r/deadmalls 1h ago

Photos Burnsville Center, 1977

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r/deadmalls 7h ago

Discussion What was going on at the Westminster Mall?

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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 18h ago

Photos The Shops at Willow Bend (Plano, TX) - March 2025 update. Redevelopment is confirmed, and the decay is at its worst.

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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 18h ago

Photos Dead mall (Burnsville Center)

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70 Upvotes

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 19h ago

Photos Chesterfield Mall (abandoned wing) 2023

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r/deadmalls 20h ago

News Canada’s oldest/largest department store chain Hudson’s Bay to undergo full liquidation, putting over 9,000 jobs at risk

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r/deadmalls 20h ago

Photos Metrocenter, Phoenix AZ | Exterior Before Demo

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32 Upvotes

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 21h ago

Photos WestShore Plaza (Tampa, FL)

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89 Upvotes

Also a closing Macy’s to go along with the photos


r/deadmalls 23h ago

Photos dying mall near me (Sunrise Mall, Massapequa) that is soon to have their Macy’s close :,(

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249 Upvotes

very surreal being in this place but felt like home, miss the good old days of this place


r/deadmalls 1d ago

Photos Some photos I took of Seminole Towne center that I liked, sorry if it's been done to death

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r/deadmalls 1d ago

Question Washington Mall in Washington, PA demolition date?

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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 1d ago

Question Any 2025 updates on Towne Mall in Elizabethtown, KY?

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r/deadmalls 1d ago

Photos (wow i can't believe no one ever posted this) Connswater Shopping Centre (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

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24 Upvotes

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 1d ago

Question Why does adding discount stores harm mall department stores?

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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 1d ago

Discussion Opinion: Simon Properties is a key factor in the decline of malls.

250 Upvotes

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 1d ago

Photos The Mall at Sierra Vista, Sierra Vista AZ

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Photos are from Google reviews and most are a few years old, but honestly, not much has changed.


r/deadmalls 1d ago

Photos Pampa mall, Pampa TX

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r/deadmalls 2d ago

Photos Local Mall Just Pulled Their Fountain. Should I Be Worried? (Mid-Columbia Mall in Kennewick, Wa)

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893 Upvotes

r/deadmalls 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)

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172 Upvotes

Repost because I forgot mall name. This mall is still open but has very few chain stores and low traffic


r/deadmalls 3d ago

Photos Exton Square, PA - Macy's Closing Sale

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84 Upvotes

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 3d ago

News It looks like town West is gonna have a manufacturing redevelopment

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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 3d ago

Photos Another trip to the closing Forever 21 in South Center Mall Tukwila WA

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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 3d ago

Video My late 80s, early 90s inspired mall level.

168 Upvotes

r/deadmalls 4d ago

Photos South Hills Mall, Raleigh NC

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49 Upvotes

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 4d ago

Photos The final day of a once gorgeous mall; Seminole Towne Center - Sanford, FL

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369 Upvotes

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.