The Budget Store was expanded into a full-line Hudson's, which was completed in July 1967.
Photo from http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org

PONTIAC MALL in the early 1970s. By this time, both anchors had been enlarged, adding approximately 287,000 square feet to the mall's gross leasable area. A freestanding Sears and twin cinema opened, on the northern section of the mall site, in 1972 and 1973, respectively.