2000 Subscriber Special Non Dead Mall: Hawthorn Mall - Vernon Hills, Il
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2020
- A regional mall in Vernon Hills, Il, it has over 180 stores and 5 department store slots.
A darling in the north metro, this has fallen into the background of the much larger Gurnee Mills further north. The mall is in the midst of a large redevelopment after a rash of department store closures. We will wait and see. 
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My childhood mall😢
Haven't been there in years but spent a ton of time there as a kid. Sears was always my Family's go-to store for Tools, Clothes & Electronics at that time (late 80's very early 90's).
I do appreciate you also highlighting malls that are still active. Too many dead mall video can get real depressing.
So true. Visiting dying malls is a guaranteed recipe for depression. No Fun!
@@phongphong4640 That's why I only visit malls that are doing decent.
I used to cut across the corn fields and walk to this mall as a kid between ‘75 - ‘79. Good memories. I haven’t been back to this mall since December of 1979. Been living in California ever since. I imagine I wouldn’t recognize the surrounding area anymore and I’m sure the old corn field is gone. Lived in a development called Deerpath on Bedford Road. Great place to grow up as a kid.
Nice music!
Thanks!
I had my first job at the Sears in this mall back in the day.
I lived in the neighboring New Century Town condominiums built at the same time as this mall.
I remember the old , long gone stores in this mall.....Krochs & Brentanos....Athletes Foot.....Merle Harmons Fan Fair.....Herman's Sporting Goods.....Orange Julius....many others.
This mall had it all.
In fact , in high school my Economics teacher said Hawthorn , in the mid-80s , was the most profitable mall in the USA based on sales/square footage.
I dont know if that is true but certainly believable.
I'm worried about AMC closing up and pulling out of the mall. I dont know if it could survive that blow.
I haven't been back to Hawthorn in years. Something tells me I should while it's still here.
Great video , you do good work.
I live just down the street from here and both my wife and I worked at Macy’s for a time. The mall is in a state of transition, not thriving but not dead either, was wondering when I’d see it on one of these channels. Say what y’all want about here, I still love this place and it managed to outlast two other malls close by, both of which completely shuttered and reopened as collections of free standing box stores 😎
The only mall I've seen that is truly THRIVING is the Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge (literally across the street form the Chicago border). There miiiiight be 1 empty store, but if there is it won't be for long. The place is always packed. You should really check that one out for a non-dead mall.
That's because it's the closest mall to Chicago. Also woodfield mall always been doing good.
Awesome video
So weird to see this. I practically lived there from Aug/05 til Jan/06. Worked at the Dairy Queen/Orange Julius, which now appears to be an AT&T store at about the 2 minute mark. The Sbarro and McD's are still there, I don't recall a Taco Bell being there, but DQ/Julius and the Mrs. Fields in the next stall are gone. There was a flat screen right outside our store that would play the Westfield theme song and some jingle for an Emma Roberts Disney show or something like clockwork. Imagine hearing that every day for 8+ hours for 6 months straight. Anyway, thanks for the video.
The Taco Bell has been there since i want to say sometime in the 2000's but i could be wrong.
woah it's nice
It's been so weird. When I was growing up Hawthorn was the nicer place (like 15 years ago), and Gurnee mills looked ugly and dead inside. Now it's the opposite
Also. This place was popping around the holidays. The mansion in the woods around back would have a huge drive through light show, and though most of the property is now subdivision, the city still puts up some of the light structures by the mall around Christmas
Why did you stop?
It's a very nice mall
When I used to reside in the Chicago Area I'd first go to Woodfield to _LOOK,_ and Hawthorn to _PURCHASE!_ Things were always a bit cheaper @ Hawthorn...
3:56 how bout those Fields arches huh? Nice touch
The only mall I ever saw with a lot of people is only the fashion outlet in Rosemont, Illinois. I have been to this mall and I only saw like 50 people in here.
I wanted to let you know that in the Battle Creek square mall the last anchor store was Sears in 2018
1:00 looks like a cheap version of northbrook courts tree house...
