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Willowbrook Mall in Houston TX

Willowbrook Mall kept filling its anchors while other Houston malls emptied out - So what's its secret?

South Side Mall in South Williamson, KY

South Side Mall in South Williamson, KY is the rare enclosed mall that outlived its anchors by becoming something else

Fairlane Village Mall

Fairlane Village Mall in Pottsville, PA: From a 1970s Twin-Cinema Mall to a Big-Box Survivor

Arden Fair

Arden Fair started as a Sears alone on a farm, and turned into Sacramento's biggest mall

Castleton Square

One original anchor name still hangs inside Castleton Square, Indiana's biggest mall - Guess which

Fashion Square Mall Saginaw

Fashion Square Mall in Saginaw, MI lost its hometown stores, its biggest anchor, and now sells itself off in pieces

Stonecrest Mall

Inside Stonecrest Mall: Why Did an Entire Georgia City Take Its Name From This Lithonia Mall?

The Westchester

While the Galleria Sits Empty Awaiting 3,000 Apartments, The Westchester Is Still the Mall White Plains, NY Walks Into

DeJarnette Sanitarium

DeJarnette Sanitarium in Staunton, VA, once had a golf course and now sits boarded behind no-trespassing signs

Old Hickory Mall in Jackson, TN

Two of Its Four Anchors Sit Empty, and Now Old Hickory Mall in Jackson, TN, Is For Sale

First Colony Mall in Sugar Land, TX

First Colony Mall in Sugar Land, TX, opened as Fort Bend County's first regional mall, and it's still standing

Dutch Square Mall Columbia, SC

Columbia's Dutch Square mall opened with the biggest-in-the-Carolinas claim. A gym holds its anchor now.

Jefferson Valley Mall

Jefferson Valley Mall, Yorktown, NY: built because northern Westchester had nowhere else to go

Laurel Park Place in Livonia, MI

Laurel Park Place, Livonia, MI: the mall built for an office crowd in 1989 is still standing in 2026

Uptown Janesville Mall in Janesville, WI

Janesville Mall in Wisconsin opened in 1973 with three department stores. None of the three is left

Hickory Ridge Mall

Hickory Ridge Mall in Memphis is a rare anchorless mall that came back

Century III Mall

Century III Mall in West Mifflin, PA opened as the future and ended as a public nuisance

Landover Mall Before Demolition

Landover Mall in Maryland is gone, but its empty lot may be worth more than the mall ever was

The Mall at Short Hills

The Mall at Short Hills in Millburn, NJ started with one store and never stopped adding

The Shops at Ithaca Mall

The Shops at Ithaca Mall in Ithaca, NY keeps finding tenants, just not the ones it was built for

Leavenworth Plaza

Leavenworth Plaza in Leavenworth, KS spent 50 years becoming a parking lot with a hardware store

Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids, IA

Westdale Mall in Cedar Rapids survived by tearing itself down

Antelope Valley Mall

Antelope Valley Mall is still the only regional mall ever built in Palmdale, CA

Decatur Mall

Decatur Mall in Decatur, AL, Keeps Running on a Theater and One Department Store

University Park Mall Mishawaka

University Park Mall in Mishawaka, IN still runs, with its biggest store sitting empty

The Shops at Palm Desert

The Shops at Palm Desert Opened With an Ice Rink and Now Plans for Apartments

Park Plaza, Hallway

Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock Is Really a Dillard's Mall

Merritt Square Mall

Merritt Square Mall in Merritt Island opened big and still can't settle on a second act

University Mall in Tampa, FL

University Mall in Tampa Outlived All Five of Its Anchors

PlazAmericas - Sharpstown Mall, Houston, TX

Houston's Sharpstown Mall Has Been Foreclosed, Bankrupt, and Rebranded, and It Never Closed

Water Tower Place

Water Tower Place in Chicago is Remembered Better Than It's Visited

Southgate Mall Missoula

Southgate Mall in Missoula Has Western Montana to Itself

Warwick Mall

Warwick Mall's Best Trick is Never Getting Sold

Beverly Center in Los Angeles, CA

Beverly Center Mall was the Building All of L.A. Loved to Mock

Samanea Mall in Westbury, NY

Samanea Mall: The Story of Westbury, NY's Strangest Shopping Center

Rockville Town Square and Rockville Library

The Square Keeps Changing. Rockville Might Finally be Done Rebuilding It.

