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Northwoods Mall (Illinois)

Field	Value
name	Northwoods Mall
image	Northwest Peoria from Air 1974 Northwoods Mall I-74 & US 150.jpg
image_width	200
caption	Northwoods and adjacent I-74/U.S. 150 interchange, 1974
location	Peoria, Illinois, United States
coordinates
address	2200 W. War Memorial Dr. (formerly 4501 N. War Memorial Dr.)
opening_date	1973
developer	Harold Carlson
owner	Kohan Retail Investment Group
Summit Properties USA
number_of_stores	90
number_of_anchors	3 (1 open, 2 vacant)
floor_area	694,000 sqft
floors	2
parking	3,009 spaces
publictransit	Greater Peoria Mass Transit District
website

Summit Properties USA Northwoods Mall is a shopping mall in Peoria, Illinois. The mall opened in 1973. It is situated at the corner of Scenic Drive and U.S. Route 150 (West War Memorial Drive). The anchor store is JCPenney. There are 2 vacant anchor store that were once Sears and The RoomPlace.

History

Northwoods Mall opened in 1973 and was designed by architects Sidney H. Morris & Associates of Chicago, with Harold Carson Associates as the manager. The original anchor stores upon opening were Montgomery Ward, Carson Pirie Scott (shortened later to Carson's), and JCPenney. Original tenants included Helzberg Diamonds, B. Dalton, Claire's, GNC, a Fannie May candy shop, a bank, Brown's Sporting Goods, and several restaurants.

The mall was sold to Simon Property Group in 1983. Carson's closed that same year and was replaced two years later by Famous-Barr. Also in 1983, a botulism outbreak at the mall's Skewer Inn restaurant affected 28 customers.

Montgomery Ward closed its store in the mall in 1997, and Sears occupied its space a year later. A 2005 renovation added a food court. The Famous-Barr store was re-branded as Macy's in 2006. On January 7, 2016, it was announced that Macy's would close in March 2016 as part of a plan to close 40 stores nationwide. In 2017, Round 1 Entertainment moved into part of the vacant Macy's store on the 1st floor which opened on November 18, 2017. In 2018, it was announced that The RoomPlace would move into the rest of the half vacant Macy's store on the 2nd floor which opened on May 11, 2018.

On November 7, 2019, it was announced that Sears would close in February 2020 as part of a plan to close 96 stores nationwide. After Sears closed, JCPenney and The RoomPlace became the only anchor tenants left. Sears closed on February 16, 2020. In 2020, Spirit Halloween served as a temporary anchor store in the former Sears. On March 22, 2023, it was announced that Round1 would be closing in May 2023. In February 2024, it was announced that The RoomPlace would close as part of a plan to close 8 stores nationwide, which left JCPenney as the only anchor.

On December 9th 2025 Raising Canes opened up on the property.

References

(8 July 2013). "40 years of Northwoods Mall | the Peoria Chronicle".
"Norwoods Mall : Home PAge". Simon.com.
(July 8, 2013). "40 years of Northwoods Mall". The Peoria Chronicle.
(1984-10-31). "Retailing". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com.
(1997-09-05). "Pantagraph.com | Archive". Nl.newsbank.com.
(1997-09-12). "Pantagraph.com | Archive". Nl.newsbank.com.
"DailyDigest". Highbeam.com.
"Merger brings Macy's to Peoria, Ill.". Highbeam.com.
"The RoomPlace® celebrates the Grand Opening of 26th store in Peoria, Ill.".
(November 7, 2019). "Sears and Kmart store closings: 51 Sears, 45 Kmart locations to shutter. See the list". USA Today.
(March 22, 2023). "Round1 closing in Northwoods Mall in Peoria".
(February 2, 2024). "Major tenant to close store at Northwoods Mall in Peoria".
Kramer, Mike. "Raising Cane's opens next week. What to know about the grand opening".

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