Malls · Illinois

Cross County Mall (Mattoon)

Imported, unreviewedReinhabitedOperatingMattoon, IL

Retrofit complete; county population decline ongoing; retail establishments down 11.1%; traffic 16,660 ADT. · summary, model-written

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Former anchors

JCPenney

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Place

County lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012

This site: -11% census-cbp · all sites with this

Shrinking county

This site: -9.8% census-acs · all sites with this

Strategy

Reinhabited

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New use

Logistics and industrial

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Office

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Retail (continued)

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Now

Status	OperatingWikipedia no source
Strategy	ReinhabitedWikipedia no source
New uses	logistics, office, retailWikipedia no source

Securitised debt and public filers

Filings (2001 to date) that name “Cross County Mall” and “Mattoon” (25 hits, first 25 sampled, 2 other filers such as tenants left out). No commercial-mortgage trust names this mall in the sample, which does not rule out a securitised loan. Text matches, not a title search. Open the search · all trusts.

Kind	Filer	Filings	Dates	Forms
Public owner (strong)	AMERICAN REALTY INVESTORS INC (ARL)	21	2003-04-14 to 2019-04-01	10-K 10, 10-Q 8, 10-Q/A 2, 10-K/A 1

Site context

Housing permits, Coles County (IL), 2024	25 units in 5+ unit buildings, 0 in 2–4, 11 single-family; 2023: 25 in 5+Census BPS
Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW)	2,539 jobs in 143 establishments; average annual pay $34,768; employment location quotient 1.09; employment +2.3% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private
Jobs located in the tract, 2022	5,409 jobs; 91 in retail trade, 271 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 17029000400)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; 3.9% incarcerated at the 2010 count (362 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights
Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract)	low-income, low-access tract (1 mile urban / 10 miles rural); 47% of residents more than 1 mile from a supermarket; poverty rate 31.0%; median family income $37,101; 456 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS
Schools	Mattoon Community Unit School District 2 (PK-12); 0 public schools within 1 mileNCES EDGE
Elevation	715 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP
Storm events in the county, 2016-2025	111 county-logged events: 65 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 8 flash flood, 8 tornado; $2,587,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events
Homes for sale in ZIP 61938, 2026-09	median list price $159,950 (+1.6% on the year); 41 active listings; median 32 days on market; 16% with a price cutRealtor.com Research
Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023	177 establishments (-11%); 2,626 jobs (-4%)Census CBP
Housing market in the county	typical home value $145,077 (+5% 1 yr, +30% 5 yr); typical rent $771/mo, 2026-09Zillow Research
Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024)	16,660 vehicles a day on CHARLESTON AVE (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 320 trucks; 19 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS

Summary, model-written

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).

What we do not know yet

No current tenant list beyond anchors.
Logistics use not verified as active.
Reason for county population decline unknown.

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retrofit already built
county shrank -9.8% 2018–23

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History and original facts

Original developer	Chahanie Developmentnewtypes-extraction
Anchors	G. C. Murphy, JCPenney, IGA, Arlan's, Myers Brothers
County	Coles County
Census division	3 · East North Central
Notes	Draft from Wikipedia, model-extracted, unreviewed: Cross County Mall, opened in 1971 as a shopping mall with JCPenney, Sears, and Kmart anchors, now operates with Rural King as owner and anchor, reinhabiting former Sears for store support and offices while retaining retail tenants.

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Background

Cross County Mall is a shopping mall in Mattoon, Illinois, U.S. It was opened in 1971 with JCPenney, G. 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.

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

Sources

Cross County Mall (Illinois) · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Cross County Mall

Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Cross County Mall, Mattoon, IL." Record n-16ea5d48cf, imported, unreviewed. Built on the public Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/mattoon-cross-county-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

BibTeX

@misc{retrofitatlas_mattooncrosscountymall,
  title = {Cross County Mall, Mattoon, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/mattoon-cross-county-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record n-16ea5d48cf, release 2026.10.20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}

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