Dead Malls

[Stephane Dumas]

I don't see what's wrong with Monroeville, Pennsylvania I've been there before. Now Wilkinsburg I didn't care for that place.

Monroeville is fine but murraysville is better. Most of the Pittsburgh greater area is so gross. But the eastern areas are disgusting! Go to north Versailles and McKeesport and they are disgusting. And you can't tell me rankin or Braddock are any better!

What do you mean by so gross?

I guess a picture is worth a 1000 words about Braddock, McKeesport.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKdNERIJ0_w

Could be possible then McKeesport and Braddock see some transformations like Harlem did as shown in these photos posted on Skyscraperpage?
https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=149448

[I-39]

At this point malls should be celebrating when their Sears goes out of business. Poorly run company stuck in the past.

Really is a shame. Sears should still be a major retailer, but arrogant and incompetent management did them in. They missed numerous chances to right the ship and reinvent themselves.

At this point malls should be celebrating when their Sears goes out of business. Poorly run company stuck in the past.

I guess I could be said for Kmart too. I mean yeah same company but they are totally stuck in the past.

And that's a warning tale to Wal-Mart and Target if they want to avoid to fall in the same traps althought in the case of Target when they aquired Zellers stores in Canada. They completely screwed things.

Both Walmart and Target are being proactive in adapting for the future, they'll be fine as long as they don't pull a Sears and stop innovating.

[jeffandnicole]

I walked around Genesee Valley Center in Flint a little bit today. It seems to be doing a little better than Fashion Square Mall in Saginaw with more stores. The food court however only has two places open.

We could probably do a whole sub topic on the food courts! Even the malls that are still around, it seems food courts are a shell of their glory days.

At my local mall, the food court was built well after the mall opened. In fact, when they added a fourth anchor is when they added a food court as well.

Prior to that, they had about 4 or 5 restaurants scattered around the mall. One before my time was a bar that apparently got fairly rowdy at night. The drinking age was 18 at the time, probably adding to that atmosphere.

[Flint1979]

My local mall (Fashion Square) also had the food court open well after the mall was open. The area where the food court is use to be a department store called Wiechmann's. There was a York Steakhouse in the mall before the food court opened as well as a Big Boy which became Ruby Tuesday but is now empty. The York Steakhouse spot became Payless Shoes and is also now empty.

[Urban Prairie Schooner]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this but Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge looks to be basically dead. I remember walking around in it about 10 years ago and seeing a lot of abandoned stores. I think my dad remarked that it was on the decline, but it appears to be gone now. The Mall of Louisiana has really lead to Cortana's demise (admittedly, the Mall of Louisiana is probably the best mall I've been in, and Cortana was not).

As we speak, Cortana is being demolished for an Amazon warehouse/fulfillment center.

[SkyPesos]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this but Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge looks to be basically dead. I remember walking around in it about 10 years ago and seeing a lot of abandoned stores. I think my dad remarked that it was on the decline, but it appears to be gone now. The Mall of Louisiana has really lead to Cortana's demise (admittedly, the Mall of Louisiana is probably the best mall I've been in, and Cortana was not).

As we speak, Cortana is being demolished for an Amazon warehouse/fulfillment center.

I wish the same would happen to Microsoft's Cortana too 

[kevinb1994]

Not sure if anyone's mentioned this but Cortana Mall in Baton Rouge looks to be basically dead. I remember walking around in it about 10 years ago and seeing a lot of abandoned stores. I think my dad remarked that it was on the decline, but it appears to be gone now. The Mall of Louisiana has really lead to Cortana's demise (admittedly, the Mall of Louisiana is probably the best mall I've been in, and Cortana was not).

As we speak, Cortana is being demolished for an Amazon warehouse/fulfillment center.

I wish the same would happen to Microsoft's Cortana too 

That's the joke Bezos wants you to have in mind.

[kevinb1994]

https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/st-augustine-outlet-mall-owner-wants-to-close-it-redevelop-site

Looks like one of the two outlet malls on the outskirts of St. Augustine is going to become mixed-use (with a Baptist Health center to boot).

[TheGrassGuy]

The Phillipsburg Mall in Phillipsburg NJ got demolished recently. Liberty Village Outlets probably will in a few months.

[kevinb1994]

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Washington Prime has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

[Mr. Matté]

The Phillipsburg Mall in Phillipsburg NJ got demolished recently. Liberty Village Outlets probably will in a few months.

Burlington Center is pretty far along in its demolition too based on driving by yesterday.

[GCrites]

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Washington Prime has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Maybe they should change the name to Optimus Prime




I never had the balls to say that in their offices when I was one of their tenants.

