Another tenant has been confirmed for the revamped Plaza del Lago shopping center in suburban Wilmette — and it’s a “small, luxury department store.”
Space 519, which also has a location off the Magnificent Mile in Chicago’s Gold Coast, is set to open at the suburban shopping center this summer. According to owners, the store will offer designer women’s clothing and accessories, fine jewelry, gifts, along with luxury home goods, beauty and apothecary products.
The Chicago location’s signature restaurant “The Lunchroom” will also be part of the Plaza del Lago location, with farm-fresh breakfast, brunch and weekend lunch. New to the Wilmette location will be ‘The Lago Room,’ a 40-seat “European-style” cafe during the day that transforms into a “chic locale for late afternoon or early evening cocktails.”
In an Instagram post announcing its first suburban location – and second overall – Space 519 said the store will include many details from Plaza del Lago’s historic arches seen throughout the shopping center, with antiques from France inside.
It will include clothing from luxury designers like Khatie, Partow and Thom Browne, along with the newly launched Dr. Few Skincare line, the store said.
Space 519 joins already confirmed tenants James Perse, Hermes and Jenni Kayne as part of a ‘reimagining’ of the suburban shopping center, originally built in the 1920s. Other tenants are expected to be announced over the summer, with construction well underway.
The redevelopment comes as WS Development, which purchased the Spanish Court style shopping center along Sheridan Road in 2022, says the mall is on the verge of a transformation, hoping to make it “one of the top outdoor retail destinations in the region.”
“The site will undergo a complete overhaul including the restoration of building facades including masonry, storefronts, and windows; upgrades to building systems and structures including roofs, elevators, flooring, and basements; reimagining the arcade to make it a beloved destination, and the execution of new parking lots, sidewalks, outdoor dining areas, and landscaping meticulously designed to complement the architecture with robust greenery and unique plantings,” WS Development said as part of a March 2025 update.
The firm does not plan to demolish any structures or add new ones as part of the remodel, the update
“Plaza del Lago is on the cusp of a renovation that will honor and preserve the property’s iconic history and architecture while updating it to meet the demands of modern retail and dining and setting it up to prosper for the next 100 years just as it was designed to do for the last 100,” the update went on to say.
The Massachusetts-based developer purchased the Plaza de Lago shopping center in June of 2022. It’s the same developer that in 2022 purchased and revamped Wilmette’s Edens Plaza, which now includes Wayfair’s first-ever brick-and-mortar department store in the center’s former Carson Pirie Scott building.
Clothing and gift store Uncharted also recently opened at Edens Plaza, with a nail salon, gym and health food restaurant coming soon.
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