- Westfield Louis Joliet
infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Westfield Louis Joliet / Louis Joliet Mall
caption =
location =Joliet, Illinois , USA
opening_date = August 2, 1978
developer = Homart Development
manager =The Westfield Group
owner =The Westfield Group
number_of_stores = 100
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = 947,000 ft²
floors = 1, the dept stores have 2 each
website = http://westfield.com/louisjoliet
parking =Westfield Louis Joliet Mall, formerly/informally known as Louis Joliet Mall, is a
shopping mall inJoliet, Illinois . It is located at 1118 Mall Loop Drive, Joliet. Its fouranchor stores areCarson Pirie Scott ,JCPenney ,Macy's (formerlyMarshall Field's ) and Sears. The mall opened in 1978 with Sears andMarshall Field & Company .Bergner's opened in September 1979, andJCPenney would move from downtown to the mall one month later. In the beginning, Louis Joliet Mall had stiff competition from the slightly older mall a few miles away on Jefferson Street,Jefferson Square Mall . Many shops had a location in both malls (Stuart's, Musicland, Printer's Ink, etc). After theWieboldt's at Jefferson Square closed in 1987, many of these stores either went to Louis Joliet Mall or simply closed their Jefferson Square location.Louis Joliet is a one-level mall with
Macy's andJCPenney at one end andCarson Pirie Scott and Sears at other end. There is afood court off the main corridor in the center of the mall.The
Carson Pirie Scott in the mall was originally aBergner's when it opened. It was converted after the merger of P.A. Bergner withCarson Pirie Scott .The
Marshall Field's store was officially renamed Macy's onSeptember 9 ,2006 .The Westfield Group acquired the shopping center in 2003, and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown Louis Joliet", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005. However, most locals do not use the Westfield name for the mall. Many call it "Joliet Mall", or "Louie Mall".The mall itself (not including anchore stores) is one floor and contains a variety or shops, stands, and food shops.Louis Joliet Mall also houses a Tilt video arcade, a play-area for children with seating for parents and a TGI Fridays restaurant.
Louis Joliet Mall has also begun construction on a new multi-screen Cinemark movie theater scheduled to open in 2009, replacing the current Silver Cinema theater.
External links
* [http://www.westfield.com/louisjoliet/ official Westfield Louis Joliet website]
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