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The decline of the American mall has left just 700 still standing. Soon there may be just 150 left.
Business Insider ^ | 10/12/22 | Tim Levin

Posted on 10/16/2023 6:58:40 PM PDT by DallasBiff

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To: DallasBiff
Always fascinating.

DeadMalls.com


41 posted on 10/16/2023 7:39:55 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (A truth that’s told with bad intent, Beats all the lies you can invent ~ Wm. Blake)
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To: xp38

If they just lost Nordstrom they are not doing okay.


42 posted on 10/16/2023 7:39:58 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: DallasBiff

Without Amazon and th÷ boom in home delivery, and everyone online, would malls really be dying?

Maybe what people are complaining about are results, not causes.


43 posted on 10/16/2023 7:40:25 PM PDT by x
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To: DallasBiff

There are at least four or five bigs ones just in the Phoenix area. The Scottsdale one is doing okay (they were infamously hit during the BLM riots).

There are other upscale ones west of Phoenix and in Mesa/Chandler area. One one near me in Tempe is just getting by.

There’s one that does well in northern Tempe.

I think Phoenix is helped by being a spead out urban area that is relatively car friendly.


44 posted on 10/16/2023 7:40:48 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Dr. Sivana

I should mention that the BIG one that was featured in Wayne’s World shut down a couple of years ago.

The one in Christown is doomed, as they lost Costco, and Christown got messed up by light rail.


45 posted on 10/16/2023 7:42:19 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: PCPOET7

I’m 80...I do almost all my shopping on line...and with delivery...a real blessing for us older folks.


46 posted on 10/16/2023 7:43:10 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Jane Long

NorthPark.


47 posted on 10/16/2023 7:43:31 PM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: Dr. Sivana

My girls used to hangout at Scottsdale Fashion Square 20 yrs ago. I live in Maricopa now and haven’t been to Scottsdale in a few yrs so I was wondering how the mall was doing. Lots of memories of happier days.


48 posted on 10/16/2023 7:45:52 PM PDT by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: cotton1706
Town square. Or "outlet mall".

Both versions replaced the enclosed mall which is now obsolete.

49 posted on 10/16/2023 7:45:54 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DallasBiff

Every mall I’ve been to in the last 15 years is covered in third world illegals.


50 posted on 10/16/2023 7:46:34 PM PDT by Levy78 (Reject modernity, embrace tradition. )
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To: Round Earther

my daughter is very nostalgic for the 80s. She feels cheated by being born this era. I see many teens this day express that feeling.


51 posted on 10/16/2023 7:49:57 PM PDT by MNDude
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To: Prince of Space
. I live in Maricopa now and haven’t been to Scottsdale in a few yrs so I was wondering how the mall was doing.

I hate the parking garage. Other than that it is civilized. I get my daughter's Apple ear buds replaced there under warranty regularly. They don't make money off of me.
52 posted on 10/16/2023 7:52:24 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Jane Long

Jane, Houston is a no go, period. The farthest south I go is Hwy 290, Winery Row to Fredericksburg. I’ll venture to San Antonio when their construction is complete.


53 posted on 10/16/2023 7:54:05 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: DallasBiff

At one time there were seven decent malls in a twenty mile radius of Toledo, Ohio, now there is only one. When the local favorite and anchor, Lion Store, closed,three of the malls folded soon after. It did not help that gangs started showing up to cause mayhem.


54 posted on 10/16/2023 7:54:47 PM PDT by madison10 (He watching over Israel slumbers not, nor sleeps.)
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To: DallasBiff

I remember when Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax, Virginia, opened in 1980. They hired the Ellington Orchestra to play a concert (led by Duke’s son Mercer Ellington).

I arrived by chance just in time to hear a great free concert!


55 posted on 10/16/2023 7:56:45 PM PDT by deks
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To: ladyjane

In the case of Yorkdale when Sears went belly up it was replaced by a large Restoration Hardware store. Nordstrom only had a handful of stores in Canada and for whatever market reasons they closed them all. Not sure what will replace Nordstrom since its too soon since they closed. Time will tell as always. A while ago there was only a Tesla store but two more EV sellers have joined the mall now. A Microsoft store set up to compete with Apple has also bitten the dust in recent times. If the malls are hurting I don’t see it even with Nordstrom gone.


56 posted on 10/16/2023 7:58:30 PM PDT by xp38
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To: irishjuggler

The Blues Brothers didn’t help the malls in the 80s, either. (“I see the Pontiacs are out early!”)


57 posted on 10/16/2023 8:00:09 PM PDT by Corey Ohlis (Visualize Swirled Peas)
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To: Jane Long

That makes me sad. I remember visiting the Alameda mall decades ago because I was poor middle class but enjoyed going to the Galleria to ice skate and look at all the fancy shops.


58 posted on 10/16/2023 8:01:04 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

There are two kinds of malls:

The malls the white people go to.
The malls the white people used to go to.

-Chris Rock


59 posted on 10/16/2023 8:01:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Round Earther

There was an Apple Store at our local mall. One night it was robbed. Within 3 days it closed, never to open again..
That mall has just celebrated its 50 years open.
Changed a lot over the years.


60 posted on 10/16/2023 8:02:13 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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