Northbrook Court


Northbrook Court is a shopping mall in Northbrook, Illinois. The mall has a collection of stores serving the North Shore suburbs of Chicago. Located on its anchor stores are Lord & Taylor and Neiman Marcus. This mall also features a 14-screen AMC Theatres on the south side of the mall. It is managed and co-owned by Brookfield Properties Retail Group.
One of the mall's original tenants was Sears, which closed in 1983 due to the company determining that the store's market too closely overlapped that of the nearby stores at Hawthorn Mall and Golf Mill Mall. It was converted into a prototype for JCPenney that same year, and then torn down in 1995 for a new Marshall Field's. Northbrook Court 14 opened on November 22, 1996. It was converted into an AMC Theatres in 2002. A free standing Crate & Barrel home store on the northwest corner of the mall, opened that same year.
On May 11, 2019, it was announced that Macy's would be closing as part of a plan to close 13 stores nationwide. The store closed on July 14, 2019 and will be demolished for a new mixed-use development.

Location

Northbrook Court is located on Lake Cook Road, between the Tri-State Tollway and Edens Expressway. It is approximately 25 miles from downtown Chicago and approximately four to 12 miles from the nine communities that make up the North Shore and is accessible via public transit from them and the City of Chicago. It is only eight miles from Westfield Old Orchard. Although smaller than Old Orchard, it competes with Old Orchard as well as several other suburban shopping centers in the Chicago area.

Filming

, who grew up in Northbrook, and attended Glenbrook North High School, used the mall for his teenage film Weird Science, a movie about two outcasts who create a girl, who in turn helps them stand up for themselves. The side of the mall used in the film for exterior shots is currently a California Pizza Kitchen and the Claim Company. The inside of the mall was also used, however it has changed since the filming.

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