| A lot in store at Skokie's new Mariano's |
2015-04-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 23, 2015, p.24 |
Skokie Commons,
Mariano, Bob,
Business - Grocery stores,
Business - Shopping centers,
Mariano's |
| Westfield Old Orchard airs weekly French Market |
2012-06-28 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 28, 2012 , p. 13 |
Farmers markets,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Fitness center to help give Touhy a new look |
2012-05-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 10, 2012 , p. 5 |
Luke, Paul,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
XSport Fitness,
Roberts, Randall,
Business - Shopping centers,
Touhy Marketplace |
| Skokie trustees clear way for new 'Super Walmart |
2012-04-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 26, 2012 , p. 5 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Elrod, Steven,
Clark Street Development,
Roberts, Randall,
Eisenberg, Peter,
Walmart,
Business - Shopping centers,
Perille, Donald,
Touhy Marketplace |
| Touhy Walmart, shopping center win final OK |
2012-04-19 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 19, 2012 , p. 5 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Elrod, Steven,
Clark Street Development,
Roberts, Randall,
Eisenberg, Peter,
Walmart,
Business - Shopping centers,
Perille, Donald,
Touhy Marketplace |
| Old Orchard gets early jump on prom season |
2012-03-29 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 29, 2012 , p. 7 |
Livaditis, Katarina,
So, Julia,
Bezrouch, Matt,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Harms, Missy,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Touhy 'Super Walmart' gains panel support |
2012-03-22 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 22, 2012 , p. 14 |
Business - Retail,
Block, Richard,
Clark Street Development,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Marek, David,
Berman, Scott,
Walmart,
Business - Shopping centers,
Skokie Appearance Commission,
Touhy Marketplace |
| New Walmart proposed for Skokie's east end |
2012-02-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 23, 2012 , p. 5 |
Touhy Centre,
Clark Street Development,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Walmart,
Business - Shopping centers,
Hanley, J. Patrick,
Touhy Marketplace |
| Mall makeover OK'd with large sign intact |
2011-12-01 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 1, 2011 , p. 5 |
Advertising, signs and sign boards,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers,
Kashima, Hide,
Lorge, Michael |
| Starting out with a bang: Holiday shopping season gets under way at Skokie's Old Orchard Mall |
2011-12-01 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 1, 2011 , p. 13 |
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Holidays and celebrations - Christmas,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Westfield Old Orchard manager hired at key time |
2011-11-03 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 3, 2011 , p. 10 |
Mattes, Deborah,
Geiges, Tim,
Business - Shopping centers,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard |
| Westfield Old Orchard wins backing for critical changes |
2011-10-13 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 13, 2011 , p. 5 |
Renovation and repair,
Business - Shopping centers,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Kashima, Hide |
| Old Orchard mall seeks approval for upgrades |
2011-09-22 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 22, 2011 , p. 9 |
Zoning,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Westfield Old Orchard seeing a flurry of recent activity |
2011-09-01 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 1, 2011 , p. 5 |
Wilde & Greene Restaurant + Natural Market, The,
Skechers Fitness,
Madewell,
Epic Burger,
Timberland,
Vera Bradley,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Tumi,
Business - Shopping centers,
Art of Shaving |
| Touhy Centre retail property changes hands |
2011-08-04 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 4, 2011 , p. 5 |
Touhy Centre,
Clark Street Development,
Eisenberg, Peter,
Reliance Lane Investors I, LLC,
Business - Shopping centers,
Hanley, J. Patrick |
| Gourmet food court, market planned for 2011 |
2010-12-09 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 9, 2010 , p. 7 |
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Zoning changes backed to help retail centers |
2010-04-08 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 8, 2010 , p. 5 |
Zoning,
Peyer, Peter,
Business - Shopping centers,
Voitik, Mike |
| Shopping center reverses no smoking policy |
2010-03-25 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 25, 2010 , p. 10 |
Mattes, Deborah,
Business - Shopping centers,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Smoking |
| Holiday shoppers flock to Westfield Old Orchard |
2009-12-03 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 3, 2009, p. 7 |
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Stores will replace Old Orchard 'apple |
2009-10-08 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 8, 2009, p. 5 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Yan, Victoria,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers,
Perille, Donald,
Kashima, Hide |
| Mayor sees work ahead despite downturn |
2009-01-08 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 8, 2009, p. 3 |
Skokie Swift,
Touhy Centre,
Energy conservation,
Rush North Shore Medical Center,
Skokie Hospital,
Skokie,
Hospitals,
Van Dusen, George,
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center,
Municipal employees,
Business - Shopping centers,
Skokie Police Department |
| 5 restaurants tabbed for Touhy Centre |
2008-12-25 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 25, 2008, p. 4 |
Potbelly Sandwich Works,
Chipotle Mexican Grill,
Touhy Centre,
Starbuck's,
XSport Fitness,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Garden Fresh Market,
Voitik, Mike,
Kish-Wruck, Amy,
Business - Shopping centers,
Sweet Tomatoes,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Skokie Plan Commission |
| Dunkin' Donuts planned for new center |
2008-12-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 18, 2008, p. 6 |
Dunkin' Donuts,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Skokie Plan Commission,
McCarthy, Jim,
Gross Point Crossings,
Kish-Wruck, Amy,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard gears up for Santa, shoppers |
2008-11-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 27, 2008, p. 11 |
Assist a Family,
Rivenson, Meryl,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Holidays and celebrations - Christmas,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Trustees sign off on Dempster retail center |
2007-12-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 27, 2007, p. 7 |
Gross Point Road,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Business - Banks and banking,
McCabe, Frank,
Dempster Street,
Gelder, Michael,
Business - Shopping centers,
Perille, Donald |
| New retail development OK'd for Touhy Avenue |
2007-12-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 6, 2007, p. 5 |
Luke, Paul,
Touhy Centre,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Panel endorses shopping center |
2007-11-22 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 22, 2007, p. 8 |
Porter, Kimberly,
Cox, James,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Gross Point Crossings,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Touhy Centre approved despite earlier rejection |
2007-10-11 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 11, 2007, p. 8 |
