Draft:Outlet City Mall

Outlet City Mall is a mall in Rockford, Illinois with the anchors of Bloomingdale's The Outlet Store, JCPenney, Marshalls Megastore, Round One Entertainment, Ross Dress For Less, TJ Maxx, Burlington, Nordstrom Rack, and Saks Off 5th. There are 3 vacant anchor spaces for Bed Bath & Beyond, Neiman Marcus Last Call and the lower level of Sears. The mall is currently owned and managed by Kohan Retail Investment Group

History
Outlet City Mall opened in 1990 with Sears Outlet, Elise's, Phar-Mor, Bed Bath & Beyond, Spiegel, Waccamaw Pottery, TJ Maxx, Burlington, Sports Authority, and Saks Off 5th. Phar-Mor would close in 1992, and then Sears Outlet in 1993. The former Sears Outlet space was filled by JCPenney Outlet Store in 1994, and the former Phar-Mor space became Linens 'n Things that same year, and also that same year, Elise's got converted to JCPenney. Waccamaw Pottery would then close in 2001, and then Spiegel in 2003. Sears came back as a full line store in 2005 replacing Spiegel, and the former Waccamaw Pottery space became Steve & Barry's in the lower level, and Neiman Marcus Last Call in the upper level that same year. Mills Corporation became Simon Property Group in 2007. Linens 'n Things and Steve & Barry's would both close in 2008. Marshalls Megastore would replace Linens 'n Things in 2009 and Ross Dress For Less would replace Steve & Barry's that same year. JCPenney Outlet Store closed in 2011 and became Bloomingdale's The Outlet Store in 2012. Sears closed in 2014, and Buy Buy Baby would merge with the Bed Bath & Beyond store in the mall as a combo store. Sports Authority then closed in 2016. Nordstrom Rack replaced the former Sports Authority while Neiman Marcus Last Call closed. Round One Entertainment replaced the upper level of the former Sears in 2020. Simon sold the mall to Kohan in 2022. Finally, the Bed Bath & Beyond and Buy Buy Baby combo store shut down in 2023