space, easily viewed ment coordinator of the project. by passing traffic along Orchard "As a shopping center, it's had Lake Road, was an ideal display serious limitations." Lautrec for his leather coats and jackets. purchased the shopping center, Although the mall's new look then called Pine Lake Mall, in won't be completed for at least an- 1979. During the last 16 years, other 12 months, Mr. Ilyasov is the mall has been one of the few confident that the latest design commercial properties held by will transform Crosswinds into Lautrec, which focuses primar- one of West Bloomfield's premier ily on residential subdivision de- shopping sites. velopments. "A better floor plan means bet- ter business for all of us," said Mr. Ilyasov, whose father's tai- lor shop was located around the corner from his current site. Solomon & Sons, however, is one of the stores located on the outside of the mall. Unlike those Mr. Galbraith noted that the businesses in the interior, Mr. new mall will feature a linear Ilyasov benefits from both street row of shops facing Orchard and mall pedestrian traffic. The Lake Road, all brick-faced and problem is that, these days, too gable-roofed, and a pedestrian few shoppers walk through canopy. Besides the obvious Crosswinds. physical changes, shoppers will Despite their "great appreci- have immediate curbside access ation" for their landlords, Sally to all stores and expanded park- Horvitz and Esther Sperber de- ing, he said. cided to relocate Sally's Designs Many tenants and retail ana- to the Orchard Mall. When lo- lysts called it long overdue. Ap- cated in the centermost area of parently, the mall owners saw it Crosswinds, the location no that way, too. The current con- longer resembled the "good busi- struction was planned to coin- ness mix" of shops when they cide with the ending of lease moved to Crosswinds seven terms for several stores. That years ago. way, new leases could be nego- Within the last six months, oth- tiated to anticipate the new spa- er stores have moved from Cross- tial arrangements of the winds, including Baby and Me reconstructed mall. and Esther's Judaica. However, The mall's largest tenant is nearly all the stores have relo- a 36,000-square-foot Kroger cated within the immediate area. store. Along with a few other ser- "West Bloomfield and Oak- vice businesses and Arbor land County have some of the Drugs, Kroger is the most pop- strongest consumer demo- ular attraction at the site. The graphics in the country," Mr. new mall configuration includes Galbraith said. "When you look an expanded Kroger and a new at the density of rooftops in the Arbor Drugs, along with a stand- 3- to 5-mile area, income and ed- alone Damman Hardware store ucational level, this is simply a of 15,000 square feet. About 20 great location." small tenant shops will comple- Those facts, along with a new ment the mix. look for Crosswinds, gives the cur- The construction at the mall rent mall owners plenty of reasons hasn't hurt Andrey Ilyasov's to believe - that the days of the leather business, Solomon & mall's identity crisis are past. ❑ Find It All In The Jewish News Classifieds Call 354-5959 Bagelry Goes With Un-Kosher Einstein Bros. Bagels decided not to open its second metro area location as a kosher bagel- ry, despite earlier considera- tions. The shop, at Maple and Tele- graph roads, would have been the only bagel store to offer kosher bagels in the city. "We looked into it, I present- ed it, and it was a no-go. They opened it the way they wanted to open it," said Jerry Filler, the district manager of the Detroit and Toledo markets for the Golden, Colo.-based bagel chain. Mr. Filler is Jewish. The first Einstein Bros. Bagels location in the area opened in Grosse Pointe. The second is in Ann Arbor. The lat- est store opened March 11. ❑ — Julie Edgar