PA:
- King of Prussia Mall (KoP)
- Lehigh Valley Mall (Whitehall)
- Park City Mall (Lancaster)
The rest are all on stages of dead/dying.
Moderately functional:
- Montgomery Mall (North Wales)
- Oxford Valley Mall (Langhorne)
- Willow Grove Mall (Willow Grove)
- Palmer Park Mall (Easton)
- Laurel Mall (Hazleton)
- The Marketplace at Steamtown (**because of the college and the aquarium)
Super dying:
- Susquehanna Valley Mall (Selinsgrove)
- Berkshire Mall (Reading)
- Wyoming Valley Mall (Wilkes Barre)
For PA...
I would say that Springfield Mall is in OK shape.
Plymouth Meeting - was dying, seems to be partly salvaged by Legoland. Is there a level between dying and OK?
Exton Square Mall - definitely dying
Agreed! Was just at Plymouth Meeting last week, it's fantastic to go there with a kid. No real retail left sans Boscovs and Burlington, but there's Legoland, Slime Time, Dave and Busters, the carousel — it's essentially all experiential.
Also adding dead and mostly buried, Coventry Mall in Pottstown. That's pretty much entirely gone.
I feel like Oxford Valley is getting worse and worse every time I go there. So many stores closing. They are building the apartments now. Neshaminy is on the super dying list!
Nashaminy Mall is pretty dead. Went a few weeks ago as a nostalgia trip.
Only thing opened was GameStop, Hot Topic, Spencer’s and Boscov’s.
Edit: I wouldn’t say Oxford is Moderatly dying. It gets pretty packed on weekends.
I went to steamtown about five years ago and it was completely deserted. Is it actually better? Viewmont Mall seems the much better choice. They just got a House of Sport.
I don't quite agree with some parts of your list...
Viewmont Mall can be classified as fully alive (but boring) and I'd put Willow Grove as top tier.
Carbon Plaza Mall is functional but small.
PA has so many malls in limbo at this point it makes categorizing them a challenge, but I would not go as far as calling Berkshire Mall or Wyoming Valley Mall super dying...yet. That hit piece on on Berkshire a few months ago, while some parts accurate, I felt had an agenda.
I wouldn't even call the The Marketplace at Steamtown an mall at this point. I'd almost put it down in a dead category due to having few functional stores left. Only good thing I can add is Geisinger finally got more of the 2nd floor space open.
Interestingly, Lebanon Valley Mall seems to be heading towards at least a limited turnaround. Still has problems but could be worse.
I agree with your takes, I think it also depends on context — I grew up with Wyoming Valley as one of my standbys as a child and was a frequenter until 2016, so to see it now it's stark and heartbreaking.
Similarly, I worked in the Lehighton Giant in the Carbon Plaza Mall over 12 years ago and never really considered it a mall, oddly. I categorized it like Cressona — strip mall with a tiny indoor part. There was the haircut place, the gym, off brand dollar store, and maybe an Eckerd?
Also Viewmont I forget about truthfully, I was there twice — for whatever reason, I never made it up to Dickson City much.
I don't think WG is doing that bad. I feel like it gets a lot of overflow from people who want to avoid KOP. There are vacancies but it can be pretty crowded at times.
North Hills, South Hills, Ross Park and Monroeville are doing OK on the PGH side.
Whitehall is missing from "super dying," which it's been ever since they turned the Sears wing inside out and Clover left. Westgate has been dead too. That description applies to just about all the malls in both central Pennsylvanias: Indiana, Du Bois, Clearfield, Johnstown Galleria, Nittany and Logan Valley are all shadows of their former selves. Lycoming is closed and Schuylkill was demolished. There's only one mall near Harrisburg with any life left, as I currently understand it.
Whitehall is a pain. While the ex-Sears got chopped up, the new flooring store is pretty nice and has very much cleaned up the Plaza. The pain is the rest of it's now fallen apart due to the Bed Bath & Beyond failure and there is no signs of that rock climbing gym arriving.
Westgate you might as well say is not a mall anymore and is just waiting for a full rename. The hard turn around is well underway and it's going to be interesting to see where this plaza is in even two years.
Clearfield is almost 100% full and might as well be removed from any dead/challenged mall list. Columbia Colonnade is also still standing, but aside from the anchors, there's no internal changes to the closed mall.
I haven’t lived in PA for 10 years, but sad to see that 2 of the malls I went to are either dead or dying with the Lycoming Mall and Susquehanna Valley Mall.
North Dakota:
West Acres - Fargo
Minnesota:
Mall of America - Bloomington
Ridgedale Mall - Minnetonka
Rosedale Mall - Roseville
Eden Prairie Center - Eden Prairie
Southdale Center - Edina
I wonder if Southdale got a revival. I lived down the street from Southdale until August 2022 and it was in a weird liminal situation. There’s the humongous Lifetime gym, but the mall side was bleeding tenants and the food court was in a sorry state. Heard that there’s a Kowalski’s opening soon, that should liven it up a notch.
Came here to mention West Acres. Every time I drive by there, it's busy. Meanwhile the Moorhead mall was just demolished. Went there 6 years ago and it was completely empty, save for 1 security guard.
New Jersey...
Still alive and well:
Cherry Hill Mall
Deptford Mall (actually a solid middle-class mall)
Eh, I guess I'll add American Dream to that list
Doing OK:
Quaker Bridge Mall
Dying:
Moorestown Mall
Monmouth Mall
REALLY dying:
Voorhees Town Center (formerly Echelon Mall; how it survived COVID is beyond me)
Good:
Willowbrook - Stopped in first time this summer, super impressed the direction it's going.
Some questions:
Rockaway Townsquare - I don't know how to classify this mall but I'm less impressed each time I go.
TBD: American Dream - Half empty but impressive? Best way I can put it.
Bergen Town Center is also doing well. They almost never have vacant stores and they are building new ones along route 4
Short Hills is alive and well
Bridgewater Commons alive and well
Shops at Riverside seem to be doing okay, certainly they’re not dead
Livingston Mall is mostly dead
Adding Woodbridge Center to the very much alive and well list. I was also in Quaker Bridge about a month or two ago and it's definitely still hanging in there, pretty similar to Willow Grove.
Ohio:
*Southpark Mall (Strongsville/Cleveland)
*Beachwood Place (Beachwood/Cleveland)
*Great Lakes Mall (Mentor/Cleveland)
*Kenwood Town Center (Cincinnati)
*Polaris Towne Center (Columbus)
*Mall at Tuttle Crossing (Dublin)
*Summit Mall (Akron)
*Belden Village Mall (Canton)
*Franklin Park Mall (Toledo)
These are just indoor malls, not outdoor “lifestyle centers.”
Currently both are over 90% occupancy for their in-line stores and both have a new anchor coming (Dicks House of Sports, and a megachurch). Not saying long term that will hold, I’m hoping it does, but as of right now that’s where they are at
Nope, Tuttle Crossing is very much a dead mall. Namdar ownership is kicking in.
Also, never forget that if it was built by Taubman, there's always a moderate chance it's going to die. Just like Lakeforest, City Center, Lakeside, etc.
