Malls · Illinois
Town & Country Center
Opened 1981. Closed 2004. Reinhabited in 2007.
Status nowOperatingextracted, unreviewed
documented
As of 2025, the mall continues to thrive with its new life as a strip mall.
What it becameretailextracted, unreviewed reported
Site size329,849 sq ft GLAEsri 2014 layer reported
Retrofit year2007extracted, unreviewed reported
Walkability13.2 of 20 · 15-minute 6 of 6EPA, OpenStreetMap
Rail within 800 mNoOpenStreetMap, HUD
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Place
15-minute neighbourhood (5+ of 6 daily needs within 800 m)
This site: 6/6 openstreetmap · all sites with this30,000+ vehicles a day on an adjacent road
This site: 37,358 on Palatine Rd fhwa-hpms · all sites with thisCounty lost 10%+ of retail establishments since 2012
This site: -11% census-cbp · all sites with thisCounty permitting 2,000+ apartment units a year
This site: 4,853 units, Cook County census-bps · all sites with thisCounty typical rent $2,000+
This site: $2,228/mo zillow · all sites with thisGrocery within 800 m
This site: 4 stores openstreetmap · all sites with thisHigh heat wave risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh inland flooding risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh tornado risk
This site: Relatively High fema-nri · all sites with thisHigh-income tract ($100k+)
This site: $173,654 census-acs · all sites with thisLow social vulnerability tract (SVI ≤ 0.25)
This site: 0.04 cdc-svi · all sites with thisShrinking county
This site: -0.7% census-acs · all sites with thisTract income up 60%+ since 2013
This site: +88% census-acs · all sites with thisWalkable block group (EPA ≥ 12)
This site: …index 13.2 epa-walkability · all sites with thisStrategy
Reinhabited
This site: …a strip mall with retail and restaurant tenants extraction · all sites with thisNew use
Retail (continued)
This site: …a strip mall with retail and restaurant tenants extraction · all sites with thisNow
| Status | Operatingextracted, unreviewed documentedAs of 2025, the mall continues to thrive with its new life as a strip mall. |
|---|---|
| Strategy | Reinhabitedextracted, unreviewed documentedIn 2001, Visconsi Companies announced a proposal to convert the enclosed mall into a strip mall. |
| New uses | retailextracted, unreviewed reported |
| What is there now | a strip mall with retail and restaurant tenantsextracted, unreviewed documentedAs of 2025, the mall continues to thrive with its new life as a strip mall. |
| Retrofit year | 2007extracted, unreviewed reported |
| Redeveloper | Visconsi Companiesextracted, unreviewed reported |
Site context
| Transit within 800 m | no rail stationOpenStreetMap |
|---|---|
| Motorway junctions within 2 km | junctionOpenStreetMap |
| FEMA flood zone | no NFHL polygon at point (unmapped or outside coverage)FEMA NFHL |
| EPA-regulated facilities within 500 m | 14: ALPHAGRAPHICS; AMAZON FRESH - MAL2; BARNEY II FOUNDATION; DICKS SPORTING GOODS 266; DRYCLEAN DIRECTEPA FRS |
| Census tract 17031802900 | 5,971 people, 3,401 per sq mi; median household income $173,654; median gross rent $2,851; 5% renters; 1.8% vacant units; 9.0% commute by transitACS 2023 5-year |
| Walkability (EPA, block group) | index 13.2 of 20; 178 intersections per sq mi; no transit stop within the EPA search radius; land-use mix 0.91; 278,635 jobs within 45 min by car; 0% of households without a carEPA Smart Location |
| Within a 10–15 minute walk (800 m) | 6 of 6 daily needs: 4 grocers, 1 schools, 14 parks or playgrounds, 3 health, 2 civic, 16 food and drink; 0 cycleway segments, 124 sidewalk-tagged segmentsOpenStreetMap |
