- Gurnee Mills
Gurnee Mills is an indoor
outlet mall , located inGurnee, Illinois about halfway betweenChicago andMilwaukee, Wisconsin . It is a single-level Z-shaped mall. At 1.8 million square feet ofgross leasable area , it is the fourth largest mall inIllinois .cite web|url=http://www.secinfo.com/d11MXs.zE33.htm|title=Mills Limited Partnership, 10-K|date=2005-03-31] [cite web |url=http://nrbonline.com/IndustryInfo/StateTopTen/State.aspx?id=IL |title= Top 10 Largest Malls in Illinois|accessdate=2007-06-12] It opened onAugust 8 ,1991 as the fourth mall built by the now-defunctMills Corporation . [cite web|url=http://www.gurnee.il.us/keeping_posted/kp0791.html|title=Village of Gurnee / Keeping Posted Newsletter|date=1991-07]Theme park
Six Flags Great America is located near the mall, and both receive tourist and tour bus traffic. Fact|date=February 2007Until its death in
2006 , Serpent Safari, a reptile zoo offering guided tours of reptiles, housed the heaviest living captiveBurmese Python , which weighed 403 pounds. The python held the title in theGuinness Book of World Records for 9 years.Fact|date=May 2008Throughout the mall, there are several sets of TVs hanging from the ceiling known as "Mills TV", showing video loops of music videos and advertisements.
The mall is the last mall the
Mills Corporation built the mall linear (Potomac, Franklin, and Sawgrass) and the last with 2 food courts, (Franklin and Sawgrass are others).Anchor stores
Gurnee Mills features several
anchor store s, including:Bass Pro Shops ,Bed Bath & Beyond ,Burlington Coat Factory ,Circuit City ,H&M , JCPenney Outlet,Kohl's ,Marshalls /HomeGoods ,Off 5th ,Sears Grand ,Sports Authority ,TJ Maxx ,Value City and VF Factory Outlet.Former anchor stores include: SYMS (now VF Factory),
Filene's Basement ,Lord & Taylor Clearance Center,Phar-Mor , Sears Appliance Outlet,Spiegel (now Kohl's),Computer City (now Circuit City), andWaccamaw Pottery (now Sears Grand).References
External links
* [http://www.gurneemillsmall.com/ Gurnee Mills website]
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