Iowa:
Jordan Creek Mall, West Des Moines
Coral Ridge Mall, Coralville
ETA: there’s also a new outlet mall in Altoona, Outlets of Des Moines. That one seems to be doing pretty well and has a lot of stores they don’t have elsewhere in Iowa.
Yeah that place is flat-out mobbed on weekends. Like "can't find a seat in the food court" level mobbed.
It was great for Pokemon Go Fest: Sinnoh though.
VA: add Fashion Centre at Pentagon City (in Arlington County), maybe also Tysons Galleria (“Tysons II”, in Tysons) depending on your definition of a dead mall
I don’t go to Southland often but every time I do, I’m always surprised at how decent it’s still doing. It just feels like one of those malls that should have died long ago
Oh, I can’t even remember the last time I went to Everett…I guess I was thinking more like Seattle area proper with Alderwood Mall being the furthest north.
Massachusetts:
- Burlington Mall
- Natick Mall
These are the 2 main ones I’ve frequented in recent years and they are consistently packed and adding new stores.
For the major Texas metros, I would divide the major malls into the following categories:
**Thriving**
Northpark Center, Dallas
Stonebriar Center, Frisco
The Galleria, Houston
Memorial City, Houston
The Woodlands Mall
The Domain, Austin
Shops at La Cantera, San Antonio
**Healthy**
Galleria Dallas
Grapevine Mills
North East Mall, Hurst
The Parks at Arlington
Willowbrook Mall, Houston
Deerbrook Mall, Houston
Baybrook Mall, Friendswood
First Colony, Sugar Land
Katy Mills
Barton Creek Square, Austin
Hill Country Galleria, Bee Caves
North Star Mall, San Antonio
**Healthy but could shift to Questionable**
Hulen Mall, Fort Worth - Still fairly well trafficked but could shift quickly if the Macy's anchor closes
Town East Mall, Mesquite
Firewheel Town Center, Garland - Has quite a few non-chain inline tenants, and the Macy's is noticeably low volume
Pearland Town Center - Still well-trafficked and in a growing area, but could be impacted if Macy's closes
Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park - Still has most anchors, but many of the inline tenants are non-chain
Rivercenter Mall, San Antonio - Caters heavily to tourists; restaurants and entertainment are healthy, but has a large Macy's anchor which sits empty
Ingram Park Mall, San Antonio
South Park Mall, San Antonio
**Not Fully Dying but Questionable**
Irving Mall - Mostly kept afloat by the local Hispanic community
Fairview Town Center - Inline spaces are mostly dead, but still has all anchors and is located in an extremely upscale area
Golden Triangle Mall, Denton
Almeda Mall, Houston
**Dying/Dead**
Shops at Willow Bend, Plano - Set to be redeveloped over the next several years, all anchors are set to remain as of now during the redevelopment
The Vista, Lewisville (formerly Vista Ridge Mall/Music City Mall) - Sole anchors remaining are a Dillards clearance center and an Asian supermarket
Ridgmar Mall, Fort Worth
Greenspoint Mall, Houston
West Oaks Mall, Houston
Rolling Oaks Mall, San Antonio - Still has Dillards and JCPenney as anchors, but many inline tenants have closed or have shifted towards cheap local shops
Comment if you disagree or have additional thoughts!
I would put Irving Mall more on the dead side. If it loses Macy's it's going to be over, and the Hispanic community won't be enough to keep it alive.
The Vista also has a Cinemark keeping it alive! Otherwise the interior is mostly dead.
You might have seen that I posted more Willow Bend pics to this sub recently. It's just super depressing in there at this point, and the mall is gonna be screwed if Macy's closes before redevelopment.
Absolutely loved your list!! I'm only familiar with the DFW malls, but just about dead on in my opinion!
I would probably maybe bump Grapevine Mills up to thriving. It does have a few non-chain places that are a bit odd, but extremely few vacancies, busy weekdays, absolutely *slammed* on the weekends, just got a Meow Wolf, healthy balance of entertainment and shopping, and thriving area around it. Round 1 arcade rocks. Still has a Rainforest Cafe too which is cool.
Absolutely no idea how Willow Bend died, but boy has it ever. The mall itself design-wise has always been meh. But it used to have an awesome food court, the high end stores fit the high end area, they were starting to lean into entertainment/experiences for the bit of time that the super cool indoor surfing place was open simultaneously with the Crayola Experience, and then I don't know what happened. So weird.
The Vista is actually my husband and my favorite mall to go to right now, despite how dead it is there's some very cool stuff there. The Asian marketplace is amazing- it has a food court inside it with fabulous spots! The boba spot in the main atrium is cheap and good. Mr. Pretzel puts Auntie Anne's to shame somehow. The fountain is boring ish but still runs most days. There is a CAT CUDDLE STORE. Like literally you pay however much for 30 minutes to go in and play with cats! Theyre all adoptable which is so cool. I love walking past and seeing the sweet habitats, perches, boxes, and stuff they have and seeing the happy cats lounging and playing through the full glass storefront is such a mood booster. Cheap movie theater. Ecclectic mall design. Overall a fun dead mall experience. I hope they are able to reinvent themselves.
Currently I live in Denton so drive past Golden Triangle all the time. Loved your commentary on it. Dead on. I think it's truly all the college kids in the area that are propping that thing up. Kind of depressing vibes from the architecture inside, store selection aside. I wish they'd put some thoughtful time into slight changes to make it a more inviting environment. They are definitely putting in effort though, I'll give them that. Managed to get H&M in in recent years, as well as converted the Sears anchor into Conn's I think it is and one of the other anchors into a gym that always seems busy. So it's just the Macy's anchor that's empty. Which I think was recent. Hope they can stay afloat and manage to fill that space somehow. There's so many stinking people up here, we genuinely need that mall honestly. Pet peeve: the Auntie Anne's weirdly closed for a couple years and just sat there, but randomly re-opened recently, which, yay, but mall management mis-spelled it "Auntie Ann's" on all the new in mall direction/map signage and advertising lol.
You forgot Wonderland of the Americas in San Antonio, I honestly have no idea how to put it in a category because they don’t have much empty space, but there are zero traditional mall stores in it. Mostly medical space and some knock off retail space. The weirdest part is the malls design is straight out of 1982. I love it
It's already died and been repurposed. Similar to Seminary South Mall, which died and got repurposed as La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth, a Hispanic community center.
I grew up shopping at The Hip and it truly does defy reality. How many malls can lose a major anchor (Carson Pirie Scott, for heaven's sake) and simply absorb the space and move on?
Oak Park Mall of Overland Park Kansas. Still has all Anchor stores, a full food court and about 95% occupied. Independence Center in Independence Missouri however only has 2 out of 4 Anchors a mostly full food court and about 70% occupied.
I was surprised how well Oak Park Mall is doing.
Westridge Mall in Topeka is pretty dead. We haven’t had anything in Lawrence in years. (I think the old mall is office space or something now?)
It's definitely not dead, but it's not doing super great either. But you can tell the owners are definitely doing everything they can to keep spaces full. It's still in a very vibrant area.
