Hawthorn Mall, formerly Westfield Hawthorn, is a

shopping mall A shopping mall (or simply mall) is a North American term for a large indoor shopping center, usually anchored by department stores. The term "mall" originally meant a pedestrian promenade with shops along it (that is, the term was used to refe ...

Vernon Hills, Illinois Vernon Hills is a suburb north of Chicago, Illinois in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 26,850 at the 2020 census. Vernon Hills serves as a retail hub for its surrounding area ( Libertyville, Lake Forest, Long Grove, Lin ...

. It was developed by Urban Investment and Development Co, and anchor stores

Sears Sears, Roebuck and Co. ( ), commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald, with what began a ...

and Marshall Field & Company (now

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) as part of New Century Town, a community with 5,000 condominiums and townhomes planned at the time. Current anchor stores are

AMC Theatres AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (d/b/a AMC Theatres, originally an abbreviation for American Multi-Cinema; often referred to simply as AMC and known in some countries as AMC Cinemas or AMC Multi-Cinemas) is an American movie theater chain fou ...

Dave & Buster's Dave & Buster's is an American restaurant and entertainment business headquartered in Dallas. Each Dave & Buster's has a full-service restaurant and a video arcade. As of October 2022, the company has 151 locations in the United States and two ...

JCPenney Penney OpCo LLC, doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP, is a midscale American department store chain operating 667 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Departments inside JCPenney stores include Mens, Womens, Boys, Gir ...

, and

with one vacant anchor last occupied by

Carson's Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still ope ...

History

Construction of the mall began in May 1972 and was completed at a cost of $45 million. By September 10, 1973, the building was complete and the first stores – Marshall Field & Company,

Lord & Taylor Lord & Taylor was the oldest brick and mortar department store in the United States, in business from 1826 to 2020. The brand was purchased during former owner Le Tote's 2020 liquidation bankruptcy and relaunched by new owner, Saadia Group, as ...

and fifteen specialty shops – had their grand opening. Hawthorn was originally constructed without a food court. In 1990, Lord & Taylor sold its store to

Carson Pirie Scott Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. Sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still op ...

. In 1997, more stores began to come into the mall, including

Barnes & Noble Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller. It is a Fortune 1000 company and the bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. As of July 7, 2020, the company operates 614 retail stores across all 50 U. ...

and

, which was constructed on the north end of the mall to replace the shuttered location at the failing

Lakehurst Mall Lakehurst Mall was a shopping mall in Waukegan, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The mall officially opened in 1971. The mall's anchor stores were JCPenney, Wieboldt's, and Carson Pirie Scott. After Wieboldt's closed in 1986 ...

in Waukegan. In 1999,

Holiday Inn Express Holiday Inn Express is a mid-priced hotel chain within the InterContinental Hotels Group family of brands. Originally founded as an "express" hotel, their focus is on offering limited services at a reasonable price. Standard amenities lean tow ...

opened outside the mall. The mall was acquired by

Westfield Group Westfield Group was an Australian shopping centre company that existed from 1960 to 2014, when it split into two independent companies: Scentre Group, which owns and operates the Australian and New Zealand Westfield shopping centre portfolio; ...

in 2002.

opened on March 26, 2014. Maggiano's Little Italy opened on July 21, 2014.

opened in the spring of 2015. Westfield Group sold 80% interest in mall as of December 2015. Anchor stores include

, Barbara's Bookstore, and

. 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 Bon-Ton Holdings Inc. is an American online retailer and former department store chain founded in 1898. After rapid expansion in the 1990s and early 2000s, the original company had financial troubles, ultimately filing for bankruptcy in 2018 ...

is going out of business. The store closed in August 2018. 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. 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. Not long after, Barbara's Bookstore moved into a space near the space formerly occupied by Barnes & Noble. In January 2021, demolition of the vacant Sears building began to facilitate a new "main street" development with apartments and restaurants.

Bus routes

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* 272 Milwaukee Avenue North * 574 CLC/Hawthorn Mall

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