Retrofit Atlas

Malls · Illinois

Meadowdale Shopping Center

Imported, unreviewedRedevelopedReinhabitedPartly retrofittedCarpentersville, IL

Retrofitted 1989 to strip mall; current tenants (Walmart, Tractor Supply) with high rent and county population decline limit new opportunity. · summary, model-written

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Site profile8 elements · what this retrofit is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Former anchors
Carson Pirie ScottThis site: Carson Pirie Scott wikipedia · all sites with this
Place
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $2,108/mo zillow · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -2.8% census-acs · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: …fewer than two dozen tenants, housed in the strip mall portion. In 2016, a 183,000 sq ft (17,000 m2) Walmart opened on an out-parcel at the east end of the… record · all sites with this
ReinhabitedThis site: …fewer than two dozen tenants, housed in the strip mall portion. In 2016, a 183,000 sq ft (17,000 m2) Walmart opened on an out-parcel at the east end of the… record · all sites with this
New use
Civic and governmentThis site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
OfficeThis site: …ts include Walmart, Tractor Supply Company and a large post office. newtypes-extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field newtypes-extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusPartly retrofittednewtypes-extraction reported
StrategyPartial Redeveloped · ReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New usescivic, retailWikipedia no source
What is there nowfewer than two dozen tenants, housed in the strip mall portion. In 2016, a 183,000 sq ft (17,000 m2) Walmart opened on an out-parcel at the east end of the mall. current tenants include Walmart, Tractor Supply Company and a large post office.newtypes-extraction reported
Retrofit year1989newtypes-extraction reported

Site context

Housing permits, Kane County (IL), 2024357 units in 5+ unit buildings, 34 in 2–4, 1,741 single-family; 2023: 563 in 5+Census BPS
Other atlas sites nearby1 within 10 km, 7 within 25 km: Spring Hill Mall (3.7 km)computed
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)20,049 jobs in 1,220 establishments; average annual pay $39,808; employment location quotient 0.95; employment -1.6% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 202257 jobs; 12 in retail trade, 2 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 17089850201)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 37th income percentile as adults; 1.4% incarcerated at the 2010 count (637 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)not a low-access tract at 1 mile; 1% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 17.4%; median family income $65,278; 224 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsCommunity Unit School District 300 (PK-12); 4 public schools within 1 mile: Sunny Hill Elem School; Golfview Elem School; Meadowdale Elem School; Lakewood SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation890 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025392 county-logged events: 262 thunderstorm wind, 74 hail, 23 tornado, 14 flood; $1,258,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 60110, 2026-09median list price $325,575 (+9.2% on the year); 28 active listings; median 37 days on market; 22% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 20231,413 establishments (-4%); 24,486 jobs (+7%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $383,834 (+5% 1 yr, +35% 5 yr); typical rent $2,108/mo (+3% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)25,949 vehicles a day on John F Kennedy Dr (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,075 trucks; 7 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Meadowdale Shopping Center opened in 1957 as a mall. In 1989, it underwent partial retrofit (demolishing parts of the north/east ends), shifting to a strip-mall format with fewer than two dozen tenants. In 2016, an out-parcel Walmart (183,000 sq ft) opened east of the site. Current tenants are Walmart, Tractor Supply, and a large post office. The site is classified as 'partial' status.

Why. Opportunity score is 0.0 due to: (1) retrofit already completed (1989), (2) Kane County population shrank -2.8% 2018–23, (3) median rent $1,404 (high for current tenant mix).

Where it stands. No new development planned. Current use is low-density retail (Walmart, Tractor Supply) with no civic use implemented. Nearest peer (Spring Hill Mall, 3.7km) is also partially retrofitted. County retail establishments declined 4.3% 2012–2023.

For a planner

  • Partial retrofit completed (1989)
  • Walmart anchors out-parcel (2016)
  • No civic use active
  • County population decline noted
  • Median rent $1,404 (high for current tenants)

For a developer

  • No new retrofit opportunity (already done)
  • Low tenant count (fewer than 24)
  • High rent relative to current use
  • Population decline in county

What we do not know yet

  • No data on current vacancy rates
  • No details on 1989 retrofit costs
  • No evidence of 'civic' use implementation
  • No recent tenant turnover data

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Multifamily screen

  • retrofit already built
  • county shrank -2.8% 2018–23
  • median rent $1,404

Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.

History and original facts

Opened1957newtypes-extraction
Original developerLeonard W. Besingernewtypes-extraction reported
AnchorsW.T. Grant, Carson Pirie Scott, Wieboldt's, Cook's, Block & Kuhl
CountyKane County
Census division3 · East North Central
NotesDraft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: A large section of the Meadowdale Shopping Center mall was demolished in 1989, a post office was expanded, and it now operates as a strip mall with new big-box tenants like Walmart.

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Timeline

  1. 1957 grand opening of the first 14 stores
  2. 1957 Opened
  3. 1989 north end of the mall and half of the east end were demolished
  4. 1989 Post Office was doubled in size
  5. 1989 Retrofit: redevelop, reinhabit
  6. 2016 Walmart opened on an out-parcel

Sources

  • Carpentersville, Illinois · CC BY-SA 4.0
    5 quoted sentences
    Meadowdale Shopping Center
    On May 18, 1957, the grand opening of the first 14 stores in the shopping center was held.
    In 1989, the north end of the mall and half of the east end - 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) in total - were demolished
    The Post Office was doubled in size.

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