# Charlestowne Mall

St. Charles, IL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-4b91578bbc` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/st-charles-charlestowne-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4b91578bbc.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-4b91578bbc.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-4b91578bbc

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | unknown | reported · Wikipedia |
| Opened | 1991 | reported · Wikipedia |
| GLA (sq ft) | 850000 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |
| Stores at peak | 130 | reported · Esri 2014 layer |

## Anchors

JCPenney, Sears, Carson Pirie Scott, Von Maur, Kohl's, Regal Cinemas

## Timeline

- 1991: Opened (Wikidata)

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

Charlestowne Mall was a shopping mall located in St. Charles, Illinois, United States. It was the second mall to serve the city after St. Charles Mall. Built by Wilmorite Properties, Charlestowne Mall opened for business in August 1991. Its original anchor stores were Kohl's, JCPenney, Sears, and Carson's. Regal Cinemas added a movie theater in 1999 which was sold to Classic Cinemas two years later, while JCPenney closed in 2000 and was converted in 2001 to Von Maur. The mall began experiencing a decline in tenancy in the 21st century due to its size, its location, and the opening of Geneva Commons in Geneva, Illinois in 2002. Although Wilmorite sold most of its shopping malls to Macerich in 2005, Charlestowne Mall was not included in the sale; it then changed ownership multiple times, with many of the following owners announcing plans to renovate it. None of these plans were executed, and many stores closed over time, including Sears in 2011 and Kohl's in 2016. The mall was entirely closed in 2017 except for the movie theater, Von Maur, and Carson's, which itself closed a year later. The vacant mall is owned by Urban Street Group.

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

## Sources

- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02)
- Wikipedia: Charlestowne Mall — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlestowne_Mall (2026-10-13)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Charlestowne Mall, St. Charles, IL." Record m-4b91578bbc, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/st-charles-charlestowne-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_stcharlescharlestownemall,
  title = {Charlestowne Mall, St. Charles, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/st-charles-charlestowne-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-4b91578bbc, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

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.