Courtland Center includes four anchor stores: JCPenney, Dunham's Sports, Staples,[2] and Jo-Ann Etc., plus an exhibit space operated by Sloan Museum.

In September 1964, the Burton Township board rezoned the property at the southeastern corner of East Court Street and Center Road from single family residential to commercial.

Forest City Enterprises began building on the property after the rezoning on the Court Mall Center with expectations for a second quarter 1965 opening.

[3] Courtland Center opened in late October 1968 as Eastland Mall in what was then Burton Township under the ownership of Forest City and Jack Shifron.

[8] Later that same year, Staples moved from a nearby strip mall into Old Navy's former location, while the remainder of the former Crowley's was split between a new Jo-Ann Etc.

In late 2007, JCPenney announced that it would relocate its existing stores in the mall to a newer, larger location in the former Mervyns space.

While the former Mervyns space was being redeveloped and expanded, the roof of the store caught on fire, causing the mall to close for a day in September 2007.

[11] JCPenney's former main store in the middle of the mall was replaced by Steve & Barry's, which opened on May 15, 2008,[11][12] while the two sub-stores were vacated.

[16] Goodwill Industries of Mid-Michigan opened a 5,000 square feet temporary Christmas store by November 2015, which would operate until mid-December.