![]() At the time, Carson's parent company Bergner's was undergoing financial restructuring following debt accrued in the acquisition of the Carson's chain in 1989 although this caused issues in delayed shipments to several Carson's and Bergner's stores, the Charlestowne Mall store was not affected. Carson's held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to open its store, their 24th store in the Chicago area, on August 15, 1991. Sears advertised the store by mailing flyers to over 61,000 area residents who held Sears credit cards at the time. Kraus, then a representative of Wilmorite, stated that the delay was due to company concerns about the nation's economy after the Gulf War he also thought that delaying the mall's opening would allow it to benefit from back to school sales. Wilmorite delayed opening of the mall and Carson's until August 1991, and JCPenney did not open until early 1992. Sears' store was opened ahead of the rest of the mall due to it having already been stocked with merchandise. The first store at the mall to open was Sears, which did so on April 2, 1991. ![]() Wilmorite chose the location due to projected residential growth in DuPage and Kane counties, the two counties in which the city of St. The Charlestowne Mall would be Wilmorite's first development outside the state of New York. The plans called for a two-story shopping mall spanning more than 1,000,000 square feet (93,000 m 2) with three anchor stores: JCPenney, Sears, and Carson Pirie Scott and Company (later known as Carson's). Wilmorite Properties, a shopping mall developer based in suburban Rochester, New York, first announced the plans for Charlestowne Mall in 1989.
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