Little Village Discount Mall vendors, local alderperson call on mall’s owner to meet

Ald. Byron Sigcho-López (25th) speaks at a news conference outside the Discount Mall in Little Village, where vendors and local leaders called on the mall’s owner to meet with them. Many anticipate the mall will close after its lease expires at the end of January. (Michael Loria/Sun-Times)

Mere weeks before their lease is set to expire, a group of vendors from the Little Village Discount Mall and supporters Thursday called on the mall’s owner to not kick them out and for the city to intervene.

“We don’t have the famous brands of Michigan Avenue, but we still draw tourists from all over, from Florida to New York,” said Kocoy Malagón, who runs a dress shop at the mall.