Woodfield Mall, Chicago

Woodfield Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall located in the northwest Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, United States, at the intersection of Golf Road and Illinois Route 53.

Woodfield opened on September 9, 1971 with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.9 million retail square feet by 1973, the largest mall in the United States at that time. It is currently the largest mall in the Chicago area, with over 285 stores and restaurants. Woodfield is part of a group of three malls located in Schaumburg, IL, along with Woodfield Village Green, and theStreets of Woodfield. Woodfield is a major tourist destination in the state of Illinois. In the year 2000, Chicago’s visitors voted Woodfield Mall as their favorite suburban attraction.

Originally 1,900,000 square feet (177,000 m2) of retail space, Woodfield today is 2.7 million feet of retail space. The GLA of the mall today is 2,700,000 square feet (251,000 m2), making it the fifth largest shopping mall in the U.S. and ninth largest in terms of shopping area. The mall is a highly visited tourist destination in the Chicago metropolitan area, with about 27 million annual visitors. The center features nearly 300 stores.