Cox, James,
Touhy Centre,
Chase Brothers, LLC,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Reliance Lane Investors I, LLC,
Marciani, Steve,
Business - Shopping centers,
3650 Touhy LLC |
| Panels agree to reconsider Touhy retail center project |
2007-09-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 27, 2007, p. 5 |
Chase Brothers, LLC,
Iceberg, Jerrol,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Reliance Lane Investors I, LLC,
Touhy Avenue,
Business - Shopping centers,
3650 Touhy LLC |
| Plan panel rejects Touhy retail complex |
2007-09-13 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 13, 2007, p. 6 |
Cox, James,
Novello, William,
Peyer, Peter,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Touhy Avenue,
Business - Shopping centers,
Stasica, Lawrence |
| Mayor: Skokie in midst of unprecedented changes |
2007-01-04 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 4, 2007, p. 5 |
Holiday Inn North Shore,
Skokie Swift,
Holocaust Memorial Museum,
Business,
Skokie Fire Department,
Skokie - City planning,
Hanson, Wayne,
Illinois Science and Technology Park,
Tennes, Ann,
Schwartz, Harvey,
Clark, Ann,
Transportation,
Optima, Inc.,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
West Dempster Street Business Redevelopment District,
Parks,
National Louis University,
Doubletree Hotel,
Gorell, Jacqueline,
Business - Hotels and motels,
Traffic,
Energy conservation,
Van Dusen, George,
Business - Shopping centers |
| People & Promotions |
2005-07-21 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 21, 2005, p. 87 |
Sikoral, Thomas,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Study: How mall growth affects traffic |
2005-06-09 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 9, 2005, p. 3 |
Peyer, Peter,
Traffic,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Saks leaving Old Orchard |
2005-06-02 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 2, 2005, p. 3 |
Saks Fifth Avenue,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Holiday season shoppers swarm Old Orchard mall |
2004-12-02 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 2, 2004, p. 9 |
Ridgeway, Shannon,
Ruth, Michael,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Trustees approve more mall booths |
2004-03-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 18, 2004, p. 9 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Woman killed at Westfield |
2003-12-18 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 18, 2003, Sec. 1, p. 18 |
Crime and criminals - Murder,
Jung, Jung Yon,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Booths OK'd for mall |
2003-08-14 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 14, 2003, p. 75 |
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard sold |
2002-12-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 26, 2002, p. 9 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Westfield Group,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Business - Shopping centers |
| The skinny on the fat man |
2002-12-12 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 12, 2002, p. 73 |
Lincolnwood Town Center,
Westfield Shoppingtown Old Orchard,
Holidays and celebrations - Christmas,
Business - Shopping centers,
Golf Mill |
| Mall sale closing Friday |
2002-05-02 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 2, 2002, p. 3 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Westfield Group,
Business - Shopping centers,
Berg-Stark, Maria |
| Auxiliary to make a lasting impression |
2001-09-06 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 6, 2001, p. D9 |
Auxiliary of Evanston Northwestern Healthcare,
Organizations and societies,
Playgrounds,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Labyrinth beckons kids at Old Orchard Center |
2001-07-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 26, 2001, p. 3 |
Kohl's Children's Museum,
Old Orchard Labyrinth,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Turner, Sheridan,
Playgrounds,
Berg-Stark, Maria,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard gets scare from board |
2001-05-17 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 17, 2001, p. 5 |
Laing, Michael,
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Parking,
Maggiano's,
Business - Shopping centers,
Perille, Donald |
| Maggiano's gets nod for valet parking changes |
2001-04-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 5, 2001, p. 12 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Murray, Chris,
Hansen, Jim,
Parking,
Maggiano's,
Business - Shopping centers,
Valet Systems Inc.,
Stasica, Lawrence |
| First openings expected in fall in female-oriented mall |
2000-06-01 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 1, 2000, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
Starbuck's,
Ritz Camera,
Zany Brainy,
Pier I Imports,
Jared Jewelers,
Ulta 3,
Business - Shopping centers,
Women,
Krause's Furniture,
Best Buy |
| Trustees give nod to revised Old Orchard mall expansion plan |
2000-03-16 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 16, 2000, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall expansion delayed |
2000-03-09 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 9, 2000, p. 3 |
Laing, Michael,
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Montgomery Ward re-opening leads way in shifts at Village Crossing shopping center |
1999-10-07 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, October 7, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
Renovation and repair,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Van Heusen,
Construction,
Montgomery Ward,
Hamilton Partners,
OfficeMax,
Business - Shopping centers,
Mid-American Asset Management |
| Opponents of women's mall fail to sway trustees |
1999-07-01 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 1, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Sweig, Shirley,
Kosterka, Marcia,
Storck, Berel,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Board approves theater complex |
1999-06-24 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 24, 1999, p. 9 |
Crown Theaters,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Cemetery shops OK'd once again |
1999-06-24 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 24, 1999, p. 3 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Zoning,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
King, Terry,
Kosterka, Marcia,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Storck, Berel,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Theaters at Village Crossing approved by Skokie trustees |
1999-06-24 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 24, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crown Theaters,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village OKs shopping among the graves |
1999-06-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 10, 1999, p. 3 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
ORIX TMK Old Orchard Venture,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Female-oriented mall gets nod from Skokie trustees |
1999-06-10 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 10, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
ORIX TMK Old Orchard Venture,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Organized Living,
Korn, Al,
Business - Shopping centers,
Friedman, Paula |
| 18-screen theater gets panel's nod |
1999-04-29 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 29, 1999, p. 3 |
Crown Theaters,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Hamilton Partners,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Planners OK theaters at Village Crossing |
