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Lincolnwood Town Center

Imported, unreviewedPartial RedevelopedPartly retrofittedLincolnwood, IL

Opened 1990. Partial Redeveloped in 2026.

Status nowPartly retrofittedextracted, unreviewed
documented
Demolition was initially expected to begin in May 2026, but was delayed, with partial demolition later expected to begin in June 2026.

en.wikipedia.org

What it becameretail, housing, entertainmentextracted, unreviewed reported
Last sale$12.3M · 2025public reporting
Retrofit year2026extracted, unreviewed reported
Walkability16.8 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Lincolnwood Town Center
Exterior view of a modern shopping center with prominent signage and glass facade. · verified by a vision model. Photo: AlphaBeta135, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Site profile26 elements · what this site is built with · tap a chip for the evidence

Finance and pipeline
Attention rising (Wikipedia views +50% y/y)This site: 8,092 views, +323% wikimedia · all sites with this
On FacebookThis site: …https://www.facebook.com/186970247988653 overture · all sites with this
Sold since 2020This site: 2025 Prairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate Advisors research-deals · all sites with this
Website aliveThis site: …https://lincolnwoodtowncenter.com/ overture / http check · all sites with this
Place
100k+ jobs within 45 min by transitThis site: 136,200 epa-walkability · all sites with this
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this
3+ other atlas sites within 10 kmThis site: 3 within 10 km computed · all sites with this
30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent roadThis site: 30,795 on McCormick Blvd fhwa-hpms · all sites with this
Bike network nearbyThis site: 48 ways openstreetmap · all sites with this
County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012This site: -11% census-cbp · all sites with this
County permitting 2,000+ apartment units a yearThis site: 4,853 units, Cook County census-bps · all sites with this
County typical rent $2,000+This site: $2,228/mo zillow · all sites with this
Grocery within 800 mThis site: 2 stores openstreetmap · all sites with this
High heat wave riskThis site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with this
High inland flooding riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
High natural hazard risk (FEMA NRI)This site: Relatively High; tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, cold wave fema-nri · all sites with this
High social vulnerability tract (SVI ≥ 0.75)This site: 0.80 cdc-svi · all sites with this
High tornado riskThis site: Very High fema-nri · all sites with this
High-income tract ($100k+)This site: $105,982 census-acs · all sites with this
Shrinking countyThis site: -0.7% census-acs · all sites with this
Walkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)This site: …index 16.8 epa-walkability · all sites with this
Strategy
RedevelopedThis site: Old Navy is expected to stay open until the mid-section of the mall is demolished, while Kohl's is expected to remain open until the final phase of demolition. extraction · all sites with this
New use
Entertainment and sportsThis site: …adjacent land into a mixed-use commercial, residential, and entertainment space. extraction · all sites with this
HousingThis site: …the mall and its adjacent land into a mixed-use commercial, residential, and entertainment space. extraction · all sites with this
Mixed useThis site: …d a plan to redevelop the mall and its adjacent land into a mixed-use commercial, residential, and entertainment space. extraction · all sites with this
Retail (continued)This site: …new_use field extraction · all sites with this

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Now

StatusPartly retrofittedextracted, unreviewed
documented
Demolition was initially expected to begin in May 2026, but was delayed, with partial demolition later expected to begin in June 2026.

en.wikipedia.org

StrategyPartial Redevelopedextracted, unreviewed
documented
In April 2026, the village board approved a plan to redevelop the property into a large retail store, an automobile dealer, and other commercial or retail spaces.

en.wikipedia.org

New usesretail, housing, entertainmentextracted, unreviewed reported
What is there nowOld Navy is expected to stay open until the mid-section of the mall is demolished, while Kohl's is expected to remain open until the final phase of demolition.extracted, unreviewed
documented
Old Navy is expected to stay open until the mid-section of the mall is demolished, while Kohl's is expected to remain open until the final phase of demolition.

en.wikipedia.org

Retrofit year2026extracted, unreviewed reported
DeveloperPrairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate Advisorsextracted, unreviewed

History and original facts

Opened1990Wikidata reported
Stores at peak90extracted, unreviewed reported
Original developerMelvin Simon & Associatesextracted, unreviewed
documented
Developers Melvin Simon & Associates (now known as Simon Property Group and Chicago-based Hawthorn Realty first proposed to build a 1.2-million-square-foot (110,000 m2) mall on the site in 1985, but the plan was turned down by city trustees.

