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Malls are becoming very passe' in the US. Yes, they still exist, but they are indeed dying. Having the most malls is nothing to be proud of. That being said, successful malls would be something to be proud of. The best malls today offer a variety of indoor/outdoor, and many specialized restaurants, and near a fast growing business area. Perhaps a big cineplex near a food court? I don't know, this is variable around the country.
I can only speak for areas around me. Bellevue Square is an upscale mall in one of the largest suburban cities in the country, outside of Seattle. It does well. Also, to the eastern part of WA State, there is a large mall that serves many nearby rural counties, this kind of mall does well as sort of a central location within a wide area. In this case I am referring to Columbia Center in Kennewick, WA (Tri-Cities, WA), and it is the only major mall within 150-225 miles all around.
I think this is what is happening in Canada as well.. A lot of the expansion of the malls here are actually including more than your typical shopping experience. They included expanded food courts and gourmet dining. There's also a swing toward more upscale stores with 'Style Experience Guides' that will arrange valet parking for you and literally take you shopping for a new wardrobe - so something much more personalized.. I read they are even starting to call them 'Lifestyle Centres' and tenants are more varied than just shops.
Thanks, fellas. When I think of malls, I think of a massive building comprised of a few big box stores and dozens of smaller ones, surrounded by a sea of parking. Sure, most malls are usually a bus hub of some sort, but I was actually struggling to think of ones where you can just hop on a train and get there. Glad to see that there are far more than I initially thought (though it still seems heavily skewed to the automobile).
kidphilly, are they doing anything with The Gallery? Last time I was there, it wasn't exactly a premier destination.
Yes, the Gallery is being rebuilt and will be renamed. The construction project will likely take a couple of years. The transportation network, that was associated with it, is unaffected and operational.
There's another outdoor mall being built across Market St that should be finished before the new "Gallery".
Malls are becoming very passe' in the US. Yes, they still exist, but they are indeed dying. Having the most malls is nothing to be proud of. That being said, successful malls would be something to be proud of. The best malls today offer a variety of indoor/outdoor, and many specialized restaurants, and near a fast growing business area. Perhaps a big cineplex near a food court? I don't know, this is variable around the country.
I can only speak for areas around me. Bellevue Square is an upscale mall in one of the largest suburban cities in the country, outside of Seattle. It does well. Also, to the eastern part of WA State, there is a large mall that serves many nearby rural counties, this kind of mall does well as sort of a central location within a wide area. In this case I am referring to Columbia Center in Kennewick, WA (Tri-Cities, WA), and it is the only major mall within 150-225 miles all around.
The previously mentioned King of Prussia Mall, in suburban Philadelphia, already is, and will become more so once its current expansion is finished this summer, a massive upscale mall. It has been doing really well for many years. There's never been a down period for it that I'm aware of and the mall has existed, in some form, since 1963.
I thought shopping malls were a dying breed. It will be interesting to see how many of these are still thriving, a few years down the road.
Here in Canada the large malls are still doing well. Very well actually. Many of them have recently undergone expansions, have expansions under construction, or have expansions planned for the near future.
Some smaller malls are doing very well too. Like Bayview Village in Toronto. It's not very big, but it's upscale. It's on the subway too, which helps.
Some of the smaller malls have not done so well. There's a mall on the west side of Toronto that is literally down to a few tenants. There were plans to tear it down and redevelop it with highrise condos. Another mall in Oakville was torn down several years ago and redeveloped with power centre/outdoor type retail (Home Depot, etc.).
Sure- I now count 34, but 2 are u/c and not yet open, so 32 existing malls that meet the criteria.
I may do the same for LA. I think it's the only metro in the U.S. (probably the world) that could match this number.
NYC
Bay Plaza Mall
Kings Plaza Mall
Queens Center Mall
Staten Island Mall
NY State
Broadway Mall
Cross County Mall
Galleria at Crystal Run
Green Acres Mall
Palisades Center
Poughkeepsie Galleria
Ridge Hill
Roosevelt Field
Smith Haven Mall
South Shore
Sunrise Mall
Connecticut
Brass Mill Center
Connecticut Post Mall
Danbury Fair
SoNo Collection (u/c)
Trumbull Mall
NJ
American Dream (u/c)
Bridgewater Commons
Freehold Raceway Mall
Garden State Plaza
Jersey Gardens
Livingston Mall
Mall at Short Hills
Menlo Park Mall
Monmouth Mall
Newport Centre
Quaker Bridge Mall
Rockaway Townsquare
Willowbrook Mall
Woodbridge Center
I'd actually be curious to know if there are any true malls that lie directly on a rapid transit or commuter rail line.
The Mall of America has a light rail station in its parking garage. Back when I was living without a car I would go there every couple of months to buy things because it was really easy to get to via transit. Now that I have a car I almost never go there.
What I came up with for the DC/Baltimore region, we don't share all of them, but at least the larger ones have decent overlap with the adjacent counties:
DC area suburbs:
Tysons Corner Center- 2,200,000 sq ft
Westfield Montgomery Mall 1,223,475 sq ft
Springfield "Town Center" indoor mall- 1,700,000 sq ft
That's 8 (or 9 if you count Pentagon City) I counted around immediate DC over 1 million sq ft (and I did not round up the one with 981,000 sq ft). With two expanding currently to make it 10 above 1 million sq in the next couple of years. The suburbs however do stretch out pretty far, so there is much overlap in at least 3 of the below Baltimore area malls in bold. Also this does not take into account the plethora of redeveloped malls torn down into the thing that DC's suburbs is most notorious for which is walkable "town centers". For one example Bowie Town Center has 755,000 sq ft of retail.
Baltimore area:
Westfield Annapolis- 1,416,774 sq ft
The Mall in Columbia, MD -1,400,000 sq ft
Arundel Mills Mall - 1,630,000 sq ft
Security Square Mall- 1,040,000 sq ft
Towson Town Center- 1,040,000 square feet
White Marsh- 1,200,000 sq ft
This makes 6 malls in the Baltimore MSA above 1 million sq ft also, not sure if I forgot any.
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This would make 14 or 15 in the CSA currently above that 1 million sq ft threshold still with many malls in the 500,-800,000 sq ft range not on the list.
Evety metro has those "walkable town centers"..
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