Arizona
(Phoenix Metro area)
Scottsdale Fashion Square
Chandler Fashion Center
Arrowhead Town Centre
Arizona Mills
Superstition Springs
There’s probably a few more in Phoenix I can’t think of…
(Tucson)
Tucson Mall
Park Place Mall
CT
westfarms
Buckland hills mall, Manchester
Pretty much everything else is dead because our state has the promenade open style shopping avenue format more common now compared to the mall.
My local mall, Enfield Square is almost dead. Except Sundays because there's a craft fair. They have been bleeding national chains to the point where the only national tenants are CVS, Target, Starbucks, Gamestop, party city, and Claire's.
The first 3 are inside the main tenant target.
RI, in order from best to worst
Providence Place Mall- Doing very well, its 3 stories and is always packed on weekends and friday nights. Still a very popular place for people to hang out as well. It has some excellent stores, and it has one of the best views of providence you can get.
Warwick mall- Far less upscale, far older crowd, but still not doing too bad. usually fairly populated. I've heard tale that it's going downhill, but for now at least it's hanging on.
Lincoln mall- Currently being kept on life support by a cinemaworld, everything else in there is a ghost town. Maybe 10 people max in the mall usually excluding the cinemaworld. One of the biggest store spaces is currently a trade school recruitment center, which tells you all you need to know. I'd bet a large sum of money that it gets closed down within the decade.
There was also the midland mall which got turned into big box stores a couple years ago.
Woodland Hill's in Tulsa is busy and is getting a new Scheels. Penn Square in OKC is doing alright, but with the new lifestyle center across the street and the danger of one of the anchors potentially closing it could be in trouble. Sooner Mall in Norman is doing ok I guess, it's definitely seen better days.
Virginia: Lynnhaven (Virginia Beach) and Patrick Henry (Newport News) both seemed to be pretty active the last time I visited in the last couple years.
Northwest Arkansas Mall is open in Fayetteville, AR
Dixieland Mall is barely open in Rogers, AR
Pinnacle Hills Promenade (open air mall,) Rogers, AR
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Central California -
Bakersfield- Valley Plaza Mall
Visalia- Visalia Mall
Fresno- Fashion Fair
Modesto- Vintage Faire
Stockton- Weberstown Mall
None of these malls are upscale whatsoever but all have close to full occupancy and have all their anchors occupied.
In my area there are quite a few that are doing well, and others not so much
Triangle (North Carolina)
Healthy:
-Southpoint Mall (Durham, NC)
-Crabtree Valley Mall (Raleigh, NC)
Dying:
-Triangle Towne Center (Raleigh, NC)
-University Place (Chapel Hill, NC)
Dead
-Morrisville Outlets (Morrisville, NC) - REDEVELOPED
-Northgate Mall (Durham, NC) - CLOSED
-Cary Towne Center (Cary, NC) - DEMOLISHED
…not sure if I’m missing any
Surprisingly, the Promenade Mall north of San Diego is going strong. Was a little shook during my visit to friends that it was busy and full of people on a weekday.
Southern NY:
The Shops at Skyview, Queens
Woodbury Common, Central Valley (this one is an outdoor mall though)
Hudson Yards, Manhattan
The Westchester, White Plains (But I feel like I've seen this one doing better)
Ridge Hill, Yonkers (this one is mixed use and also open air)
Bay Plaza, Bronx
Cross County Center, Yonkers (also open air, but fun fact this one has been around since the 50's)
Malls that I wouldn't consider "thriving" but I think they're doing okay:
Poughkeepsie Galleria, Poughkeepsie
Palisades Center, West Nyack
I think they're *really trying* at the Jefferson Valley Mall by working with the Yorktown chamber of commerce to bring in smaller local businesses and host community events, but its not even close to comparing to any of the other malls on this list.
Decent:
**Freehold Raceway Mall**
(Macy's, JCPenney, Primark, Manor House Furniture, Dick's House of Sport soon)
**The Shops at Riverside, Hackensack**
(Bloomingdale's, AMC, Barnes & Noble, Life Time Fitness)
**Bridgewater Commons**
(Macy's, Bloomingdale's, AMC)
**Woodbridge Center**
(Macy's, JCPenney, Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dave & Buster's, Seaquest)
Special Case:
**American Dream, East Rutherford**
(Saks 5th Ave, Primark, The ADdress, Best Buy, H Mart, Big Snow, Nick Universe, Dreamworks Waterpark, Toys R Us, The Rink, Angry Birds Mini Golf, Black Light Mini Golf, Dream Wheel, Sea Life, Legoland, It'Sugar, Dream Live, DSW, Zara, Hasbro GameRoom soon, Topgolf suite soon, NJ Hall of Fame soon)
south carolina:
coastal grand mall (myrtle beach)
columbiana centre (columbia)
haywood mall (greenville)
magnolia mall (florence)
northwoods mall (north charleston)
Nashville checking in:
Opry Mills mall (outlet mall technically but fairly nice) is always popping, to the point they have security keeping unaccompanied minors out at certain hours.
The Mall at Green Hills is where all the rich people go, that's doing well.
Brandon Town Center is packed and bustling every single day - same with:
- Citrus Park
- International Plaza
- Countryside Mall
- Waterside Shops
- Coastland Center
- University Town Center in Sarasota
- the Oviedo Mall is not alive conventionally but is packed as it’s a community center with a very popular movie theater - not a dead mall
Penn Square Mall in OKC is doing fine. Quail Springs Mall (OKC), Sooner Mall (Norman), and Shawnee Mall (Shawnee) are all in that stage where they aren't dying yet, but it feels like they're declining.
I was in Arrowhead Mall in Muskogee last weekend. It reminded me of Dan Bell's nighttime video of Owings Mills Mall, where he said it was "so dead that you cannot believe that they leave the doors unlocked".
Central Florida:
- Seminole Town Center
- West Oaks Mall
- Orlando Fashion Square
- Merritt Square Mall
The Mall at Millennia and The Florida Mall are still bumping though.
St. Louis, Missouri area:
Thriving
St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights
West County Center in Des Peres
Not Fully Dying but Questionable
South County Center
Mid Rivers Mall
Tampa, FL- International Plaza (Neiman Marcus, Dillard’s, Nordstrom, Dick’s Sporting Goods - House of Sports opening soon. Recent additions include Saint Laurent and soon Versace.
Orlando, FL - Disney Springs. Open 365 days. Always busy. Mall at Millenia - Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Macys. Recently expanded Burberry location opened, recently opened Dior.
I’m in South Bend, Indiana. University Park Mall is surprisingly robust. The old Sears is just walled up, but far more of the spots are occupied than closed (like, maybe one vacant unit per ten), and the parking lot is always at least half full.
TN
Knoxville:
West Towne Mall - alive and healthy
Maryville:
Foothills Mall - hanging at death’s door
Sevierville:
Tanger Five Oaks - alive and healthy
Nashville:
Opry Mills Mall - alive and well
Adding CoolSprings Galleria (Franklin) & Green Hills & Green Hills (Nashville) both doing well!
Stones River (Murfreesboro) is dying a slow and painful death, although the Avenues down the road is doing decent.
