Lincolnwood Town Center
Lincolnwood Town Center is a shopping mall located in Lincolnwood, Illinois. Opened in 1990, the mall's anchor stores are Kohl's, TheRoomPlace, and Old Navy. The mall is owned and managed by Washington Prime Group.
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Location | Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States |
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Coordinates | 42.01°N 87.7138°W |
Opening date | March 15, 1990 [1] |
Management | Washington Prime Group |
No. of stores and services | 83 |
No. of anchor tenants | 3 |
Total retail floor area | 421,000 square feet (39,112.2 m2) |
No. of floors | 2 |
Website | lincolnwoodtowncenter |
History
The site of Lincolnwood Town Center was formerly occupied by the headquarters of Bell & Howell. Developers Melvin Simon & Associates (now known as Simon Property Group and Chicago-based Hawthorn Realty first proposed to build a 12-million-square-foot (1,100,000 m2) mall on the site in 1985, but the plan was turned down by city trustees. A second plan, calling for a smaller shopping mall and offices, was approved in 1987.[2]
Upon opening in 1990, the mall featured two anchor stores, both of which were Chicago-based department stores: Madigan's and Carson Pirie Scott (later known as Carson's), with space for up to 90 mall shops within 430,000 square feet (40,000 m2) of total shop space. Representatives of Melvin Simon & Associates noted that the mall's development was indicative of a trend toward building malls within urban settings as opposed to suburbs.[1]
Madigan's closed in 1991 after only a year in business, and was replaced that same year by J. C. Penney.[3] This store was closed in 2001,[4] and in 2002, it was converted to Kohl's.[5]
In 2018, the Carson's store was shuttered following the bankruptcy of parent company The Bon-Ton. Following this announcement, an article published by RE Journal analyzed several Chicago-area malls which were all about to lose a Carson's store, and noted that Lincolnwood Town Center posed a risk of tenancy loss given its smaller size compared to other area malls.[6]
Bus routes
References
- "NEW LINCOLNWOOD MALL REFLECTS URBAN TREND". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "LINCOLNWOOD OKS PLAN FOR SHOPPING MALL". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "PENNEYS TO REPLACE MADIGANS AT LINCOLNWOOD". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "Rare openings in Lincolnwood retail market". Chicago Business Journal. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "Malls, downtowns peacefully coexist". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- "Anchors away: Are these malls in danger?". RE Journal. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- https://www.transitchicago.com/bus/82/
- https://www.transitchicago.com/bus/96
- https://www.pacebus.com/route/210
- https://www.pacebus.com/route/290
External links
- http://lincolnwoodtowncenter.com (Official Website)