When the old Burdick Hotel closed in 1972 plans were quickly drafted for a new convention hotel. That hotel would become The Kalamazoo Center, a hotel and shopping center filling the entire Burdick block. The $15 million complex was designed to enhance the newly renovated Kalamazoo Mall. The lower two levels of the Center offer restaurant and shopping space with entrances to all the major streets. The Center is also connected to a parking garage via a covered bridge. It currently offers a 280 room Radisson.