Market Place Shopping Center

Could definitely use more of a selection in the food court, when Sarku’s lease expires maybe let them go… and in my times there I have never seen mall employees go to the pizza place too so that’s probably not a good sign. I love Simply Mac, Gamestop, and Kohls just on the South end though.

Carousel rides have doubled in price. Bathrooms are always nasty. Do they purposely hire anti-​social custodians?

A decent mall for Champaign-​Urbana. They have an indoor merry-​go-​round that just takes up space and electricity.
They have crummy choices of food vendors. They have 3 asian chicken stands: Sarku Japan, Panda Express, and some Cajun chicken thingy… didn’t even bother to catch the name. Each have a person standing with chicken samples with one guy with broken English screaming «YUMMY YUMMY CHICKEN!!! BEST CHICKEN!!!»
Pwahahaha.
Well, on a good note, no need to buy food if you’re not super hungry. Just go from one person to the other and loop dee loop until you get full.

Good olé Market Place. Anchor stores are Macy’s, Bergner’s, JC Penney, and now Dick’s Sporting Goods. I’ve had the most luck at Bergner’s. My parents also shop there the most. You will find a number of popular stores — Old Navy, Victoria’s Secret, Finish Line, Bath and Body Works, Express, etc. There is also a coffee shop, Auntie Anne’s, popcorn, a food court, and Buco di Beppo. There are kiosks in the aisle. I don’t use frequent these much. But did purchase some cheap infinity scarves last winter. I’ve gone once when they were giving away shopping totes (Health Alliance branded) and a shopping carrying hook. Cool. During the holidays, there is usually gift wrapping and an Angel Tree. Plenty of parking and near other shopping stops — Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc. Great for a small town mall.

An ok mall. Compared to larger cities, the selection is not there but for the market, it is probably ok. There is plenty of space to walk around. It is an indoor mall so in the winter, it will be nice when the weather outside is brutally cold. The food court has a carousel for the kids. Food court selection is uninspiring. My buddy told me this is the only mall in town so this is pretty much it.

This mall has really gone downhill in the past few years. It seems as though no stores can survive there. Abercrombie and Fitch closed about 2.5 years ago and as of today I saw the Hollister closed, too. If a Hollister can’t survive I’m not sure what can. The only stores worth going to are PINK/Victoria’s Secret, Bath and Body Works, and maybe the Illini shop. The food court is really nothing special. None of the stores carry anything remotely high end like some of the anchors usually do (Macy’s, JCP, etc.). Pretty disappointing.

Good God this place is depressing, even for a small town mall. Extremely limited selection of stores and the few «decent» stores that are here do not have the same product options available at their counterparts in other cities.

when i first got here in champaign-​urbana, i found this mall so small and not so interesting shops. however, factoring in the size of the towns, it is not so bad after all. i rarely go into the malls but shop in the plaza area. clean and plenty of space to walk without bumping on to others.

Nice mall with lots of fun shops. My favorite is Macy’s and White House Black Market. There are some worthless shops too but they don’t tend to stick around too long.
One thing that really annoys me is the kiosks where they try to apprehend you to do your hair and then try to sell you a $ 200.00 curling iron. My daughter wanted her hair done so they started to curl it. I asked how much it was and when they told me how much I told them that was too expensive so they stopped curling her hair and told us to leave. Kind of awkward walking around the mall with half of your hair curled. That is not the malls fault but I thought I would send out a warning to anyone considering it. Don’t make eye contact is the best bet.
The food court is pretty cool too. They have a carasoul and some of the places hand out free samples.

Nice mall great stores and food court but they need more seating for people.

