Northbrook Court
Northbrook Court is a shopping mall in Northbrook, Illinois. The mall has a collection of stores serving the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. Located on 130 acres (0.53 km2) its anchor stores are Lord & Taylor and Neiman Marcus and H&M. This mall also features a 14-screen AMC Theatres on the south side of the mall. And the claim company. It is managed and co-owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group .[2]
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| Location | Northbrook, Illinois, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°9′1″N 87°49′1″W |
| Address | 1515 Lake Cook Road |
| Opening date | 1976 |
| Developer | Homart Development Company |
| Management | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| Owner | Brookfield Properties Retail Group |
| No. of stores and services | 125[1] |
| No. of anchor tenants | 3 (2 open, 1 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,012,000 sq ft (94,000 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 2 (3 in former Macy's, 3rd floor staff mezzanine in Neiman Marcus) |
| Parking | 5,100[1] |
| Website | www |
One of the mall's original tenants was Sears, which closed in 1983 due to the company determining that the store's market too closely overlapped that of the nearby stores at Hawthorn Mall and Golf Mill Mall.[3] It was converted into a prototype for JCPenney that same year, and then torn down in 1995 for a new Marshall Field's (later Macy's). [4][5] Northbrook Court 14 opened on November 22, 1996. It was converted into an AMC Theatres in 2002. A free standing Crate & Barrel home store on the northwest corner of the mall, opened that same year. On May 11, 2019, northbrook Court announced that Macy's would be closing as part of a plan to close 13 stores nationwide. The store closed on July 14, 2019 and will be demolished for a new mixed-use development.[6][7] On August 2, 2020, Northbrook Court announced that Lord & Taylor would also be closing as part of a plan to close 19 stores nationwide which will leave Neiman Marcus as the only anchor left.[8]
Location
Northbrook Court is located on Lake Cook Road (Cook County Trunk Highway A50), between the Tri-State Tollway (Interstate 94/294) and Edens Expressway (Interstate 94/U.S. Highway 41). It is approximately 25 miles from downtown Chicago and approximately four to 12 miles from the nine communities that make up the North Shore and is accessible via public transit from them and the City of Chicago. It is only eight miles from Westfield Old Orchard. Although smaller than Old Orchard, it competes with Old Orchard as well as several other suburban shopping centers in the Chicago area.
Filming
John Hughes, who grew up in Northbrook, and attended Glenbrook North High School, used the mall for his teenage film Weird Science, a movie about two outcasts who create a girl, who in turn helps them stand up for themselves. The side of the mall used in the film for exterior shots is currently a California Pizza Kitchen and the Claim Company. [9] The inside of the mall was also used, however it has changed since the filming.
Bus routes
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-03-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Northbrook Court Directory & Map | Northbrook Court". www.northbrookcourt.com.
- "Penneys plans Northbrook store". Chicago Tribune. July 15, 1983. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- Northbrook. p. 27.
- "Northbrook Mall To Get Field's". Chicago Tribune. September 21, 1993. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- "Macy's is quietly closing stores — see if yours is on the list". www.businessinsider.my.
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/08/03/lord-taylor-store-closures-list-chapter-11-bankruptcy/5572005002/
- "Weird Science".
- https://www.pacebus.com/route/213
- https://www.pacebus.com/route/422
- https://www.pacebus.com/route/471
- https://www.pacebus.com/route/626