# St Charles Mall

St Charles, IL · mall · tier: curated · Retrofit Atlas record `m-585dc57c2e` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/st-charles-st-charles-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-585dc57c2e.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-585dc57c2e.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-585dc57c2e

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | built | reported · derived from authors' map (retrofit year present) |
| Strategy | redevelop | reported · authors' map |
| New use | housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | • Redevelopment: residential, new streets | reported · authors' map |
| Opened | 1980 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1995 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2016 | reported · authors' map |
| Redeveloper | City of St. Charles | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 2017 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Planning notes | Over 8 residential buildings with 670 units were built in the span of a couple years. | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “The mall opened in 1980 with over 48 stores (including 2 anchor stores).” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Mall
- **year_closed**: “The mall closed in 1995.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Mall

## Anchors

Kmart, Joseph Spiess Company

## Timeline

- 1979: Joseph Spiess Company opened as first anchor before mall opened
- 1980: Mall opened with over 48 stores
- 1986: Essaness Theatre sold to Cineplex Odeon
- 1995: Mall closed
- 2002: City decided to demolish mall buildings for redevelopment
- 2016: Retrofit: redevelop
- 2017: City approved plans for Prairie Centre residential development
- 2018: Construction started on the site

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

St. Charles Mall was a shopping mall in St. Charles, Illinois. The mall opened in 1980 with over 48 stores. The mall closed in 1995. The anchors stores were Kmart and Joseph Spiess Company.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Mall

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Charles_Mall
- Retrofitting Suburbia Interactive Mall Map (ArcGIS web map ce33ab26…) — https://www.arcgis.com/apps/mapviewer/index.html?webmap=ce33ab2637374aab862b8a23847f620f (2021-01-20)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "St Charles Mall, St Charles, IL." Record m-585dc57c2e, release 2026-10-21, tier curated. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/st-charles-st-charles-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_stcharlesstcharlesmall,
  title = {St Charles Mall, St Charles, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/st-charles-st-charles-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-585dc57c2e, release 2026-10-21, tier: curated. 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.