Randhurst Village, previously known as Randhurst Mall and Randhurst Center or simply Randhurst, 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 ...
located at the corner of Rand Road (
U.S. Route 12
U.S. Route 12 (US 12) is an east–west United States Numbered Highways, United States highway, running from Aberdeen, Washington, to Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, for almost . The highway has mostly been superseded by Interstate 90 (I-90) an ...
) and Elmhurst Road (
Illinois Route 83
Illinois Route 83 (IL 83) is a major north–south state highway in northeast Illinois. It stretches from U.S. Route 30 (US 30, Lincoln Highway) by Lynwood and Dyer, Indiana, north to the Wisconsin border by Antioch at Wisconsin High ...
) in
Mount Prospect,
Illinois
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. The mall took its name from combining the names of these two roads.
The original owner of the mall was the Randhurst Corporation (a
joint venture
A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...
of
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 ope ...
,
Wieboldt's
Wieboldt Stores, Inc., also known as Wieboldt's, did business as a Chicago general retailer between 1883 and 1987. It was founded in 1883 by storekeeper William A. Wieboldt. The flagship location was at One North State Street Store in Chicago.
H ...
, and
Montgomery Ward
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). At the time of its 1962 opening, it was the first enclosed regional mall in the
Chicago area
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and the largest enclosed air-conditioned space in the
United States
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. In 2009, the mall was demolished and rebuilt as Randhurst Village.
Currently owned by DLC Management, this open-air mixed-use center features national and regional retailers, several restaurants, second-floor offices, a 140-room hotel and a 12-screen cinema. It is now anchored by
AMC
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*** AM ...
Theatres,
Costco Wholesale
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and
Hampton by Hilton
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. Other stores include
Home Depot
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,
Jewel-Osco
Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. In 2007, the company had 188 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwest ...
,
PetSmart
PetSmart is a privately held American chain of pet superstores, which sell pet products, services, and small pets. It is the leading North American pet company, and its direct competitor is Petco. Its indirect competitors are Amazon, Walmart, ...
, and
TJ Maxx
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among others.
History
Origins
Randhurst was born out of a desire by Carson Pirie Scott to expand its business into Chicago's northwest suburbs, an untapped market at the time. Spurred by
Marshall Field's
Marshall Field & Company (commonly known as Marshall Field's) was an upscale department store in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in the 19th century, it grew to become a large chain before Macy's, Inc acquired it in 2005. Its eponymous founder, Mar ...
expansion into
Skokie at the new
Old Orchard Shopping Center
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 Oct ...
in 1958, Carson Pirie Scott secured an lot in Mount Prospect for purposes of building a shopping mall. Studies showed the mall would have a
service area Service area may refer to:
* Rest area
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of 300,000, with another 100,000 expected by 1965. By 1959, the department stores Wieboldt's and Montgomery Ward had created a
joint venture
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with Carson Pirie Scott, named the Randhurst Corporation. Instead of using the
Montgomery Ward
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nameplate, however, Montgomery Ward would use the nameplate of its subsidiary brand,
The Fair Department Store
The Fair Store was a discount department store founded in 1874 in Chicago, Illinois.
History
Founder Ernst J. Lehmann decided on the name "The Fair Store" as he felt "the store was like a fair because it offered many different things for sale at ...
(a.k.a. "the Fair"), on its anchor store.
Randhurst was designed by
Victor Gruen
Victor David Gruen, born Viktor David Grünbaum
retrieved 25 February 2012 (July 18, 1903 – February 1 ...
, a pioneer of modern shopping mall design. Unlike most shopping malls of the time, which were built in a straight line between two anchoring
department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...
s, Gruen's design was shaped like an
equilateral triangle
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, with an anchoring department store at each angle. Additional stores lined the sides of the triangle on two levels: a conventional level (termed the "mezzanine" level), continuous with the first floors of the anchor stores, and a level located half a floor below the first level (termed the "bazaar" level), located down a flight of stairs facing the first level. A floor of offices occupied the level above this "subfloor" of stores. A ring of
clerestory
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Historically, ''clerestory'' denoted an upper l ...
windows was mounted in a domed area over the center of the mall; mounted just inside these windows were numerous
stained glass windows
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in various oval and round shapes, oriented in such a way as to cast beams of colored light into the mall itself. As the mall was built at the height of the
Cold War
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, it included a
fallout shelter
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During ...
big enough to hold every citizen of Mount Prospect.
