Hawthorn Mall

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.

Not to be confused with Hawthorne Plaza Shopping Center.
Hawthorn Mall
Centennial
LocationVernon Hills, Illinois, United States
Coordinates42°14′34″N 87°57′0″W
Address122 Hawthorn Center
Opening dateSeptember 10, 1973 (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 tenants5 (4 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area1,295,915 square feet (120,394.4 m2)[2]
No. of floors2 (3 in Macy's)
Websiteshophawthornmall.com

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]

Bus routes

Pace

  • 272 Milwaukee Avenue North [16]
  • 574 CLC/Hawthorn Mall [17]

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. https://www.pacebus.com/route/272
  17. https://www.pacebus.com/route/574
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