1999-04-29 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 29, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crown Theaters,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Plan Commission rejects shopping center |
1999-04-15 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 15, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
ORIX TMK Old Orchard Venture,
Skokie Plan Commission,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie delays theater plan hearing |
1999-03-11 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 11, 1999, p. 5 |
Crown Theaters,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers,
Hamilton Partners |
| Center vacancies at 15% : Village |
1999-03-11 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 11, 1999, p. 5 |
Service Merchandise,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Montgomery Ward,
Hamilton Partners,
Business - Shopping centers,
Centrex Life Solutions |
| Village Crossing theater plan draws opponents |
1999-03-11 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 11, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crown Theaters,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Theater proposed for Village Crossing site |
1999-02-25 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 25, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Crown Theaters,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers,
Hamilton Partners |
| Mega theater pitched for Touhy mall |
1999-02-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 18, 1999, p. 3 |
Business - Retail,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Construction,
Hamilton Partners,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village Crossings Ward's closure impacts Niles |
1999-02-11 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 11, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall area raises issues on growth |
1998-12-31 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 31, 1998, p. 5 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Big crowds fill Orchard opener |
1998-12-03 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 3, 1998, p. 3 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Officials look-out for holiday jams at Old Orchard |
1998-11-26 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 26, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Illinois Department of Transportation,
Business - Shopping centers,
Edens Expressway |
| Funeral home plan put into suspended animation |
1998-11-05 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 5, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Business - Funeral homes,
Cemeteries,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Cemetery cases on hold |
1998-10-22 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 22, 1998, p. 4 |
Centrum Properties,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Business - Funeral homes,
Cemeteries,
SCI Illinois Services Inc.,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Commission turns down cemetery shopping plan |
1998-10-08 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 8, 1998, p. 3 |
Centrum Properties,
Koberstein, Mary,
Cemeteries,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Panel to review shopping center plan |
1998-10-01 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 1, 1998, p. 4 |
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Centrum Properties,
Service Corporation International,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Retail center pitched near Old Orchard |
1998-08-27 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 27, 1998, p. 3 |
Centrum Properties,
Memorial Park Cemetery,
Zoning,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Service Corporation International,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall expansion gains final OK |
1998-06-25 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 25, 1998, p. 9 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Gelder, Michael,
Business - Shopping centers,
Perille, Donald |
| LW shopping center new target of residents' ire |
1998-06-18 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 18, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Lincolnwood,
Dominick's Finer Foods,
Tucker Development Corp.,
Bell & Howell Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| New retail center proposed near Village Crossing : Wal-Mart may be anchor |
1998-06-11 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 11, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
A.B. Dick Co.,
Halo Products,
Tucker Development Corp.,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
Centerpoint Properties,
Walmart,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall growth plan OK'd |
1998-05-21 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 21, 1998, p. 3 |
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village board gives nod to Old Orchard theater addition |
1998-05-21 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 21, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 3 |
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard before trustees Monday |
1998-05-14 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 14, 1998, p. 4 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Traffic is a mall problem |
1998-04-30 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 30, 1998, p. 18 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers,
Editorial |
| Mall plan squeaks through panel |
1998-04-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 23, 1998, p. 3 |
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Paradise, Morton,
Business - Shopping centers |
| County says mall should pay to address traffic |
1998-04-23 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 23, 1998, p. 12 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Business - Shopping centers,
Cook County |
| Old Orchard expansion deadlock broken |
1998-04-23 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 23, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Paradise, Morton,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Traffic snarls key to mall plans : Panel |
1998-02-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 26, 1998, p. 3 |
Old Orchard Urban Limited Partnership,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard plans to add shops, eateries, screens |
1998-02-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 26, 1998, p. 10 |
Business - Retail,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Old Orchard Urban Limited Partnership,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Voting delayed again on Old Orchard : Commissioners cite ongoing concerns with parking, traffic |
1998-02-26 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 26, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Panel hears first details of mall plan |
1998-01-29 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 29, 1998, p. 3 |
Johnson, Joan,
Cineplex Odeon,
Old Orchard Urban Limited Partnership,
Traffic,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Kozak, Katherine,
Business - Shopping centers,
Old Orchard Road,
Edens Expressway,
Septon, Mel |
| Skokie officials review proposals to ensure there's room at the Orchard |
1998-01-29 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 29, 1998, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Kozak, Katherine,
Parking,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall addition plans presentation delayed : Neighbors cite traffic increase, safety concerns |