[kevinb1994]

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Washington Prime has just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Maybe they should change the name to Optimus Prime




I never had the balls to say that in their offices when I was one of their tenants.

Hah, good one.

[Flint1979]

Looks like Eastland Center in Harper Woods has met it's fate. It was recently sold to a development group who plans on demolishing the mall. The mall has been on it's last leg for quite a few years now and has lost all it's main anchor stores. JCPenney, Sears, Macy's, Target and Burlington Coat Factory are all gone. This will be the second of the directional land malls in Detroit to close, Northland closed about six years ago. Westland and Southland are both still open.

[thenetwork]

Looks like Eastland Center in Harper Woods has met it's fate. It was recently sold to a development group who plans on demolishing the mall. The mall has been on it's last leg for quite a few years now and has lost all it's main anchor stores. JCPenney, Sears, Macy's, Target and Burlington Coat Factory are all gone. This will be the second of the directional land malls in Detroit to close, Northland closed about six years ago. Westland and Southland are both still open.

Although within the last couple of weeks, Sears announced the closing of their Westland store.

[Flint1979]

Looks like Eastland Center in Harper Woods has met it's fate. It was recently sold to a development group who plans on demolishing the mall. The mall has been on it's last leg for quite a few years now and has lost all it's main anchor stores. JCPenney, Sears, Macy's, Target and Burlington Coat Factory are all gone. This will be the second of the directional land malls in Detroit to close, Northland closed about six years ago. Westland and Southland are both still open.

Although within the last couple of weeks, Sears announced the closing of their Westland store.

JCPenney and Kohls are still open and the mall is doing better than Eastland has been doing the last several years. That'll be the last Sears in Michigan to close. I don't think I've bought anything from a Sears in 15 years.

[tolbs17]

https://www.witn.com/2021/07/21/vernon-park-mall-kinston-sold-27-million/

I'd hate to see it demolished, but I think this can come back up. I've never been inside and I want to go inside!

Compare it to the Carolina East Mall and when it closed it was demolished and redeveloped right away compared to this one which has been sitting for years. I don't expect something too nice over here, cause Kinston is a rundown city.

WRONG BOARD. I WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION--- DAMN

[tolbs17]

What mall is this?

It's in Richmond just east of I-95.

[Max Rockatansky]

--DAMN

Locally the Manchester Mall in Fresno is slowly being converted into office space.  Caltrans District 6 I believe is the largest tenant now.

[kevinb1994]

What mall is this?

It's in Richmond just east of I-95.

Appears to be the Azalea Mall. It was built in 1963, closed in 1995. Was demolished in 1998.

[tolbs17]

What mall is this?

It's in Richmond just east of I-95.

Appears to be the Azalea Mall. It was built in 1963, closed in 1995. Was demolished in 1998.

And it has not been redeveloped and the foundation is still standing. Gross, I say. It's probably I-295 that killed the mall.

[kevinb1994]

What mall is this?

It's in Richmond just east of I-95.

Appears to be the Azalea Mall. It was built in 1963, closed in 1995. Was demolished in 1998.

And it has not been redeveloped and the foundation is still standing. Gross, I say. It's probably I-295 that killed the mall.

Regency was the first nail in the coffin.

Virginia was the final nail in the coffin.

[tolbs17]

What mall is this?

It's in Richmond just east of I-95.

Appears to be the Azalea Mall. It was built in 1963, closed in 1995. Was demolished in 1998.

And it has not been redeveloped and the foundation is still standing. Gross, I say. It's probably I-295 that killed the mall.

Regency was the first nail in the coffin.

Virginia was the final nail in the coffin.

The neighborhood doesn't even look that bad.

[kevinb1994]

What mall is this?

It's in Richmond just east of I-95.

Appears to be the Azalea Mall. It was built in 1963, closed in 1995. Was demolished in 1998.

And it has not been redeveloped and the foundation is still standing. Gross, I say. It's probably I-295 that killed the mall.

Regency was the first nail in the coffin.

Virginia was the final nail in the coffin.

The neighborhood doesn't even look that bad.

I was surprised to see the mall just sitting there like that.

[tolbs17]

What mall is this?

It's in Richmond just east of I-95.

Appears to be the Azalea Mall. It was built in 1963, closed in 1995. Was demolished in 1998.

And it has not been redeveloped and the foundation is still standing. Gross, I say. It's probably I-295 that killed the mall.

Regency was the first nail in the coffin.

Virginia was the final nail in the coffin.

The neighborhood doesn't even look that bad.

I was surprised to see the mall just sitting there like that.

Even worse than the Vernon Park Mall in Kinston. That mall has been sitting there undeveloped for over 20 years.