Hawthorn Mall
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| Location | Vernon Hills, Illinois, United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°14′34″N 87°57′0″W / 42.24278°N 87.95000°W |
| Address | 122 Hawthorn Center |
| Opening date | September 10, 1973 |
| Previous names | Hawthorn Center (1973–2002) Westfield Shoppingtown Hawthorn (2002–2005) Westfield Hawthorn (2005–2015) |
| Management | Centennial Real Estate |
| Owner | Centennial Real Estate Montgomery Street Partners USAA Real Estate Westfield Corporation |
| No. of stores and services | 180 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 7 (5 open, 2 vacant) |
| Total retail floor area | 1,295,915 square feet (120,394.4 m2)[1] |
| No. of floors | 2 (3 in Macy's) |
| Website | shophawthornmall |
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, Barbara's Bookstore, Dave & Buster's, JCPenney, and Macy's with two vacant anchors last occupied by Carson's and Sears.
Early history
Construction of the mall began in May 1972 [2] 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.[3] 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.[4] In 1999, Holiday Inn Express opened outside the mall.
2010s
It was acquired by Westfield Group in 2002.[5] Dave & Buster's opened on March 26, 2014. Maggiano's Little Italy opened on July 21, 2014.[6] AMC Theatres opened on April 28, 2015. Westfield Group sold 80% interest in mall as of December 2015.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10] 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.[11] In 2019, Barbara's Bookstore moved into the space formerly occupied by Barnes & Noble.[12]
Gallery
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Macy's, formerly Marshall Field & Company -
Sears, now closed. -
Inside Hawthorn mall on Black Friday 2006
Bus routes
References
- ^ http://www.westfieldcorp.com/centre/westfield-hawthorn/
- ^ Chicago Tribune. June 5, 1972 Shop Center Forms New Town's Core
- ^ First stores to open in Hawthorn Center, Chicago Tribune; Sep. 6, 1973
- ^ "Food courts providing slice of pie to all in modern malls", Chicago Tribune; Sep. 5, 1982
- ^ Staff, Chicago Tribune. May 14, 2002 Fox Valley Center bought
- ^ Zawislak, Mick (July 21, 2014). "Vernon Hills' Maggiano's is sixth Chicago area location". Daily Herald.
- ^ Chicago Tribune (21 December 2015). "Fox Valley Mall in Aurora has new owner". Aurora Beacon-News. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/mount-prospects-biggest-retailer-carson-pirie-scott-closing/
- ^ Post, Washington. "Three suburban Sears stores on the list of 72 more set to close". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2018-06-01.
- ^ Coleman, Emily. "Sears to close stores in Gurnee Mills, Hawthorn Mall". Lake County News-Sun.
- ^ Tribune, Chicago (2018-09-08). "A look inside the new $200 million Mellody Farm retail center in Vernon Hills". Retrieved 2018-09-09.
- ^ "Hawthorn Mall website".
- ^ https://www.pacebus.com/route/272
- ^ https://www.pacebus.com/route/574