Louis Joliet Mall, formerly known as Westfield Louis Joliet Mall, is a shopping mall in Joliet, Illinois. It is located at 1118 Mall Loop Drive, Joliet. Its anchor stores , JCPenney, Macy's Sears and a 14-screen Cinemark movie theater along with one vacant anchor last occupied by Carson's. The mall opened in 1978 with Sears and Marshall Field & Company. Bergner-Weise opened in September 1979, and JCPenney 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 . After the Wieboldt'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 and JCPenney at one end and the former Carson's and Sears at other end. There is a food court off the main corridor in the center of the mall.The former Carson's in the mall was originally a Bergner-Weise when it opened. It was converted after the merger of P.A. Bergner with Carson Pirie Scott. The store has been renamed Carson's in the early to mid 2010's.The mall barely escaped destruction when the Plainfield Tornado passed within a few hundred yards of the southwest entrance. Some shoppers report seeing nothing but a huge, black wall when they looked to the southwest.The Marshall Field's store was officially renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006.General Cinema Theaters opened in 1984 with three screens. It became Silver Cinemas in 1990 and featured more screens. It closed in July 2008. Cinemark opened in its place on May 8, 2009. 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 rarely used the full name for the mall due to several other Westfield locations, notably in Aurora and Chicago Ridge; as such, the outdoor signage was eventually restored to say Louis Joliet Mall. In April 2012, the mall was sold to Starwood Capital Group, with CBL & Associates Properties responsible for management.The mall itself is one floor and contains a variety of shops, stands, and food shops.The mall also features a small play-area for children with seating for parents. On February 16, 2017, MC Sports announced that all 66 Stores would be closing. On April 18, 2018 it was announced that Carson's will close as the parent, Bon-Ton Stores, was going out of business. The store closed on August 29, 2018. On August 2, 2018 it was announced that the Senior Services of Will County might move into the vacant Carson's space.On October 15, 2018, it was announced that Sears would also be closing as part of a plan to close 142 stores nationwide which will leave JCPenney, Macy's and Cinemark as the only anchors left.
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