Village of West Dundee, Illinois
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West Dundee
Spring Hill Mall opened in 1980 and closed in 2024. The village spent $13 million buying up the parcels and levelled it. What replaces a hundred acres of parking and slab is an open question, and this model is how the two answers on the table are being put to people.
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The project
- Site
- 100 acres at Routes 31 and 72
- Acquisition
- $13 million, multiple parcels
- Concept A
- Urban village — 778 homes up to five storeys, 320,000 sq ft of retail
- Concept B
- Mixed-use boulevard
- Shared moves
- Tree-lined walkable streets; the stormwater pond becomes a park
- In the model
- Switch between the two scenarios, click a building for its use, storeys and dwelling units, jump between tour stops, and change the time of day
Press and case studies
Daily Herald · June 2026
Clean slate: West Dundee to preview design options for the former Spring Hill Mall site
First public look at both concepts, presented with Houseal Lavigne.
The Real Deal · June 2026
West Dundee pitches 100-acre Spring Hill Mall site for redevelopment
The development case, and what the village paid to assemble the site.
Daily Herald · June 2026
Now that Spring Hill Mall is gone, West Dundee revs up redevelopment
Where the process goes next.
NBC Chicago · October 2025
Spring Hill Mall demolition begins in West Dundee
The teardown that cleared the site.