Giant new Target coming to shopping center in far northern suburb as part of ‘revitalization’

A long-vacant Super K-Mart store in the northern suburbs often referred to by the community as an “eyesore” will soon become new Target as part of a “significant revitalization project” for the shopping center its in.

“It took a lot of time, a ton of work by village staff and village attorneys, but we are delighted to be able to announce the first step of this goal has been completed,” Round Lake Beach Mayor Scott Nickles said in a release announcing the news Monday. “This process has been more than a decade in the making, so we are thrilled to announce something is finally happening with this site. This is a great day for Round Lake Beach.”

The 190,000 square foot property, part of Round Lake Beach’s Rollins Crossing Shopping Center, sits at 400 East Rollins Road. The most recent tenant, the village said, Super K-Mart, has been gone since 2013.

Since then, the village had taken steps to legally condemn the property, officials said. Before those were final, Target acquired the property, and the deal was finalized in late December 2025.

As part of the redevelopment, Target has submitted permits to demolish the deteriorating building, the village said. A timeline has not been released.

In March of 2025, the village announced the Rollins Crossing Shopping Center had been sold to a New Orleans-based national real estate development firm. According to the announcement, the purchase did not include the former K-Mart store, located on the western edge of the property.

Marketing materials showed the center most recently appeared to have an LA Fitness and Petco. The shopping center also has a vacant Regal Cinema Movie Theater, which the village said in 2025 would be transformed into a 72,000-square-foot entertainment center.

In the Target announcement, Nickles said the village hopes Rollins Crossing would be revitalizationed to become a “true village retail center for the community.”

“We are on the cusp of making it happen,” Nickles added.