# College Hills Mall

Normal, IL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-98be5c1cd5` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/normal-college-hills-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-98be5c1cd5.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-98be5c1cd5.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-98be5c1cd5

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | The Shoppes at College Hills is a lifestyle center retail complex located in the city of Normal, Illinois, USA. | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 2005 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Retrofit year | 2005 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Redeveloper | Cullinan Properties | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **after_notes**: “The Shoppes at College Hills is a lifestyle center retail complex located in the city of Normal, Illinois, USA.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_College_Hills
- **status**: “The Shoppes at College Hills is a lifestyle center retail complex located in the city of Normal, Illinois, USA.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_College_Hills
- **strategy**: “The complex was built in 1980 as a small enclosed shopping mall called College Hills Mall, and was demolished and rebuilt in 2005 as an outdoor center.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_College_Hills

## Anchors

Von Maur, Target, Hobby Lobby, Crunch Fitness

## Parties

- MetLife — owner (from text) (1986–)
- Cullinan Properties — owner (from text) (2005–)
- Alto Real Estate funds and M & J Wilkow — owner (from text) (2017–)

## Timeline

- 1978: Plans announced
- 1980: First stage opened
- 1980: Montgomery Ward opened
- 1982: Target added as third anchor
- 1986: MetLife purchase
- 1989: Carson Pirie Scott sold to Von Maur
- 1997: Montgomery Ward closed
- 1999: Hobby Lobby opened
- 2005: Opened
- 2005: Demolished and rebuilt as outdoor center
- 2017: Purchased by Alto Real Estate funds and M & J Wilkow

## Deals and debt

- 2017 sale:  Alto Real Estate funds and M & J Wilkow   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_College_Hills
- 1986 sale: 21000000.0 MetLife   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_College_Hills

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The Shoppes at College Hills is a lifestyle center retail complex located in the city of Normal, Illinois, USA. It is one of two major shopping centers in the Bloomington-Normal area. The complex was built in 1980 as a small enclosed shopping mall called College Hills Mall, and was demolished and rebuilt in 2005 as an outdoor center. Anchor stores include Hobby Lobby, Target, Crunch Fitness, and Von Maur.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_College_Hills

## Sources

- Quoted support for after_notes — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shoppes_at_College_Hills

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "College Hills Mall, Normal, IL." Record m-98be5c1cd5, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/normal-college-hills-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_normalcollegehillsmall,
  title = {College Hills Mall, Normal, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/normal-college-hills-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-98be5c1cd5, 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}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.