Century 3 and the Declining South Hills (Pittsburgh, Indiana: transfer to, shops, move to)

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by Tallysmom

That's the thing -- it appears the day of the old fashioned traditional mall is over.

People no longer want to go to a mall and spend all day looking through shop after shop after shop. They know where they want to go, they know what they want to buy and they want to get home.

Hey Mom. MEN have known this for years. You women are just catching up.

[Hopes]

Originally Posted by Tallysmom

That's the thing -- it appears the day of the old fashioned traditional mall is over.

People no longer want to go to a mall and spend all day looking through shop after shop after shop. They know where they want to go, they know what they want to buy and they want to get home.

Add to that the expense of running a traditional mall (janitorial of common areas, electicity and water, plant carem heating and cooling) -- the outdoor shopping center is making sense. Way cheaper to service = way cheaper store rents.

Out here any new shopping center is just that -- series of storefronts of 5-8 stores in short strips with plenty of parking for those stores. 15-20 of these storefront blocks on acreage, with restaurants as stand alones.

And our traditional malls? Dying or dead.

Originally Posted by COPANUT

Hey Mom. MEN have known this for years. You women are just catching up.

Funny and so true, COPANUT!

I agree that malls are dying. I certainly dont' want to spend my day walking through a mall. It's inconvenient when you can't park near the store you want and be quickly done shopping.

One of the main reasons I dont' shop at the Pittsburgh Mills is I don't know where the stores are located inside. I don't want to park and end up walking through the entire mall to find a store I want. When I have to mall shop, I go to Ross Park. I know where everything is located. I can park at the closest entrance---get in and get out.

Has anyone noticed that Northway Mall has started to eliminate the 'mall' and opening it up to being more of a shopping center?. The North Hills Village mall did the same thing two decades ago. The parking lot is constantly packed. That's proof that people prefer a shopping center over a mall.

[Little Mizz Pittsburgh]

Originally Posted by Hopes

One of the main reasons I dont' shop at the Pittsburgh Mills is I don't know where the stores are located inside.

Ain't much out there to begin with...

That mall was a waste of time, money and space being built.

[Bazzwell]

Originally Posted by COPANUT

Hey Mom. MEN have known this for years. You women are just catching up.

Oh the days wasted sitting around the malls back in the eighties while the ladies shopped around. Selinsgrove Mall over in Snyder County (where I lived during the eighties) had a little side section we men claimed for our own.

..."So, how long you been here?"... was usually the first line out. Didn't matter if you knew each other or not. If you were there, we knew why, just wanted to compare time spent.

[Someguywholiveshere]

Shopping at any brick & mortar these days is a waste of time, stores dont stock anything anymore, better prices on line, cheaper to pay for shipping than to travel to the stores. If Century 3 cleaned up the getto scene in and around the mall Im sure people would go there again but its just to scarry a place right now.

[patnedz]

Boscovs is closed in Monroeville and South hills village. It would had done better in Century tree than the stupid furniture place from macys because that store had no one there and only 3 employee's worked there. the store had closed in marchI wish century threee would do better

[igo]

Century III shows up first in the "America's most endangered malls" article. How appropriate.


America's Most Endangered Malls - USNews.com

[saturdayskids]

Originally Posted by bbrian12

the is a sonic going in on browns hill road, across the homestead high level bridge

No way!

Awesome!!

[saturdayskids]

I love ByTor, but I can't wait until he comes in here debunking all of this and saying the mall is thriving

[Hazeleyes1788]

I work at Century 3 Mall as a manager in one of the retail stores. This seems to be on my mind a lot.. since the economy might not get better soon and they might ask for another stimulus. Ugh. Is the mall closing because it's been sold to UPMC or going to be sold in the future because why should Simon Mall own two malls in the South Hills Area. Why have Century 3 Mall when they have a better upper class mall with South Hills Village. I guess? ( Oh by the way everyone we have no idea what's going on with the mall we just work their!!!I am so sick of being asked " Is the mall closing") Well I am 21 years old and I depend on my job it might not pay much but it does pay my electric/ gas / and phone bills. I just bought a new car since I paid off my used car without missing a payment because I thought hey I'd build my credit and maybe try to help the evil car dealerships who need so much stimulus money!!! Oh poor them! Oh did I mention my tuition and my school books that my job pays for in that crappy mall supposedly that no one shops at. Well if that mall does close it won't be the end of the world for anyone else but it will be for me when I can't afford the necessities to survive and my cars being repoed. I'm done now. I think I've vented enough. Good Riddance.