Landmark Review:
For Champaign, this mall is as good as it can get based on the location. It is not a Woodfield mall by any means, but it is better than Stratford mall. The stores are filled out and there is a medium size play area for kids. The main downside that you have to get used to is the one level for the main mall. Occasionally the main department stores will have two levels that can be accessed through the individual stores. There are not too many amenities compared to the other malls. I wish they had a few more department stores, but based on the location I think this is how it will be. The food court has a wide selection that is not too overpriced and a carousel that my son will like when he is a bit older.
Hidden deals:
1. Nice food court
2. Carousel
3. Free kids play area

Stay away from The Children’s Place! There’s an old bitchy lady that works there that’s rude as all out! I went there today to use a gift card that was given to my 5yr. old on his birthday to get him some p.j.‘s.
Before I even walked through the front entrance, this wicked witch of the store comes rushing up to me and says,“What’re you looking for???” Not even a hello or good morning! I told her that I was looking to get my son some p.j.‘s, and with that she said «OH… CARRY ON!» I was like, WTF?! So I just blew her off and went on with my business thinking she was just having a «senior «moment. But come check out, she said forcefully that needed my email address and phone number to complete the transaction. I told her I just wanted to pay and wasn’t interested in whatever promo they were offering. She then said with a huff, «FINE!», and mumbled something under breath.
I then asked her if there was a problem, and all I got for an answer was a serious glare with attitude!
All I can say is if this is the way this company trains its employees, I’m NOT shopping there again!

Small. Food court isn’t that great.
For the area and if you grew up around there and consider Champaign as «the city» THEN, the mall is good.
.but if you’ve been anywhere else. especially Woodfield or Indy you’ll be disappointed.
List of stores:

Unlike Chicago and its suburbs, Central Illinois isn’t full of nice malls at every corner. With that said, this mall and the surrounding shopping centers are a great addition to Champaign. It’s not that common that you can find everything you want from higher end to bargain within the area of a couple square miles. This mall fulfills more of the mid to higher end shopping and is clean and relatively nice inside. While it doesn’t really have any of the very high end stores, it will fulfill most people’s clothing and beauty product needs.

Too many unsupervised big barefoot kids that are much taller than the posted maximum height playing in the kids play area. I’m afraid my 4 year old will get hurt! Security should not allow parents to drop their kids off and leave them unattended. Otherwise, the mall is improving with the additions of Loft and Sephora, although it was disappointing to lose New York and Company and Hallmark. Let’s hope the mall is able to add a couple of new stores that appeal to anyone over the age of 19! The merry go round is a nice feature, which is why I’m giving it 3 stars.

Being a Champaign townie and a current Chicago resident, I obviously have mixed feelings about this place. One side is that it’s the only mall in Champaign, so that makes me like it, but secondly, it’s not THAT great of a mall at all. The only reason I go there is for the Banana Republic and Sephora, and on rare occasion, Journeys, Victoria’s Secret, or Express. It’s convenient for xmas shopping but even then, I’d rather just shop online unfortunately.

A pretty decent mall, a few too many empty stores of late though. The food court is okay. The carousel is real cool looking.

Compared to the malls in Springfield and Decatur, this one is the better of the three. There are no empty stores and it does get busy at the mall.
They have a great steak and potato company which closed in Springfield years ago.
I like all the speciality stores that are here. They have a kitchen store, tons of kids stores, a gamestop, department stores, pet store, etc.

This is one of the better malls in this area. They have a variety of stores for men, women, and kids. However, I’m from California so I’m used to much bigger malls with better stores.

Not bad. Pretty nice for a small town. If you come from a larger city, this will be disappointing, but it’s really not that bad. You can definitely get some good clothes, shoes, housewares and such here. If only they had more of a food and snack selection …

For a small town like Chambana, this is pretty good. I mean it’s no Westfield/​Woodfield mall… but you got decent stores, not to mention 4 big department stores. It may feel small cuz of the fact that it’s only a 1-​story mall (except for the department stores: Macy’s and bergners) but the stores are pretty expanded all over the place.
Oh, did I tell you they have a carousel too? Pretty rad.

Market Place isn’t too bad of a mall for a small town, considering the run-​down state of the entire area. It’s rather small, and a number of spaces where stores could go often seem to be closed, but they do have a few major department stores and a pet store that sells adorable purebred puppies for obscene prices. In Urbana-​Champaign Market Place is one of the better places to hang out, mostly because it has an awesome carousel that you can ride for a nice, low price. Yeah, I could ride that thing all day!

You know, as far as malls go (and I’m not a mall person), I am satisfied with this one. I was excited to find that both Macy’s and Charlotte Russe exist in Champaign.
Also, there’s a carousel in the food court that I somehow managed to not notice until my second visit. A carousel!