1997-12-25 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 25, 1997, p. 3 |
Barinsholtz, Sharon,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Old Orchard Urban Limited Partnership,
Traffic,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Novoselsky, Doris,
Pekovsky, Elaine,
Business - Shopping centers,
Pekovsky, Ernie |
| Developers ask for time before Old Orchard vote : Proposal includes new theater, retail space |
1997-12-25 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 25, 1997, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Wrapping up the 1997 shopping season : Officials with three local malls say last-minute surge in sales could make for a very merry holiday |
1997-12-25 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 25, 1997, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Lincolnwood Town Center,
Business - Retail,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Holidays and celebrations - Christmas,
Business - Shopping centers,
Golf Mill |
| Old Orchard plans screens, eateries |
1997-12-04 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 4, 1997, p. 3 |
Zoning,
First American Bank,
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Old Orchard Urban Limited Partnership,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village Crossing mall has a split personality |
1997-03-13 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 13, 1997, Sec. 1, p. 7 |
Cookies by Design,
Trammell Crow Co.,
Barnes & Noble,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
PetCare,
Chili's,
Phar-Mor,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Thieves take $17,000 in silver in Old Orchard heist |
1997-01-02 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 2, 1997, Sec. 1, p. 3 |
Silver Island,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Cajun Big Easy,
Business - Shopping centers,
Crime and criminals - Burglaries |
| Mall registers ring in the season |
1996-12-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 5, 1996, p. 5 |
Business - Retail,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Holidays and celebrations - Christmas,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard and Lincoln Town Center provide the backdrop for carousing crowds of bargain hunters |
1996-12-05 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 5, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 6 |
Lincolnwood Town Center,
Field, Jane,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Marowitz, Bob,
Greco, Sabrina,
Rosenblat, Wendy,
Greco, Nicole,
Holidays and celebrations - Christmas,
Business - Shopping centers,
Schaffer, Elaine |
| Leases inked at Old Orchard |
1996-11-21 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 21, 1996, p. 111 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard sticks with leaflet policy |
1996-10-10 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 10, 1996, p. 16 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Elections,
Kiehn, Doug,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie shopping center owners promise to get out of the red |
1996-05-23 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 23, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 6 |
Bankruptcy,
Yasuda Trust Co.,
Trammell Crow Co.,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers,
Skokie-Niles Limited Partnership |
| Skokie chief pushes for satellite cop shop at Old Orchard Center |
1996-05-02 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 2, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 10 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers,
Skokie Police Department |
| Board rejects pizzeria, foe's lease threatened |
1996-04-18 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 18, 1996, p. 3 |
Burrito Bay,
Zoning,
Horizon Group,
Eastgate Shopping Center,
Papa John's Pizzeria,
Parking,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall sale won't negate Skokie pact |
1996-03-28 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 28, 1996, p. 15 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
ZML - Old Orchard Limited Partnership,
Zell, Sam,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Center's investor eyes sale : Old Orchard boasts 'dramatic' impact |
1996-03-28 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, March 28, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Equity Properties Development Ltd.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Zell, Sam,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall named in foreclosure suit : Skokie portion of Village Crossing Shopping Center affected |
1996-02-01 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 1, 1996, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Yasuda Trust Co.,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Ohio State Teachers Pension Fund,
Business - Shopping centers |
| It's beginning to look a lot like...shopping |
1995-11-30 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 30, 1995, p. 3 |
Jordan, Jeanne,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Holidays and celebrations - Christmas,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Seminal center remains a showcase |
1995-10-26 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, October 26, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 9 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Loebl Schlossman and Hackl,
Business - Shopping centers,
Pritchett, Jim |
| Stop and do more than just shop |
1995-10-05 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 5, 1995, p. D3 |
Health care,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Nordstrom,
Glenbrook Hospital,
Evanston Hospital,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Balcor site plan OK with neighbors |
1995-08-24 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 24, 1995, p. 3 |
Barcelona Homes,
Zoning,
Saywitz, Mitchell,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard leases signed |
1995-08-03 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 3, 1995, p. 87 |
Business - Retail,
Old Orchard Office Court,
Joseph Real Estate Services,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall mail no mo' : Post office will depart Old Orchard |
1995-06-29 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 29, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Urban Retail Properties Co.,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
U.S. Postal Service,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Alfresco dining approved at Old Orchard |
1995-06-22 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 22, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 5 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Maggiano's,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Parking a problem near Old Orchard |
1995-06-08 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 8, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 3 |
Rubin, Michael,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Van Ru Credit Corp.,
Parking,
Business - Shopping centers |
| PasspORT : Harbinger of spring |
1995-03-02 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 2, 1995, p. D3 |
Blum, Jan,
Organizations and societies,
Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training (ORT),
Charities,
Goldstein, Marsha,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard subsidy finalized |
1995-02-16 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 16, 1995, p. 4 |
Skokie - Budget and expenditures,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
ZML - Old Orchard Limited Partnership,
