Westfield Fox Valley

infobox shopping mall
shopping_mall_name = Westfield Fox Valley


caption = View from Southwest parking lot
location = Aurora, Illinois, USA
opening_date = 1975
developer = Metropolitan Structures, Inc./ Westbrook Venture
manager = The Westfield Group
owner = The Westfield Group
number_of_stores = 150
number_of_anchors = 4
floor_area = 1.4 million ft²
floors = 2
website = http://westfield.com/foxvalley
parking =

Westfield Fox Valley, formerly Fox Valley Center, is a shopping mall in Aurora, Illinois. Its four anchor stores are Carson Pirie Scott, JCPenney, Macy's and Sears.

Its original anchors included Lord & Taylor, which closed in 1996 and sold its store to Carson Pirie Scott. The Marshall Field's store was renamed Macy's on September 9, 2006.

The Westfield Group acquired the shopping center in early 2002, and renamed it "Westfield Shoppingtown Fox Valley", dropping the "Shoppingtown" name in June 2005.

Major Anchors

*Carson Pirie Scott (115,960 sq ft.) store was expanded into nearby vacant storefronts after Carson's moved in.
*JCPenney (206,937 sq ft.)
*Macy's (229,558 sq ft.)
*Sears (316,000 sq ft.) [ Fox Valley Mall - directory various years prior to Westfield ownership 'information on occupants']

History

Original planning was started in 1968 by Urban Investment and Development Company; a prototype called "Environ 2000". The first plans had convert|640|acre|km2 for development as a planned community to help minimize suburban sprawl.

When construction was ready to start in June 1973 the planned unit development was convert|4220|acre|km2 of land between Naperville and Aurora. Fox Valley Center and Villages developers were Metropolitan Structures, Inc., and Westbrook Venture.

The Fox Valley Mall is a convert|1500000|sqft|m2|sing=on enclosed mall, opened and completed in 1975. Sears and Marshall Field's opened first, followed by JCPenney, Lord & Taylor (now Carson Pirie Scott) and 150 other shops and services. [The DuPage Magazine, October 1978, pages 14-16 ' background on the construction of Fox Valley Mall']

This was later followed by marketing for home builders and office development in the area marketed as Fox Valley Villages.

Sales at the mall were stated at $115 million in 1977. [The DuPage Magazine, October 1978, page 17 ' early sales figure']

After Westfield's purchase of the mall, all the signs and usage of the Fox Valley Center logo was discontinued and replaced with "Westfield's" standard mall brand logo, with the shortened "Fox Valley" name. In the same time period there was an extensive renovation of the mall for the first time in its history.

Gallery

References

External links

* [http://www.westfield.com/foxvalley/ Official Westfield Fox Valley website]