Charlestowne Mall

The Charlestowne mall was a Shopping center located in St. Charles Illinois. There are 4 anchor stores which housed Sears, Carson’s, Kohls’s and JCPenney (now Von Maur) there is also a theater. The mall opened in 1991 by Wilmorite properties. Anchor store changes The JCPenney closed in 2000 and became Von maur. In 2007 the mall was about 40-50% vacant. In 2008 the vacancy rate was 80%. In 2012 there were a lot of vacancies. In 2011 the Sears announced they were closing there location. In 2013 the mall was purchased by The Krausz Companies Inc and renamed the mall The Quad at St Charles. They planned to remodel the interior and exterior of the property. In 2016 Kohl’s announced they would be closing there store here. The redevelopment plan was cancelled in 2017. The east wing of the mall was blocked off and the mall entrances were locked. Then a large wall was made to block the area off. The rest of the mall was planned to closed October 31st but closed December 1st. In 2018 Carson’s closed with the Bon Ton bankruptcy.