Village Crossing Shopping Center, or simply Village Crossing, is a regional shopping center located on Touhy Avenue (Illinois Route 72) between the border of Skokie, Illinois and Niles, Illinois. The shopping center hosts 57 retail stores and is anchored by Jewel-Osco, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Petsmart, Michael's, Best Buy and an 18-screen AMC Theatres cinema. A parking garage connects to AMC Theatres and Dick’s Sporting Goods.
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| Location | Skokie, Illinois, Niles, Illinois United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°00′36″N 87°45′57″W / 42.0101°N 87.7658°W |
| Address | 5507 W Touhy Ave |
| Opening date | 1989 |
| Developer | Trammell Crow Company |
| No. of stores and services | 57 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 10 |
| Total retail floor area | 722,457 sq ft[1] |
| No. of floors | 1 (2 on Dick's Sporting Goods) |
| Parking | 9,440 spaces |
| Public transit access |  Pace |
| Website | Archived official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-07-24) |
History edit
Village Crossing Shopping Center opened in 1989, on the former site of a 63-acre industrial facility run by AT&T and the Teletype Corporation in Skokie, Illinois.
in 1987, AT&T announced the closure of their teletype facility and that all 1000 employees would be moved into another facility in Naperville, Illinois,. After almost 30 years of operation, the facility officially closed later that same year.[2]
The site was acquired and developed by the Trammell Crow Company for an undisclosed sum. Construction began in the beginning of 1988. Many structures of the industrial complex were demolished in favor of parking spaces as well as a 500,000 square foot parking garage.[3]
One of the first anchor stores to open in the first phase of Village Crossing was a 65,000 square foot Jewel-Osco building and a 112,000 square foot Montgomery Ward store (which closed in 1999).[3]
In 2001, Crown Theaters Village Crossing 18 opened.[4] Crown Theaters was acquired by AMC Theatres in 2007.
References edit
- ^ "Village Crossing Retail Space on LoopNet.com". Retrieved 2021-10-10.
- ^ Ibata, David (April 13, 1987). "AT&T closes Skokie Facility". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ a b Ziemba, Stanley (September 6, 1988). "Crow unveils Plans for Mall in Niles-Skokie". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ "Village Crossing Newspaper Index". skokienewspaperindex.com. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
External links edit
- Official website (Archive)