![Carson Pirie Scott, Randhurst Mall](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Carson_Pirie_Scott%2C_Randhurst_Mall.jpg)
Thus, at the time of its 1962 opening, the Randhurst had three major
department store
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anchors: Wieboldt's, Carson Pirie Scott, and The Fair. All three anchors had two above-ground floors and a full
basement
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. Of the three anchors, the Carson Pirie Scott anchor was the most distinctive, featuring
turquoise
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-colored accents at the entrances and multi-colored lights around its perimeter. Other stores included Baskins, Charles A. Stevens,
Jewel Food Stores
Jewel-Osco is a regional supermarket chain in the Chicago metropolitan area, headquartered in Itasca, a western suburb. In 2007, the company had 188 stores across northern, central, and western Illinois; eastern Iowa; and portions of northwes ...
,
S.S. Kresge
Sebastian Spering Kresge (July 31, 1867 – October 18, 1966) was an American businessman. He created and owned two chains of department stores, the S. S. Kresge Company, one of the 20th century's largest discount retail organizations, and the ...
, and
Woolworth's
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* Woolworths Group (United Kingdom), former operator of the Woolworths chain of shops ...
. In 1963, the Randhurst Fair store would be the first Fair store to be renamed as a
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations. The original Montgomery Ward & Co. was a world-pioneering mail-order business and later also a leading department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. The curren ...
store; Montgomery Ward also built an auto service center at the perimeter of the mall. Randhurst would retain this configuration well into the 1980s.
1980s
In 1981,
The Rouse Company
The Rouse Company, founded by Hunter Moss and James W. Rouse in 1939, was a publicly held shopping mall and community developer from 1956 until 2004, when General Growth Properties (GGP) purchased the company.
Beginnings - Moss-Rouse Company
T ...
acquired Randhurst from the Randhurst Corporation. In 1985, Rouse converted the upper sub-level of offices into a
food court
A food court (in Asia-Pacific also called food hall or hawker centre) is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dinner. I ...
–one of the first in the Chicago area–and more retail space; a complete conventional second floor of retail space would be constructed by 1990. The "subfloor" of stores was also made larger and easier to access. In 1987, the entire Wieboldt's chain went bankrupt and closed its stores;
Peoria, Illinois
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-based
Bergner's
P.A. Bergner & Co. (also known as Bergner's) was an upscale Midwestern department store established in 1889. The chain is now an online retailer operated by BrandX.com, Inc. The flagship store was located in Peoria, Illinois at The Shoppes at Gr ...
acquired the empty Randhurst location. Shortly thereafter,
Elgin-based specialty department store Joseph Spiess Company built a minor anchor, , next to the Wieboldt's/Bergner's anchor, and
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added another minor anchor near the Montgomery Ward anchor (just before the chain was acquired by
Kohl's
Kohl's (stylized in all caps) is an American department store retail chain, operated by Kohl's Corporation. it is the largest department store chain in the United States, with 1,165 locations, operating stores in every U.S. state except Hawai ...
). Spiess expanded too rapidly and too late for the market; as a consequence of this, the chain went bankrupt, and the store at Randhurst closed on January 31, 1992.
1990s
In 1990, Bergner's–which had acquired Carson Pirie Scott in 1989–closed its Randhurst store, allowing the Carson Pirie Scott anchor to move into the grander ex-Wieboldt's building while
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 ...
took over the former Carson Pirie Scott anchor.
Wickes Furniture
Wickes Furniture was a privately held chain of furniture stores based in Wheeling, Illinois. The company was founded in 1971 with a showroom in Fridley, Minnesota, and at its peak, operated 43 stores in California, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, ...
briefly occupied the Spiess anchor, until
Circuit City
Circuit City is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s. After m ...
and
Old Navy
Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its ...
took over the space in 1995; meanwhile, a new
Filene's Basement
Filene's Basement, also called The Basement, was a Massachusetts-based chain of department stores which was owned by Retail Ventures, Inc. until April 2009 when it was sold to Syms.
The oldest off-price retailer in the United States, Filene's B ...
minor anchor occupied the majority of the "bazaar" level. This brought Randhurst to its greatest level of occupancy ever–three major anchors and four minor anchors–and an all-time peak of of retail space.
