Westfield Old Orchard

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Westfield Old Orchard

Location	Skokie, Illinois, USA
Opening date	1956
Developer	Philip M. Klutznick
Management	The Westfield Group
Owner	The Westfield Group
No. of anchor tenants	4
Total retail floor area	1.8 million ft²
No. of floors	1
Website	http://westfield.com/oldorchard

Westfield Old Orchard, formerly Old Orchard Shopping Center, is an open-air shopping center in Skokie, Illinois. Its anchor stores are Bloomingdale's, Macy's, Lord & Taylor and Nordstrom. It is currently undergoing a $60 million expansion and reconfiguring expected to open in late 2007.

Marshall Field's was officially renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006.

[edit] History

Old Orchard Shopping Center was first opened in 1956 by developer Philip M. Klutznick, with Marshall Field's and the The Fair Department Store. The Fair company was bought by Montgomery Ward in 1957 and they renamed the store in 1964. In 1978 Saks Fifth Avenue was added and Lord & Taylor in 1979. A major expansion and renovation occurred in 1993-1995, with Lord & Taylor constructing a new store in 1993, the Montgomery Ward was demolished and a Nordstrom built in its place in 1994 and an entire new promenade was added with a Bloomingdale's in 1995. The shopping center remained open-air and did not enclose to form a traditional shopping mall as so many others did.

The Westfield Group acquired the shopping center in 2002, and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005. In July 2005, Saks Fifth Avenue closed their store. After initially proposing a massive expansion and reconfiguration, Westfield instead began a more scaled-down $60 million project in July 2006, demolishing the former Saks store in the process. The addition is expected to open late in 2007.