Market Place Shopping Center

Market Place Shopping Center
Location Champaign, Illinois
Address 2000 North Neil Street
Opening date 1975 (1975)
Management Brookfield Properties Retail Group
Owner Brookfield Properties Retail Group
No. of stores and services 100[1]
No. of anchor tenants 5 (4 open, 1 vacant)
Total retail floor area 1,040,000 sq ft (96,619 m2)[1]
No. of floors 1
Website http://www.marketplacemall.com/

Market Place Shopping Center is an enclosed shopping mall located in Champaign, Illinois, USA. Its anchor stores are Dick's Sporting Goods, Field & Stream, JCPenney, and Macy's.

History

The mall opened in 1975 and was originally anchored by Sears, JCPenney and Bergner's.

The shopping center acquired a Tuscany-themed Italian villa setting as part of a renovation and expansion project, completed in August 1999.[2] This project added on a Famous-Barr department store and brought the mall up to 1,000,000 sq ft (92,903 m2) of gross leasable area.[3]

In May 2004, JCPenney, which had left the property and the region 5 years earlier, re-entered the mall as an anchor.[4] In 2006, Famous-Barr rebranded as Macy's following Macy's takeover of May Department Stores, Famous-Barr's parent company.

In 2013, it was announced that Sears would be closing in 2014. Sears had operated in Champaign continuously since 1928, and had been an original anchor at the mall's 1975 opening.[5] The store was demolished. Dick's Sporting Goods and Field & Stream built on that space in October 2015. On January 12, 2018 it was announced that Loft would be closing its store at the mall on January 27. On January 24, 2018 it was announced that H&M would move into the mall. The store will move into the Dick’s Sporting Goods wing. The store will move into the Gymboree store, the former Banana Republic store, a temporary Christmas store and the Forever 21 store. Gymboree closed at the end of January. Forever 21 will temporarily move into the JCPenney wing before returning to a new permanent store in the Dick's Sporting Goods wing. It will move into the Payless ShoeSource space, the former European Famous Brands store and the Day Spa. Payless ShoeSource is moving into the vacant Loft store. Day Spa is moving into the MasterCuts space which closed on January 26.

Bergner's closed in August 2018, as part of the closure of the entire Bon-Ton department store network.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Market Place Shopping Center". Brookfield Properties Retail Group.
  2. ↑ Sicard, Allyson H. (1999-09-01). "Midwest Development Projects". Retail Traffic. Penton Media. Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  3. ↑ "Developers To Sustain Recent Development Pace". Retail Traffic. Penton Media. 1998-01-01. Archived from the original on 2011-05-16. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  4. ↑ "Heartland Snapshot: Central Illinois". Heartland Real Estate Business. France Publications. May 2004. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
  5. ↑ Dodson, Don (25 October 2013). "Sears will close Champaign store in January". The News-Gazette. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
  6. ↑ Zigterman, Ben (August 28, 2018). "Bergner's store at Market Place Mall to close Wednesday". The News-Gazette.

Coordinates: 40°08′33″N 88°14′35″W / 40.14244°N 88.24307°W / 40.14244; -88.24307

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