Jerome Schostak

Schostak, who lived in Franklin, was CEO of Livonia-based Schostak Bros. & Co. for 25 years, until 1995, when he turned operations of the company over to two of his sons. Schostak Bros. was founded in 1920. Schostak, who developed Livonia Mall and Macomb Mall in 1962, also developed one of Metro Detroit’s first Kmart stores. His first major retail assignment was the former Wonderland property at Plymouth and Middlebelt roads in Livonia in 1957. When Wonderland was first developed, Schostak Bros. was a retail brokerage firm. Jerome Schostak convinced his father, Louis Schostak, the company’s founder, to take an ownership interest in properties like Wonderland. After 25 years as company CEO, Schostak turned leadership over to two of his sons, with Robert Schostak handling overall operations and David Schostak overseeing legal and finance issues. Son Mark Schostak runs the company’s restaurant business, Team Schostak Family Restaurants, which develops restaurants in the region. Schostak is survived by his wife, Elyse Schostak; sons Robert, David, Tzvi and Mark; daughters Lindsey Gal and Stefanie Harman; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.