# Lakehurst Mall

Waukegan, IL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-bd42d92514` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/waukegan-lakehurst-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-bd42d92514.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-bd42d92514.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-bd42d92514

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | demolished | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | redevelop, regreen | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | mixed, housing | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | mixed-use housing | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1971 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Retrofit year | 2004 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Acres | 200.0 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Stores at peak | 85 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Original developer | Sidney H. Morris and Associates of Chicago and Gruen Associates of Los Angeles | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Zoning change | suburbia | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Entitlement year | 1969 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **acres**: “In December 1968, 200 acres... purchased from Thomas E. Wilson/Edellyn Farms for $2 million” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall
- **original_developer**: “The mall was designed by Sidney H. Morris and Associates of Chicago and Gruen Associates of Los Angeles” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall
- **after_notes**: “closed in 2001... demolished in 2004” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall
- **status**: “closed in 2001... demolished in 2004” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall
- **strategy**: “closed in 2001... demolished in 2004” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall
- **zoning_change**: “five-year research project... one of the fastest developing areas of the Midwest” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall

## Anchors

JCPenney, Carson Pirie Scott, Dunham's Sports, Wieboldt's

## Parties

- Richard Jacobs — owner (Wikidata, undated)
- Thomas E. Wilson/Edellyn Farms — owner (from text) (1968–1969)
- Waukegan, Illinois — owner (from text) (1969–2004)

## Timeline

- 1968: land purchased
- 1969: construction started
- 1970: 85% leased
- 1971: Opened (Wikidata)
- 1971: opened
- 1986: Wieboldt's closed
- 2000: fewer than 5 tenants
- 2001: closed
- 2004: demolished

## Deals and debt

- 1968 sale: 2000000.0 Waukegan, Illinois ← Thomas E. Wilson/Edellyn Farms  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall

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

Lakehurst Mall was a shopping mall in Waukegan, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The mall officially opened in 1971. The mall's anchor stores were JCPenney, Wieboldt's, and Carson Pirie Scott. After Wieboldt's closed in 1986, its former location was divided between Montgomery Ward and Dunham's Sports. The mall declined in the 1990s, closed in 2001, and was demolished in 2004.

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

## Sources

- Quoted support for acres — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lakehurst_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Lakehurst Mall, Waukegan, IL." Record m-bd42d92514, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/waukegan-lakehurst-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_waukeganlakehurstmall,
  title = {Lakehurst Mall, Waukegan, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/waukegan-lakehurst-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-bd42d92514, 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.