| Opportunity Zone | noHUD |
| Housing permits, Cook County (IL), 2024 | 4,853 units in 5+ unit buildings, 512 in 2–4, 1,142 single-family; 2023: 3,332 in 5+Census BPS |
| Social vulnerability (CDC SVI 2022, tract) | overall percentile 0.04; socioeconomic 0.07; housing and transport 0.05; 5% below 150% of poverty; 1% of households with no vehicleCDC/ATSDR |
| Other atlas sites nearby | 2 within 10 km, 16 within 25 km: Randhurst Mall (4.4 km); One Schaumburg Place (8.8 km)computed |
| Overture Maps | no place match; building footprint 15,901 m²Overture (CDLA-Permissive 2.0) |
| Tract change 2013–2023 | population -3% (6,164 → 5,971); median income +88% ($92,292 → $173,654); renters 1% → 6%; median home value +41% ($375,500 → $528,200)Census ACS 5-year |
| Natural hazard risk (FEMA National Risk Index, tract) | relatively moderate overall (score 77.8); expected annual loss $3.6M; high: tornado, inland flooding, heat wave, cold wave; community resilience relatively highFEMA NRI |
| Tax-credit housing within 1 km | noneHUD LIHTC |
| Retail trade in the county, 2025 (BLS QCEW) | 213,302 jobs in 12,604 establishments; average annual pay $43,743; employment location quotient 0.83; employment -0.6% on the yearBLS QCEW 2025, NAICS 44-45, private |
| Jobs located in the tract, 2022 | 1,952 jobs; 521 in retail trade, 184 in accommodation and food (workplace blocks summed to tract 17031802900)Census LEHD LODES8 WAC 2022 |
| Upward mobility (Opportunity Atlas, 2010 tract) | children of low-income (25th percentile) families reached the 54th income percentile as adults; 0.5% incarcerated at the 2010 count (170 children in the sample); born 1978–83, measured 2014–15Opportunity Insights |
| Food access (USDA FARA 2019, 2010 tract) | not a low-access tract at 1 mile; poverty rate 2.6%; median family income $142,349; 0 SNAP householdsUSDA ERS |
| Schools | Township High School District 214 (09-12); 6 public schools within 1 mile: Hersey HS-D/HH HS Program; Ivy Hill Elem School; Olive-Mary Stitt School; Patton Elem SchoolNCES EDGE |
| Elevation | 692 ft above sea level at the site pointUSGS 3DEP |
| Storm events in the county, 2016-2025 | 1,091 county-logged events: 620 thunderstorm wind, 164 hail, 133 flood, 82 flash flood; $1,049,471,000 property damage reported; forecast-zone events (most flood, winter and heat) not countedNOAA Storm Events |
| Homes for sale in ZIP 60004, 2026-09 | median list price $501,175 (+13.3% on the year); 55 active listings; median 32 days on market; 13% with a price cutRealtor.com Research |
| Retail trade in the county, 2012 to 2023 | 13,577 establishments (-11%); 214,575 jobs (-4%)Census CBP |
| Housing market in the county | typical home value $340,258 (+6% 1 yr, +23% 5 yr); typical rent $2,228/mo (+5% 1 yr), 2026-09Zillow Research |
| House price index, tract, 2025 | 571 (2000 = 100); +5.1% 1 yr, +42% 5 yr, +52% 10 yrFHFA |
| Traffic on the busiest road within 600 m (2024) | 37,358 vehicles a day on Palatine Rd (principal arterial, 4 lanes); 1,975 trucks; 8 counted segmentsFHWA HPMS |
Summary, model-written
Opened in 1981 with about 20 stores and anchors K-Mart and Service Merchandise. The mall declined after anchor closures, notably K-Mart in 1991 and Dominick's in 2013, and closed entirely in 2004. It was redeveloped by Visconsi Companies and reopened in 2007 as a strip mall operating today.
Why. The primary cause visible in the record is the loss of anchor tenants, beginning with K-Mart’s closure in 1991 and subsequent subdivisions, followed by Dominick’s closure in 2013. No explicit mention of debt, demolition, or competing retail is provided in the record.
