Harlem Irving Plaza
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| Location | Norridge, Illinois,United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°57′19.5″N87°48′29″W/ 41.955417°N 87.80806°W |
| Address | 4104 N Harlem Ave |
| Opening date | 1956 |
| Management | Harlem Irving Companies |
| Owner | Harlem Irving Companies |
| No. of stores and services | 140+ |
| No. ofanchor tenants | 10 |
| Total retail floor area | 725,000 sq ft (67,400 m2). |
| No. of floors | 2, plus partial basement, and 3 in former Carson Pirie Scott |
| Parking | 2,600 |
| Public transit access | Chicago Transit Authority |
| Website | shopthehip |
Harlem Irving Plaza(commonly referred to as "The HIP") is ashopping malllocated inNorridge, Illinois,a suburb ofChicago.The mall features over 100 stores and afood court.The mall's anchor stores areKohl's,Nordstrom Rack,XSport Fitness,Xfinity,Best Buy,Target,Hobby Lobby,DSW,Five Below,andDick's.It is one of the oldest shopping malls in the Chicago area.[1]
History
[edit]Built on the site of a former livestock farm, Harlem Irving Plaza opened in 1956 as a 337,000-square-foot (31,300 m2)strip mallfeaturing approximately 45 tenants.[1]Original anchor stores includedKroger,Walgreens,Wieboldt's,W.T. Grant,andWoolworth.The plaza became a member of theInternational Council of Shopping Centersa year after opening.[2]
Between 1975 and 1979, the former strip mall was enclosed, and aparking garagewas added. Also in 1979, Madigan's was added to the roster of department stores.[1]MainStreet,a short-lived subsidiary ofFederated Department Storesopened at the mall in 1987, just as Wieboldt's closed.[3]In 1989,Kohl'sacquired and converted all of the stores in the MainStreet chain;Carson Pirie Scottopened in the former Wieboldt's the same year. Afood courtwas added in 1996,[1]andBest Buyopened in the former Madigan's. Best Buy re-located to the mall's parking lot in 2001;[1]its original location was replaced with a second parking garage. The mall underwent a thorough renovation in 2004, gaining a 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m2)Targetin August of that year.[1] In honor of the mall's 50th anniversary in 2006, Harlem Irving Plaza hosted a meet and greet with the original Mouseketeers (Mickey Mouse Club). In honor of the mall's 60th anniversary in 2016, Harlem Irving Plaza hosted a meet and greet with Bobby Hull, Mike Ditka and Dick Butkus.[4]
Sports Authority,Panera Bread,Chipotle Mexican Grill,and a fitness center were to be added in a 2013 expansion.[5]Sports Authority has since closed. It was announced that in the fall of 2017Nordstrom Rackwould take the place of the vacated Sports Authority location.[6]Carson'shas since gone out of business, which prompted a transformation of the shuttered retailer into a large atrium and new entry for visitors entering via the upper parking deck.
In early October 2021, Dick's Sporting Goods opened its doors on the mall's third floor addition with fellow-anchor Hobby Lobby pre-occupying the second floor.[7]Hobby Lobby and Dick's Sporting Goods as of November 2021 are the sole two occupants of the above-first level expansion to the mall initially finalized in 2020. Target is the only other second floor holding retailer although their second floor does not have a mall entrance.
Bus routes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^abcdef"Harlem Irving Plaza: Get HIP!".Archived fromthe originalon 2013-12-22.Retrieved2011-02-03.
- ^"Harlem Irving Company - Celebrating 50 years!".Archived fromthe originalon 2006-11-01.Retrieved2007-03-15.
- ^Greg BurnsJerry C. Davis (October 22, 1987)."Wieboldt axing yet another store - Harlem-Irving".Chicago Sun-Times.p. 84.RetrievedAugust 20,2016.
- ^"Original Mouseketeers celebrate 50th anniversary of" The Mickey Mouse Club "".abclocal.go.com.August 18, 2006.RetrievedAugust 20,2016.
- ^"Harlem Irving Plaza begins major expansion".Crain's Chicago Business.September 20, 2012.RetrievedAugust 20,2016.
- ^"Nordstrom Rack To Open At Harlem Irving Plaza In Norridge, Illinois".
- ^"Dick's Sporting Goods Harlem Irving Plaza".Dick's Sporting Goods.RetrievedNovember 27,2021.
- ^"78 Montrose (Bus Route Info)".
- ^"80 Irving Park (Bus Route Info)".
- ^"90 Harlem (Bus Route Info)".