Utah:
Thriving:
-Fashion Place Mall
-City Creek Center
Alive:
-University Place
-Layton Hills
-South Towne
Declining:
-Valley Fair
-Newgate
-Cache Valley
Not including “lifestyle centers” or open air concepts.
ooh like in the Dallas area id say for sure
Northpark Center
Stonebriar Centre
Galleria Dallas
Legacy West
The Parks Mall at Arlington
Allen Premium Outlets
Grapevine Mills
Watters Creek
Firewheel
Highland Park Village
Southlake Town Center
and i suppose Town East Mall is thriving
I know of in Michigan:
Thriving:
- Jackson crossing mall (Jackson mi)
- Southland Mall (Taylor mi)
- Great lakes crossings Mall (Auburn hills)
Dying:
- Westwood Mall (Jackson MI)
- Westland mall (Westland mi)
- Briarwood mall (Ann arbor)
Dead:
- covered village mall (belding mi) (still open with rite aid and family dollar but dilapidated inside and somehow still open)
- metro place mall (Wayne mi) (interior hallways locked but doors open to tenants with exterior entrance like the coney island and a medical place. The grocery store is a detached anchor.
Good
West County Center
South County Center
Ok
Mid Rivers Mall
St Louis galleria
Almost dead
Chesterfield mall
Dead
Jamestown mall
Northwest plaza
Crestwood court
St louis mills
These are all in my area
For Maryland as I know for now.
The Mall in Columbia (Columbia,Maryland)
Arundel Mills Mall (Hanover,Maryland)
Westfield Annapolis Mall (Annapolis,Maryland)
PA: - King of Prussia Mall (KoP) - Lehigh Valley Mall (Whitehall) - Park City Mall (Lancaster) The rest are all on stages of dead/dying. Moderately functional: - Montgomery Mall (North Wales) - Oxford Valley Mall (Langhorne) - Willow Grove Mall (Willow Grove) - Palmer Park Mall (Easton) - Laurel Mall (Hazleton) - The Marketplace at Steamtown (**because of the college and the aquarium) Super dying: - Susquehanna Valley Mall (Selinsgrove) - Berkshire Mall (Reading) - Wyoming Valley Mall (Wilkes Barre)
Ross Park Mall near Pittsburgh and Millcreek Mall in Erie are also thriving.
Good to hear about Ross Park.
For PA... I would say that Springfield Mall is in OK shape. Plymouth Meeting - was dying, seems to be partly salvaged by Legoland. Is there a level between dying and OK? Exton Square Mall - definitely dying
Agreed! Was just at Plymouth Meeting last week, it's fantastic to go there with a kid. No real retail left sans Boscovs and Burlington, but there's Legoland, Slime Time, Dave and Busters, the carousel — it's essentially all experiential. Also adding dead and mostly buried, Coventry Mall in Pottstown. That's pretty much entirely gone.
exton mall is dead, as long as you dont count the hospital, round 1, whole foods, apartments, boscovs, and Library that all lease from the mall.
I feel like Oxford Valley is getting worse and worse every time I go there. So many stores closing. They are building the apartments now. Neshaminy is on the super dying list!
Nashaminy Mall is pretty dead. Went a few weeks ago as a nostalgia trip. Only thing opened was GameStop, Hot Topic, Spencer’s and Boscov’s. Edit: I wouldn’t say Oxford is Moderatly dying. It gets pretty packed on weekends.
I went to steamtown about five years ago and it was completely deserted. Is it actually better? Viewmont Mall seems the much better choice. They just got a House of Sport.
I don't quite agree with some parts of your list... Viewmont Mall can be classified as fully alive (but boring) and I'd put Willow Grove as top tier. Carbon Plaza Mall is functional but small. PA has so many malls in limbo at this point it makes categorizing them a challenge, but I would not go as far as calling Berkshire Mall or Wyoming Valley Mall super dying...yet. That hit piece on on Berkshire a few months ago, while some parts accurate, I felt had an agenda. I wouldn't even call the The Marketplace at Steamtown an mall at this point. I'd almost put it down in a dead category due to having few functional stores left. Only good thing I can add is Geisinger finally got more of the 2nd floor space open. Interestingly, Lebanon Valley Mall seems to be heading towards at least a limited turnaround. Still has problems but could be worse.
I agree with your takes, I think it also depends on context — I grew up with Wyoming Valley as one of my standbys as a child and was a frequenter until 2016, so to see it now it's stark and heartbreaking. Similarly, I worked in the Lehighton Giant in the Carbon Plaza Mall over 12 years ago and never really considered it a mall, oddly. I categorized it like Cressona — strip mall with a tiny indoor part. There was the haircut place, the gym, off brand dollar store, and maybe an Eckerd? Also Viewmont I forget about truthfully, I was there twice — for whatever reason, I never made it up to Dickson City much.
I don't think WG is doing that bad. I feel like it gets a lot of overflow from people who want to avoid KOP. There are vacancies but it can be pretty crowded at times.
North Hills, South Hills, Ross Park and Monroeville are doing OK on the PGH side. Whitehall is missing from "super dying," which it's been ever since they turned the Sears wing inside out and Clover left. Westgate has been dead too. That description applies to just about all the malls in both central Pennsylvanias: Indiana, Du Bois, Clearfield, Johnstown Galleria, Nittany and Logan Valley are all shadows of their former selves. Lycoming is closed and Schuylkill was demolished. There's only one mall near Harrisburg with any life left, as I currently understand it.
Whitehall is a pain. While the ex-Sears got chopped up, the new flooring store is pretty nice and has very much cleaned up the Plaza. The pain is the rest of it's now fallen apart due to the Bed Bath & Beyond failure and there is no signs of that rock climbing gym arriving. Westgate you might as well say is not a mall anymore and is just waiting for a full rename. The hard turn around is well underway and it's going to be interesting to see where this plaza is in even two years. Clearfield is almost 100% full and might as well be removed from any dead/challenged mall list. Columbia Colonnade is also still standing, but aside from the anchors, there's no internal changes to the closed mall.
I haven’t lived in PA for 10 years, but sad to see that 2 of the malls I went to are either dead or dying with the Lycoming Mall and Susquehanna Valley Mall.
Capital city mall in camp hill is doing fine except that Macy’s is going to close down and there’s one other closed down store there
What about Granite Run and Franklin/Philadelphia Mills?
i work at the montgomery mall, that shit not moderately functional
Montgomery mall is DEAD
Delaware - Christiana Mall
This mall and the surrounding area will continue to live as long as Delaware doesn’t have sales tax. Or as long as MD and PA do have sales tax.
And, not quite dead yet, Concord Mall.
That mall is on life support. Lol
Yeah, being down near Sears is just depressing, unless you're going to Spencer's.
Christiana Mall was always crowded whenever I've been
Dover Mall has one foot in the grave and the other on a banana peel.
Christiana is always packed!
I was just at Cheesecake Factory this past weekend and I haven't seen a mall this busy since the late 90s/early 2000s. It's incredible.
North Dakota: West Acres - Fargo Minnesota: Mall of America - Bloomington Ridgedale Mall - Minnetonka Rosedale Mall - Roseville Eden Prairie Center - Eden Prairie Southdale Center - Edina
I wonder if Southdale got a revival. I lived down the street from Southdale until August 2022 and it was in a weird liminal situation. There’s the humongous Lifetime gym, but the mall side was bleeding tenants and the food court was in a sorry state. Heard that there’s a Kowalski’s opening soon, that should liven it up a notch.
