Hawthorn Mall
Centennial
LocationVernon Hills, Illinois, United States
Coordinates42°14′34″N 87°57′0″W / 42.24278°N 87.95000°W / 42.24278; -87.95000
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 tenants4
Total retail floor area1,295,915 square feet (120,394.4 m2)[2]
No. of floors2 (3 in Macy's)
Public transit accessPace
Websiteshophawthornmall.com

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. The mall features JCPenney, and Macy's, in addition to a Dave & Buster's and a 12-screen AMC Theatres.

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 in the spring of 2015.[9] Westfield Group sold 80% interest in mall as of December 2015.[10] Anchor stores include JCPenney, Macy's, AMC Theatres, and Dave & Buster's.[11] On April 18, 2018, it was announced that Carson's and Carson's Furniture Gallery would be shuttering after it wasn't able to establish any new conditions to satisfy its established long-term debt.[12] The store closed in August 2018. On May 31, 2018, it was a announced Sears would shutter as part of an ongoing decision to eliminate its brick-and-mortar format.[13][14][15][16] In January 2021, the previous Sears and the previous Carson's outpost were razed to begin to facilitate a new "main street" development with apartments and restaurants.[17]

Anchors

Current

Former

Bus routes

Pace

  • 272 Milwaukee Avenue North [19]
  • 574 CLC/Hawthorn Mall [20]

References

  1. ↑ "Hawthorn Center begins operations". The Wheeling Herald. September 21, 1973. pp. 6–12. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ "URW".
  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". 20 May 2014.
  8. ↑ Zawislak, Mick (July 21, 2014). "Vernon Hills' Maggiano's is sixth Chicago area location". Daily Herald.
  9. ↑ "AMC Hawthorn 12 opens in Vernon Hills". Chicago Tribune.
  10. ↑ Lord, Steve (21 December 2015). "Fox Valley Mall in Aurora has new owner". Aurora Beacon-News. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19 – via Chicago Tribune.
  11. ↑ "Directory | Hawthorn Mall | Vernon Hills, Illinois". 2015-12-22. Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  12. ↑ Mayer, Richard (19 April 2018). "Mount Prospect's 'Biggest Retailer', Carson Pirie Scott, Closing". Journal & Topics Media Group.
  13. ↑ Bhattarai, Abha. "Three suburban Sears stores on the list of 72 more set to close". Washington Post. Retrieved 2018-06-01 – via Daily Herald.
  14. ↑ Coleman, Emily (2018-06-01). "Sears to close stores in Gurnee Mills, Hawthorn Mall". Chicago Tribune.
  15. ↑ Kambic, Rick (2018-09-08). "A look inside the new $200 million Mellody Farm retail center in Vernon Hills". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  16. ↑ "'Neighborhood' bookstore coming to Hawthorn Mall".
  17. ↑ Zawislak, Mick (2021-01-21). "Sears demolition clearing way for big plans at Hawthorn Mall". Daily Herald.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "The Evolution Of Hawthorn Mall In Vernon Hills, IL, And Its Impact On Local Life - BestAttractions". bestattractions.org. 2023-04-21. Retrieved 2023-10-14.
  19. ↑ "Pace Bus - Route 272".
  20. ↑ "574 - CLC – Hawthorn Mall | Pace Suburban Bus".
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