Sears and Macy’s stores. Now that they own the former mall properties, Bloomingdale and West Dundee are working to transform the sites. Demolition work at the former Stratford Square has gone ...

Conceptual plans reimagine the Stratford Square area as “The Grove ... The village spent $9.3 million to purchase the mall, including the former Carson’s, Sears and Macy’s stores.

Less than a month later, on April 21, Stratford Square Mall in Bloomingdale ... Opened in 1981, the mall was previously anchored by Sears, Marshall Fields, and Carson Pirie Scott.

Editor's Note: The video in this story is from a previous report. Months after the once-bustling Stratford Square Mall closed its doors for good, Bloomingdale Mayor Franco Coladipietro unveiled ...