Zell, Sam,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village finally passes Old Orchard bucks |
1995-02-09 |
None |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 9, 1995, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie - Budget and expenditures,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Shopping center falls to wreckers |
1995-01-26 |
None |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 26, 1995, p. 3 |
Marriott Corporation,
GM Realty,
Housing - Condominiums,
Business - Shopping centers,
Matic, Greg |
| Traffic soars at the new Old Orchard |
1994-11-03 |
The newly-expanded Old Orchard Shopping Center has reopened. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 3, 1994, p. 101 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Rumors fly about P.O., mall says it just ain't so |
1994-06-30 |
The small post office at Old Orchard Shopping Center will remain open. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 30, 1994, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
U.S. Postal Service,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Toxic cleanup winds down |
1994-05-19 |
Toxic cleanup continues at Village Crossing Shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 19, 1994, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Pollution - Soil,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall taxes likely will grow in '94 |
1994-04-28 |
Improvements at Old Orchard Shopping Center are expected to generate increased sales tax. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 28, 1994, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard grows rich mix |
1993-11-25 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center will have five anchor stores when construction is finished. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 25, 1993, p. 139 |
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Bloomingdale's again in mall's future |
1993-11-04 |
Bloomingdales may become the fifth anchor store at Old Orchard. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 4, 1993, p. 13 |
Business - Retail,
Bloomingdale's,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Bloomingdale's to build new Old Orchard store |
1993-11-04 |
Bloomingdales may become the fifth anchor store at Old Orchard. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 4, 1993, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
Bloomingdale's,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| New partner quickens mall expansion plan |
1993-09-16 |
The expansion of Old Orchard continues. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 16, 1993, p. 16 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Tony plan could boost Skokie mall |
1993-09-09 |
The renovation of Old Orchard Shopping Center continues. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, September 9, 1993, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Neighbors fight more shopping |
1993-07-29 |
Neighbors are against a proposed shopping mall at Touhy and Skokie Boulevard. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 29, 1993, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Shopping centers,
|
| Sears site mentioned for stores |
1993-07-15 |
Property on Skokie Boulevard which is owned by Sears Roebuck may be sold for development as a shopping center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 15, 1993, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Sears Roebuck & Company,
Real estate,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall cuts growth plan |
1993-06-10 |
JMB Retail Properties has decided to cut back its expansion plans for Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 10, 1993, p. 3 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall plans promising more 'fun |
1993-05-27 |
Plans are being formulated for the renovation of Old Orchard. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 27, 1993, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall rehab rescue OK'd |
1993-05-20 |
The village board voted to aid in the renovation of Old Orchard Shopping Center, |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 20, 1993, p. 3 |
Skokie - Budget and expenditures,
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Renovation of mall gets village aid |
1993-05-20 |
The village board voted to aid in the renovation of Old Orchard Shopping Center, |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, May 20, 1993, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie - Budget and expenditures,
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Arcade plan scrapped |
1992-11-26 |
A request for zoning to put in an arcade at a shopping center has been withdrawn. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 26, 1992, p. 14 |
Games - Electronic games,
Zoning,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Kids will play games elsewhere |
1992-11-26 |
A request for zoning to put in an arcade has been withdrawn. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 26, 1992, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Games - Electronic games,
Zoning,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard stalled, not stopped: owner |
1992-11-19 |
Financing difficulties have stalled the expansion of Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 19, 1992, p. 6 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Arcade debate rescheduled |
1992-11-12 |
Some Skokie citizens oppose the locating of a video arcade at a Skokie Boulevard Shopping Mall. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 12, 1992, p. 15 |
Games - Electronic games,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Game plan irks Skokie neighbors |
1992-11-12 |
Some Skokie citizens oppose the locating of a video arcade at a Skokie Boulevard Shopping Mall. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 12, 1992, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Protests, demonstrations, etc.,
Games - Electronic games,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Half of Village Crossing mall sold |
1992-06-11 |
Half of the Village Crossing Shopping Center has been sold in a foreclosure auction. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 11, 1992, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| More expansion OK'd |
1992-02-06 |
The village board unanimously approved Old Orchard's expansion plan. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 6, 1992, p. 3 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village gives Old Orchard go-ahead |
1992-02-06 |
The village board unanimously approved Old Orchard's expansion plan. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 6, 1992, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard plan gathering backers |
1992-01-09 |
The renovation of Old Orchard Shopping Center should begin in the summer. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 9, 1992, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard clears first plan review |
1991-12-26 |
The Skokie Plan Commission unanimously approved JMB's plans for the renovation and expansion of Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 26, 1991, p. 3 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Hearing on plaza plans are delayed |
1991-12-12 |
A Skokie Plan Commission hearing on the redevelopment of Old Orchard Shopping Center has been delayed until December 19. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 12, 1991, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| At last-the new Old Orchard |
1991-11-21 |
