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re: Are indoor malls making a comeback?
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:42 am to FLBooGoTigs1
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:42 am to FLBooGoTigs1
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I am not going to lie but the mall I went yesterday I definitely thought it was toast the last time I went there. A lot of the stores were closing and the customers weren’t exactly there to buy stuff
In Montgomery AL, with the exceptions of Spencers and Cinnabon and JC Penney, none of the mall stores we grew up with are there anymore. Its 90 percent no--name “urban” themed stuff, food court included. No reason to go there anymore. Eastdale Mall is on track to join Montgomery Mall in the shopping graveyard. The last real name brand to open there was Chuck E Cheese, and that was ten years ago.
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Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:44 am to Bayou
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Lakeside ain't bad at all
Lakeside is an anomaly these days. It is weirdly one of the most popular indoor malls in the country.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:45 am to Odysseus32
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Stranger Things was released almost a decade ago. If malls were coming back because of that show, it would have happened already.
One of the more recent seasons was set almost entirely in a mall. That season was a few years ago.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:48 am to FLBooGoTigs1
What’s the point of having nice shite if you never get out?
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:51 am to Donkus
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LSU Health Shreveport is converting the old Sears at Mall St. Vincent to a cardiovascular research lab.
That was a massive dept store over there, so glad it’s going to good use
Posted on 1/27/25 at 8:58 am to The Mick
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I have no idea why it thrives while so many malls have failed across the country
It's in a prime location and there aren't more indoor malls around nowadays.
The way that I see it is that in the 80's due to the high demand for malls and for their instant success, they over built malls all around the country.
Nowadays due to the boom of e-commerce, there is no need to have that many malls around. I would say depending on the size of the city, perhaps 1 or 2 malls is all you need.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:07 am to FLBooGoTigs1
Mall of La instituted a policy recently where no one under 18 after 4 on weekends without someone 21 years old or older supervising them, to help keep the hoodrat problem down.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:10 am to Commandeaux
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Cable too...frick all these streaming services.
Except with cable you have to watch on their schedule
frick all that
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:11 am to JohnnyKilroy
...that was 5 years ago.
That's 1/3 of a teenagers life. They aren't starting trends based on something that, in their eyes, happened so long ago.
That's 1/3 of a teenagers life. They aren't starting trends based on something that, in their eyes, happened so long ago.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:11 am to TigerGman
how is this policed? Is there a doorman? Is there a limit as to how many yutes can be supervised by each adult?
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:12 am to SloaneRanger
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In certain parts of the country they can be viable. That’s about all I’m going to say
Please elaborate.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:13 am to finchmeister08
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Wiregrass Commons Mall in Dothan, AL is on Death's door.
Can confirm
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:14 am to genuineLSUtiger
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Please elaborate.
I'd also like the elaboration.
Boise, ID is one of the safest metros in the area, and while the mall still has traffic, it is in no way thriving.
I know it's low hanging fruit, but malls dying has little to do with demographics. It's a part of the equation, but it has much more to do with how people buy and receive goods than malls being unattractive.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:16 am to Bayou
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There's still a place for Malls. Perhaps a little downscaled??? Lakeside ain't bad at all
Yeah I figured if it survived the downward spiral that killed Esplanade mall and subsequently Clearview it would make it but I never thought it would comeback like it did. Nearly every space is occupied and the food court is seemingly always busy.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:21 am to turnpiketiger
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For the most part, they never left the Houston area. The Woodlands Mall and the Galleria are just as good as they’ve ever been
All it takes is a huge population base and money…… like anything else
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:23 am to FLBooGoTigs1
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Are indoor malls making a comeback?
We went to the Mall of La(Bluebonnet @ I-10 in Baton Rouge) over the holidays.
I enjoyed it. Seeing so many people out and about shopping and eating and stuff.
I know it was the holidays but the mall here was packed early and often(we went 3 times over a week).
Could be something to it.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:34 am to brass2mouth
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Yeah I figured if it survived the downward spiral that killed Esplanade mall and subsequently Clearview it would make it but I never thought it would comeback like it did. Nearly every space is occupied and the food court is seemingly always busy.
Esplanade was a great mall, but located far away from anything. Lakeside has a great central location, even for the northshore people and is surrounded by other good shopping and dining options. But moreso they’ve made some smart improvements over the years, most notably parking expansions.
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:36 am to The Boat
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All it takes is a huge population base and money…… like anything else
Metairie has neither
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:41 am to dewster
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Northgate in Lafayette is gone. I think Acadiana Mall isn't far behind.
Can confirm. Acadiana Mall is a shitshow.
This post was edited on 1/27/25 at 9:42 am
Posted on 1/27/25 at 9:46 am to FLBooGoTigs1
Southland Mall in Houma is beyond on death's door. Ghost town walking around in there. Only a few stores left.
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