RJ's Bay Road Saginaw

Lots of saloons tried it here. Cheap Charlies, Bubba's, and then RJ's.

This one now OUT OF BUSINESS.

CLOSED - VACANT

Burger King - Bay Road

The Big K (Burger King) used to operate at Bay and Mcarty for years until moving down the street. Now this location closed and no more King anywhere near Bay Road.

CLOSED - VACANT

Farmer Jack demolished

April 9, 2008 - The Farmer Jack building gets demolished. FINALLY!

More about Farmer Jack here

Dawn Donuts State Street

CLOSED - VACANT

Powerhouse Gym - Bay Road

MOVED to Green Acres Plaza, State Street, Saginaw

THIS BUILDING NOW VACANT

Saginaw Trade Center - Bay Road

CLOSED - VACANT

Comfort Zone Bay Road

CLOSED

Cafe Suz Gratiot Road

CLOSED - VACANT

Bye Bye Eaton Part 3

April 9, 2008 - The demolishon continues.
Left part of front wall still standing.

Bye Bye Eaton Part 2

April 3, 2008 demolishion of last Eaton plants.

The Saginaw Strip Malls - A curse?

There looks to be a pattern here.

Strip mall + Saginaw = FAILURE.

Just look at these examples:
Bay Road - Kmart building and strip mall - VACATED (1 tenant)
Bay Road - Old Powerhouse Gym strip mall VACATED (1 tenant)
State Street - Green Acres strip mall (2-3 tenants)
State Street - Walmart Strip mall (3-4 tenants)

A large number of companies found at those locations are now OUT OF BUSINESS.
These strip malls are now only wasted land that makes the area look like a ghost town.
Who owns them? Are they responsible for their downfall?
Why have so many businesses failed in them?
Why do they stay vacant so long?

Sears Parts and Service Saginaw

After Dephi and Eaton, this looks to be the 3nd largest single building in Saginaw. It's actually a warehouse that used to have Sears Parts and Service, Michigan Delivery Service, and JC Penney. This place was in operation for decades, and now just sits there as another VACANT building. Will it ever open it's doors again? It doesn't look too promising. Sears Parts has since moved down the street in the Staples strip mall (Tittabawassee).

UPDATE - April 2008

now listed "For Sale"

Kwik Way Midland Road Saginaw

This is 2nd party store at this location to go under. Its also the longest time the building has been VACANT in 20 years.

KWIK WAY PARTY STORE
MIDLAND ROAD, NEAR STATE STREET
SAGINAW
CLOSED
2006?

JUNE 2006 UPDATE - THIS PROPERTY RECENTY PURCHASED FROM A REAL ESTATE COMPANY AND IS NOW OPEN - FINALLY!

April 2008 update - BUILDING VACANT AGAIN

Saginaw Closings - Official 2007-2008 List

We have documented the many Saginaw closings here. But here is a list over only the MOST RECENT CLOSINGS (over last 6 months), and some "risky" predictions too.

CLOSED 2008

- Don Pablos CLOSED (vacant)
- Value City Department Store CLOSED (in process)
- Golden China (bay rd) CLOSED (reoccupied)
- Saginaw Photo (Green Acres) CLOSED (in process)
- American Video (Gratiot) CLOSED (vacant)
- Mid Michigan Music (Bay Road) CLOSED (vacant)


MISCELLANOUS PREDICTIONS FOR 2008

- That drive through Coffee shop on Bay Rd will close.
- The Cash store on Tittabawassee will close.
- New Chinese restaurants will emerge
- Chi Chi's across from the mail will still be vacant.
- 99.9% probability all CHAIN drug stores will remain open.

Updates to follow...

Saginaw Photo Closing

NEW CLOSING:

Just announced on the news, Saginaw Photo will be permanently closing.
Updates and photos to come.

http://www.saginawphoto.com/

McDonald's Washington

This used to be McDonalds on Washington. It's not clear if it is being rebuilt. I did hear something about it being infested with cock roaches and contaminated. Please post updates.

Unknown Bank Tittabawassee

There are banks going up all over the place lately. This one didnt make it which is a shocker. Banks usually stick around or get bought out. At least it's not as bad of an eye sore as the old bank on Gratiot.

American Video Gratiot Road

Panarama Video closed, and it didnt take much longer for this one to hit the fan as well. There's still Blockbuster right?

No new occupants. It remaines another VACANT building.

UPDATE: 1Q 2009 - Building RECOCCUPIED (tenant unknown)

Zabro's Pizza Bay Road

This was a different kind of business - an "all you can eat" pizza place. It made it a couple years and now its another empty building... located right in front of the busy Best Buy store.

*note, I may have spelled the name of the place wrong.

Mid Michigan Music Bay Road

The 3rd music shop in Saginaw to be CLOSED.
Mid Michigan Music still operates offices in Bay City and Midland, Michigan.
Seems it's just Saginaw that wasn't working out?
Is Guitar Center next?

Guardian Auto Glass Bay Road

This business on the busy corner of Shattuck and Bay Rd. is believed to have moved.

The building has remained VACANT for some time now.

The 2 drug stores across the street sure seem to draw traffic.

Value City Bay Road Closing

Value City department store on Bay Road in Saginaw will be closing it's doors for good.
The furniture business (left side of property) would remain open.

Closes for good on April 15, 2008.

Bye Bye Eaton

January 30, 2008 - Demolished! Gone are the buildings of used to be one of Saginaw's top employers, Eaton Corporation. After a half decade in operation with thousands of jobs, Eaton took advantage of the tax and wage savings and relocated these operations to Mexico. This isn't about a bankrupcy, not about a small company closing down, ..but rather a large manufacturing plant MOVING to another country... sad sad..

Town Cafe State Street Saginaw

Posted 4/15/06 - Bill Knapps operated here for many years.
It was CLOSED.
Town Cafe later opened, then CLOSED.

UPDATE January 2008

Building torn down to replace it with actually what we need in this town, another Drug store! Yes more top quality high paying jobs for the area (sarcasm)...

Don Pablos goes OUT OF BUSINESS

BREAKING NEWS!

01 08 2008

Don Pablo's of Saginaw has recently declared Bankruptcy and will be the latest restaurant in Saginaw to CLOSE.

Updates and photos of yet another VACANT building to come.