Where it stands. The site is currently operating as a strip mall under the control of Visconsi Companies, the developer listed in the record.
For a planner
- - The record shows a reinhabit strategy converting the enclosed mall to a strip mall (retail).
- - No specific policy tools or incentives are mentioned in the record.
- - Open questions include the long-term sustainability of the strip mall format and any needed zoning adjustments.
For a developer
- - Site size: approximately 329,849 sq ft GLA.
- - Control: Visconsi Companies, developer listed; site operating as of record.
- - Entitlement: retrofit completed 2007, currently operating with retail use.
- - Context layers such as flood risk, transit access, and environmental constraints are not detailed in the record.
- - Market signals from surrounding tract data are not provided.
What we do not know yet
- - Current tenant mix, lease terms, and rental rates are not detailed in the record.
- - Ownership structure beyond the developer Visconsi Companies is unspecified.
- - Zoning classification and any pending land-use approvals are not mentioned.
- - Floodplain status, transit proximity, and environmental constraints are absent from the context layers.
- - The record is marked as 'draft' verified, indicating potential unreviewed or model-extracted facts.
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Elsewhere on the web
Retail history: Town & Country Mall on DeadMalls.com photos, field notes and visitor memories since 2000; matched by name and city; nothing copied here
Pages with photos
- Visconsi Properties’ Town & Country Center Becoming One-Stop Shopping ... arlingtoncardinal.com
- Town & Country Center - Levy Retail Group levyretail.com
- Town & Country Center - store list, hours, (location: Arlington H… mallsinamerica.com
- Town & Country Center – Pub36 pub36.shop
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Multifamily screen
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Inputs: record fields (size, status) and county Census ACS 2018–2023 figures (growth, rent). How the points work. Not a recommendation.
History and original facts
| Now called / also known as | Town & Country Center |
|---|---|
| Opened | 1981Esri 2014 layer |
| Closed | 2004extracted, unreviewed documentedThe original mall closed in 2004 and was transformed into a strip mall by 2007. |
| Gross leasable area | 329,849 sq ftEsri 2014 layer reported |
| Stores at peak | 18Esri 2014 layer reported |
| Anchors | Service Merchandise, K-Mart |
| Address | Palatine, Rand & Arlington Heights Rds. |
| County | Cook |
| Census division | 3 · East North Central |
| Notes | Wikipedia categories: Defunct shopping malls in the United States |
Not yet recorded: acres, original developer. Know it? Tell us.
Background
Town & Country Mall was a small, local, enclosed shopping center located in Arlington Heights, IL, right off of Rand Road, that was later converted into what is now the Town & Country Center strip mall. It originally opened in 1981 with around 20 stores and two anchor stores, that being K-Mart and Service Merchandise. The original mall closed in 2004 and was transformed into a strip mall by 2007.
Excerpt from Wikipedia (authors and history), CC BY-SA 4.0. May be older than the record above.
Timeline
- 1981 Opened
- 1981 Opened with around 20 stores and anchors K-Mart and Service Merchandise
- 1984 Dominick's grocery and Walgreens built at west end
- 1991 K-Mart closed, space subdivided
- 1996 Lord & Taylor Clearance Center expanded
- 2004 Mall closed
- 2005 Redevelopment started
- 2007 Redevelopment completed
- 2013 Dominick's closed
- 2018 Marshall's closed and relocated
- 2025 Continues to thrive as a strip mall
Sources
- Wikipedia: Town & Country Center · supports: after notes, status, strategy, year closed
14 quoted sentences
The original mall closed in 2004 and was transformed into a strip mall by 2007.
As of 2025, the mall continues to thrive with its new life as a strip mall.
As of 2025, the mall continues to thrive with its new life as a strip mall.
In 2001, Visconsi Companies announced a proposal to convert the enclosed mall into a strip mall.
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) · 2014-10-02
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