"HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, MI — A Metro Detroit developer is tapping the architect behind Centerpointe Mall’s successful "de-malling" to design a similar transformation for the struggling Westshore Mall. Greg Erne, a partner in Southfield-based Versa Development, the mall's parent company, also has hired the Grand Rapids mall's current leasing agents to fill Holland’s biggest shopping center [...]

"Westshore Mall's latest owner, Westshore Mall Investors LLC, is here for the long run and eager to start construction. Greg Erne, one of three partners in the mall's parent company, the Southfield-based Versa Development, told commissioners the job will include demolishing about 25 percent of the enclosed mall's 415,000 square feet and adding a few free-standing shops [...]

"HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, MI -- Owners of Westshore Mall are ready to take a page from the recently revamped Centerpointe Mall. Like the Grand Rapids mall, the struggling Holland area mall will be "de-malled." The demolition work could begin early next year, if the shopping center's owner receives approval from the township planning commission next month. [...]