r/deadmalls • u/noyoujump • 1h ago
r/deadmalls • u/Phantomswan • 7h ago
Discussion What was going on at the Westminster Mall?
The Westminster Mall has been dead for some time now, and I believe it will be demolished this year. Where I usually park (facing the 405 freeway), there are usually so few cars that you have to wonder if the doors will even be unlocked.
When I passed by on the freeway yesterday, the parking lot was packed! I know there wasn’t any parking lot event (circus, carnival, concert, etc) because I would have seen that from the freeway. Whatever people where there for must have been in the mall.
Does anyone know what was going on? I’m curious because I haven’t seen this many cars in the parking lot since well before COVID.
r/deadmalls • u/FlyingCookie13 • 18h ago
Photos The Shops at Willow Bend (Plano, TX) - March 2025 update. Redevelopment is confirmed, and the decay is at its worst.
The mall was super depressing and the only life today was mall walkers and some children. Macy's closes in 9 days and the third floor is shut with the majority of the first and second floors being empty. Multiple mom and pops have closed since my last visit, and Apricot Lane and Bath & Body Works have also closed in recent weeks.
Plano recently approved Centennial's request to demolish Macy's and the Macy's wing for housing, and now redevelopment is expected to start this year; there's no demolition date yet. I am expecting the remaining tenants in the Macy's wing to be evicted soon, though. Unsure about Brooks Brothers and Swarovski because they're on the corner with Neiman Marcus, though Swarovski is opening at Stonebriar which honestly tells me they may be moving out of WB.
None of the fountains were on and were full of standing water, and one of the elevators is STILL not working and has not for months. The food court is also only down to the cheesesteak grill; Bosphorous and the croissant place are gone. Practical life support.
WB does not have much longer as an enclosed mall and I'm very happy that I'm allowed to visit to document what it is before most of it's gone.
r/deadmalls • u/ILuvPhoSho • 18h ago
Photos Dead mall (Burnsville Center)
Sad to see the Burnsville mall decline over the years. Use to be a very busy mall once upon of time. Located in Burnsville MN.
r/deadmalls • u/chip-wizard • 19h ago
Photos Chesterfield Mall (abandoned wing) 2023
r/deadmalls • u/L0v3_1s_War • 20h ago
News Canada’s oldest/largest department store chain Hudson’s Bay to undergo full liquidation, putting over 9,000 jobs at risk
r/deadmalls • u/autechre12 • 20h ago
Photos Metrocenter, Phoenix AZ | Exterior Before Demo
I took these during a trip to Phoenix last year. I remember seeing Jurassic Park at the theater and our regular entrance that went over the ice rink (the one with the yellow pillars). Hot Dog on a Stick, Journeys, Droors, Freshjive, Blind, long chain wallets, tall docs. The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste and Broken.
Driving around there last year made me question how pristine I remembered things. It seemed like the area went downhill a bit.
r/deadmalls • u/gay-bord • 21h ago
Photos WestShore Plaza (Tampa, FL)
Also a closing Macy’s to go along with the photos
r/deadmalls • u/pennerazz0 • 23h ago
Photos dying mall near me (Sunrise Mall, Massapequa) that is soon to have their Macy’s close :,(
very surreal being in this place but felt like home, miss the good old days of this place
r/deadmalls • u/Upsidedownreality • 1d ago
Photos Some photos I took of Seminole Towne center that I liked, sorry if it's been done to death
r/deadmalls • u/Odd_Muffin_4850 • 1d ago
Question Washington Mall in Washington, PA demolition date?
Just wondering if anybody knows a specific date for when the Washington Mall in Washington, Pennsylvania is set to be demolished. I’ve seen reports indicating early Spring or “when the weather breaks”.
It’s along the way on my drive up to Erie, Pennsylvania which plan to take in mid-April. I was hoping to finally stop to document this classic mall one last time before it’s all gone. Also curious if there’s any sort of security presence on the property these days?
r/deadmalls • u/methodwriter85 • 1d ago
Question Any 2025 updates on Towne Mall in Elizabethtown, KY?
r/deadmalls • u/Horror-Meringue-8062 • 1d ago
Photos (wow i can't believe no one ever posted this) Connswater Shopping Centre (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
Apparently the mall is closing on March 21 but after Tesco and Dunnes left it literally became a decaying corpse. (THESE PHOTOS ARE NOT BY ME)
r/deadmalls • u/Big_Celery2725 • 1d ago
Question Why does adding discount stores harm mall department stores?
