A dead mall, also known as a ghost mall or zombie mall, is a shopping mall that has low consumer traffic or is deteriorating in some manner.
Interior of the second floor of Century III Mall from JCPenney in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, United States, taken on April 13, 2019 – nearly two months after it closed. It was the world's third-largest shopping mall at the time of its opening, and would later become the world's largest abandoned mall before its demolition.
A "dead" wing of the Shanghai Summit Shopping City in Shanghai, China in 2007
The City View Center is a dead plaza in Garfield Heights, Ohio.
Between early 2013 and November 2017, the Bargate Centre in Southampton, England, was empty.
The retail apocalypse is the closing of numerous Northern American brick and mortar retail stores, especially those of large chains, starting in the 2010s. The 2020s saw more store closures as a resul
Dead mall
…high profits and occupancy averages of 92%. Some retailers have also begun to re-evaluate the mall environment, a positive sign for the industry. A retail apocalypse that started in the 2010s made the dead mall situation even more noticeable. This is due to the complete closing of several retailers, as well as anchor…
Entrance to a former Sears store at Hudson Valley Mall in Ulster, New York, closed in 2018. It had been the mall's last anchor store.
A permanently closed mom and pop health food store in Port Charlotte, Florida