Market Place Mall, Champaign, Illinois

The Market Place Mall has more than one hundred stores encompassing eight restaurants in the food court, a play area for the children and a reproduction of an antique carousel. The mall is located at 2000 North Neil Street, Champaign, IL. There are many services in the mall including: ATM's, electric scooters, auto jump starts, a family restroom, mall gift cards, lockers, vending machines for newspapers, lost and found, safety escorts, nursing lounge, strollers, soft seating areas, wheel chairs, UPS Drop off location and transportation schedules.

The carousel is located at the food court, the children's play area is at the north end of the mall, and the food court itself is located next to Macy's. The mall is operated by General Growth Properties. Throughout the year the mall hosts many events such as the Blue Jeans in Pink, A Dinner Like No Other and many holiday shopping events.

The anchor stores in the mall consist of Bergner's, Macy's, Sears and JC Penney's. This mall is laid out in zones A through E for ease of shopping. All Zone A stores are: Aeropostale, Lady Foot Locker, Bachrach, Midwest Cellular, Bijoux Accessories, New York & Company, NY Alterations, Buckle, NY Fashion, Chris Logan Graf X, Claire's Boutique, Foot Locker, The Children's Place, Things Remembered, Victoria's Secret, Kay Jewelers, and Kirlin's Hallmark.

The stores in Zone B include: Hollister, Hat World, Tilt, Gymboree, GNC Live Well, Global Cellular, Game Stop, Forever 21, Regis Hairstyles, Pearle Vision, Payless Shoe Source, Pacific Sunwear, Banana Republic, and Master Cuts.

Zone C has the following stores: Lenscrafters, The Limited, Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Man Alive, Baubles and Beads, Body Shop, Charlotte Russe, Express Dual Gender, Sunglass Hut, Go All Out, Sunny Shades, T Mobile, The Illini Shop, Helberg Diamonds, Track & Trail, Trade Secret, US Cellular, Wet Seal, and Wonderful Creations. The stores in Zone D are: Yankee Candle, Justice, Tradehome Shoes, Granite Transformation, the Gap, the Finish Line, Rogers and Holland Jewelers, Enhance Your Beauty, Eddie Bauer, Proactive, Dakota Watch Co, Print Kitoko, Custom Photo Engraving, Portrait Innovations, Coldwater Creek, CJ Banks, Body Shack, Motherhood Maternity, Mobile 1T-Mobile, Millenium Nails, Bath & Body Works, Barbeck Communications, Ann Taylor Loft, American Eagle Outfitters, Kitchens, and Abercrombie & Fitch.

The final zone is E and they have the following stores: Marrakech, Panda Express, Quencher's Smoothies and Ice Cream, Sarku Japan, Sbarro, Sleep Number by Select Comfort, Spencer Gifts, Sprint, Subway Sandwiches, Taco Bell, Great Steak & Potato, Hot Topic, Icing by Claire's, Inside Scoop, Vitamin World, Kato's Cajun and Zale's Jewelers.

Stores that are around the outside of the mall include: Hancock Fabrics, Fashion Bug, Office Depot, Audible Hearing, and Kohl's.

The mall is open seven days a week Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm and Sunday from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm. Out of town guests of the mall can get information about hotels and sightseeing at the Market Place Mall. They have brochures available in partnership with the Champaign County Convention and Visitors Bureau.