Quincy Town Center

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Quincy Town Center
Quincy Town Center
Location Quincy, Illinois
Coordinates 39°56′14″N91°21′44″W / 39.93726°N 91.36222°W / 39.93726; -91.36222
Opening date1978
ManagementCullinan Properties
No. of stores and services50+
No. of anchor tenants 4
Total retail floor area 542,462 square feet [1]
No. of floors1
Public transit access Quincy Transit Lines
Website www.quincytowncenter.com

Quincy Town Center is a shopping mall and office complex in Quincy, Illinois. It opened in 1958 as an outdoor complex called American Legion Miracle Mile Town and Country Shopping Center. [2] It was converted to an indoor complex, which opened on November 14, 1978 as Quincy Mall. [3] It was renamed Quincy Town Center in 2021. The center's anchor tenants are Dunham's Sports, Slumberland Furniture, Quincy Medical Group, and VIP Cinemas. Both shopping centers were created by Don M. Casto Organization of Columbus, Ohio. In 2006, the mall was purchased by Cullinan Properties.

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History

The original outdoor shopping center, American Legion Miracle Mile Town and Country Shopping Center, opened in 1958. The land had been purchased from the local American Legion. The center launched with Kresge’s, W.T. Grant, National Supermarkets, Kroger food stores and Shoppers Fair anchoring the mile-long strip mall. In 1968, the center's name was shortened to Town & Country Shopping Center, and the Town & Country Cinema was added. As its 20th anniversary approached, many leases were set to lapse, and Casto planned to build an entirely new shopping mall 1.5 miles to the west on Broadway and 48th Street. However, a revised plan enclosed the mall, which was relaunched as Quincy Mall on November 14, 1978. The mall was anchored by Bergner's and Sears, with J. C. Penney added in 1982. [4] In 2006, Cullinan Properties bought the mall from Casto. [5] Six years later, Cullinan asked the city of Quincy to expand a redevelopment agreement made in 2006. [6]

JCPenney closed in April 2015. [7] Slumberland Furniture opened in the space in 2017. Sears closed on August 11, 2018. [8] Bergner's closed on August 28, 2018, when its parent company Bon-Ton went out of business. [9] In 2019, VIP Cinemas joined the mall as an anchor tenant. Quincy Medical Group converted the former Bergner's anchor building into a cancer institute and surgery center in 2020. [10]

In March 2021, Cullinan Properties rebranded the mall as Quincy Town Center. [11] T

In November, 2024, Dunham Sport’s opened in the old Sears anchor building.

References

  1. ↑ "Quincy Mall". Cullinan Properties. Archived from the original on October 9, 2014. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Busen, Jamie. "Quincy Mall Enjoying Rebirth as it Approaches 30th Year in Operation." Quincy Herald-Whig, 12 April 2008.
  3. ↑ "QUINCY MALL REBRANDS TO QUINCY TOWN CENTER :: Cullinan Properties". March 3, 2021.
  4. ↑ Eighinger, Steve (January 7, 2015). "'Surprised and disappointed': Shoppers react to april closing of JCPenney store". Herald-Whig. Archived from the original on January 11, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ Szoke, Anita (April 10, 2006). "Retail developer extends reach". Peoria Journal-Star. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ Busen, Jamie. "Quincy Mall owners seek to adjust redevelopment deal". Quincy Journal. Retrieved January 8, 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ Hardy, Scott (January 7, 2015). "Quincy's JC Penney store closing this spring". Quincy Journal. Archived from the original on January 8, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sears closing Quincy store; third mall anchor to close since 2015". Herald-Whig. May 17, 2018. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Quincy's Bergner's store set to close". Herald-Whig. April 18, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
  10. ↑ "QUINCY MALL LOOKS FORWARD TO NEW MEDICAL ANCHOR :: Cullinan Properties". October 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ "QUINCY MALL REBRANDS TO QUINCY TOWN CENTER :: Cullinan Properties". March 3, 2021.
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