Shops at the Mart

The Shops at the Mart is a group of shops on the first two floors of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois. Its retailers serve two markets: convenience retail and dining for local employees and residents, ^[1] and Luxehome, ^[2] a collection of luxury retailers of kitchen and bath furnishings that complements the Mart's historic role as a hub for the interior decorating trade. ^[3]

It opened in September 1991 and was originally anchored by Carson Pirie Scott & Co. and The Limited. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} However, retailers struggled to draw customers away from established retail centers in the State Street and Magnificent Mile areas, ^[8] and in September 2003 the core of the mall was rechristened as LuxeHome.

References

1. Merchandise Mart (website)
2. LuxeHome (website)
3. Grant, Barri Leiner (March 10, 2011). "A Guide to Shopping the Merchandise Mart". Chicago Magazine. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
4. Kerch, Steve (September 1, 1991). "Shops at the Mart reflect creativity". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
5. Gray, Jacquelyn (November 22, 1992). "Chicago shopping grows more varied Merchandise Mart develops a chic mall on 2 of its lower floors". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
6. Ziemba, Stanley (October 8, 1990). "New Mart mall may buck weak economy". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
7. Davis, Jerry C.; Lisa Holton (November 29, 1989). "Mart plans retail mall anchored by Carson's". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
8. Balu, Rekha (November 9, 1996). "Mart's Mall Pall". Crain's Chicago Business. Retrieved March 19, 2015.