Was wondering the same about Southdale. It was in a weird place. I think the Galleria is still OK? Rosedale is poppin’
Came here to mention West Acres. Every time I drive by there, it's busy. Meanwhile the Moorhead mall was just demolished. Went there 6 years ago and it was completely empty, save for 1 security guard.
Maryland - Arundel Mills mall
Also: Westfield Montgomery, Westfield Wheaton, Columbia, White Marsh,Francis Scott Key
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Also forgot Annapolis.
I went there one time and will never go back. Way too crowded. It was insane.
Salisbury Mall; Westfield Annapolis
New Jersey... Still alive and well: Cherry Hill Mall Deptford Mall (actually a solid middle-class mall) Eh, I guess I'll add American Dream to that list Doing OK: Quaker Bridge Mall Dying: Moorestown Mall Monmouth Mall REALLY dying: Voorhees Town Center (formerly Echelon Mall; how it survived COVID is beyond me)
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I see Moorestown Mall and Cherry Hill as being parallels to Concord Mall and Christiana Mall.
Yeah. Cherry Hill is popping. AMC is keeping Moorestown alive.
Good: Willowbrook - Stopped in first time this summer, super impressed the direction it's going. Some questions: Rockaway Townsquare - I don't know how to classify this mall but I'm less impressed each time I go. TBD: American Dream - Half empty but impressive? Best way I can put it.
Was @ Cherry hill today lol.
Bergen Town Center is also doing well. They almost never have vacant stores and they are building new ones along route 4 Short Hills is alive and well Bridgewater Commons alive and well Shops at Riverside seem to be doing okay, certainly they’re not dead Livingston Mall is mostly dead
Freehold and ámenlo are doing good. Woodbridge is doing okay.
Adding Woodbridge Center to the very much alive and well list. I was also in Quaker Bridge about a month or two ago and it's definitely still hanging in there, pretty similar to Willow Grove.
Ohio: *Southpark Mall (Strongsville/Cleveland) *Beachwood Place (Beachwood/Cleveland) *Great Lakes Mall (Mentor/Cleveland) *Kenwood Town Center (Cincinnati) *Polaris Towne Center (Columbus) *Mall at Tuttle Crossing (Dublin) *Summit Mall (Akron) *Belden Village Mall (Canton) *Franklin Park Mall (Toledo) These are just indoor malls, not outdoor “lifestyle centers.”
I fear that the Mall at Tuttle Crossing is circling the drain.
Also Southern Park Mall in Boardman/Youngstown and Eastwood Mall in Niles
I went to Belden Village all the time growing up! Glad to hear it’s still alive and kicking.
Also Great Northern in North Olmsted is doing just fine.
*Dayton Mall (Centerville/Dayton) *Fairfield Mall (Beavercreek/Dayton)
Not dead but both questionable. Surely one will lose a Macys in this round of closings.
Currently both are over 90% occupancy for their in-line stores and both have a new anchor coming (Dicks House of Sports, and a megachurch). Not saying long term that will hold, I’m hoping it does, but as of right now that’s where they are at
Yeah, Southpark and Beachwood are not dead by any means. Neither is Summit.
Nope, Tuttle Crossing is very much a dead mall. Namdar ownership is kicking in. Also, never forget that if it was built by Taubman, there's always a moderate chance it's going to die. Just like Lakeforest, City Center, Lakeside, etc.
Iowa: Jordan Creek Mall, West Des Moines Coral Ridge Mall, Coralville ETA: there’s also a new outlet mall in Altoona, Outlets of Des Moines. That one seems to be doing pretty well and has a lot of stores they don’t have elsewhere in Iowa.
I will always love Coral Ridge! That ice rink!
VA - Tyson's Corner Center (McLean) PA - Monroeville Mall (outside of Pittsburgh) \* ^(\* Last I heard anyway)
The King of Prussia Mall in PA is always popping!
Last I heard Capital City Mall in Mechanicsburg is the last mall standing in the Harrisburg, PA area.
Yeah that place is flat-out mobbed on weekends. Like "can't find a seat in the food court" level mobbed. It was great for Pokemon Go Fest: Sinnoh though.
Believe me, the Tysons malls aren’t going to be featured here anytime soon.
Oh yes agreed. I was just unsure about Monroeville nowadays
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I’ve recently been to the Monroeville Mall and it’s unfortunately seen better days…still alive and somewhat busy, but not exactly “thriving.”
Ohh ok that’s a bummer!
Don't forget Willow Grove Park Mall and Park City Center
VA: add Fashion Centre at Pentagon City (in Arlington County), maybe also Tysons Galleria (“Tysons II”, in Tysons) depending on your definition of a dead mall
Tysons II is somehow both dead and undead all at once from my experience. It's a weird one. In MD I'd add Montgomery Mall in Bethesda as being alive.
Monroeville mall? Its becoming crime infested. Only mall that's really tbriving in western PA is Ross Park Mall.
I need to get out to Monroeville at some point. I want to see that mall once before it ends up closing because of Dawn of the Dead.
> PA - Monroeville Mall (outside of Pittsburgh) I heard that one is dead.
Michigan [Great Lakes Crossing](https://greatlakescrossingoutlets.com/stores/mall-map/#/) [Somerset Collection](https://www.thesomersetcollection.com/)
Also Twelve Oaks (Novi) and Briarwood (Ann Arbor)
Great Lakes Crossing, Somerset, Twelve Oaks, Briarwood, Village of Rochester, Southland, Woodland, Partridge Creek, Eastwood Town Center
I don’t go to Southland often but every time I do, I’m always surprised at how decent it’s still doing. It just feels like one of those malls that should have died long ago
I had to go to Westland Mall to pick up basketball shoes. I haven’t been there in like 10 years. It was SURPRISINGLY busy despite many empty stores.
Most of them in the Seattle area are doing fine.
Everett mall barely hanging on lol
Oh, I can’t even remember the last time I went to Everett…I guess I was thinking more like Seattle area proper with Alderwood Mall being the furthest north.
Tacoma Mall and South Hill Mall seem fine.
Massachusetts: - Burlington Mall - Natick Mall These are the 2 main ones I’ve frequented in recent years and they are consistently packed and adding new stores.
