# Town & Country Center

Arlington Heights, IL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-825b8d2a97` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/arlington-heights-town-country-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-825b8d2a97.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-825b8d2a97.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-825b8d2a97

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | operating | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | retail | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | a strip mall with retail and restaurant tenants | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1981 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Closed | 2004 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Retrofit year | 2007 | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 329849 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Stores at peak | 18 | reported · Wikipedia |
| Redeveloper | Visconsi Companies | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_closed**: “The original mall closed in 2004 and was transformed into a strip mall by 2007.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Center
- **after_notes**: “As of 2025, the mall continues to thrive with its new life as a strip mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Center
- **status**: “As of 2025, the mall continues to thrive with its new life as a strip mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Center
- **strategy**: “In 2001, Visconsi Companies announced a proposal to convert the enclosed mall into a strip mall.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Center
- **enclosed**: “Town & Country Mall was a small, local, enclosed shopping center located in Arlington Heights, IL” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b
- **anchor_count_peak**: “It originally opened in 1981 with around 20 stores and two anchor stores, that being K-Mart and Service Merchandise.” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

Service Merchandise, K-Mart

## 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

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

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.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Center

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_closed — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_%26_Country_Center
- Esri StoryMaps: Closed_US_Malls feature layer (2014) — https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=6869fc5bfb3f4757954ef7a9e9ccbebf (2014-10-02)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Town & Country Center, Arlington Heights, IL." Record m-825b8d2a97, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/arlington-heights-town-country-center/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_arlingtonheightstowncountrycenter,
  title = {Town & Country Center, Arlington Heights, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/arlington-heights-town-country-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-825b8d2a97, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.