The mayor of Orland Park says he has faith in Amazon’s approved retail concept for the village, despite the company announcing Tuesday it will shut down all of its Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go locations.

The shutdown will affect Amazon Fresh stores, at 16017 S. Harlem Ave. in Tinley Park and 4031 95th St. in Oak Lawn.

There are 57 Fresh and 15 Go stores across the country, with 13 in Illinois. Stores in Arlington Heights, Schaumburg, North Riverside, Morton Grove, Bloomingdale, Naperville, Norridge and Chicago are also set to close Feb. 1.

While some locations may be converted into Whole Foods stores, another chain owned by Amazon, the company released no information on where that might happen. Orland Park has a Whole Foods at 15260 LaGrange Road.

Oak Lawn Mayor Terry Vorderer said Wednesday he heard about the planned retail closures through the news media and had no details about the future of the Oak Lawn storefront.

Amazon said in a news release it has seen “encouraging signals” in its Amazon branded grocery stores, but the company hasn’t “created a truly distinctive customer experience with the right economic model needed for large-scale expansion.”

Just nine days before the announcement, the Orland Park Village Board approved plans for a nearly 230,000-square-foot building to include items from Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods and online goods. Katie Jahnke Dale, a Chicago attorney representing Amazon, said the concept “will likely be one of the first of its kind.”

Jahnke Dale said Amazon aims to create a more comprehensive shopping experience where visitors to the store in person can use their phone or an in-store kiosk to find items not on the sales floor.

Customers will also be able to order items to be brought to their vehicles, either at the front of the store or in a reserved parking spot.

“Nothing that we’re doing here, though, is different from what we are all experiencing in retail stores that exist today,” Jahnke Dale said. “It’s just done in a more purposeful, thoughtful manner.”

Orland Park Mayor Jim Dodge said Wednesday he remains “excited about the possibilities” of the planned retail development despite the company closing other stores.

“They’re still going to be investing millions of dollars into Orland Park on this concept, so I think they are full steam ahead with going in a direction where Orland’s the prototype,” Dodge said.

The mayor added that “there’s always a risk” when investing in retail development, but he is confident that Amazon “is going to do their best to make this be very successful.”

He said Orland Park is a retail friendly community, and he believes Amazon has learned a lot about marketing a variety of experiences since launching Amazon Fresh and Amazon Go.

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