Stratford Square Mall is a shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct or simply mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from unit to unit, along with a parking area — a modern, indoor version...

 opened in 1981, located just off Army Trail Road

Army Trail Road

Army Trail Road is a county road in parts of DuPage and Kane Counties, Illinois. Army Trail Road begins at the Addison Village Hall east of John F. Kennedy Drive in a cul de sac in Addison, Illinois. It ends at Illinois Route 25 in Wayne, Illinois. The portion of Army Trail Road from Illinois 53 to...

 and Gary Avenue in Bloomingdale, Illinois

Bloomingdale, Illinois

Bloomingdale is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, United States, approximately 25 miles west of Chicago. The population was 21,675 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, a northwestern suburb of Chicago. The 1300000 square feet (120,774 m²) mall currently has six anchor tenants including Carson Pirie Scott

Carson Pirie Scott

Carson Pirie Scott & Co., known informally as Carson's, is an upscale chain of department stores that have been in business for over 150 years. Their product price points are targeted to the moderate-to-upscale shopper...

, J. C. Penney

J. C. Penney

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 (former Wieboldt's

Wieboldt's

Wieboldt Stores, Inc., also known as Wieboldt's, did business as a Chicago general retailer between 1883 and 1986. It was founded in 1883 by storekeeper William A. Wieboldt. The flagship location was located on Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago...

), Kohl's

Kohl's

Kohl's Corporation is an American department store chain headquartered in the Milwaukee suburb of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, operating , 1,089 stores in 49 states. In 1998, it entered the S&P 500 list, and is also listed in the Fortune 500...

 (former MainStreet

MainStreet

MainStreet was a department store chain based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The chain was launched in November 1983 by Federated Department Stores . Throughout the 1980s, the chain expanded to twenty-nine stores in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota...

), Macy's

Macy's

Macy's is a U.S. chain of mid-to-high range department stores. In addition to its flagship Herald Square location in New York City, the company operates over 800 stores in the United States...

 (former Marshall Field's

Marshall Field's

Marshall Field & Company was a department store in Chicago, Illinois that grew to become a major chain before being acquired by Macy's Inc...

), Sears, and Burlington Coat Factory

Burlington Coat Factory

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a national department store retailer focusing on clothing and shoes, with over 450 stores in 45 states and Puerto Rico.. In 2006, it was acquired by Bain Capital, LLC in a take-private transaction...

 (former Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward

Montgomery Ward is an online retailer that carries the same name as the former American department store chain, founded as the world's #1 mail order business in 1872 by Aaron Montgomery Ward, and which went out of business in 2001...

).

Feldman Mall Properties

Since being acquired by Feldman Mall Properties in early 2005, the mall has been scheduled to undergo many renovations in order to raise its status back to an A-Class Mall. Feldman Mall Properties, based in New York, still owns the mall in spite of experiencing financial difficulties in 2008. In October 2011, the fountain in the central square next to the food court

Food court

A food court is generally an indoor plaza or common area within a facility that is contiguous with the counters of multiple food vendors and provides a common area for self-serve dining. Food courts may be found in shopping malls and airports, and in various regions may be a standalone development...

 was replaced by a carousel

Carousel

A carousel , or merry-go-round, is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders...

.