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AnchorsKohl's, Carson's
CountyCook County
Census division3 · East North Central
NotesWikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States

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Planning

Entitlement year2026extracted, unreviewed
Planning notesIn 2022, the Lincolnwood village board proposed a plan to redevelop the mall and its adjacent land into a mixed-use commercial, residential, and entertainment space.extracted, unreviewed reported

Deals and debt

DateEventPricePartiesSource
2025Sold$12.3M closedPrairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate AdvisorsWikipedia

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Lincolnwood Town Center” and “Lincolnwood” (211 hits, first 100 sampled, 3 other filers such as tenants left out). Common name: these matches are unreliable. Only weak matches to commercial-mortgage trusts: the mall may have backed a securitised loan, or may just be mentioned in the filing; several trusts usually means one loan split into pari-passu notes. Earliest trust filing in the sample 2014-06-23 (a sample date, not the issuance date); candidate loan vintage 2014 from the trust name (weak match). Whether the loan is still in the pool, in special servicing or repaid is in the trust's monthly distribution reports, which are not searchable here. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

KindFilerFilingsDatesForms
CMBS trust (weak)J.P. Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2014-C2092014-06-23 to 2025-03-1810-K 4, 10-D 3, 8-K/A 1, 8-K 1
CMBS trust (weak)GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2015-GS122025-03-25 to 2025-03-2510-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)JPMCC Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-JP322025-03-13 to 2025-03-1310-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)CSAIL 2016-C6 Commercial Mortgage Trust22025-03-19 to 2025-03-1910-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-GC3122025-03-31 to 2025-03-3110-K 2
CMBS trust (weak)SG Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-C512025-03-14 to 2025-03-1410-K 1
Public owner (strong)WASHINGTON PRIME GROUP INC.442014-11-04 to 2021-08-098-K 41, 10-K 1, 8-K/A 1, 10-Q 1
Public owner (strong)SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ (SPG, SPG-PJ)282002-08-09 to 2013-02-048-K 27, 8-K/A 1
Public owner (strong)GLIMCHER REALTY TRUST12014-11-04 to 2014-11-048-K 1
Public owner (weak)Washington Prime Group, L.P.12021-05-10 to 2021-05-1010-Q 1

As reported by the owner

Property tables from the owner's annual report (Form 10-K, Item 2) on EDGAR, one row per filing year. GLA, occupancy and anchors are the filer's own figures at that year end; “leased” counts signed leases, “occupied” counts open stores; ownership is the filer's share. Matched by name and place, unreviewed; the verbatim table row is in sec_facts.csv.

Year endFilerName in filingGLA sq ftOccupancyYearsShareSales psfAnchors listed
2020Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2021-03-16Lincolnwood Town Center Lincolnwood, IL
match: exact
422,99777.3% occupiedbuilt 1990100.0%
Fee
Kohl's, The RoomPlace
2016Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2017-02-24Lincolnwood Town Center IL
match: exact
422,99497.5% occupiedbuilt 1990100.0%
Fee
Lincolnwood (Chicago)
2014Washington Prime Group 10-K, 2015-02-26Lincolnwood Town Center IL
match: exact
421,99295.8% occupiedbuilt 1990100.0%
Fee
Lincolnwood (Chicago)
2009Simon Property Group 10-K, 2010-02-25Lincolnwood Town Center Lincolnwood, IL
match: exact
421,38295.0% occupiedbuilt 1990100.0%
Fee
Kohl's, Carson Pirie Scott

Site context

Transit within 800 mno rail station; 10 bus stops within 400 mOpenStreetMap
FEMA flood zoneX · AREA OF MINIMAL FLOOD HAZARDFEMA NFHL
EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m29: ADA METAL PRODUCTS; AMERICAN GENERATOR & ARMATURE CO; AUTOMATIC DRAWN PRODUCTS CORP; BELL & HOWELL; BURRELL LEDER BELTECH INCEPA FRS
Census tract 170318080025,250 people, 4,936 per sq mi; median household income $105,982; median gross rent $3,501; 31% renters; 12.0% vacant units; 4.6% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year
Walkability (EPA, block group)index 16.8 of 20; 145 intersections per sq mi; nearest transit stop 524 m; land-use mix 0.89; 338,262 jobs within 45 min by car, 136,200 by transit; 35% of households without a carEPA Smart Location
Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m)6 of 6 daily needs: 2 grocers, 1 schools, 28 parks or playgrounds, 2 health, 2 civic, 15 food and drink; 48 cycleway segments, 171 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap
Opportunity ZonenoHUD
Housing permits, Cook County (IL), 20244,853 units in 5+ unit buildings, 512 in 2–4, 1,142 single-family; 2023: 3,332 in 5+Census BPS
Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract)overall percentile 0.80; socioeconomic 0.48; housing and transport 0.78; 13% below 150% of poverty; 12% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR
Other atlas sites nearby3 within 10 km, 29 within 25 km: Westfield Old Orchard (3.6 km); Former Sears department store (5.5 km); Megamall (9.2 km)computed
Overture Mapsplace Lincolnwood Town Center (shopping_mall, confidence 0.98, from Overture, Overture-signals, meta); building footprint 26,433 m², 6.920158386230469 mOverture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0)
Website and sociallincolnwoodtowncenter.com (alive); archived 1999–2026 (Wayback) · social: facebookOverture / Internet Archive
Attention: Wikipedia page views39,962 since 2015; 8,092 in the last 12 months (+323% vs the prior 12); peak 2026-04 with 2,290Wikimedia
Tract change 2013–2023population +12% (4,688 → 5,250); median income +34% ($79,276 → $105,982); renters 24% → 31%; median home value +21% ($335,900 → $407,000)Census ACS 5-year
Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract)relatively high overall (score 93.2); expected annual loss $3.0M; high: tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, cold wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI
Tax-credit housing within 1 kmnoneHUD LIHTC
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)213,302 jobs in 12,604 establishments; average annual pay $43,743; employment location quotient 0.83; employment -0.6% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 20226,034 jobs; 1,226 in retail trade, 654 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 17031808002)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022
Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract)children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 59th income percentile as adults; -0.1% incarcerated at the 2010 count (323 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; poverty rate 5.9%; median family income $93,026; 99 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
SchoolsNiles Township Community High School District 219 (09-12); 8 public schools within 1 mile: Mosaic School of Fine Arts; Decatur Classical Elem School; Rogers Elem School; West Ridge Elem SchoolNCES EDGE
Elevation598 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-20251,091 county-logged events: 620 thunderstorm wind, 164 hail, 133 flood, 82 flash flood; $1,049,471,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 60712, 2026-09median list price $653,125 (+5.0% on the year); 26 active listings; median 38 days on market; 4% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 202313,577 establishments (-11%); 214,575 jobs (-4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the countytypical home value $340,258 (+6% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $2,228/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research
House price index, tract, 2025405 (2000 = 100); -0.8% 1 yr, +35% 5 yr, +54% 10 yrFHFA
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)30,795 vehicles a day on McCormick Blvd (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 900 trucks; 21 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

