By Alicia Fabbre | Daily Herald
Jennifer Moore couldn’t help but feel a tinge of sadness as she visited Spring Hill Mall.
The 34-year-old Lake in the Hills woman brought her three children to the mall for one last visit with Santa and to say goodbye to the mall she enjoyed as a teen.
“It’s kind of sad,” she said, referring to the largely vacant mall that straddles Carpentersville and West Dundee. “But it’s kind of normal … it’s kind of the way malls are going.”
Though the future of the Spring Hill Mall property remains unclear, 2023 likely will be the last year the mall itself welcomes holiday shoppers.
The village of West Dundee has already purchased buildings that once housed two of the mall’s anchors — Sears and Macy’s — and expects to close on the main portion of the mall and former Carson Pirie Scott store building early next year. While the village has no formal plans for the property, West Dundee officials have said they plan to demolish the mall and hope to replace it with a mixed-use development that includes housing, restaurants, shops and other entertainment venues.
At its height, the mall, which opened in 1980, featured several national retailers and was a draw for the region.
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