Randhurst Mall, Mount Prospect, Illinois

The Randhurst Mall is being renovated at this time and the interior of the mall is closed. It is expected to reopen as a new outdoor lifestyle mall in the fall of 2010. The mall first opened in 1962 and was developed by the Randhurst Corporation. The property was managed by Casto Lifestyle Properties and had approximately one hundred stores. Anchors of the mall will remain when the new mall is completed. They are Bed Bath & Beyond, Carson Pirie Scott and Costco. The Randhurst Mall was closed in 2008, but the outlying stores are still open for business.

This mall was one of the first of its kind because of the architecture. Victor Gruen designed it in the shape of an equilateral triangle instead of the straight line mall, with two anchoring stores on either end. It introduced different levels in the mall with a mezzanine and bazaar level. There were clerestory windows in the dome of the mall and just inside these windows were the addition of stained glass windows. When the sun shone through these windows they cast different colors throughout the mall. A fallout shelter was also built in the mall that could hold all the citizens of Mount Prospect at the time.

Many of the stores that inhabited the first mall are no longer around. S.S. Kresge, Woolworth's and Montgomery Ward were all part of the original mall. The food court was built in 1985 in the upper level that used to house the offices. It was one of the first malls to do so in the Chicago area.

What is left of the mall area is located at 999 Elmhurst Road, Mount Prospect, IL 60056. Check with the businesses that are in the perimeter area of the new construction for opening and closing times. Stores that have remained open during the construction process are: AMC Theater, Bank of America, Bed Bath & Beyond, Borders Books & Music, Buffalo Wild Wings, Carson Pirie Scott, Chase Bank, Costco Wholesale, Home Depot, Jewel Osco, Randhurst Office Building and Steak n Shake. Visitors to the Randhurst Mall area can reach it by taking I-90 or I-294 or Highway 53. There are sixteen screens at the AMC Theater and the address is 101 E. Euclid Avenue, Mount Prospect, IL 60056.

Some attractions that are in the city of Mount Prospect besides the AMC Theater are a bowling alley called the Brunswick Zone, The Mount Prospect Golf Club and several parks.

Friendship Conservatory hosts concerts and events throughout the year. The Lions Recreation Center has a gym, stage, ballet studio, multi- purpose rooms for meetings and summer day camps. There is a Big Surf Wave Pool on the same property that is located adjacent to the Lions Recreation Center. Swimmers can enjoy three foot waves in the summer months or just relax in the zero depth pool. They also have a snack bar that serves hot dogs, pizza, ice cream and other sweet treats.