Hawthorn Mall

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Not to be confused with Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center.
Hawthorn Mall
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LocationVernon Hills, Illinois, United States
Coordinates42°14′34″N 87°57′0″W / 42.24278°N 87.95000°W / 42.24278; -87.95000Coordinates: 42°14′34″N 87°57′0″W / 42.24278°N 87.95000°W / 42.24278; -87.95000
Address122 Hawthorn Center
Opening dateSeptember 10, 1973; 48 years ago (September 10, 1973)
Previous namesHawthorn Center (1973–2002)
Westfield Shoppingtown Hawthorn (2002–2005)
Westfield Hawthorn (2005–2015)
DeveloperUrban Investment and Development[1]
ManagementCentennial Real Estate
OwnerCentennial Real Estate
Montgomery Street Partners
USAA Real Estate
Westfield Corporation
No. of stores and services92 as of 6/18/2021
No. of anchor tenants6 (4 open, 2 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,295,915 square feet (120,394.4 m2)[2]
No. of floors2 (3 in Macy's)
Websiteshophawthornmall.com

Hawthorn Mall, formerly Westfield Hawthorn, is a shopping mall in Vernon Hills, Illinois. It was developed by Urban Investment and Development Co, and anchor stores Sears and Marshall Field & Company (now Macy's) as part of New Century Town, a community with 5,000 condominiums and townhomes planned at the time. Current anchor stores are AMC Theatres, Dave & Buster's, JCPenney, and Macy's with one vacant anchor last occupied by Carson's.

History[]

Construction of the mall began in May 1972 [3] and was completed at a cost of $45 million. By September 10, 1973, the building was complete and the first stores – Marshall Field & Company, Sears, Lord & Taylor and fifteen specialty shops – had their grand opening.[4] Hawthorn was originally constructed without a food court. In 1990, Lord & Taylor sold its store to Carson Pirie Scott. In 1997, more stores began to come into the mall, including Barnes & Noble and JCPenney, which was constructed on the north end of the mall to replace the shuttered location at the failing Lakehurst Mall in Waukegan.[5] In 1999, Holiday Inn Express opened outside the mall.

The mall was acquired by Westfield Group in 2002.[6] Dave & Buster's opened on March 26, 2014.[7] Maggiano's Little Italy opened on July 21, 2014.[8] AMC Theatres opened on April 28, 2015. Westfield Group sold 80% interest in mall as of December 2015.[9] Anchor stores include JCPenney, Macy's, AMC Theatres, Barbara's Bookstore, and Dave & Buster's. On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Carson's and Carson's Furniture Gallery would both be closing as parent company The Bon-Ton is going out of business. The store closed in August 2018.[10] On May 31, 2018, Sears announced that it would also close its Hawthorn Mall location along with 71 other stores across the country. The store closed in September 2018.[11][12] Barnes & Noble announced it would be closing its Hawthorn Mall location in favor of the new development, Mellody Farm. The new location opened September 28, 2018.[13] In 2019, Barbara's Bookstore moved into the space formerly occupied by Barnes & Noble.[14] In January 2021 demolition of the vacant Sears building began to facilitate a new "main street" development with apartments and restaurants.[15]

Gallery[]

  • Sears, now closed. Building demolished in 2021

  • Inside Hawthorn mall on Black Friday 2006

  • Lower level of the former Sears from the early 2000s. Building demolished in 2021

  • Center of Hawthorn Mall (1970s)

  • West wing of Hawthorn Mall (1970s)

  • Center facing north wing of Hawthorn Mall (1970s)

  • Former Sears at Hawthorn Mall (Now demolished) (1970s)

  • Former Marshall Field & Company[16] at Hawthorn Mall (Now Macy's) (1970s)

Bus routes[]

Pace

  • 272 Milwaukee Avenue North [17]
  • 574 CLC/Hawthorn Mall [18]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hawthorn Center begins operations". The Wheeling Herald. September 21, 1973. pp. 6–12. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ^ http://www.westfieldcorp.com/centre/westfield-hawthorn/
  3. ^ Chicago Tribune. June 5, 1972 Shop Center Forms New Town's Core
  4. ^ First stores to open in Hawthorn Center, Chicago Tribune; Sep. 6, 1973
  5. ^ "Food courts providing slice of pie to all in modern malls", Chicago Tribune; Sep. 5, 1982
  6. ^ Staff, Chicago Tribune. May 14, 2002 Fox Valley Center bought
  7. ^ "Meet the New Dave & Buster's in Vernon Hills".
  8. ^ Zawislak, Mick (July 21, 2014). "Vernon Hills' Maggiano's is sixth Chicago area location". Daily Herald.
  9. ^ Chicago Tribune (21 December 2015). "Fox Valley Mall in Aurora has new owner". Aurora Beacon-News. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  10. ^ https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/mount-prospects-biggest-retailer-carson-pirie-scott-closing/
  11. ^ Post, Washington. "Three suburban Sears stores on the list of 72 more set to close". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
  12. ^ Coleman, Emily. "Sears to close stores in Gurnee Mills, Hawthorn Mall". Lake County News-Sun.
  13. ^ Tribune, Chicago (2018-09-08). "A look inside the new $200 million Mellody Farm retail center in Vernon Hills". Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  14. ^ "Hawthorn Mall website".
  15. ^ https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210121/sears-demolition-clearing-way-for-big-plans-at-hawthorn-mall-
  16. ^ , Wikipedia, 2021-03-31, retrieved 2021-06-17
  17. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/route/272
  18. ^ https://www.pacebus.com/route/574

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