Briarwood Mall

Not many malls have survived the changes but this mall has pretty much every store that I like.

Easy to find parking and they also have a Len's Crafter for all optometry needs.

I like the Von Mauer that we enjoy shopping at. Nice clean and organized.

Briarwood Mall has been around for decades and is Ann Arbor's single traditional shopping mall (ie. not a strip mall). No strong feelings for or against it other than the sentiment against the perpetual growing potholes in the parking lot that were mostly paved over several years ago, though Michigan winters love to keep regrowing those cracks and divots.

Many years ago when they first opened it contained four major department stores, which also make up the main wings: Sear's, Hudson's, JC Penny and Lord&Taylor. Gradually, L&T moved out and Jacobson's moved in, declared bankruptcy in 2002 and was replaced by Von Mauer. Hudson's also transitioned to Marshall Fields (owned by Target then) around 2002-03, then was bought by Macy's (Federated) several years later. The mall itself also transferred ownership to the Simon Group.

The other stores have also come and gone, notably the ones that stuck around are: Express, Victoria's Secret, American Eagle, Ann Taylor, Coach, Bath and Bodyworks, Champs, Chico, Claire's, Eddie Bauer, Foot Locker, Forever 21, Hot Topic, JCrew, LensCrafters, Lids, Kay Jewelers, PacSun, PearlVision, Sunglass Hut, Talbots, White House/Black Market.

California Pizza Kitchen, Chipotle, Cinnabon, Auntie Annie's Pretzels, Mrs Fields, Red Robin, Pinkberry, Panda Express, Totally Tea, Rally House, PF Chang's, Sweeting and Texas de Brazil are the main food vendors here. There used to be a Macaroni Grill on the corner of the mall separate from the main building too.

Some of the less fortunate retailers who've cycled out include Olga's Kitchen, the original locally owned theater in the mall, Things Remembered, Structure, Carlton Cards, Abercrombie, Nine West, Banana Republic, Perfumania, Godiva, and I'm sure plenty more.

The exterior of the mall is pretty dated though the interior got a refresh around 10 years ago. The overall layout is the same, they replaced flooring, fixtures, furniture.

Mall owners continue to not address the deteriorating circle drive around the mall. Spent a few bucks repaving section in front of two hotels. Partially repaved part of one parking lot. Appears helpless in getting the Main Mall Tenants to do anything a about their potholed parking lots.

Profits before Patrons must be the Simon Group motto

The parking lot near Macy's has a large pothole that pose a serious safety risk. . This area is usually busy, and the pothole poses a safety risk for both pedestrians and vehicles. Someone could easily trip or damage their vehicle. This needs urgent attention to ensure the safety of visitors. It would be great if this could be fixed soon to avoid any potential accidents or damage.

This place used to be somewhere you could shop, take the kids, waste an afternoon. It's a shell of its former glory. There are always lots of closed businesses, the bathrooms are dirty, the play place is horrible. Peeling paint, no soap, nothing to do. Coming here feels depressing now. Overpriced and sad.

Briarwood is a great place to come to hit all of the stores in one spot. It's worth the 40 minute drive from my house. Briarwood is located off State Street and I-94 in Ann Arbor.
I can hit stores for my daughter, for my son, for me and my boyfriend. This is one of the malls that is still thriving through the online shopping of today.
PF Changs is located at this mall, which the entire family loves! There are numerous restaurants and hotels in the area, in one of the most loved city in America: Ann Arbor!

The service was great the sore was very neat they had everything you could dream of ant the value was good

Place:
This place is your mall in AA. They have my favorite stores:
-altar'd state
-apple
-express
-lush
-mden
-sephora
-urban outfitters

They also have great food options:
-sweetings
-starbucks
-panda express
-pf changs

Audience:
Great for families and friends.

Recommend/tips:
I would recommend!

Not a big mall, but good enough.

They have several nice stores.

WHBM, PB, Macy's, altar'd state, Apple, coach.

The mall isn't heavily packed for a Saturday afternoon.

It's easily walkable.

The lower bowl is where the bulk of folks are in here. They can get Starbucks or Wetzel's pretzels.

There is no food court here, that's odd for a mall.

The only reason I came here was to find the Gashapon machines. After seeing videos on YouTube of them in Japan I was surprised to find on the official Bandai website that they apparently were located in this mall, and were the only place in Michigan that they were! However since no one else mentioned them in any reviews or photos or anything, it took me a minute to find them. They're in front of Zumiez if you're going there for them, like I did.