Disclaimer: I do not own these photos. Photos are sourced online and used for retail history/archive purposes. Location: West Dundee and Carpentersville, Illinois Opened: October 1980 Closed: March 22, 2024 Status: Demolished; redevelopment planning underway Developer: Homart Development Original anchors: Sears and Marshall Field’s Spring Hill Mall opened in October 1980 and quickly became one of Fox Valley area's major shopping destination. Built across the boarder of West Dundee and Carpentersville, the mall originally opened with Sears and Marshall Field's as its main anchors. Bergner's and JCPenney joined soon after, and by the late 1980s MainStreet had become Kohl's. For decades, Spring Hill was a familiar suburban mall. Department stores. Holiday shopping. Food court trips. Teenagers meeting friends. Families spending entire afternoons walking the corridors. But like many enclosed malls, Spring Hill began losing ground as shopping habits changed. JCPenney announced its closure in 2011. In an attempt to reinvent part of the property, the former JCPenney wing and food court were demolished. An eight-screen Cinemark opened in 2016, followed by H&M in 2017. The changes weren't enough. Carson's closed in 2018. Sears closed in 2020. Macy's, which had replaced Marshall Field's, also left in 2020. Barnes & Noble relocated in 2021. By then, much of the enclosed mall had become increasingly empty. West Dundee eventually decided that waiting for a private redevelopment was no longer working. Beginning in 2023, the village started buying pieces of the mall property, including the former Sears and Macy's buildings and later the mall's core. On March 22, 2024, the enclosed portion of Spring Hill Mall permanently closed after nearly 44 years. Kohl's remained separately operated for a time, but closed by early 2025. Then the mall itself started disappearing. Large-scale demolition began in May 2025. By the end of that year, most of the enclosed mall had been cleared, leaving the Cinemark theater as the last major operating business from the old mall site. Now Spring Hill is entering another chapter. As of 2026, West Dundee is actively planning a mixed-use redevelopment for the roughly 100-acre property. Concepts presented by the village include housing, retail, resturants, green space, walkable streets, and a new public safety building. A 2024 market study suggested the site could support as many as 1,500 residential units and about 325,000 square feet of commercial space. The final redevelopment plan is still being shaped, but the goal is clear: replace the old enclosed mall with a new town-center-style district built around living, shopping, dining and gathering. Spring Hill Mall is gone. But unlike malls that sit abandoned for decades, its site is already being prepared for what comes next. From a 1980 suburban shopping destination... to a struggling mall... to closure... to demolition... and eventually, an entirely new community. Do you remember Spring Hill Mall? #retailapocalypse #deadmall #deadmalls #urbex #abandonedplaces - @deadmallsarchive