Water Tower Place cracks down on teens with 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday curfew

The mall used to be one of the few places teens were free to hang out far from prying parental eyes. That’s no longer the case at Water Tower Place on the Magnificent Mile, the latest mall to ban unsupervised teens on Friday and Saturday evenings in an attempt to crack down on disruptive incidents.

From 4 p.m. until the mall closes at 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, trained public safety officers will card visitors at the Magnificent Mile shopping center’s entrances, mall owner Brookfield Properties said Thursday.

Anyone without a valid photo ID confirming they are at least 18 years old won’t be allowed into the mall unless they are accompanied by a parent or other adult who is at least 21 years old, Brookfield said in a news release.

The policy “is intended to help provide a safe, peaceful experience at our shopping center,” Mitch Feldman, senior general manager of Water Tower Place, said in the news release.

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