# Sandburg Mall

Galesburg, IL · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-572590f86b` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/galesburg-sandburg-mall/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-572590f86b.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-572590f86b.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-572590f86b

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | unknown | reported · Wikipedia |
| Opened | 1975 | reported · web research agent |
| Acres | 97.0 | reported · web research agent |
| GLA (sq ft) | 529000 | reported · web research agent |
| Original developer | Kenroy, Incorporated | reported · web research agent |

## Quoted support

- **enclosed**: “The mall operated as an enclosed shopping center from 1975 to 2018” — extraction-deep:nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b

## Anchors

JCPenney, Sears, Kmart, Bergner's

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

Sandburg Mall, a.k.a. Carl Sandburg Mall, was a shopping mall in Galesburg, Illinois. The mall operated as an enclosed shopping center from 1975 to 2018 with main anchor stores and a variety of interior stores. The interior mall was closed September 28, 2018, leaving just three businesses as of the 2020s—a car repair shop, a building supply outlet store, and a moving van rental operation. The mall's anchor stores were Sears, Bergner's, JCPenney, and Kmart.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandburg_Mall

## Sources

- found by hermes-web — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandburg_Mall

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Sandburg Mall, Galesburg, IL." Record m-572590f86b, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/galesburg-sandburg-mall/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_galesburgsandburgmall,
  title = {Sandburg Mall, Galesburg, IL},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/il/galesburg-sandburg-mall/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-572590f86b, 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.