Tacoma Mall

Tacoma Mall Is Quietly Turning Itself Inside Out

Panorama Mall

Panorama Mall in Panorama City, CA Outlived Four Department Stores. A 30-Story Plan May Finish the Job.

Middlesboro Mall

Middlesboro Mall was Built For a Town of Only 12,000. It's Still Standing in Middlesboro, Kentucky, While Bigger Malls Fall.

New Towne Mall

How New Towne Mall in New Philadelphia, Ohio Lost All Five Original Anchors and Stayed Open

Charleston Town Center

Charleston Town Center Was Built to Save Downtown Charleston, WV. Now the City Wants to Save the Mall.

West Oaks Mall

West Oaks Mall Was Built for Shoppers in 1996. Thirty Years Later, Ocoee, FL Goes There to Pay Taxes and Find Work.

CambridgeSide

CambridgeSide Spent 30 Years as a Mall in Cambridge, MA. Then Its Owners Decided It Was Worth More as Labs and Offices.

Heritage Park Mall

Heritage Park Mall in Midwest City, OK, Once Paid More Than $1 Million a Year in Taxes. Clearing It Will Cost Millions More.

Las Americas Premium Outlets in San Diego, CA

Las Americas Premium Outlets Was Planned as Bridge to Tijuana, Hotel, and Library. San Diego, CA Got Outlet Stores.

Old Town Mall

Old Town Mall in Baltimore, MD: The City Closed a Street to Save It, and Now Wants the Street Back

Superstition Springs Center in Mesa, AZ

Superstition Springs Center in Mesa, AZ, Lost Sears, Macy's, and Half Its Carousel. The Mall is Still Open.

Ledgewood Mall in Ledgewood, NJ

How Ledgewood Mall Survived by Tearing Itself Down in Roxbury Township, NJ

Mid City Mall in Louisville, KY

Mid City Mall in Louisville, KY, Was Once Called 'Skid-City.' Now It's Being Torn Down to Keep What It Became.

Ford City Mall

Ford City Mall in Chicago Helped Build B-29 Bombers. A Sprinkler Leak Is Closing It.

Greenspoint Mall, Houston, TX

Greenspoint Mall Had Trees Indoors and 160 Stores. Now It's Down to a Parking Lot in North Houston.

Bellis Fair Mall in Bellingham, WA

Everyone Wrote Off Bellis Fair Mall in Bellingham, WA. Now It's More Than 90 Percent Full.

North DeKalb Mall

North DeKalb Mall, Decatur, GA: The Mall That Couldn't Stop Reinventing Itself

Sarasota The Mall at University Town Center

The Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota: The Florida Mall That Opened After Everyone Said the Era Was Over

Columbiana Centre Mall

Columbiana Centre: Columbia, SC's Last Full Mall, and What It Costs to Stay That Way

Glendale Galleria

Why Glendale Galleria Mall in California Is Still Open When the Internet Was Supposed to Close It

Forest Mall Fond Du Lac, WI

Forest Mall in Fond du Lac, WI, Was Supposed to Get Meijer. It Got Hospital and Lot of Waiting Instead.

The Orchards Mall, Benton Harbor, MI

The Orchards Mall: How Benton Harbor, MI's Biggest Retail Site Lost Every Anchor and Kept the Gulls

Tulsa Promenade Mall, Tulsa, OK

Tulsa Promenade Mall: From Southland to Ice Rinks, Six Decades on Yale Avenue in Tulsa, OK

The Boulevard Mall

The Boulevard Mall Lost Every Department Store It Had: In Las Vegas, NV, It Has Never Been More Occupied

Spokane Valley Mall in Spokane Valley, WA

Spokane Valley Mall Took Nearly 20 Years to Open. Somehow, It Still Runs the Valley

Santa Fe Place

From Villa Linda Mall to Santa Fe Place: How One Santa Fe Mall Survived the Collapse of Its Anchor Stores

Oak Court Mall - Entrance

Oak Court Mall in Memphis, TN: From Goldsmith's Beginning to Demolition and Redevelopment

VIA Port Rotterdam

Via Port Rotterdam, NY Lost Macy's, Sears, and Kmart. Now It Has Aquarium, Bingo, and State Workers

Pacific View Mall

From The Broadway to a Bowling Alley: How Pacific View Mall in Ventura, CA Kept Replacing What People Remembered

Chesterfield Mall

The End of Chesterfield Mall: 48 Years, Empty Anchors, and a Downtown Plan in Chesterfield, MO

columbia place

Columbia Place Mall, Columbia, SC: They Built It for Rich's and Sears. Look at It Now

