Lincolnwood Town Center
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| Location | Lincolnwood, Illinois, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°00′36″N 87°42′50″W / 42.01°N 87.7138°W |
| Opening date | March 15, 1990 [1] |
| Management | Friedman Real Estate |
| 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 |
| Public transit access | CTA, Pace |
| Website | lincolnwoodtowncenter |
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 Friedman Real Estate.
History
[edit]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 1.2-million-square-foot (110,000 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]
TheRoomPlace opened in the former Carson's spot in August 2019.[7]
Anchors
[edit]Current
[edit]Former
[edit]- Carson's — Opened in 1990, closed in 2018, converted into TheRoomPlace
- JCPenney — Opened in 1991, closed in 2001, converted into Kohls
- Madigan's — Opened in 1990, closed in 1991, converted into JCPenney
Bus routes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "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. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
- ^ "The RoomPlace Opens Two-Story, 84,000 SF Location at Lincolnwood Town Center".
- ^ "82 Kimball-Homan (Bus Route Info)".
- ^ "96 Lunt (Bus Route Info)".
- ^ "210 - Lincoln Avenue | Pace Suburban Bus".
- ^ "Pace Bus - Route 290".
External links
[edit]- http://lincolnwoodtowncenter.com (Official Website)