Yeah, this mall was shockingly not busy when I was up there. This is like the cousin of Fox Valley Mall. Similar in a way.
Agreed.
@@UrbexAPeakInside I think one place you should check out is the promenade Bolingbrook, Spring Hill mall, Yorktown and town square Wheaton. Because the promenade is thriving and nice and so is Yorktown. Spring Hill and town square Wheaton are dying.
Yeah they are sister malls. Designed by the same group
Just found your channel, are you done making videos?
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Does Deerbrook Mall still stand? It seemed like the last time I was in that area in the late 90's, the overhaul of Northbrook Court put the final nail in it's coffin.
Unfortunately not.
@@UrbexAPeakInside I think this mall is dying. There are a lot of vacancies if I counted correctly there is a total of 131 spots total of open and closed places and 91 are occupied
@@retailadventures6 I thought it said 116
Would you ever do the fox river mall? It's very lively.
Definitely. It's on my radar.
If Lakehurst Mall was still open would of you made a video about it
Def.
It’s dying so bad like everything is closing, including the shoe encore place.
Hello I see you aren't really that active anymore but incase you see this. I'm currently looking to explore some abandoned places near Kenosha WI. I'm curious if you know any or if you know of any apps of websites that might help?
This mall doesn't have many options unlike Gurnee Mills that has kohls , huge books store, all the name brand sportswear, dick's sporting goods, skechers, Hollister, Nautica, Levi, Macy's, five and below. Etc
The traffic's awful in Lake County. Hated driving to see inlaws in Greyslake.
Agreed. Also especially on Half Day and Townline.
Grayslake.
Will you be making a comeback with your channel?
Running out of malls to do unfortunately. If I get a new mall I will for sure post it
Too bad in 2024, Hawthorn is an overall dead mall now, but Mellody Farm is thriving.
I don't like the most. Both Hawthorn Mall and Gurnee Mills killed of Lakehurst Mall. Lakehurst Mall was the better of of the two malls it had better stores and the mall itself looked better.
Demolition is already under way - I was told by a friend that Macy's is still there, but closing. The demolition started at Sears.
I remember when that place was packed with people, maybe 10-12 years ago.
They only demolished Sears and that is done and over. Now they are building again, new luxury apartments and some sort of food and entertainment area to compete with Mellody Farm across Milwaukee.
@@alisaishere I did find and look at the website for the project - ambitious, I'll give them that. I wish them luck.
luckily the macys is staying because its a beautiful store. the carsons and sears are both torn down now and a lot of the apartments seem done. lululemon, lacoste, apple stores are coming to the retail part!
What happened to your channel???
It would be cooler to put an Apple store in the mall and even an Old Navy,too. I haven’t been in this mall since mid 90’s with my sister.
The Northbrook Court mall along with Old Orchard are too close with the apple store. Maybe after northbrook court closes as it is dying.
@@CameronGrumet where did you find this ? Apple was crowded at Northbrook Court on Friday.
@@CameronGrumet since when has Northbrook been dying i still see it fully active
@@sebastianrodriguez6241 it is definitely not active lol. They are going to shut down very soon. They already scrapped their future plans.
@@CameronGrumet I haven't heard anywhere in the news saying the mall going to close down soon. And if it is I don't want it to go it was a good mall. It was literally the most identical mall to Lakehurst Mall. I remember Lakehurst Mall was beautiful and it had almost everything you will want in a mall.
I’ve been to this mall only once, boring... I was there only because I was hungry and had a quick meal at the food court. That was about it. My buddy at work lives in Libertyville otherwise I won’t travel this far north.
Speaking of food just came back home from South Cali. Malls there offer so much variety in terms of dinning options. My last visit was at Westfield Santa Anita in Arcadia. That place is humongous for a suburban mall. They have so many choices in restaurants and eateries. From high end fine dinning to real authentic Mexican and Japanese. Even food court served shushi beats many high priced restaurants here in Chicago. I really envy of that.