r/deadmalls

Since I heard Northgate is getting sold I thought I'd share some pictures from Christmas of 2024 that I never got around to sharing. I was present shopping around the area and thought I'd stop in. They had set up the tree and a few smaller decorations but the train that ran around it when I was a kid remained packed away in the back with lots of other decorations. Every few minutes the kiddie rides would play a recording of a child's laughter which scared the crap out of me the first time. I also had an amazing teriyaki chicken with noodles at the last remaining restaurant in the food court.

Greenbrier Mall is not dead, but it has poor circulation. The middle is mostly full of random businesses, but the ends of the halls have emptied out around the anchor stores. (The ones that are left.)

Anybody know why the bunnies are in time out? I thought they were for Easter, but I googled it and they don't match recent Easter bunny photos.

This used to be my favorite mall. I stopped going when I moved away in 2002 so I don't really remember what used to be there besides Spencer's and Hot Topic. They're still there.

The only photos I got at Eastpoint Mall. Security was active and just took these and bailed out at the entrance next to it

Went for attempt number two for photos now that Macy's is gone. I couldn't find the parking lot boat that someone found. I guess it was removed at some point or I was looking in the wrong spots

I seem to have poor timing trying to get photos here as this mall seems just unusually busy on a Monday afternoon (like 20+ people aside from staff) Maybe I need to start heading towards opening or closing time. Demolition was fast for the Macy's.

It has since been demolished and replaced with an outlet mall.

I originally grew up in Illinois, but used to visit my great grandparents back in the 90s and we used to go to the mall to ride this carousel with my cousins. 30 something years later I live here now in the area and I just had to get a picture.

A mall owner used to make money by keeping the malls full.

Real estate groups and venture capital took over.

And now, it pays more to keep the malls empty.

https://www.plainmeaning.com/Articles/Money/18_the-group-getting-rich-by-keeping-the-malls-empty.html

#malls #economics #politics #retail #taxlaw

I have been slowly archiving a lot of documents regarding the now defunct K.B. Toys and Toys R. Us businesses, particularly the handful that existed in CT. Currently, I am trying to collect as many reference photos as possible of the K.B. Toys in Stratford as I can, but right now I have exactly one. (This location is particularly interesting because it is not located in an indoor mall, which was the most common store type for the business).

Given how limited photos of this location seem to be, I figured I'd turn to Reddit to ask for help. Would anyone happen to have photos of the location they'd be willing to share? Or even anecdotes about the location?

Even if the photos are of the adjacent area, the dock, the parking lot, etc, it could be potentially helpful.

(I'm also interested in the Toys R. Us locations in Norwalk and Milford. Photos of either, especially any interesting displays (I remember huge decals on the walls in Norwalk for Star Wars and Luigis Mansion) would be insanely helpful and appreciated as well.)

I opened the official Northgate malls website and sometimes it leads me to a error screen or it either takes me to a foreign country gambling site

This notice was posted on Facebook by one of the affected tenants.