The next ten years, however, would be much more difficult for Randhurst. The construction and expansion of multiple shopping malls in the area, especially the improvements to
Woodfield Mall
Woodfield Mall is a shopping mall located in the northwest Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, United States, at the intersection of Golf Road and Interstate 290. The mall is the largest shopping mall in the state of Illinois, the second lar ...
(which included
The Streets of Woodfield) in nearby
Schaumburg
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, devastated Randhurst's shopping base, as did the local population's general change in shopping tastes. In 1996, the mall's management tried to compensate by updating the mall's decor and adding new Jewel-Osco and
Home Depot
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stores at the perimeter of the mall (the Home Depot replacing the closed
Child World
Child World was an American toy retailer founded in 1962. It grew to 182 sites and revenues of $830 million before failing in 1992. It was known for the distinctive stylised castle store exterior adopted after its 1977 purchase of the Children' ...
building, formerly the
Randhurst Ice Arena Randhurst Ice Arena was an indoor arena located in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The arena, which sat about 2,000 people, was the part-time home of the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association from 1974 to 1975. During the 1974 Avco Cup playoffs, ...
, and Wards Auto Center); despite this, foot traffic fell, and stores began disappearing from the mall at a rapid rate. This included the Filene's Basement minor anchor, which closed in 1999 (along with three other Chicago-area Filene's Basement stores). In June 1999, a
Borders
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book store was added (it would close in April 2011).
2000s
The problems for Randhurst continued as one of Chicago's first lifestyle centers,
Deer Park Town Center
Deer Park Town Center is an upscale lifestyle center in the northwest Chicago suburb of Deer Park, Illinois, situated at the southwest corner of U.S. Highway 12 (Rand Road) and Long Grove Road, just north of Lake Cook Road. It opened on October 2 ...
, opened in north suburban
Deer Park in 2000. This open-air shopping center became increasingly popular and may have attracted patrons who would have otherwise traveled to Randhurst or nearby Woodfield Mall. Meanwhile, Randhurst suffered the loss of its
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
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations. The original Montgomery Ward & Co. was a world-pioneering mail-order business and later also a leading department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. The curren ...
anchors within months of each other in 2001. JCPenney had labeled the Randhurst store as an "underperformer," and therefore closed the location as they did many other "underperforming" locations. The Montgomery Ward anchor was remodeled and rebranded as ''Wards'' in 2000 as part of a chain-wide "last-ditch" effort to revive the brand; when this failed, Wards closed its entire chain of stores and went out of business. In 2003, Kohl's moved its store to a space formerly occupied by
Venture
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/
Big Kmart
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The company was inc ...
near the corner of Elmhurst Road and Dempster Street on the south end of Mount Prospect. Following the sudden departure of these three anchor tenants, many stores inside the mall closed as well. The devastating loss of numerous tenants and anchors led many to believe that Randhurst was about to become a
dead mall
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Many malls in North America are considered "dead ...
.
In 2004, some revitalization did occur for the mall, as a grand remodeling and repositioning scheme for the mall was put in motion. The former JCPenney and Kohl's anchors were demolished to build a new
Costco
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anchor with no entry to the mall proper. Similarly, the former Montgomery Ward anchor was mostly torn down to create a grand new "
promenade
An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of ''esplanade'' was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide cle ...
" entrance for the mall. Unfortunately, no upscale stores ever moved into the new addition.
Applebee's
Applebee's Restaurants LLC. is an American company that develops, franchises, and operates the Applebee's Neighborhood Grill + Bar restaurant chain. The Applebee's concept focuses on casual dining, with mainstream American dishes such as salads ...
did move from another section of the mall, but unlike its previous home - which had both exterior and interior entrances - the new location was serviced by an outdoor entrance exclusively. A
Buffalo Wild Wings
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was built on an outlot close to Carson's and Jewel-Osco.
Circuit City
Circuit City is an American consumer electronics retail company, which was founded in 1949 by Samuel Wurtzel as the Wards Company, operated stores across the United States, and pioneered the electronics superstore format in the 1970s. After m ...
closed in early 2005, and
Old Navy
Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its ...
moved to nearby
Arlington Heights, all in the midst of the new construction.
