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Today Belvidere Mall differs from Lake County's other shopping malls, [[Gurnee Mills]] and [[Hawthorn Center]] because all of the tenants, except for [[The Home Depot]], are family-owned. Nearly all of them are [[Hispanic]]-owned or Hispanic-oriented.<ref name="LCNewsSun-2">{{cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-0F21CA772E58C140.html | title= Belvidere Mall -- best-kept secret in county | publisher=''[[Lake County News-Sun]]'' | author= Ralph Zahorik | date= February 16, 2002 | accessdate=November 16, 2009}}("On a recent weekday night, the mall was crowded with shoppers, mostly Hispanics.... The stores cater to Hispanic and black families and, it appears, especially to teens looking for clothes, music and jewelry.")</ref><ref name="SunTimes-2">{{cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5838434.html | title= Se habla espanol and ... Korean?; Latino, Korean store owners work side by side at Waukegan mall | publisher=''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' | author= Ryan Pagelow | date= March 30, 2007 | accessdate=November 16, 2009}}("About 80 percent of my customers speak Spanish and 20 percent speak English," said Kim, who commutes from Chicago.")</ref> |
Today Belvidere Mall differs from Lake County's other shopping malls, [[Gurnee Mills]] and [[Hawthorn Center]] because all of the tenants, except for [[The Home Depot]], are family-owned. Nearly all of them are [[Hispanic]]-owned or Hispanic-oriented.<ref name="LCNewsSun-2">{{cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-0F21CA772E58C140.html | title= Belvidere Mall -- best-kept secret in county | publisher=''[[Lake County News-Sun]]'' | author= Ralph Zahorik | date= February 16, 2002 | accessdate=November 16, 2009}}("On a recent weekday night, the mall was crowded with shoppers, mostly Hispanics.... The stores cater to Hispanic and black families and, it appears, especially to teens looking for clothes, music and jewelry.")</ref><ref name="SunTimes-2">{{cite news | url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5838434.html | title= Se habla espanol and ... Korean?; Latino, Korean store owners work side by side at Waukegan mall | publisher=''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' | author= Ryan Pagelow | date= March 30, 2007 | accessdate=November 16, 2009}}("About 80 percent of my customers speak Spanish and 20 percent speak English," said Kim, who commutes from Chicago.")</ref> |
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[[Image:Belvidere2.JPG|right|thumb|120px|A dead corridor inside Belvidere Mall that once housed the Cinema and the Video Arcade]] |
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| Location | Waukegan, Illinois, USA |
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| Coordinates | 42°20′57″N 87°51′31″W / 42.34927°N 87.85859°W |
| Opening date | 1965 |
| Developer | Judy Masterson |
| Owner | Imperial Realty |
| No. of stores and services | N/A |
| No. of anchor tenants | 1 |
| Total retail floor area | N/A |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Belvidere Mall is a small shopping mall located in Waukegan,Illinois, United States. It was one of the first shopping malls in the Chicago metropolitan area, and the first enclosed mall in Lake County. Its current main anchor store is a Home Depot. The mall is notable for reinventing itself over time to remain open, with a current store mix primarily aimed at Hispanics.
History
Belvidere opened on November 18, 1965 and was Lake County's first enclosed shopping mall.[1][2][3] At its opening, it contained 35 stores and 300,000 square feet.[4]
While the mall thrived at first, the opening of the much larger nearby Lakehurst Mall in 1971 put a serious dent in Belvidere's fortunes. In 1988, sole anchor Montgomery Ward left for Lakehurst.[3][4][5] Builders Square then occupied the anchor spot in 1995, which was replaced with Home Depot around 1998.[5][1]
The mall has been renovated twice, in 1985 and again in 1998. The mall is currently owned by Imperial Realty, who purchased it from original owners Landuau & Heyman Inc. in the fall of 1985.[1] As part of the 1998 renovation, the mall was renamed Belvidere Discount Mall.
A small movie theatre opened in the 1960s. It was a one-screen theater that was operated by General Cinema, and later Village Theaters, the same owners of the nearby Lakehurst Cinema. It was later divided into two, and then four, screens.[1]
Village closed the cinema in 2004 or 2005. [6] [7]
Today Belvidere Mall differs from Lake County's other shopping malls, Gurnee Mills and Hawthorn Center because all of the tenants, except for The Home Depot, are family-owned. Nearly all of them are Hispanic-owned or Hispanic-oriented.[8][9]
References
- ^ a b c d "Long-Suffering Mall Reinvents Itself". Lake County News-Sun. February 17, 1998. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)("The mall opened Nov. 18, 1965, and was once the shopping mecca of northeastern Lake County... The cinema split into two, then four screens over the years and now offers only discounted, second-run movies... Good things began to happen in 1995 when Kmart Corp. built a 109,000 square-foot Builder's Square at the former Ward's site.") - ^ Judy Masterson, Realtor helped develop Waukegan, Chicago Sun-Times (IL), December 31, 2005, found at Google archives article. Accessed December 12, 2007.
- ^ a b Jon Revelle (February 13, 2008). "Deadmalls.com Feature: Belvidere Mall: Waukegan, IL". Deadmalls.com. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Belvidere Mall opens". Lake County News-Sun. March 2, 2009. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Belvidere Mall; Waukegan, Illinois". Labelscar.com. October 31, 2007. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Cinema Treasures web site
- ^ Cinema Tour web site
- ^ Ralph Zahorik (February 16, 2002). "Belvidere Mall -- best-kept secret in county". Lake County News-Sun. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)("On a recent weekday night, the mall was crowded with shoppers, mostly Hispanics.... The stores cater to Hispanic and black families and, it appears, especially to teens looking for clothes, music and jewelry.") - ^ Ryan Pagelow (March 30, 2007). "Se habla espanol and ... Korean?; Latino, Korean store owners work side by side at Waukegan mall". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved November 16, 2009.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help)("About 80 percent of my customers speak Spanish and 20 percent speak English," said Kim, who commutes from Chicago.")
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