Comments on: Ghost Mall

By: BeachMama

BeachMama — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:01:32 +0000

Wow that is empty. We have a few empty strip malls, but no inside ones that look that quiet.

By: kc

kc — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 07:50:39 +0000

the mall near my apartment was like this for years – slowly, but surely, dying. I’ve worked in not one, but two, stores that have closed down inside of it! entire wings were closed, but we still did good business up until the end. supposedly someone has bought it and is going to tear it down, but two of the anchors own their buildings so they are still open. it’s definitely creepy!

By: justJENN

justJENN — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:51:39 +0000

Whoa. That really is a ghost town. How depressing!

By: celia

celia — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:36:02 +0000

What a pity to see that all empty. So sad…

By: Beth B.

Beth B. — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 18:25:30 +0000

That’s really sad and I’m afraid a sign of the times these days – and at the least a sign of the future for the next few years. Scary. I’m so grateful I’ve got my health and my job. Wow. But on a less-serious note, I know my son would have loved running around that deserted place too! He would have had a ball.

Sorry about the bad haircut; hope the new cut remedied the problem!!

Beth (mommy to a busy 5-yr old)

By: Rhi

Rhi — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:07:54 +0000

Oh, this makes me very sad!

By: OMSH

OMSH — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:20:58 +0000

I’ve lived in some small towns with very pathetic attempts at malls, but this mall is ENORMOUS and no stores? It’d be kinda spooky I’d think. Ghost mall indeed!

By: bonnie

bonnie — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:15:52 +0000

Oh you silly people. Just because someone got stabbed at Plaza Bonita once (like 15 years ago) didn’t mean it got any less busy. LOL It was pretty ghetto for awhile, though, but it’s all fancy now and it was busier than Parkway on Black Friday.

By: Sonja

Sonja — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:01:29 +0000

That is sad! Makes you realize how fickle life/the economy/business really is!
Also: Does Westroads still not have a Gap? Because I’m in a long-standing bet with myself that I wouldn’t be able to find an American mall (regular or outlet) without at least one variety of The Gap in it.

By: midwesternwife

midwesternwife — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:47:09 +0000

This looks a lot like one of the malls in my hometown (Peoria, Ill.). It’s also a Simon property, and I suspect one of the reasons (from what I remember during my days working at the local newspaper) is that Simon’s rentals tend to be pretty high.
Our mall has some big major stores, but the higher-end stores (Ann Taylor, Bergner’s, etc.) all moved out to a new outdoor mall (in central Illinois???) which opened about six years ago. Too much competition and the newness factor all doomed the malls.
Our indoor mall also had (and increasingly is having more) problems with violent crimes. It’s just sad that a time-honored way to spend teenage years is going by the wayside because people feel the need to hurt each other.