Chicago's JMB/Urban Development Company is ready to unveil a revamped $200 million redevelopment of Old Orchard Shopping Mall. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 21, 1991, p. 3 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie wins Nordstrom |
1991-08-15 |
Nordstrom will build a store in on the former Montgomery Ward site in Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 15, 1991, p. 3 |
Business - Retail,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Nordstrom,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard to study open air |
1991-08-15 |
Old Orchard Center has dropped plans to enclose the mall. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, August 15, 1991, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village Crossing nears next phase |
1990-07-26 |
Three new stores will open in the Village Crossing Shopping Center next November. The stores are Par-Neor, Child World, and Service Merchandise. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 26, 1990, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Service Merchandise,
Business - Retail,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Child World,
Phar-Mor,
Business - Shopping centers |
| 2 years, $4 million for factory cleanup |
1990-07-05 |
AT&T expects to take two years to clean up chemical pollution in the soil under a factory which is to be converted to stores at the Village Crossing Shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 5, 1990, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Pollution - Soil,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Environment,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Field's sale may push mall plans |
1990-04-26 |
The expected sale of Field's to Dayton Hudson Corporation could allow JMB/Urban Developers to submit proposed zoning changes to Skokie village officials and to start working on plans to enclose and expand Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 26, 1990, p. 3 |
Dayton Hudson Corporation,
Business - Retail,
Zoning,
Field's,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Rest of mall might open in fall |
1990-04-05 |
The Niles-Skokie shopping center "Village Crossing" is still being built. According to Don Mazzoni, development spokesman, the shopping center will generate about $1.2 million in revenue per year for Skokie. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 5, 1990, p. 3 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie OKs mall near Town Center |
1990-03-08 |
Skokie trustees approved plans for a shopping center of close to 80,000 square feet at 3250 W. Touhy. The proposed construction includes parking spaces for 173 vehicles. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 8, 1990, p. 4 |
Parking,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Officials downplay traffic woes by mall |
1990-03-01 |
Spokesmen for the village and local businesses say that traffic tie-ups at the Skokie Boulevard-Golf Road intersection are not likely, even if Centre East and an expanded Old Orchard Shopping Center are located near the intersection. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 1, 1990, p. 3 |
Performing arts,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Boulevard,
Traffic,
Centre East for the Performing Arts,
Business - Shopping centers,
Golf Road |
| Business slow for some Crossing retailers |
1990-02-08 |
Some retailers at Village Crossing feel that business would increase if their stores' names could appear on the mall marquee. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 8, 1990, p. 5 |
Business - Retail,
Advertising, signs and sign boards,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard enclosure still expected |
1990-02-08 |
The executive vice-president of JMB/Urban Development said that revised plans for Old Orchard Shopping Center should be ready for Skokie zoning officials to review sometime in the late spring. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 8, 1990, p. 5 |
Zoning,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie ready in case Old Orchard plans sinks |
1990-02-01 |
Skokie officials have set up a contingency plan for their budget in case a proposed $150 million expansion project at Old Orchard Shopping Center is scaled down or canceled. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 1, 1990, p. 4 |
Skokie - Budget and expenditures,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard expansion hearing on hold |
1990-01-18 |
The Old Orchard Center developers withdrew their petitions for a Skokie Plan Commission hearing stating that unresolved "business arrangements" exist between Marshall Field's and the operators of Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, January 18, 1990, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Marshall Field's,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard hearings postponed 2nd time |
1990-01-04 |
Hearings that were scheduled this month and next month on plans to expand and enclose Old Orchard Shopping Center have been delayed for the second time. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 4, 1990, p. 3 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| News digest |
1989-11-23 |
The Skokie Village Board approved $6 million in tax rebates for Village Crossing Shopping Center developer Sy Taxman. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, November 23, 1989, p. 6 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Taxman, Seymour,
Taxation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Ward's opening marks new plaza's progress |
1989-11-16 |
Montgomery Ward's has moved from Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie, to the Village Crossing Shopping Center in Niles. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 16, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Montgomery Ward,
Business - Shopping centers |
| No Title |
1989-11-16 |
Montgomery Ward has moved from Old Orchard to the Village Crossing Shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 16, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Montgomery Ward,
Business - Shopping centers |
| AT&T's 60-day overstay won't delay mall work |
1989-10-12 |
Some 500 AT&T Company employees still work in an office building slated for removal to make way for Village Crossing Shopping Center development. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 12, 1989, p. 9 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Opposition to Old Orchard expansion simmering |
1989-10-12 |
Niles North High School officials and many other Skokie citizens oppose a planned Old Orchard Shopping Center expansion. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 12, 1989, p. 3 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Niles North High School,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard hearing delayed 90 days |
1989-10-12 |
The Skokie Plan Commission agreed to delay a hearing on zoning relief that would allow JMB/Urban Development Company to start a $150 million expansion and enclosure project at Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 12, 1989, p. 3 |
Zoning,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| No Title |
1989-10-07 |
JMB Realty Corporation has requested the postponement of a public hearing on some zoning change requests necessary for the completion of a proposed $100 million expansion and enclosure of Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, October 7, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Zoning,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
JMB/Urban Development Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard expansion hearing to open tonight |