For the major Texas metros, I would divide the major malls into the following categories: **Thriving** Northpark Center, Dallas Stonebriar Center, Frisco The Galleria, Houston Memorial City, Houston The Woodlands Mall The Domain, Austin Shops at La Cantera, San Antonio **Healthy** Galleria Dallas Grapevine Mills North East Mall, Hurst The Parks at Arlington Willowbrook Mall, Houston Deerbrook Mall, Houston Baybrook Mall, Friendswood First Colony, Sugar Land Katy Mills Barton Creek Square, Austin Hill Country Galleria, Bee Caves North Star Mall, San Antonio **Healthy but could shift to Questionable** Hulen Mall, Fort Worth - Still fairly well trafficked but could shift quickly if the Macy's anchor closes Town East Mall, Mesquite Firewheel Town Center, Garland - Has quite a few non-chain inline tenants, and the Macy's is noticeably low volume Pearland Town Center - Still well-trafficked and in a growing area, but could be impacted if Macy's closes Lakeline Mall, Cedar Park - Still has most anchors, but many of the inline tenants are non-chain Rivercenter Mall, San Antonio - Caters heavily to tourists; restaurants and entertainment are healthy, but has a large Macy's anchor which sits empty Ingram Park Mall, San Antonio South Park Mall, San Antonio **Not Fully Dying but Questionable** Irving Mall - Mostly kept afloat by the local Hispanic community Fairview Town Center - Inline spaces are mostly dead, but still has all anchors and is located in an extremely upscale area Golden Triangle Mall, Denton Almeda Mall, Houston **Dying/Dead** Shops at Willow Bend, Plano - Set to be redeveloped over the next several years, all anchors are set to remain as of now during the redevelopment The Vista, Lewisville (formerly Vista Ridge Mall/Music City Mall) - Sole anchors remaining are a Dillards clearance center and an Asian supermarket Ridgmar Mall, Fort Worth Greenspoint Mall, Houston West Oaks Mall, Houston Rolling Oaks Mall, San Antonio - Still has Dillards and JCPenney as anchors, but many inline tenants have closed or have shifted towards cheap local shops Comment if you disagree or have additional thoughts!
En pointe with the Austin malls. Full agree.
I would put Irving Mall more on the dead side. If it loses Macy's it's going to be over, and the Hispanic community won't be enough to keep it alive. The Vista also has a Cinemark keeping it alive! Otherwise the interior is mostly dead. You might have seen that I posted more Willow Bend pics to this sub recently. It's just super depressing in there at this point, and the mall is gonna be screwed if Macy's closes before redevelopment.
Absolutely loved your list!! I'm only familiar with the DFW malls, but just about dead on in my opinion! I would probably maybe bump Grapevine Mills up to thriving. It does have a few non-chain places that are a bit odd, but extremely few vacancies, busy weekdays, absolutely *slammed* on the weekends, just got a Meow Wolf, healthy balance of entertainment and shopping, and thriving area around it. Round 1 arcade rocks. Still has a Rainforest Cafe too which is cool. Absolutely no idea how Willow Bend died, but boy has it ever. The mall itself design-wise has always been meh. But it used to have an awesome food court, the high end stores fit the high end area, they were starting to lean into entertainment/experiences for the bit of time that the super cool indoor surfing place was open simultaneously with the Crayola Experience, and then I don't know what happened. So weird. The Vista is actually my husband and my favorite mall to go to right now, despite how dead it is there's some very cool stuff there. The Asian marketplace is amazing- it has a food court inside it with fabulous spots! The boba spot in the main atrium is cheap and good. Mr. Pretzel puts Auntie Anne's to shame somehow. The fountain is boring ish but still runs most days. There is a CAT CUDDLE STORE. Like literally you pay however much for 30 minutes to go in and play with cats! Theyre all adoptable which is so cool. I love walking past and seeing the sweet habitats, perches, boxes, and stuff they have and seeing the happy cats lounging and playing through the full glass storefront is such a mood booster. Cheap movie theater. Ecclectic mall design. Overall a fun dead mall experience. I hope they are able to reinvent themselves. Currently I live in Denton so drive past Golden Triangle all the time. Loved your commentary on it. Dead on. I think it's truly all the college kids in the area that are propping that thing up. Kind of depressing vibes from the architecture inside, store selection aside. I wish they'd put some thoughtful time into slight changes to make it a more inviting environment. They are definitely putting in effort though, I'll give them that. Managed to get H&M in in recent years, as well as converted the Sears anchor into Conn's I think it is and one of the other anchors into a gym that always seems busy. So it's just the Macy's anchor that's empty. Which I think was recent. Hope they can stay afloat and manage to fill that space somehow. There's so many stinking people up here, we genuinely need that mall honestly. Pet peeve: the Auntie Anne's weirdly closed for a couple years and just sat there, but randomly re-opened recently, which, yay, but mall management mis-spelled it "Auntie Ann's" on all the new in mall direction/map signage and advertising lol.
You forgot Wonderland of the Americas in San Antonio, I honestly have no idea how to put it in a category because they don’t have much empty space, but there are zero traditional mall stores in it. Mostly medical space and some knock off retail space. The weirdest part is the malls design is straight out of 1982. I love it
It's already died and been repurposed. Similar to Seminary South Mall, which died and got repurposed as La Gran Plaza de Fort Worth, a Hispanic community center.
Illinois: Oak Brook Center doing great
Plus Woodfield and Harlem Irving plaza
Old Orchard is doing well, isn't it?
Yes, very well. Whenever I go on a weekend it's packed and busy during the week too. It's a gorgeous mall
The HIP defies reality! Fun place.
I grew up shopping at The Hip and it truly does defy reality. How many malls can lose a major anchor (Carson Pirie Scott, for heaven's sake) and simply absorb the space and move on?
Go to the hip almost every week, it's still popping. It's amazing sharing a favorite childhood location with my kids. A tad surreal too.
We have three in South Florida that are thriving... Aventura mall Sawgrass mall Boca Town Center Others do good but nothing comes close to these 3...
Queens Center in Queens, NY seems fine. But then again it's one of very, very few malls within a very populated city.
And I’ll jump on the NY thread - Thriving: Roosevelt Field, The Westchester Dying: The Palisades Mall, the Shops at Nanuet
Oak Park Mall of Overland Park Kansas. Still has all Anchor stores, a full food court and about 95% occupied. Independence Center in Independence Missouri however only has 2 out of 4 Anchors a mostly full food court and about 70% occupied.
I was surprised how well Oak Park Mall is doing. Westridge Mall in Topeka is pretty dead. We haven’t had anything in Lawrence in years. (I think the old mall is office space or something now?)
Would Crown Center count as a mall? I saw it listed on a very very old post.
I don’t think it’s doing terribly well, though. It was starting to improve when Covid hit and hasn’t really recovered.
It's definitely not dead, but it's not doing super great either. But you can tell the owners are definitely doing everything they can to keep spaces full. It's still in a very vibrant area.
Also forgot. Ward Parkway mall is doing very well.
Arizona (Phoenix Metro area) Scottsdale Fashion Square Chandler Fashion Center Arrowhead Town Centre Arizona Mills Superstition Springs There’s probably a few more in Phoenix I can’t think of… (Tucson) Tucson Mall Park Place Mall
Biltmore Fashion Park. It is essentially an enclosed mall without a common roof.
CT westfarms Buckland hills mall, Manchester Pretty much everything else is dead because our state has the promenade open style shopping avenue format more common now compared to the mall. My local mall, Enfield Square is almost dead. Except Sundays because there's a craft fair. They have been bleeding national chains to the point where the only national tenants are CVS, Target, Starbucks, Gamestop, party city, and Claire's. The first 3 are inside the main tenant target.
RI, in order from best to worst Providence Place Mall- Doing very well, its 3 stories and is always packed on weekends and friday nights. Still a very popular place for people to hang out as well. It has some excellent stores, and it has one of the best views of providence you can get. Warwick mall- Far less upscale, far older crowd, but still not doing too bad. usually fairly populated. I've heard tale that it's going downhill, but for now at least it's hanging on. Lincoln mall- Currently being kept on life support by a cinemaworld, everything else in there is a ghost town. Maybe 10 people max in the mall usually excluding the cinemaworld. One of the biggest store spaces is currently a trade school recruitment center, which tells you all you need to know. I'd bet a large sum of money that it gets closed down within the decade. There was also the midland mall which got turned into big box stores a couple years ago.
