beermestrength wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 10:15 pm
empires228 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 12:53 am
Macy’s is reportedly closing.
If they don't get their gang problem under control the entire mall will be closing.
I highly expect the metros only traditional mall to be Oak Park in the very near future. I've been calling out the warning signs at IC since before Simon defaulted on the mall, but people on FB and City Data were skeptical. Now all of the malls obvious issues from the last decade are compounding all at once. It's a nice property with amazing visibility, but that's about it. Simon meddled with the layout too much and made it just another boring mall in the 90s renovation, and they really lost out when JCP built their store a few blocks away rather than at the mall itself. If they only wanted to build a smaller single level store, Simon could have made it double stacked store with Target, it's not that uncommon to see anchors set up like that at other malls. ABQ had that Gordmans/Dick's anchor for several years before Gordmans went under. Simon never tried too hard to combat the minor crime issues the mall had despite the police having offices in the mall. They're definitely not a super visible presence in the center, if they're even still a tenant.
I was going though the WebArchives and between about 2008 and now the mall has lost:
Abercrombie & Fitch
Aerie
Aldo Shoes
Applebee's
As Seen on T.V.
B Dalton Bookseller
CJ Banks
Charlotte Russe
Chico's
Christopher & Banks
Borders Express/Waldenbooks
Club Libby Lu
Coach
Coldwater Creek
Dairy Queen
dELIA*s
The Disney Store
Francesca's Boutique
Gamestop
Gap
Garage
Gymboree
Hobby Haven
Hallmark
Hannoush Jewelers
Hollister Co.
J. Jill
Journey's Kids
Justice
Kay Bee Toys
Lane Bryant
Macy's
Men's Wearhouse
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Motherhood Maternity
New York & Company
Orange Julius
Payless ShoeSource
RadioShack
Sam Goody
Samuel's Jewelers
Sears
Sears Portrait Studio (They oddly had actual storefronts at Metro North and IC)
Sephora
Shi by Journey's
Starbucks
Taco Bell
Things Remembered
The Walking Company
Vanity
Wet Seal
Wilson's Leather
Wolf Camera
Yankee Candle
Zales Jewelers
Only 15 of those are companies that are now defunct. Old Navy will likely leave soon as they've been jumping the ship from those old behemoth mall stores to smaller strip mall stores for the past 5 years now. They've already moved Topeka and are prepping to move Salina and Wichita to new smaller stores off-mall. Out of the surviving national tenants, the ones with the most stable footing are Panda Express, Shoe Department, Dillard's, American Eagle, Aeropostale, Bath & Body Works, and PacSun. Victoria's Secret/Pink, Gloria Jean's, Build-a-Bear, H&M, XXI, and Foot Locker, who occupies at least five spaces between House of Hoops, Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, Footaction USA, and Champs Sports, are all on pretty shaky ground, as is Kirkland's. A lot of these chains closing would spell bad news for Oak Park, Summit Fair, Town Center, and Zona Rosa as well, some of them have already left Summit Fair and Zona Rosa.