Lincolnwood Town Center

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Lincolnwood Town Center
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Main Entrance
LocationLincolnwood, Illinois, United States
Coordinates42°00′36″N 87°42′50″W / 42.01°N 87.7138°W / 42.01; -87.7138Coordinates: 42°00′36″N 87°42′50″W / 42.01°N 87.7138°W / 42.01; -87.7138
Opening dateMarch 15, 1990; 31 years ago (1990-03-15) [1]
ManagementWashington Prime Group
No. of stores and services83
No. of anchor tenants3
Total retail floor area421,000 square feet (39,112.2 m2)
No. of floors2
Websitelincolnwoodtowncenter.com

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.

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 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]

Bus routes[]

CTA

  • 82 Kimball-Homan[7]
  • 96 Lunt (Weekdays only)[8]

Pace

  • 210 Lincoln Avenue [9]
  • 290 Touhy Avenue [10]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "NEW LINCOLNWOOD MALL REFLECTS URBAN TREND". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  2. ^ "LINCOLNWOOD OKS PLAN FOR SHOPPING MALL". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ "PENNEYS TO REPLACE MADIGANS AT LINCOLNWOOD". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Rare openings in Lincolnwood retail market". Chicago Business Journal. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  5. ^ "Malls, downtowns peacefully coexist". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Anchors away: Are these malls in danger?". RE Journal. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  7. ^ "82 Kimball-Homan (Bus Route Info)".
  8. ^ "96 Lunt (Bus Route Info)".
  9. ^ "210 - Lincoln Avenue | Pace Suburban Bus".
  10. ^ "Pace Bus - Route 290".

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