The Park Forest Sears & Roebuck welcomed first shoppers in August 1963. The store would serve the community for over 31 years.
Drawing from Sears, Roebuck & Company Annual Report 1963
By 1963, the complex is formally known as PARK FOREST SHOPPING PLAZA. Counting in its brand new Sears, it spans approximately 750,000 leasable square feet, with a tenant list of forty stores and services.
By 1969, the retail venue is known as simply PARK FOREST PLAZA. Things might have seemed rosy at the time, but trouble was on the horizon. LINCOLN MALL was to open, in neighboring Matteson, in 1973. ORLAND SQUARE MALL, in Orland Park, was dedicated in 1976. Soon, the PLAZA was in a downward spiral.
Drawing from The Neighborhood Star
Drawing from Sears, Roebuck & Company Annual Report 1963
By 1969, the retail venue is known as simply PARK FOREST PLAZA. Things might have seemed rosy at the time, but trouble was on the horizon. LINCOLN MALL was to open, in neighboring Matteson, in 1973. ORLAND SQUARE MALL, in Orland Park, was dedicated in 1976. Soon, the PLAZA was in a downward spiral.
Drawing from The Neighborhood Star
