Oct 15, 2021 · All things must come to an end, and the era of the American shopping mall is no exception. Brick and mortar retail shops — especially niche stores — are becoming increasingly unprofitable. As a result, empty and abandoned malls are now almost everywhere.

Dec 13, 2021 · Scroll on for a peek inside some abandoned malls and the sad histories of their demise. Cloverleaf Mall opened in 1972, but unfortunately, a new mall opened up just three years later and only 5 miles down the road. Still, Cloverleaf held on through the 90s, but by 2008 there were so many store vacancies that the mall closed for good.

Feb 23, 2024 · Blame it on the rise of online shopping and the ease with which stores make e-commerce possible; today, shopping malls are a relic of a bygone era, with modern "malls" more a bespoke and curated collection of carefully chosen shops and attractions.

A dead mall, [1] also known as a ghost mall or zombie mall, is a shopping mall that has low consumer traffic or is deteriorating in some manner. [ 2 ] Many malls in North America are considered "dead" when they have no surviving anchor store or successor that could attract people to the mall.

Sep 18, 2020 · With mall vacancies accelerating at a rapid clip amid a surge in online shopping, landlords are quickly looking for other ways to reuse the glut of empty stores that will help boost...

Dec 8, 2020 · In March 2020, empty bins and boxes piled up in front of a market in New York City's Brooklyn borough. This tree struggles to survive in the lonely and abandoned Randall Park Mall, which closed...

Dec 9, 2024 · Amidst the rise of online shopping, department stores have shuttered across the world — explore some of their creepiest ruins. Though some have been demolished or converted, others have simply been left to rot.

Mar 17, 2020 · Vandals have often visited the empty shopping centers, and the images show cobwebbed windows, trash in stagnant fountain water and damaged ceilings.

As of October 2016, this space remains empty in a mall in Quincy, Illinois. If one store isn't sad enough, this derelict shopping mall should do the trick. This Woolworths in England has little...

Feb 10, 2022 · The multiphase $227 million project is taking over the empty Sears store and converting it into an ambulatory orthopedic outpatient center focused on movement and the musculoskeletal system,...