Hobby Lobby coming to Northland Mall

STERLING – Drum roll, please:

Hobby Lobby will be the new anchor on the west end of Northland Mall, mall owner Brookwood Capital Advisors announced today.

[ Free workds for them: Sterling mall abuzz with new business ventures. ]

It will occupy the entire space, formerly a Bergner’s department store, after it completes a multimillion dollar rebuild, Brookwood leasing director Lydia Chernitsky-Hamd said.

The remodel is underway, and the store likely will open in January, she said.

.Pending but not yet ready to be announced is a large business for the west end anchor spot once home to Bergner’s, Lydia Chernitsky-Hamd, leasing director with mall owner Tennessee-based Brookwood Capital Advisors, said Tuesday, March 8, 2022. — Hobby Lobby will be taking over the west end anchor spot in Northland Mall once home to Bergner’s, said Lydia Chernitsky-Hamd, leasing director with mall owner Tennessee-based Brookwood Capital Advisors. (Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@shawmedia.com)

This will be the arts, crafts and home decor supplier’s 42nd store in Illinois. The closest outlets to the Sauk Valley are in Rockford, Peru and Moline; there also is a store across the Mississippi River in Clinton, Iowa. Go to https://www.hobbylobby.com/ to learn more.

Midwest Furniture will be opening within a month or two in the former JCPenney spot in the east end of the mall, anchoring that end, Chernitsky-Hamd said. Dunham’s remains the other large retailer in the center of Northland.

Rounding out the new local retailers will be a vintage resale shop owned by Lynn and Ed Berge called Out of the Box, which will offer collectibles and furniture, she said.

Its Facebook page can be found at https://www.facebook.com/outsidetheboxvintage.

When Hobby Lobby opens, the mall essentially will be at 100% capacity, Chernitsky-Hamd said.

It was at 70% when Tennessee-based Brookwood bought the mall at 2900 E. Lincolnway in late January for $1.7 million.

It immediately offered new tenants 6 months free rent to help them get their businesses established. More than a dozen took advantage of the offer.

They are:

The Toy Store

https://www.facebook.com/sterlingILtoystore

https://sterlingtoystore.com

Emmie B’s Boutique

https://www.facebook.com/EmmieBsBoutique

https://emmie-bs-boutique.myshopify.com

Janet & June Boutique