<p>The flagging Ford City Mall on Chicago’s Southwest Side must close by noon on June 22, city officials said Friday.</p><p>The closing date was announced during a brief court hearing. Circuit Judge Leonard Murray was expected to sign the closing order in response to city officials <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/04/17/ford-city-mall-verge-shuttering-namdar-failure-repairs" >citing decay</a> at the property as an “imminent danger” to tenants and shoppers. The city has listed flooding, exposed wiring and potential sinkholes as hazards.</p><p>The order would affect about two dozen retailers, including the mall’s last anchor tenant, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/real-estate/2026/04/24/jcpenney-backtracks-ford-city-shutdown-mall-peril" >JCPenney</a>.