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CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI-Taubman Centers Inc. has signed 25 leases for stores and restaurants at the Mall at Partridge Creek, a 640,000-sf, open-air shopping center expected to debut here Oct. 18. The $155-million mall development will be the first open-air center to be built in the state by Taubman, a REIT that is based in Bloomfield Hills.

Just-announced tenants include: Brighton Collectibles, J. Jill, Janie and Jack, The Levi's Store, Lucky Brand Jeans, lucy, Samsonite, Sunglass Designs, and Swarovksi Gallery Store. Partridge Creek will also be the only Macomb County location for Crabtree & Evelyn, Papyrus, Clarks, Rockport, Skechers and the Walking Co. Newly signed eateries include Bar Louie, Nestle Toll House Cafe by Chip, Marble Slab Creamery and Max & Erma's. Additional just-announced stores include Aldo, Bath & Body Works, Kay Jewelers, Victoria's Secret/Victoria's Secret Beauty, H&M and Zales Jewelers.

The mall is going up along the south side of M-59 between Garfield and Romeo Plank. It will be anchored by a 120,000-sf, two-story Parisian and a 129,000-sf, two-story Nordstrom, which will open in spring 2008. It will also include a 14-screen, 55,749-sf movie theater complex with 2,500 stadium-style seats being built by MJR Theatres.