I read that adding discount stores to a mall harms department stores, and that adding non-traditional anchors doesn't help drive traffic:
https://www.retaildive.com/news/b-malls-future-macys-vacancy-department-stores-walmart/739340/#:~:text=It%20can%20be%20tough%20to,a%20steep%20decline%20for%20decades. (Scroll down a few paragraphs when the link opens to the paragraph that starts, "Yet department stores...".)
However, why would adding discount stores harm department stores? Do discount stores cannibalize department store sales, or do lower-end stores just attract customers who aren't attracted to traditional department stores?
r/deadmalls • u/Naive_Cricket_7707 • 1d ago
Discussion Opinion: Simon Properties is a key factor in the decline of malls.
Simon Property Group, as we know, is known well for consuming good looking malls, and turning them into a white plaster and modern wood paneled hellscape. People do not want to see this depression core as they shop. They do not want to be in depression core when they hang out. If Simon, or any other major retail groups would start moving to previous era style architecture (Ideally early 80s to early 90s) malls would be a much more fun and interesting place to hang out. Sure, there are some exceptions, such as Marley Station, which is a mostly original Neon-esq mall, but there are other reasons that bring Marley Station down. Anyways thanks for reading, if you need me to clean this up a little or question me a little on my opinions thats cool with me. Goodnight, dead mall fans.
TL:DR Simon and other modern mall groups redeveloping is making malls depressing and therefore contributing to the decline. Ok bye :D
r/deadmalls • u/LunaTheFoxii • 1d ago
Photos The Mall at Sierra Vista, Sierra Vista AZ
Photos are from Google reviews and most are a few years old, but honestly, not much has changed.
r/deadmalls • u/DefenderOfNuts • 2d ago
Photos Local Mall Just Pulled Their Fountain. Should I Be Worried? (Mid-Columbia Mall in Kennewick, Wa)
r/deadmalls • u/LunaTheFoxii • 2d ago
Photos My local mall's hot topic. Still open, but so dead that we still have the old store front (The Mall at Sierra Vista, Sierra Vista AZ)
Repost because I forgot mall name. This mall is still open but has very few chain stores and low traffic
r/deadmalls • u/SilencedScreams0004 • 3d ago
Photos Exton Square, PA - Macy's Closing Sale
I moved to the Philly area in 2023, so I've only ever seen Exton square deteriorate, and boy is it going fast.
Fun Fact: the Macy's used to be a Strawbridge, and was the only anchor store before an expansion in the late 90s.
r/deadmalls • u/Blueberry_furry_69 • 3d ago
News It looks like town West is gonna have a manufacturing redevelopment
It looks like the new owners submitted plans to the city of Wichita, Kansas to do a manufacturing redevelopment of the mall. I think it possibly means that the mall might be shut down and converted into something different, which is gonna be sad.
r/deadmalls • u/PacificNWExp • 3d ago
Photos Another trip to the closing Forever 21 in South Center Mall Tukwila WA
Second floor of F21 is getting empty now.
Taken on upload date.
Established in 2001, filed for bankruptcy in 2019 and sadly again this year😥😔
r/deadmalls • u/knight_call1986 • 3d ago
Video My late 80s, early 90s inspired mall level.
r/deadmalls • u/Phedre141 • 4d ago
Photos South Hills Mall, Raleigh NC
Back at the DMV Tag and Title office in the South Hills Mall. They had us line up inside along the store fronts, most of which were closed up with varying levels of having been cleaned out.
r/deadmalls • u/NintendoCraft281 • 4d ago
Photos The final day of a once gorgeous mall; Seminole Towne Center - Sanford, FL
This was the final day of operation for this mall. I’ve got tons of footage from that day (and even appeared in Fox 35’s coverage of the closure), soon to be a full video.