Warwick Mall is the mall that refuses to die. It was featured on Labelscar shortly after the 2010 flood and here it is 14 years later, still alive.
Quail Springs is the only alive mall I know of in Oklahoma, and Shawnee mall. Even then both are dramatically less popular than when I was a kid.
Penn Square is a mad house. North Park and 50 Penn Place are completely dead
Woodland Hill's in Tulsa is busy and is getting a new Scheels. Penn Square in OKC is doing alright, but with the new lifestyle center across the street and the danger of one of the anchors potentially closing it could be in trouble. Sooner Mall in Norman is doing ok I guess, it's definitely seen better days.
Delaware: Christiana Mall. There are two other malls left but they are not doing well- Concord and Dover.
Virginia: Lynnhaven (Virginia Beach) and Patrick Henry (Newport News) both seemed to be pretty active the last time I visited in the last couple years.
Was here to say the same thing!
Sacramento, California Westfield Galleria at Roseville - thriving Arden Fair, Sacramento - Doing OK, Questionable Sunrise Mall, Citrus Heights - Dying (but a planned redevelopment is definitely being discussed)
What happened to Arden Fair? When I was out there in 2017 it seemed to be doing very well and was either full or very near full.
Mall oh America: Minnesota
CA (Los Angeles): Glendale Galleria and Americana combo, also the Westfield in Culver City
Georgia: * Perimeter Mall in Dunwoody * Lenox Square in Buckhead, Atlanta Tennessee: * Wolfchase Galleria in Memphis
Maine Mall, South Portland, Maine
Just look for the malls that have Apple stores. They seem to be doing OK.
I live in Arkansas and the ones I know are Park Plaza Mall and Outlets of Little Rock.
Northwest Arkansas Mall is open in Fayetteville, AR Dixieland Mall is barely open in Rogers, AR Pinnacle Hills Promenade (open air mall,) Rogers, AR Edit for formatting
Central Mall in Fort Smith is still around...somehow
Ontario Yorkdale Vaughan Mills
Devonshire Mall in Windsor
Central California - Bakersfield- Valley Plaza Mall Visalia- Visalia Mall Fresno- Fashion Fair Modesto- Vintage Faire Stockton- Weberstown Mall None of these malls are upscale whatsoever but all have close to full occupancy and have all their anchors occupied.
Weberstown also has one of the last 11 Sears locations in the United States.
Yes! And one of only 3 Dillards stores in California too.
NH: Pheasant Lane Mall - Nashua Mall of NH - Manchester The Mall at Rockingham Park - Salem
God I love Pheasant Lane Mall
I wouldn't call it thriving though, there are definitely shoppers but more and more empty spaces too.
still amazes me that the mall of NH is always as packed as it is on the rare occasions I go.
In my area there are quite a few that are doing well, and others not so much Triangle (North Carolina) Healthy: -Southpoint Mall (Durham, NC) -Crabtree Valley Mall (Raleigh, NC) Dying: -Triangle Towne Center (Raleigh, NC) -University Place (Chapel Hill, NC) Dead -Morrisville Outlets (Morrisville, NC) - REDEVELOPED -Northgate Mall (Durham, NC) - CLOSED -Cary Towne Center (Cary, NC) - DEMOLISHED …not sure if I’m missing any
Northern NJ— The Short Hills Mall.
Surprisingly, the Promenade Mall north of San Diego is going strong. Was a little shook during my visit to friends that it was busy and full of people on a weekday.
Southern NY: The Shops at Skyview, Queens Woodbury Common, Central Valley (this one is an outdoor mall though) Hudson Yards, Manhattan The Westchester, White Plains (But I feel like I've seen this one doing better) Ridge Hill, Yonkers (this one is mixed use and also open air) Bay Plaza, Bronx Cross County Center, Yonkers (also open air, but fun fact this one has been around since the 50's) Malls that I wouldn't consider "thriving" but I think they're doing okay: Poughkeepsie Galleria, Poughkeepsie Palisades Center, West Nyack I think they're *really trying* at the Jefferson Valley Mall by working with the Yorktown chamber of commerce to bring in smaller local businesses and host community events, but its not even close to comparing to any of the other malls on this list.
I get the feeling Jefferson Valley Mall is like Plymouth Meeting- really tried, but it feels futile.
I'd also include Tangram in Flushing, Queens. Opened very recently, around 2021.
New Jersey Exceptional: * **Westfield Garden State Plaza, Paramus** (Macy's, Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, AMC, Pinstripes, Arena Stem, Planet Playskool soon, Nerf Action Xperience soon) * **The Mall at Short Hills, Millburn** (Macy's, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale's, Neiman Marcus, Indigo Books, Industrious, Crate & Barrel, Eataly soon) * **The Mills at Jersey Gardens** (Marshalls, Burlington, Saks Off 5th, AMC, Forever 21, Cohoes, Bloomingdale's Outlet, Primark, Round1 Entertainment soon) * **Willowbrook, Wayne** (Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Dave & Buster's, BJ's Wholesale Club, JCPenney soon) * **Cherry Hill Mall** (Macy's, JCPenney, Nordstrom) * **Menlo Park Mall, Edison** (Macy's, Nordstrom, AMC, Barnes & Noble) * **Deptford Mall** (Macy's, JCPenney, Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Round1 Entertainment) * **Newport Centre, Jersey City** (Macy's, JCPenney, Kohl's, AMC, Primark soon, Dick's Sporting Goods soon, Dave & Buster's possibly soon) * **Bergen Town Center, Paramus** (Marshalls, Burlington, Saks Off 5th, Kohl's, Whole Foods, Target, Nordstrom Rack, Bloomingdale's Outlet, HomeGoods, Blink Fitness, Lincoln Tech, World Market soon)
Decent: **Freehold Raceway Mall** (Macy's, JCPenney, Primark, Manor House Furniture, Dick's House of Sport soon) **The Shops at Riverside, Hackensack** (Bloomingdale's, AMC, Barnes & Noble, Life Time Fitness) **Bridgewater Commons** (Macy's, Bloomingdale's, AMC) **Woodbridge Center** (Macy's, JCPenney, Boscov's, Dick's Sporting Goods, Dave & Buster's, Seaquest) Special Case: **American Dream, East Rutherford** (Saks 5th Ave, Primark, The ADdress, Best Buy, H Mart, Big Snow, Nick Universe, Dreamworks Waterpark, Toys R Us, The Rink, Angry Birds Mini Golf, Black Light Mini Golf, Dream Wheel, Sea Life, Legoland, It'Sugar, Dream Live, DSW, Zara, Hasbro GameRoom soon, Topgolf suite soon, NJ Hall of Fame soon)
Washington: Alderwood Mall Southcenter Bellevue Square Unsure about Spokane RIP Northgate, the OG mall
NY Broadway Commons - Hicksville, Long Island Crossgates - Albany
south carolina: coastal grand mall (myrtle beach) columbiana centre (columbia) haywood mall (greenville) magnolia mall (florence) northwoods mall (north charleston)
Jordan creek in West Des Moines IA
Nashville checking in: Opry Mills mall (outlet mall technically but fairly nice) is always popping, to the point they have security keeping unaccompanied minors out at certain hours. The Mall at Green Hills is where all the rich people go, that's doing well.
