Oakbrook Center is a shopping center established in 1962 and located near Interstate 88 and Route 83 in Oak Brook, Illinois . It is the second largest shopping center in the Chicago metropolitan area by gross leasable area , only surpassed by Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois . The mall has retail anchor tenants including Macy's , Nordstrom , and Neiman Marcus , and specialty retailers such as Apple , Tesla , Microsoft , Altar'd State, Oak+Fort, Tory Burch , Allbirds , Arc'teryx , Golden Goose , Fabletics , Rhone , and Warby Parker .
18-402: Oakbrook Center, which was originally to be named Oakbrook Terrace (but the name was changed when a town near the mall took that name ), opened in 1962 with Sears and Marshall Field's , as well as a Jewel Food Store . Bonwit Teller was later added, as was Lord & Taylor in 1973. I. Magnin , Saks Fifth Avenue , and Neiman Marcus joined the center in a 1981-1982 expansion that doubled
36-522: A bookstore), near the Saks Fifth Avenue anchor; these screens closed in 2001 and then reopened in 2018. Bonwit Teller closed their location in 1990, while I. Magnin was shuttered in January 1991, with its former site subdivided in 1994 for specialty stores, including Eddie Bauer and Tiffany & Company . In 1991, a new two-story, open-air addition opened northeast of Sears. Built on top of
54-464: A female householder with no husband present, and 50.37% were non-families. 34.70% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 2.16. The city's age distribution consisted of 14.3% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 35.6% from 25 to 44, 22% from 45 to 64, and 17.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
72-589: A new food hall named "The District." On June 20, 2017, Sears announced that its Oakbrook Center outpost would be reconstructed to feature additional stores. It shuttered in September 2017 and reopened on October 5, 2018, in a smaller new store format on the first level of the mall. Ballard Designs and L.L. Bean , opened in the center in Fall 2018. In February 2018, Lord & Taylor announced that they would close their store in this location. On April 22, 2019, it
90-402: A parking garage, it added 210,000 sq ft (20,000 m) of mall retail and a 220,000 sq ft (20,000 m) Nordstrom . Maggiano's Little Italy opened that same year. Corner Bakery Cafe opened to customers on December 3, 1992. In 1998, Wildfire Restaurant opened. Saks Fifth Avenue closed its store in 2002 and sold the location to Federated Department Stores , which used
108-498: A shooting was reported at the mall at 5:44pm CST. The incident was apparently a shootout between two individuals. One of the shooters was struck four times, and was treated and taken into custody; the other shooter escaped capture. Three bystanders were struck in the incident. All persons involved had non-life-threatening injuries. The mall re-opened the following day. Most mall visitors arrive via personal vehicles and park on-site. Three Pace bus routes offer public transportation to
126-609: The poverty line , including 4.2% of those under age 18 and 8.1% of those age 65 or over. Oakbrook Terrace Tower, an octagonal 31-story office building, was designed by Helmut Jahn and built in 1987. It is the tallest building in Illinois outside the city limits of Chicago and is currently owned by Edward Napleton president of the Ed Napleton Automotive Group. The 418-foot (127 m) tower has 773,000 square feet (71,800 m ) of office space. The tower
144-531: The 2021 census gazetteer files, Oakbrook Terrace has a total area of 1.33 square miles (3.44 km ), of which 1.31 square miles (3.39 km ) (or 98.12%) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km ) (or 1.88%) is water. As of the 2020 census there were 2,751 people, 1,346 households, and 668 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,066.87 inhabitants per square mile (798.02/km ). There were 1,659 housing units at an average density of 1,246.43 per square mile (481.25/km ). The racial makeup of
162-403: The city was 60.05% White , 9.09% African American , 0.62% Native American , 17.74% Asian , 0.04% Pacific Islander , 4.43% from other races , and 8.03% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 11.20% of the population. There were 1,346 households, out of which 21.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.26% were married couples living together, 9.21% had
180-485: The first level; Lululemon Athletica , Tommy Bahama , Hugo Boss , and Aritzia on the second level. In August 2014, Le Méridien opened a 172 guest-room hotel in a former Renaissance Hotel , which was originally a Stouffer Hotel. This is their first in the state of Illinois. On October 13, 2016, AMC Theatres opened a new 12-screen cinema in a remodeled section of the Nordstrom wing; this remodeling also included
198-598: The mall: Oakbrook Terrace Oakbrook Terrace is a city in DuPage County , Illinois , and is a suburb of Chicago . Per the 2020 census , the population was 2,751. It is the smallest town in DuPage County, in terms of area and population. Oakbrook Terrace was originally named Utopia , a name suggested by a postmaster. The name Oakbrook Terrace was adopted in November 1959. According to
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#1732780548835216-514: The physical size of the center with a new southeast court. On Christmas Day 1964, a single-screen movie theater operated by Balaban & Katz Corporation was opened at the Oakbrook Center near Saks Fifth Avenue. On its twenty-third year of operation in 1987, the single screen theater was split into four screens when Cineplex Odeon Corporation took it over. Cineplex Odeon also added another four screens, topped by additional retail (including
234-536: The site is a Hilton Suites Hotel and Hilton Garden Inn . The headquarters of Redbox and the Joint Commission , which accredits US healthcare entities, are located in Oakbrook Terrace. Pace provides bus service on Routes 301, 313 and 322 connecting Oakbrook Terrace to Chicago, Wheaton, and other destinations. Restoration Hardware Too Many Requests If you report this error to
252-529: The site to open a 90,000-square-foot, three-story Bloomingdale's Home store on September 12, 2003. Cheesecake Factory opened in August 2004. Marshall Field's adopted the Macy's name on September 8, 2006, with Macy's buying the parent company. On November 12, 2008, Barnes & Noble opened. A year later, in 2009, American Apparel (which closed in 2017) opened. In 2010, Gibson's Bar and Steakhouse opened across
270-464: The street from the mall. Pandora opened its doors in 2011. Pinstripes opened as a stand-alone location in the mall parking lot in 2012. In November 2013, Perry's Steakhouse opened in the former basement level of Neiman Marcus. On January 4, 2012, Bloomingdale's announced that it would shutter its Oakbrook Home store by March of the year. Two years later in 2014, that structure was reconstructed to feature six inline tenants: The Container Store on
288-411: Was 35.8 years. For every 100 females, there were 101.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.9 males. The median income for a household in the city was $ 61,563, and the median income for a family was $ 89,900. Males had a median income of $ 54,911 versus $ 50,500 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 37,713. About 7.8% of families and 16.7% of the population were below
306-453: Was announced Sears would also shutter its location here, as part of an ongoing plan to eliminate its brick-and-mortar format. Puttshack opened a location on November 3, 2021. In September 2021, a three-story Restoration Hardware store opened, featuring a restaurant and winery on its top floor. By 2023, after the government lockdown , Oakbrook Center had announced several new additions, among them Joss & Main . On December 23, 2021,
324-551: Was long dogged by rumors and news reports that it was leaning or sinking. It stands on the site of the former Dispensa's Kiddie Kingdom and Castle of Toys . Drury Lane is a large theater and conference center adjacent to the Oakbrook Terrace Tower. It boasts a 2,000 seat banquet hall and a 971-seat theater. The facility can host: wedding receptions and banquets, corporate meetings and conferences, trade shows and conventions, live theater, and concerts. Located on
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