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Good stores keep closing and when they do they either sit empty or are getting replaced by one star local tenants nobody has ever heard of. It’s so bad here that the mall can’t even support Michael Kors or land H&M. The parking lot is full of trash and pot holes. The furniture inside is falling apart and hasn’t been replaced in years. The mall has not been renovated in over 15 years. And is anything EVER going to be done with the old Sears? Sad and pathetic. The city needs to buy the mall from useless Simon, tear it down and put a nice park on site like you see at Verdae.
Sears my be gone but they still have Belk, Dillard's, Macy's and JCPenney. The pandemic put things on hold but now as we emerge perhaps some revitalization plans may be made. I am sure they will work on some redevelopment plans for the old Sears site. In Columbia they turned the old Sears at Columbiana into an expanded Men's store for Belk. Or they will come up with some other use. Then perhaps repave the parking lot. Simon is a successful operator of top tier malls nationwide so I doubt they will allow Haywood to languish.
This has nothing to do with this particular mall in this particular city. Malls across America are dead or dying. Ditto the Department Store concept. Smaller trendy specialty retailers are doing OK and online shopping continues to grow. Which means this may in fact may not be the Highest and Best Use and razing the mall for something else could be in the cards at some point.
Haywood Mall is vibrant any day of the week, and I'd much rather see the wares of local shops than Another National Chain Selling The Same Stuff All Over. If anything there's way too much of the latter.
This has nothing to do with this particular mall in this particular city. Malls across America are dead or dying. Ditto the Department Store concept. Smaller trendy specialty retailers are doing OK and online shopping continues to grow. Which means this may in fact may not be the Highest and Best Use and razing the mall for something else could be in the cards at some point.
I can't stand online shopping especially for clothing.
There is still plenty of room for a good mall with entertainment options. You just don't need 8 or 10 in some of these larger cities like we used to have. Greenville will have a mall. Now smaller ones like Anderson and Spartanburg that have less draw and competition from larger ones nearby may suffer.
Good stores keep closing and when they do they either sit empty or are getting replaced by one star local tenants nobody has ever heard of. It’s so bad here that the mall can’t even support Michael Kors or land H&M. The parking lot is full of trash and pot holes. The furniture inside is falling apart and hasn’t been replaced in years. The mall has not been renovated in over 15 years. And is anything EVER going to be done with the old Sears? Sad and pathetic. The city needs to buy the mall from useless Simon, tear it down and put a nice park on site like you see at Verdae.
the Haywood Mall is the most joyful and euphoric mall I have seen in the last 10 years.
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