💬 OT Does anyone else hope malls make a comeback?

[BOTTLEFED]

I wanna see Joe in a pair of khakis. Maybe cargo pants.

This will cost $$$$

 

[Pro Stock John]

It’s called a food hall. Already a concept…..


Here’s one of many around me https://www.edgewaterpublicmarket.com/

Food halls are great, always enjoy 'em.

Food markets too, I've been to Borough Market in London that was neat.

 

[frank]

Not sure if it still open or how many places are left but the Olgive train station on madison in Chicago, the food court was a good place for a variety of food.

 

[CMNTMXR57]

I just recently found out Sears here still exists….and fuck them lol

I can say that now since they no longer sign my paychecks.

Back when I was furloughed, they had 465 brick and mortars. I can't find anything on the SEC website since an 8k form filed in January 2020 (before I was furloughed. So who knows how many are left).

 

[CMNTMXR57]

So trying to find a thread where we talked about the former Sears, I found out yesterday, that the corporate HQ in Hoffman has been sold (around Mid Sept) for $194M. It (the campus) will be demolished and a new data center will be built on the property. No date has been set for demolition yet though.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Weird mall

 

[CMNTMXR57]

Just looked for a recent topic where we talked about the company in it.

 

[Mr_Roboto]

Really there's only a few stores in a mall I'd miss, otherwise it's a place the wife kinda drags me through. I miss Radio Shack as horrid as they were it's nice to have a place you can find a couple resistors now and again. I miss Frys for the same reason although they went down hill later in life sadly. Clothing stores and places that sell trinkets overall don't appeal to me much.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

Really there's only a few stores in a mall I'd miss, otherwise it's a place the wife kinda drags me through. I miss Radio Shack as horrid as they were it's nice to have a place you can find a couple resistors now and again. I miss Frys for the same reason although they went down hill later in life sadly. Clothing stores and places that sell trinkets overall don't appeal to me much.

Micro center is where I go for that kind of stuff, otherwise Amazon is usually a day away.

 

[Maro]

Cinnabon sounds good about now

Fuck everything else, this is the only real reason to go to a mall

 

[SpeedSpeak2me]

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Fuck everything else, this is the only real reason to go to a mall

You can still get them. The Love’s truck stop on north Ave in Carol stream bakes and sells them.

 

[ChrisRac]

This. Sbarro and arcades are the only thing I miss about malls.


The rest can fuck off

There’s one at Arrowhead and I saw one in Eloy a couple weeks ago.

 

[Lead Pipe]

I do miss malls. I can't stand Christmas shopping at places like Algonquin Commons or Deerpark. You sit in traffic so much more often having to go to all the stores you want instead of just sitting in traffic once on the way in and once on the way out. Amazon is an option but sometimes it's nice just to get out. I treat Amazon like Harbor Freight meaning it where I buy my cheap chinese garbage.

I am looking forward to where malls are heading though. How we knew them is dead but Spring Hill is supposed to be repurposed with more restaurants, bars and housing. They have been doing this to Hawthorn and it's pretty cool. It really only benefits you if you live or work close though and I do.

 

[Andrew222]

This Christmas I also understood that I miss malls, mostly for the atmosphere.

 

[Jimy Bilmo]

This Christmas I also understood that I miss malls, mostly for the atmosphere.

 

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[Z28Camaro]

It’s interesting when I visit Mexico, there’s a mall very close to the hotel I stay at in downtown Monterrey. It’s got 2-3 levels and is enormous. Has one of everything it seems, a ton of brands from international to local places. Even has 2 or 3 7-11s in it. One shop that caught my eye sells hand made knives of all categories (I will post photos of it some time). It gets to the point that it feels like a time warp where mall culture never died and this is what it would be like if it was still a thing in the US. So yeah, at that point I feel like I miss mall culture a bit because it’s actually still worth going to.

 

[sickmint79]

in mexico city i think i ended up at more large department stores than malls, but the two movie theaters i would hit up were both in malls, one pretty big and popular. same place i karted w/izzy.

malls are still pretty big/popular draws in thailand and the philippines.

 

[VenomInside]

All the malls by me are basically empty. But, for instance, Golf Mill, there are plans to make it an outdoor mall again (similar to what they did to randhurst). Who knows.

 

[VenomInside]

Is woodfield still as popular as it was? I remember that place being PACKED no matter what.

 

[01Cobra]

All the malls by me are basically empty. But, for instance, Golf Mill, there are plans to make it an outdoor mall again (similar to what they did to randhurst). Who knows.

Outdoor malls make sense in the Midwest for 3 months.

 

[Pewter-Camaro]

Have been to woodfield twice in the past couple months and it’s not dead at all. It was surprisingly busy and full of stores still. seems to be the only remaining holdout.

 

[VenomInside]

Outdoor malls make sense in the Midwest for 3 months.

Right?!?

 

[LikeABauce302]

It’s interesting when I visit Mexico, there’s a mall very close to the hotel I stay at in downtown Monterrey. It’s got 2-3 levels and is enormous. Has one of everything it seems, a ton of brands from international to local places. Even has 2 or 3 7-11s in it. One shop that caught my eye sells hand made knives of all categories (I will post photos of it some time). It gets to the point that it feels like a time warp where mall culture never died and this is what it would be like if it was still a thing in the US. So yeah, at that point I feel like I miss mall culture a bit because it’s actually still worth going to.

Is that the one in San Pedro Garza Garcia? That mall is massive. It's fun to walk through there. It is kind of like a step back in time. It's always busy and every storefront is occupied. It's so different than the current state of our malls in the U.S. It's also crazy to still see Sears stores in Mexico.

I was at Yorktown Mall recently and it was kind of depressing. It was a weeknight, but man that place was quiet. A lot of storefront vacancies and a huge vacancy where Carson's used to be.

 

[radioguy6]

Is woodfield still as popular as it was? I remember that place being PACKED no matter what.

considering the times they have been doing okay, the mall has maintained a 95%+ occupancy rate. Schaumburg is also rezoning some empty office space surrounding the mall for residential conversions, seems like a no brainer.