1989-10-05 |
Village planners are studying requests for zoning charges that would allow the owners of Old Orchard Shopping Center to complete an $150 million expansion program. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 5, 1989, p. 8 |
Zoning,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Progress vs. nature at Old Orchard? |
1989-09-09 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center's expansion should begin next spring and be completed in spring of 1992. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, September 9, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Shopping center expansion planned |
1989-07-13 |
As part of plans the village of Skokie expects to receive soon, Old Orchard Shopping Center would be expanded and enclosed. The developers plan to begin construction next spring and to complete the project by fall 1991. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 13, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Store plan OK'd for teletype factory |
1989-06-08 |
The old AT&T Teletype factory will be converted to about 15 stores under a site plan the Skokie Village Board approved June 5. The 422,000-square-foot conversion is the third and final phase to be approved as part of the Village Crossing shopping Center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 8, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Shopping center plan crosses new hurdle |
1989-05-04 |
Skokie Village Trustees approved the site plan for the second phase of work at the Village Crossing Shopping Center. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, May 4, 1989, p. 6 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Village Crossing focus shifts |
1989-04-27 |
Retail space covering 293,000 square feet is nearing completion in the Niles part of Village Crossing and developers are concentrating on leasing stores in the Skokie part of the shopping center. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 27, 1989, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Retail,
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Plan would enclose, expand Old Orchard |
1988-12-01 |
The owners of Old Orchard are considering a plan to enlarge the center by adding a second layer and to fully enclose the mall. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 1, 1988, p. 3 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Eight-screen theater proposed for Skokie |
1988-10-13 |
If a Canadian company gets approval to build an eight-screen theater building at Old Orchard Shopping Center the complex could open by the summer of 1990. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, October 13, 1988, p. 3 |
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Construction begins on shopping center |
1988-09-15 |
Ground breaking ceremonies were held September 7 for the new Village Crossing Shopping Center at the former AT&T site on Touhy Avenue . |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 15, 1988, p. 3 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Shopping center to open in spring |
1988-09-15 |
A new shopping center, Village Crossing, is under construction at the border of Niles and Skokie. It will open next spring. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, September 15, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Village Crossing Shopping Center,
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers |
| AT&T contamination tests expected to take 2 months |
1988-08-25 |
Finding out what contaminated the ground on the side of a future shopping center could take up to two months. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, August 25, 1988, p. 9 |
Pollution - Soil,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie, Niles closer on AT&T agreement |
1988-07-21 |
Skokie and Niles have reached an agreement on a financial plan for the shopping center development at the AT&T site on Touhy Avenue. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, July 21, 1988, p. 3 |
Niles,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Skokie,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Villages set pact on plaza |
1988-07-21 |
Skokie and Niles have reached an agreement on a financial plan for the shopping center development at the AT&T site on Touhy Avenue. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 21, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Niles,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Skokie,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Villages devise plan to split AT&T revenues |
1988-06-02 |
The Villages of Skokie and Niles are coming to an agreement on how to split the sales tax revenue generated by the shopping center under construction at the former AT&T site. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 2, 1988, p. 4 |
Niles,
Taxation - Sales tax,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Skokie,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Larger AT&T spill is found |
1988-05-14 |
A spill of industrial cleaning solvent discovered at the AT&T site on Touhy is posing no immediate health hazard. However, a state official said it is "more extensive than expected. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, May 14, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Pollution - Soil,
Public health,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Shopping center work expected to begin soon |
1988-04-28 |
Developers hope to begin construction next month on the Niles portion of a shopping center planned for the former site of AT&T on the Skokie-Niles border. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 28, 1988, p. 5 |
Construction,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Villages to split retail center profits |
1988-02-11 |
Skokie and Niles need to agree on several issues before dividing sales and property tax revenues generated by the planned shopping center at the AT&T Teletype site. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 11, 1988, p. 16 |
Taxation - Property tax,
Niles,
Skokie,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Taxation - Sales tax,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Skokie ties plaza OK to cleanup |
1988-02-04 |
Skokie trustees voted 5-1 in favor of a conceptual site plan for an 810,000 square-foot shopping center on the site of the AT&T Teletype Corporation. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 4, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie Board of Trustees,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Group raises hazardous waste issue at AT&T site |
1988-01-14 |
Residents of Chicago's Edgebrook Community are concerned about possible hazardous waste problems at the Niles/Skokie AT&T site. The site has been tentatively targeted for retail development. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, January 14, 1988, p. 3 |
Public health,
Pollution - Soil,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers,
Environment |
| Shopping center plan scrutinized by village |
1987-12-24 |
A shopping center proposal for the AT&T Teletype site would include two supermarkets, a department store, a health club and number of smaller shops. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 24, 1987, p. 6 |
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| AT&T site rezoned to shopping district |
1987-12-10 |
The AT&T property has been rezoned from an industrial area to a retail area. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 10, 1987, p. 4 |
Zoning,
Skokie Board of Trustees,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Shopping center plan jumps its first hurdle |
