the Shopping Mall. - Page 3

Danimal16 · 03-03-2018, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by stevej37

If the Malls close down...where do the mall-walkers go for exercise?

Hummmm, didn't think about that one. Hey, what about a park?

Mark Henry · 03-03-2018, 06:06 PM

Our mall used to be great, now it sucks, dollar stores, vanity clothing and cell phone stores....not much else.

cabmandone · cabmandone's Garage

Most of the Anchors in the mall nearest me are folding which means it isn't going to be long before the mall itself folds.

DanielDudley · 03-04-2018, 05:05 AM

Our local mall is so empty that they started walling off storefronts so it wouldn't look like a ghost town. However, they still seem to be making money off store rentals. IIUC the cost of renting a storefront is insanely high. Plenty of stores are thriving, but few are at the Mall.

I was in the Barnes and Noble the other day, and they are doing well, but about a quarter of the store is devoted to children's merchandising around Star Wars, Harry Potter, etc. .

jyl · jyl's Garage

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Originally Posted by Danimal16

Re-read the post. Jyl claimed that:

"This is sad because the Lloyd Mall was the very first enclosed shopping mall in the US."

The Lloyd Mall was not the first ENCLOSED mall as you claim.

I stand corrected!

BlueWing · BlueWing's Garage

Hi DanielDudley, you must be refering to the Hudson Valley Mall. Sears will be gone this April. So that leaves Target, Dicks and Best Buy. Woodstock Music is gone or going as most any locally attached retail.

Across the parking lot Gander is gone as well as Micheal's (moved to near Barns and Noble.
Toys R Us will be gone soon as well.

My brothers have their main store next door at Kings Mall, they are forever expanding and I believe the mall is fully occupied. And new construction starting soon. Across 9W is doing well, they have full occupancy.

So I figure as the anchor stores fold due to not keeping with the times and pressing the smaller retailers to carry the weight it becomes un-affordable and the mall becomes un-sustainable. The management did not help forcing a curfew for teens without chaparones and a no smoking campus.

Terry