Target Bringing Green to Addison Mall

CHICAGO-New big-box retail development in the city has become less of a rarity. A big-box redevelopment project that includes a “green roof” favored by Mayor Richard M. Daley, though, is a first.

Minneapolis-based Target Corp. will do just that as part of a 190,000-sf redevelopment, which includes building on to a vacant Montgomery Wards department store, in the Addison Mall on the city’s Northwest Side.

The project involves adding approximately 50,000 sf on two floors, according to the city’s department of planning and development. The result, though, will be a new store with Target’s distinctive design features in a rectangular shape, senior site development manager Forrest E. Russell tells GlobeSt.com.