 "Wrigley's" supermarket was the first tenant, opening for business in September, 1957.Federal's department store opened the following month in a separate building next to the center.The official grand-opening for the center was held October 16, 1957, featuring a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Supervisor (and later Southgate's first mayor) Anderson, music by a German polka band, and radio remotes from the parking lot (including Robin Seymour of WKMH, later host of the "Swingin' Time" program on CKLW-TV and eventually WXON-TV).