Redevelopment
In April 2007, the village of Mount Prospect approved a plan which included the demolition of the core of Randhurst Mall (as well as the remainder of the former Wards) and its conversion into a lifestyle center. In place of the mall would be apartments and a hotel located above new retail buildings; the anchors, however, would remain standing and be integrated into the new development. The mall's basement would be converted into parking for the apartments. A new AMC movie theater, with 12 screens, replaced the Randhurst 16 (was General Cinema until 2002) outparcel theater (Originally the General Cinema Fourplex (1962–1998)) in April of 2011. The redevelopment was to begin within two years.
From that point on, Randhurst's remaining tenants - many of which were chain stores - began their exodus from the mall; some relocated nearby or in neighboring towns. Randhurst's final shopping day was Tuesday, September 30, 2008. By then, only two stores remained open inside the mall: Fashion Plus, and Your Choice Gifts. Both stores were ordered by management to be vacated by 9:00pm CST.
Demolition began in the winter of 2008/2009 with the mall offices near Carson Pirie Scott so a new loading ramp could be constructed for the department store. The mall was then gutted as it still contained hazardous asbestos insulation. By the following summer, visible demolition work had resumed. Less than eleven months after Randhurst closed, the mall's signature dome was pulled down on August 28, 2009, ending the existence of Chicagoland's first enclosed mall.
Bon-Ton Stores, Inc announced a remodeling of the former mall's Carson Pirie Scott anchor in October 2009, which was completed in 2010. Construction of Randhurst Village began in the fall of 2009.
As of October 2011, Randhurst Mall has been redeveloped and opened as Randhurst Village.
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