1987-12-03 |
The Skokie Plan Commission voted last week to recommend rezoning the 61 1/2 acre site of the AT&T Teletype Corporation for retail use. Opponents have until December 17 to voice a response to the plan. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, December 3, 1987, p. 3 |
Zoning,
Skokie Plan Commission,
AT&T Teletype Corporation,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard may get Bloomingdale's |
1987-11-21 |
Bloomingdale's Department store will be coming to the Old Orchard Shopping Center after the lease for the Montgomery Ward store expires in 1990. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, November 21, 1987, Sec. 1, p. 8 |
Business - Retail,
Bloomingdale's,
Montgomery Ward,
Business - Shopping centers |
| East Dempster St.'s retail image reborn |
1987-09-03 |
East Dempster Street has been revitalized with the opening of three new shopping centers. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, September 3, 1987, p. 5 |
Business - Shopping centers,
Dempster Street,
Community development |
| Developer plans shopping center for E. Dempster St. |
1986-06-19 |
A developer plans to build a high end shopping center on the site of the Chandelier Restaurant. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, June 19, 1986, p. 3 |
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Chandelier Restaurant,
Gendell, Scott,
Business - Shopping centers |
| New shopping center at vacant All-Star Bowling Alley approved |
1986-04-17 |
A developer's plans for a shopping center at Dempster and Gross Point Rd. have been approved. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, April 17, 1986, p. 5 |
Construction,
Business - Shopping centers,
Grais, Robert |
| Strip shopping center plan gains approval |
1986-03-13 |
The Skokie Plan Commission recommended that the Village Board approve a shopping center planned for the northwest corner of Dempster and Gross Point Rd. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, March 13, 1986, p. 5 |
Park View Shopping Center,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers,
Grais, Robert |
| Old Orchard plans $30 million expansion -- with 8 theaters |
1986-02-20 |
Developers of the Old Orchard shopping center announced plans to expand the mall at a cost of more than $30 million. The expansion will include an eight-screen movie theater. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 20, 1986, p. 3 |
Business - Motion picture theaters,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Planners to evaluate new strip shopping center plan |
1986-02-13 |
The Skokie Plan Commission continued to March 6 a proposal to develop a strip shopping center at the northwest corner of Dempster Street and Gross Point Road. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 13, 1986, p. 6 |
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Developer to make 2d rezoning plea for strip shopping center plan |
1986-02-06 |
On Feb. 6, the Skokie Plan Commission will hear for the second time from a developer requesting rezoning of the NW corner of Dempster St. and Gross Point Rd. |
Skokie Review, Thursday, February 6, 1986, p. 3 |
Zoning,
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Developer pins hopes on bowling site |
1985-12-12 |
A new shopping center may replace the vacant bowling alley at Dempster and Gross Point Road if the Skokie Plan Commission approves a developer's request. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 12, 1985, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Skokie Plan Commission,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard to be upgraded |
1985-03-24 |
Urban Investments Co. owns Old Orchard Shopping Center and is planning to renovate it. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, March 24, 1985, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Renovation and repair,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers,
Urban Investments Co. |
| Could mall effect [sic] downtown Skokie? |
1984-11-01 |
Hearings continue on whether to allow a large shopping mall to be built on Bell & Howell's abandoned property at Touhy and McCormick. Some local merchants believe that the complex would hurt their businesses. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, November 1, 1984, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Bell & Howell Company,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Mall to be mulled: Long-awaited hearings to begin on Bell & Howell mall plan |
1984-09-30 |
After more than four years of discussion and debate, concerned citizens and representatives of Bell & Howell will hold a public hearing on October 1. At issue are plans to build a shopping mall and office complex on Bell & Howell property. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, September 30, 1984, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Bell & Howell Company,
Business,
Business - Shopping centers |
| 1st Fashion Square store to open in July |
1984-06-10 |
The first store to open in the new Fashion Square shopping center in Skokie is a 10,000 square-foot Super Gap which is scheduled to open July 20. The rest of the stores are expected to be open by mid-September. |
Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Sunday, June 10, 1984, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Fashion Square Shopping Center,
Business - Retail,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Sale at Old Orchard? |
1984-02-23 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center may be sold. Plans are in the works for an extensive renovation of the nearly 30-year-old complex. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, February 23, 1984, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Board OKs bond issue for center |
1983-06-09 |
The Village Board approved a plan to issue $7 million in economic development revenue bonds for an 81,000 square foot shopping center on the site of Orchard Bowl (on Skokie Boulevard near Foster St.) |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 9, 1983, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Business - Shopping centers,
|
| Merchants: New ramps are cause for optimism |
1981-12-03 |
Merchants at Old Orchard believe that business will be better this Christmas season because a new interchange at the Edens and Old Orchard Rd. opened on December 1 making it easier for shoppers to get to the mall. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, December 3, 1981, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Traffic,
Business - Shopping centers,
Edens Expressway |
| Old Orchard Shopping Center still busy after all these years |
1981-01-08 |
Old Orchard has had 10 stores open in the last two years, eight of them in the last six months. The mall, which was built in 1956, is one of the most stable regional centers in the area with over 70 stores. |
The News, Thursday, January 8, 1981, p. 3 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
| New liquor licenses create furor |
1980-06-05 |
Protest against village's plan to have two special liquor licenses applying only to Old Orchard. |
Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, June 5, 1980, Sec. 1, p. 1 |
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Alcohol,
Business - Restaurants and caterers,
Business - Shopping centers |
| Old Orchard recovers: Fire guts only 5% of center |
1978-12-14 |
Fire gutted one store and damaged four in the Old Orchard Shopping Center. |
The News, Thursday, December 14, 1978, p. 3 |
Fires,
Old Orchard Shopping Center,
Business - Shopping centers |
