Market Place Mall (Champaign, Illinois)

Market Place Mall

Location	2000 North Neil Street
Management	General Growth Properties
No. of stores and services	100[1]
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	1,040,000 sq ft (96,600 m2)[1]
Website	http://www.marketplacemall.com/

Market Place Mall is an enclosed shopping mall located in Champaign, Illinois. Due to its location in the college town of Champaign, many of the shopping centers retailers aim towards the college demographic. The mall experiences a high occupancy rate, and annually has a large amount of shopper traffic. In May 2004, the management, General Growth Properties, was successful in signing JC Penney back into the mall. JC Penney had left the property (and indeed the region) 5 years previously.^[2]

The shopping center acquired a Tuscany-themed Italian villa setting as part of a renovation and expansion project, completed in August 1999.^[3] This same renovation and expansion project brought the mall up to 1,000,000 sq ft (92,900 m²) of Gross leasable area.^[4]

Anchors

Market Place Mall has four anchor stores:^[5]

• Macy's
• Sears
• JCPenney
• Bergner's

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Market Place Shopping Center: Center Information". General Growth Properties. http://www.ggp.com/Properties/MallDirectory.aspx?smuid=547. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
2. ^ "Heartland Snapshot: Central Illinois". Heartland Real Estate Business (France Publications). May 2004. http://www.heartlandrebusiness.com/articles/MAY04/snapshot2.html. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
3. ^ Sicard, Allyson H. (1999-09-01). "Midwest Development Projects". Retail Traffic (Penton Media). http://retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_midwest_development_projects_2/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
4. ^ "Developers To Sustain Recent Development Pace". Retail Traffic (Penton Media). 1998-01-01. http://retailtrafficmag.com/mag/retail_developers_sustain_recent/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-22. 
5. ^ "Market Place Shopping Center". General Growth Properties. http://www.ggp.com/Properties/MallDirectory.aspx?smuid=547. Retrieved 2009-03-22. ^{[dead link]}