Southpark Mall Colonial Heights, VA

Southpark Mall in Colonial Heights, VA, Went From Department Stores to Redevelopment Plans

Southridge Mall

Southridge Mall in Greendale, WI, Has Been Milwaukee's South-Side Destination for 55 Years. It Looks Nothing Like It Did

Kingston Collection

Kingston Collection, Kingston, MA: Long Road from Department-Store Mall to Whatever Comes Next

McCain Mall

McCain Mall in North Little Rock Is Still Open, But You Wouldn't Recognize It From 1973

Wonderland of the Americas in San Antonio, TX

Wonderland of the Americas in San Antonio, TX Turned a Fading Mall Into Clinics, Shops, and Events

Meadowood Mall in Reno, NV

How Meadowood Mall in Reno, NV Became the Last Enclosed Mall Standing in Northern Nevada

Washington Mall in Washington, PA

Washington Mall Was the Errand, the Theater, and the Department Store in Washington, PA. Now It Is a Construction Site.

Lakehurst Mall in Waukegan, IL Opened With Miss America and 100 Stores. Thirty Years Later, Only Two Were Left.

HarMar Mall

HarMar Mall in Roseville, MN: Built in 1963, Still Open, and Mostly Empty

Sugarloaf Mills

Sugarloaf Mills, Lawrenceville, GA: From Discover-Era Novelty to Gwinnett's Flexible Mall

Indian River Mall

Indian River Mall in Vero Beach, FL Once Had Four Department Stores. Now Its Empty Wings Face Demolition

The Mall at Whitney Field

From Searstown Mall to Costco Proposal: 60 Years of Reinvention at The Mall at Whitney Field, Leominster, MA

The Quad at Whittier, CA

California Mall Named After a Shape It No Longer Has: The Quad at Whittier

Rockaway Townsquare

The Mall That Refused to Fade: Rockaway Townsquare in Rockaway, NJ Lost Department Stores and Is Still Packed

Valle Vista Mall, Harlingen TX

Valle Vista Mall in Harlingen, TX: What Opened in 1983 and What Remains

Ashland Town Center in Ashland, KY

Ashland Town Center Mall in Ashland, KY, Survived by Replacing the Stores That Once Defined It

South Hill Mall in Puyallup, WA

What Replaced Department Stores at South Hill Mall, Puyallup, WA Says Everything About Where Retail Went

Security Square Mall

Security Square Mall in Woodlawn, MD Shows What Happens After Anchors Disappear

Bay City Mall in Bay City, MI

How Bay City Mall Went From Four Anchors to a Patchwork That Still Works in Bay City, MI

Hickory Point Mall in Decatur, IL

The Department Stores are Gone, But Hickory Point Mall Still Gives Decatur, IL Somewhere to Shop

Turtle Creek Mall

Turtle Creek Mall in Hattiesburg, MS: Lost Anchors, Gained New Uses, and Kept People Coming Back

Woodmar Mall

Department Store, Demolition, Sportsplex: What Happened to Woodmar Mall in Hammond, IN

The Avenues Mall

The Avenues Mall in Jacksonville, FL Still Has Shoppers, an Empty Anchor, and a Plan for What Comes Next

Barton Creek Square Center Court

Barton Creek Square in Austin, TX Still Fills Its Corridors. The Mall People Remember Does Not Exist Anymore

Cherry Hill Mall

Cherry Hill Mall Lost Its Birds, Its Fountain, and Strawbridge's. It Still Gives South Jersey Somewhere to Go

Woodland Mall in Bowling Green, OH

One Mall, Five Owners, Zero Department Stores Left: Woodland Mall in Bowling Green, OH

Fashion Place

Salt Lake Valley's Most Rebuilt Mall: The Story of Fashion Place in Murray, UT

Whittwood Town Center

What Happened to Whittwood Town Center? Inside Whittier, CA's 70-Year-Old Mall That Refuses to Disappear

Memorial City Mall

Memorial City Mall in Houston, TX: 60 Years, Six Expansions, and New Redevelopment Planned

Central Mall in Lawton, OK

The Strange Second Life of Central Mall in Lawton, OK After Its Anchor Stores Went Dark

Lansing Mall Entrance

Lost Anchors, New Attractions, and the Second Life of Lansing Mall in Lansing, MI

Fox Valley Mall, Aurora, IL

Inside Fox Valley Mall, Aurora, IL: Retail, Apartments, and What's Next?