CHICAGO — The new Space 519 store in Plaza del Lago in Wilmette, Ill., has something for everyone — and that’s by design.

There is fashion ; dining, with three options ranging from grab-and-go to full service; home decor; gifts; fine jewelry, and apothecary, all in one mini-department store.

“You can’t replicate this online,” Lance Lawson said during a walk-through of the 6,000-square-foot space located at the 1920s-era Spanish-style outdoor mall. Lawson owns Space 519 with his partner Jim Wetzel. “If there was a website trying to sell you our favorite Swedish fish and a Khaite purse, you’d be like, ‘What?’”

Space 519 was among the first retailers WS Development, owner of the 100,000-square-foot Plaza del Lago, approached about the project. Located at the southwest corner of the mall

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