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Westfield Old Orchard
Westfield Old Orchard logo
Westfield Old Orchard in June 2019
Map
LocationSkokie, Illinois, United States
Coordinates42°3′33″N 87°44′58″W / 42.05917°N 87.74944°W / 42.05917; -87.74944
Address4905 Old Orchard Center, Skokie, IL 60077
Opening date1956; 68 years ago (1956)
Previous namesOld Orchard Shopping Center (1956–2002)
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard (2002–2005)
DeveloperPhilip Morris Klutznick
ManagementUnibail-Rodamco-Westfield
OwnerUnibail-Rodamco-Westfield
No. of stores and services156
No. of anchor tenants2
Total retail floor area1,582,295 sq ft (147,000.0 m2)
No. of floors1 (2 in Nordstrom, ZARA, Toms Price Furniture, Barnes and Noble, Maggiano's Little Italy, Pottery Barn, L.L.Bean, Crate & Barrel, Red Parking Garage, and Management Office, 3 in former Bloomingdale's, Cheesecake Factory, Regal Cinemas, and Green Parking Garage, 4 in Macy's, 5 in Purple Parking Garage, 6 in Orange Parking Garage, 7 in Professional Building)
Websitehttp://westfield.com/oldorchard

Westfield Old Orchard, formerly Old Orchard Shopping Center, is an upscale shopping mall in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is located in Skokie, Illinois. Anchor stores include Nordstrom and Macy's.

History

Westfield Old Orchard opened in October 1956 with Marshall Field and Company, Saks Fifth Avenue, and The Fair Department Store. Fair was renamed to Montgomery Ward in 1964. Two parking structures, the North and West Garages, were built in 1978. Saks Fifth Avenue moved to a larger location in 1978, selling their previous store to Lord & Taylor.[1]

The Montgomery Ward closed in 1988. In 1991, Nordstrom announced plans to open its second Chicago area location at Old Orchard. In addition to the 200,000 square foot Nordstrom, Old Orchard also expanded the mall by 100,000 square feet as part of a $200 million expansion.[2] This allowed for an additional 62 stores to open. Following the Nordstrom announcement Old Orchard also announced plans to bring in a fifth tenant: Bloomingdale's. A number of other tenants also underwent renovations, including Crate & Barrel and The Limited.[3] In 1993, Lord & Taylor relocated and expanded its store.[4] Maggiano's Little Italy opened to customers on October 28, 1994.[5] A Barnes & Noble Booksellers also opened that year.[6]

The shopping center was completely redesigned in the 1990s, with the opening of the Nordstrom department store on October 7, 1994[7] and Bloomingdale's, Abercrombie & Fitch, Ann Taylor, Cache, FAO Schwarz, The Limited, Record Town, Talbot's and Victoria's Secret in September 1995. Three months later, Pottery Barn opened to the public.[8] That same year, a five-story parking garage and a movie theatre were added.

View from the parking lot.

In 2004, Toms Price Furniture opened to guests. In 2005, Foot Locker and Cold Stone Creamery opened for the first time. In June of that same year, Saks Fifth Avenue closed and during the following year, it was demolished in an effort to scale the mall down and more renovations began in the process.[9] Marshall Field's was officially renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006.

Old Orchard underwent a $50 million expansion and renovation and reopened in late 2007.[10] On October 4, 2008, ZARA opened its doors for the first time.[11]

Old Orchard is referenced by name in Mean Girls, which takes place in the North Shore neighborhoods north of the city of Chicago. However, in the film the mall is shown as being an enclosed center. This is because the scenes were actually filmed at Sherway Gardens in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[12]

Buffalo Wild Wings opened in 2015.[13]

In December 2017, it was announced that the Lord & Taylor location at the mall would be closing.[14]

After 27 years of operation, the Barnes & Noble Westfield Old Orchard location officially ceased operations on December 24, 2021.[15] It reopened in a new location in the mall a year later.[16]

In August 2022, it was announced that Bloomingdale's will be closing in fall 2022 and opening a small-format store called Bloomie's, occupying the old Barnes & Noble space.[17] Bloomingdale’s will be demolished and replaced with about 350 apartments and a town square for events.[18]

Anchors

Current

Former

Bus routes

CTA

  • 54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd[19]
  • 97 Skokie[20]
  • 201 Central/Ridge[21]

Pace

  • 208 Golf Road[22]
  • 215 Crawford/Howard[23]
  • 422 Linden CTA/Glenview/Northbrook Court[24]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lord & Taylor selects 3 new suburb sites". Chicago Tribune. January 24, 1978. pp. Section 4, page 8. Retrieved December 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nordstrom To Open Store In Old Orchard".
  3. ^ "Old Orchard Headed Back To The Future".
  4. ^ "A LARGER LORD & TAYLOR OPENS AT OLD ORCHARD".
  5. ^ "Look for three more from Gordon Sinclair; Maggiano's eyes Skokie". Chicago Tribune.
  6. ^ "46,469 authors invite you to Skokie's glorious new bookstore!". Chicago Tribune.
  7. ^ "Major Expansion For Old Orchard".
  8. ^ Sherrod, Text by Pamela. "WHAT'S IN STORE". chicagotribune.com.
  9. ^ "Saks closing stores at Old Orchard mall".
  10. ^ "Chicago business & financial news & analysis - Crain's Chicago Business".
  11. ^ "In brief: Bucktown toy store | Zara at Old Orchard | First Industrial". Crain's Chicago Business. September 22, 2008.
  12. ^ Torontoist (September 9, 2008). "Reel Toronto: Mean Girls".
  13. ^ "Buffalo Wild Wings coming to Skokie's Westfield Old Orchard".
  14. ^ "Old Orchard's Lord & Taylor To Close".
  15. ^ "Old Orchard Barnes & Noble Store To Close As Westfield Ends Lease".
  16. ^ "Old Orchard Barnes & Noble To Reopen 2-Story Store In Interim Space".
  17. ^ Swidler, Francie. "Bloomingdale's at Old Orchard Mall in Skokie to Close". NBC Chicago. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  18. ^ Hourie, Ilya (March 13, 2023). "URW Including Healthcare Space at Westfield Old Orchard Mall". The Real Deal. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  19. ^ "54A North Cicero/Skokie Blvd. (Bus Route Info)". CTA.
  20. ^ "97 Skokie (Bus Route Info)". CTA.
  21. ^ "201 Central/Ridge (Bus Route Info)". CTA.
  22. ^ "208 - Golf Road | Pace Suburban Bus". www.pacebus.com.
  23. ^ "215 - Crawford – Howard | Pace Suburban Bus". www.pacebus.com.
  24. ^ "422 - Linden CTA – Glenview – Northbrook Court | Pace Suburban Bus". www.pacebus.com.
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