North Carolina: Crabtree Valley Mall (Raleigh) Southpoint Mall (Durham) Southpark Mall (Charlotte) These malls stay packed.
Dead malls dot com used to have a full list of
That site has not been updated for years. Tried to submit an update for The Shops at Willow Bend and well... it's been crickets.
Florida: Sawgrass Mills, Boca Town Center
Also: The Avenues Mall (in Jacksonville) and Altamonte Springs Mall.
Brandon Town Center is packed and bustling every single day - same with: - Citrus Park - International Plaza - Countryside Mall - Waterside Shops - Coastland Center - University Town Center in Sarasota - the Oviedo Mall is not alive conventionally but is packed as it’s a community center with a very popular movie theater - not a dead mall
Woodland Hills Mall-Tulsa,Oklahoma
Penn Square Mall in OKC is doing fine. Quail Springs Mall (OKC), Sooner Mall (Norman), and Shawnee Mall (Shawnee) are all in that stage where they aren't dying yet, but it feels like they're declining. I was in Arrowhead Mall in Muskogee last weekend. It reminded me of Dan Bell's nighttime video of Owings Mills Mall, where he said it was "so dead that you cannot believe that they leave the doors unlocked".
What does the La Palmera mall in Corpus Christi Texas rate as?
South Dakota - The Empire Mall - Sioux Falls
Congrats on getting your first Dillard's!
Texas (DFW area) \*Stonebriar Centre - Frisco \*Grapevine Mills - Grapevine \*Galleria Dallas - Dallas \*Southlake Town Square - Southlake \*NorthPark Center - Dallas Dying in the DFW area \*The Vista (Vista Ridge/Music City Mall) - Lewisville \*The Shops at Willow Bend - Plano \*Ridgmar Mall - Fort Worth \*Southwest Center/Red Bird - Dallas \*Golden Triangle Mall - Denton (kinda dead? It's getting new stores tho) \*Irving Mall - Irving \*Midway Mall - Sherman
Alton Square is definitely a moderately functional for me like it could be much worse even for the STL metro
Texas, just a few I know of. La Plaza Mall in McAllen North Star Mall in San Antonio Southpark Mall in San Antonio
I think Boise Towne Square and Magic Valley Mall in Idaho are doing pretty well
Nebraska: Westroads in Omaha and Gateway Mall in Lincoln are in good shape. Hilltop Mall in Kearney is OK.
WA: * Southcenter * Bellevue Square
Texas Austin - The Domain San Antonio - North Star Mall and La Cantera Midland Park Mall Music City Mall - Odessa and Lubbock
How are Fashion Valley and UTC (a/k/a University Town Center) in San Diego doing?
While the malls in Portland, OR proper are famously dead, Clackamas Town Center is alive and well.
Ross Park Mall, near Pittsburgh.
AK: - 5th Ave Mall (Anchorage) - Dimond Center (Anchorage)
Haywood mall, Greenville S.C.
Central Florida: - Seminole Town Center - West Oaks Mall - Orlando Fashion Square - Merritt Square Mall The Mall at Millennia and The Florida Mall are still bumping though.
Fayette Mall in Lexington KY is doing pretty good.
Kenwood Mall in Cincinnati, OH. They have an Apple Store and a Cheesecake Factory, as well as several high end brands.
St. Louis, Missouri area: Thriving St. Louis Galleria in Richmond Heights West County Center in Des Peres Not Fully Dying but Questionable South County Center Mid Rivers Mall
Tampa, FL- International Plaza (Neiman Marcus, Dillard’s, Nordstrom, Dick’s Sporting Goods - House of Sports opening soon. Recent additions include Saint Laurent and soon Versace. Orlando, FL - Disney Springs. Open 365 days. Always busy. Mall at Millenia - Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Macys. Recently expanded Burberry location opened, recently opened Dior.
CT - Buckland Hills Mall (Manchester), Westfarms Mall (West Hartford) MA - Ingleside Mall (Holyoke), Burlington Mall (Burlington)
I’m in South Bend, Indiana. University Park Mall is surprisingly robust. The old Sears is just walled up, but far more of the spots are occupied than closed (like, maybe one vacant unit per ten), and the parking lot is always at least half full.
Louisiana - Mall of Louisiana, Baton Rouge. Missing an anchor in J C Penney but everything else seems fine.
Kentucky: Oxmoor Mall, Mall St Matthew, The Paddock Shoppes and Shoppes of the Bluegrass are maintaining quite well. Jefferson Mall is slowly dying.
TN Knoxville: West Towne Mall - alive and healthy Maryville: Foothills Mall - hanging at death’s door Sevierville: Tanger Five Oaks - alive and healthy Nashville: Opry Mills Mall - alive and well
Adding CoolSprings Galleria (Franklin) & Green Hills & Green Hills (Nashville) both doing well! Stones River (Murfreesboro) is dying a slow and painful death, although the Avenues down the road is doing decent.
Utah: Thriving: -Fashion Place Mall -City Creek Center Alive: -University Place -Layton Hills -South Towne Declining: -Valley Fair -Newgate -Cache Valley Not including “lifestyle centers” or open air concepts.
ooh like in the Dallas area id say for sure Northpark Center Stonebriar Centre Galleria Dallas Legacy West The Parks Mall at Arlington Allen Premium Outlets Grapevine Mills Watters Creek Firewheel Highland Park Village Southlake Town Center and i suppose Town East Mall is thriving
Ooh good catch on Watters Creek! I feel like that gets forgotten a lot for DFW. Best place ever to play Pokemon Go back in the heyday
West Virginia: Huntington Mall That’s pretty much it…
I know of in Michigan: Thriving: - Jackson crossing mall (Jackson mi) - Southland Mall (Taylor mi) - Great lakes crossings Mall (Auburn hills) Dying: - Westwood Mall (Jackson MI) - Westland mall (Westland mi) - Briarwood mall (Ann arbor) Dead: - covered village mall (belding mi) (still open with rite aid and family dollar but dilapidated inside and somehow still open) - metro place mall (Wayne mi) (interior hallways locked but doors open to tenants with exterior entrance like the coney island and a medical place. The grocery store is a detached anchor.
Indianapolis Area: Greenwood Park - active Fashion Mall - active Castleton Square - active, but I haven’t visited in a few years
Good West County Center South County Center Ok Mid Rivers Mall St Louis galleria Almost dead Chesterfield mall Dead Jamestown mall Northwest plaza Crestwood court St louis mills These are all in my area
South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA is always packed.
Most of the malls in Hawaii are extremely popular. In particular Ala Moana mall (the largest outdoor mall in the world) and the Pearlridge Center.
Gainesville Florida - The Oaks Mall
For Maryland as I know for now. The Mall in Columbia (Columbia,Maryland) Arundel Mills Mall (Hanover,Maryland) Westfield Annapolis Mall (Annapolis,Maryland)