Opened in 1990 as a 90‑store mall developed by Melvin Simon & Associates, Lincolnwood Town Center lost anchors over time (Madigan’s 1991, J.C. Penney 2001, Carson’s 2018) and was acquired in 2025 by Prairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate Advisors for $12.3 M. A village‑approved redevelopment plan calls for demolition in phases starting 2026, with Old Navy and Kohl’s remaining open until demolition completes, aiming for mixed‑use retail, housing, and entertainment.

Why. The record shows anchor losses (Madigan’s, J.C. Penney, Carson’s) and the 2021 Chapter 11 filing of Washington Prime Group as key pressures; no explicit mention of broader competition or debt beyond that.

Where it stands. As of the record, the mall is in partial status, owned by Prairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate Advisors following their 2025 purchase, with redevelopment entitlement approved for 2026.

For a planner

  • Precedent: village board’s 2022 mixed‑use redevelopment proposal
  • Policy tool: entitlement approval for phased demolition and new use
  • Open questions: timing of full demolition, integration of housing with existing retail, infrastructure impacts

For a developer

  • Site size: not stated in the record
  • Control: owned by Prairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate Advisors since 2025
  • Entitlement stage: redevelopment plan approved, entitlement year 2026
  • Constraints: no flood, transit, or environmental data provided
  • Market signals: tract‑level data not included

What we do not know yet

  • Site size missing
  • Floodplain or hydrologic constraints not provided
  • Transit access and traffic impact data absent
  • Environmental constraints (e.g., wetlands, contamination) not detailed
  • Tract‑level market or demographic data lacking
  • Some fields (year_retrofit, developer) are model‑extracted and marked unverified
  • Status 'partial' and after‑notes about Old Navy and Kohl’s occupancy are uncertain

Generated by nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b on NVIDIA API via Hermes CT from the fields, parcels, deals and context layers on this page, with no outside knowledge. It is regenerated when the record changes and has not been checked by a person. How it is made.

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Background

Lincolnwood Town Center was a shopping mall located in Lincolnwood, Illinois. The mall opened in March 1990. It featured three anchor stores at its peak: Carson's and Kohl's. The mall is managed by Friedman Real Estate, while the property itself is owned by Prairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate Advisors.

Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.

Timeline

  1. 1985 Initial proposal to build a 1.2-million-square-foot mall by Melvin Simon & Associates turned down by city trustees.
  2. 1987 Second plan for a smaller shopping mall and offices approved after tie-breaking vote.
  3. 1990 Opened (Wikidata)
  4. 1990 Mall opened in March 1990.
  5. 1991 Madigan's closed after one year; replaced by J. C. Penney.
  6. 2001 J. C. Penney closed.
  7. 2018 Carson's store shuttered following Bon-Ton bankruptcy.
  8. 2019 TheRoomPlace opened in former Carson's spot.
  9. 2021 Washington Prime Group filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
  10. 2025 Prairie Ridge Development and Xroads Real Estate Advisors acquired the property for $12.3 million.
  11. 2026 Village board approved redevelopment plan for large retail store, automobile dealer, and other commercial spaces.

Sources

  • Wikipedia: Lincolnwood Town Center · supports: after notes, original developer, status, strategy
    14 quoted sentences
    Developers Melvin Simon & Associates (now known as Simon Property Group and Chicago-based Hawthorn Realty first proposed to build a 1.2-million-square-foot (110,000 m2) mall on the site in 1985, but the plan was turned down by city trustees.
    Old Navy is expected to stay open until the mid-section of the mall is demolished, while Kohl's is expected to remain open until the final phase of demolition.
    Demolition was initially expected to begin in May 2026, but was delayed, with partial demolition later expected to begin in June 2026.
    In April 2026, the village board approved a plan to redevelop the property into a large retail store, an automobile dealer, and other commercial or retail spaces.

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