Location Marion, Illinois Owner Sansone Group No. of anchor tenants 3 Phone +1 618-993-5436 Number of anchor tenants 3 | Opening date 1991 No. of stores and services 29 Opened 1991 Number of stores and services 29 | |
Developer Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation Address 3000 W Deyoung St, Marion, IL 62959, USA Hours Open today · 10AM–9PMFriday10AM–9PMSaturday10AM–9PMSunday12–5:30PMMonday10AM–9PMTuesday10AM–9PMWednesday10AM–9PMThursday10AM–9PM Similar University Mall, Galleria Center, Machesney Park Mall, Urbana‑Lincoln Hotel‑Lincoln Square M, Belvidere Discount Mall Profiles | ||
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Illinois Star Centre, formerly Illinois Centre Mall, is an enclosed shopping mall in Marion, Illinois. Opened in 1991, it use to feature more than 60 stores. Its anchor stores include Dillard's, Sears and Target, with Target being the busiest. Subway remains the only store in the food court. Many of stores have closed.
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History
At the time that Illinois Centre Mall was being built, nearby Carbondale, Illinois already had a shopping mall, the University Mall. Because of its proximity, retail analysts predicted that competition between the two cities' retail sectors would "get pretty cut-throat". Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation developed the mall, whose initial anchor stores were Dillard's, Target, Phar-Mor and Sears, which relocated from University Mall. Illinois Centre Mall opened in 1990, resulting in the closure of the Sears at University Mall. University Mall sued Illinois Centre Mall's developers over the use of a state financing program to relocate the store, although the suit was later dismissed.
Sears and Phar-Mor opened for business in July 1991, followed by Dillard's and the mall itself in September, and Target in October. Phar-Mor closed in 1993. It later became a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association office and then a radio-controlled car racing center in 2004. DeBartolo sold the mall to local developers in 1996. Despite attracting other businesses to the area, the mall struggled with occupancy for most of its history, although new owners boosted it to 60% occupancy by 2000.
Barrett Rochman purchased the mall in 2011 and renamed it Illinois Star Centre. In March 2015, the Southern Illinoisan reported that three of the mall's owners were imprisoned on various counts, and that leasing agents were unresponsive on inquiries about the mall, which has become increasingly vacant and lacking in maintenance. Also complicating the mall's future is the fact that the parking lot and anchor stores are owned by different companies than the mall itself.