Citing the fact that the Wal-Mart supercenter concept was new to Metro Detroit (at that time, two existing stores in Taylor and Woodhaven were being expanded into supercenters), Sisskind explained: .
Wal-Mart ended up erecting a new superstore in Southgate at the intersection of Eureka Road and Dix-Toledo Road (on the site of the Michigan Drive-In and later the Children's Palace/Best Buy and Builder's Square/Home Quarters-anchored Southtowne Crossing Shopping Center), opening it on September 14, 2011.