Bed Bath & Beyond
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is an American chain of domestic merchandise retail stores. The chain operates many stores in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
Bed Bath & Beyond was founded in 1971. It is counted among the Fortune 5 ...
and
Steve & Barry's
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quickly took their places – Bed Bath & Beyond moved into the former Circuit City retail space, while
Steve & Barry's
Steve & Barry's was an American retail clothing chain, featuring casual clothing, footwear and accessories. By mid-2008, the chain operated 276 stores in 39 states. The company was headquartered in Port Washington, New York. The company liquidate ...
opened in the former Applebee's
restaurant
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and Old Navy spaces in 2004 and 2005. The Gruen design had been partially destroyed, and the renovation only temporarily helped stem the tenant outflow.
Redevelopment
In April 2007, the village of Mount Prospect approved a plan that included the demolition of the core of Randhurst. Designs by Larry Beame of Beame Architectural Partnership enabled the existing anchors to remain standing and be integrated into the redeveloped lifestyle center. Beame said the goal was to create "a traditional
Main Street shopping experience" that features a primary retail street with diagonal parking and public spaces for socializing.
The redevelopment was set to begin within two years.
Randhurst's final shopping day was Tuesday, September 30, 2008. By then, only two stores remained open inside the mall: Fashion Plus, and Your Choice Gifts. Both stores were ordered by management to be vacated by 9:00pm CST.
Demolition began in the winter of 2008/2009 with the mall offices near Carson Pirie Scott so a new loading ramp could be constructed for the department store. The mall was then gutted as it still contained hazardous asbestos insulation. By the following summer, visible demolition work had resumed. Less than eleven months after Randhurst closed, the mall's signature dome was pulled down on August 28, 2009, ending the existence of Cook County's first enclosed mall.
2010s
Construction of Randhurst Village began in the fall of 2009.
Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
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 ...
announced a remodeling of the former mall's Carson Pirie Scott anchor in May 2009, which was completed in November 2010.
A new
AMC
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*** AM ...
movie theater, with 12 screens, replaced the Randhurst 16 outparcel theater - originally the
General Cinema
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Fourplex (1962–1996) and purchased by AMC in 2002 - in April 2011. T.J.Maxx and Old Navy also opened in Randhurst during 2011 while
The Sports Authority
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replaced Steve & Barry's.
Several signification changes occurred in 2012. A 120-room
Hampton Inn & Suites opened alongside several of new retailers and restaurants that included
PetSmart
PetSmart is a privately held American chain of pet superstores, which sell pet products, services, and small pets. It is the leading North American pet company, and its direct competitor is Petco. Its indirect competitors are Amazon, Walmart, ...
,
Five Guys
Five Guys Enterprises LLC (doing business as both Five Guys Burgers and Fries, and simply Five Guys) is an American fast food restaurant chain focused on hamburgers, hot dogs, and french fries, and headquartered in Lorton, Virginia, part of Fa ...
and
Chipotle
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. The mall's existing bomb shelter was converted into underground parking for hotel guests.
It was also announced that Experience, Parmida Homes and Torrid would be moving into the lifestyle center by the end of the year. Construction began on new buildings for BlackFinn Ameripub, @
The Children’s Place and
Panera
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The company operates as Saint Louis ...
.
During this time, there were roughly 320,000 people in the area and very little restaurant competition for the lunchtime crowds. In early 2013, Chef Rodelio Aglibot and his partners opened E+O (Earth and Ocean) Food and Drink in Randhurst Village. This spacious restaurant featured an upscale menu and oversized patio to satisfy the demand from nearby business employees.
After owning Randhurst Village for 22 years,
JPMorgan Chase
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announced plans to sell the 1 million-square-foot lifestyle center in 2014.
Several development companies expressed interest in purchasing the property over the next year until it was finally sold to
New York
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-based DLC Management. At the time, it was the largest asset in DLC's portfolio.
Sports Authority closed due to Chapter 11 Bankruptcy in 2016.
Michael's
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took its place in 2017.
On April 18, 2018, the
Bon-Ton Stores, Inc.
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 ...
company (owner of
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 ...
) announced that all of its stores would go into liquidation due to financial reasons. The Carson's store at Randhurst had a little over 56 years of service to the Mount Prospect shopping community; 10 years after the indoor mall's closure, this store closed for good on August 29, 2018. Plans for entertainment or residential venues are likely options for filling in this vacant facility.
2020s
In January 2020, it was announced that the Bed Bath & Beyond store at Randhurst would close along with 40 other stores in the United States and Canada, due to financial issues with their parent company and because the stores no longer met company and consumer expectations.
Bus routes
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234 Wheeling/Des Plaines
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