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C. Murphy, IGA, Arlan's, and Myers Brothers, with Sears joining in 1972. Following the closure of Arlan's in 1973, the space became Kmart one year later. G. C. Murphy became Meis, Elder-Beerman, and then Carson's, while Kmart moved out of the mall in 1993 and became a larger Sears store. The Sears closed in 2014 and became a Rural King in 2019. Following the closures of Carson's and JCPenney in 2018 and 2020 respectively, the mall's anchors are Rural King, Marshalls, and Dunham's Sports.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_County_Mall_(Illinois)", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q41611210", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_County_Mall_(Illinois)", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 0, "county_fips": "17029", "opp_score": 0.0, "opp_reasons": ["retrofit already built", "county shrank -9.8% 2018–23"], "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/mattoon-cross-county-mall/", "events": [], "sources": [{"id": 7342, "site_id": "n-16ea5d48cf", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_County_Mall_(Illinois)", "title": "Cross County Mall (Illinois)", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "Cross County Mall", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Cross County Mall (Mattoon, IL) remains operational as a mixed-use site with logistics, office, and retail uses, per its new_use field. The retrofit transformation is already complete (opp_reasons: 'retrofit already built').", "why": "County population shrank 9.8% (2018–2023), per opp_reasons. Retail establishments declined 11.1% (2012–2023) and employment fell 3.6% in the same period. Traffic volume on Charleston Ave (principal arterial) is 16,660 ADT (2024).", "where_it_stands": "SEC filings show American Realty Investors (owner) has held the site since 2003. Current anchors: Rural King, Marshalls, Dunham's Sports. No new retail tenants added since 2020 (JCPenney closed 2020).", "for_a_planner": ["County population decline is a key context factor.", "Traffic data confirms road infrastructure remains active."], "for_a_developer": ["Logistics/office uses are operational (not proposed).", "No new retail development noted in recent permits (2023–2024: 36 units total, mostly single-family)."], "risks_and_unknowns": ["No current tenant list beyond anchors.", "Logistics use not verified as active.", "Reason for county population decline unknown."], "data_quality": "good", "one_line": "Retrofit complete; county population decline ongoing; retail establishments down 11.1%; traffic 16,660 ADT.", "model": "qwen3-30b-a3b-64k:latest", "machine": "Dell 5820 RTX 3090 (Ollama, qwen3-30b-a3b)", "record_sha1": "ce22ec5898a4"}, "edgar": {"query": "Cross County Mall", "city": "Mattoon", "total": 25, "name_only_total": 1, "common_name": false, "sampled": 25, "latest": "2019-04-01", "earliest": "2003-04-14", "cmbs": [], "public": [{"name": "AMERICAN REALTY INVESTORS INC  (ARL)", "cik": "0001102238", "n": 21, "first": "2003-04-14", "last": "2019-04-01", "forms": {"10-K": 10, "10-Q": 8, "10-Q/A": 2, "10-K/A": 1}, "cmbs": false, "kind": "owner", "sic": "6510", "acc": "0001387131-19-002392", "doc": "arl-10k_123118.htm", "adjacent": true}], "other": [{"name": "CHRISTOPHER & BANKS CORP", "cik": "0000883943", "n": 3, "first": "2011-05-12", "last": "2018-08-06", "forms": {"8-K": 2, "10-K": 1}, "cmbs": false, "kind": "other", "sic": "5621", "acc": "0000883943-18-000134", "doc": "cbsecondamendmentfinal.htm", "adjacent": false}, {"name": "COLLECTIVE BRANDS, INC.", "cik": "0001060232", "n": 1, "first": "2010-09-02", "last": "2010-09-02", "forms": {"10-Q": 1}, "cmbs": false, "kind": "other", "sic": "5661", "acc": "0000950123-10-083320", "doc": "c58976exv10w2.htm", "adjacent": false}], "forms": {"10-K": 11, "10-Q": 9, "10-Q/A": 2, "8-K": 2, "10-K/A": 1}, "url": "https://efts.sec.gov/LATEST/search/#/q=%22Cross%20County%20Mall%22%20%22Mattoon%22&forms=10-K,10-D,8-K,10-Q,ABS-EE&dateRange=custom&startdt=2001-01-01", "retrieved": "2026-10-20", "v": 4, "adj": ["0001102238"], "adj_total": 10, "first_in_sample": null, "securitised": null, "vintage": null, "vintage_strong": false, "source": "SEC EDGAR full-text search"}, "elevation": {"elevation_ft": 714.9, "resolution": 1, "source": "USGS EPQS (3DEP)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "food_access": {"tract10": "17029000400", "urban": 1, "lila_1_10": 1, "low_access_1mi": 1, "lapop1share": 46.5206834645072, "poverty_rate": 30.9715889161698, "median_family_income": 37101.0, "snap_households": 456.0, "pop2010": 2870.0, "source": "USDA ERS Food Access Research Atlas 2019 (ArcGIS copy)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "housing_market": {"zhvi": {"latest": 145077, "month": "2026-09", "change_1y": 0.054, "change_5y": 0.303}, "zori": {"latest": 771, "month": "2026-09", "change_1y": null, "change_5y": null}, "county_fips": "17029", "source": "Zillow Research (ZHVI, ZORI)"}, "jobs_lodes": {"tract20": "17029000400", "jobs": 5409, "retail_jobs": 91, "food_accommodation_jobs": 271, "year": 2022, "source": "Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 (all jobs, primary and secondary), blocks summed to the 2020 tract", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "listings": {"zip": "61938", "month": "202609", "median_listing_price": 159950, "median_listing_price_yy": 0.0159, "active_listing_count": 41, "median_days_on_market": 32, "price_reduced_share": 0.1602, "pending_ratio": 0.439, "source": "Realtor.com Research, inventory core metrics by ZIP (ZCTA at the site point)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "opportunity": {"tract10": "17029000400", "kfr_p25": 0.3677, "jail_p25": 0.0386, "kids_count": 361.7729, "commuting_zone": "Charleston", "vintage": "children born 1978-83, outcomes measured 2014-15", "source": "Opportunity Insights, Opportunity Atlas (Chetty, Friedman, Hendren, Jones, Porter 2018)", "retrieved": "2026-10-20"}, "peers": {"peers": [{"id": "m-f0cbf831bd", "name": "1800 N. 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