Harlem Irving Plaza

Harlem Irving Plaza (commonly referred to as "The HIP") is an enclosed mall located in Norridge, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The mall features over 140 stores and a food court; anchor stores include Kohl's, Best Buy, and Target. It is one of the oldest shopping malls in the Chicago area. 
Harlem Irving Plaza
 	
 	
Location 	4104 N Harlem Ave Norridge, Illinois, United States
Coordinates 	41°57′19.5″N87°48′29″W
Opening date 	1956
Management 	Harlem Irving Companies
Owner 	Harlem Irving Companies
No. of stores and services	140+
No. of anchor tenants 	4
Total retail floor area 	725,000 sq ft (67,400 m2).
No. of floors 	1 (3 in the redevelopment section) plus partial basement
Website 	http://shopthehip.com
== History ==
Built on the site of a former livestock farm, Harlem Irving Plaza originally opened in 1956 as a 337,000-square-foot (31,300 m2) strip mall featuring approximately 45 tenants including 5 Original anchor stores. The Stores Were A Kroger Grocery Store, A Walgreens Pharmacy, A Wieboldt's, A W.T. Grant, and A Woolworth. The plaza became a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers a year after opening. Between 1975 and 1979, the former strip mall was enclosed, and a parking garage was added. Also in 1979, Madigan's was added to the roster of department stores. MainStreet, a short-lived subsidiary of Federated Department Stores opened at the mall in 1987, just as Wieboldt's closed. In 1988, Kohl's acquired and converted all of the stores in the MainStreet chain; Carson Pirie Scott opened in the former Wieboldt's the same year. A food court was added in 1996, and Best Buy opened in the former Madigan's. Best Buy re-located to the mall's parking lot in 2001; its original location was replaced with a second parking garage. The mall underwent a thorough renovation in 2004, gaining a 175,000-square-foot (16,300 m2) Target in August of that year. 
In honor of the mall's 50th anniversary in 2006, Harlem Irving Plaza hosted a meet and greet with the original Mouseketeers. In honor of the mall's 60th anniversary in 2016, Harlem Irving Plaza hosted a meet and greet with Bobby Hull, Mike Ditka and Dick Butkus . 
Sports Authority, Panera Bread, Chipotle, and a fitness center were to be added in a 2013 expansion. Sports Authority has since closed. It was announced that in the fall of 2017 Nordstrom Rack would take the place of the vacated Sports Authority location. Carson's has since gone out of business in August 2018.
In 2019, a redevelopment was planned to split the former Carson's into inline stores. Construction started that same year, with a three-level shopping space being added in the process, along with a new entrance. Hobby Lobby, DSW Shoe Warehouse, and Five Below were confirmed as stores that are in the new section.
Category:Malls in the United States
Category:Malls in Illinois
Category:Shopping Malls
Category:Malls that opened in 1956