Emerald Square is a three-level enclosed shopping mall located in North Attleborough, Massachusetts, situated along U.S. Route 1 and I-295 near the Cumberland, Rhode Island border. Opened in 1989, the
Emerald Square Mall in October, 2008
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.
Emerald Square
…Attleborough and surrounding communities increasingly viewed the mall as a source of blight. Over time, Emerald Square developed a growing reputation as a “dead mall.” In February 2025, the mall experienced a significant water leak due to snow and ice accumulation, leading to a temporary closure. The North Attleboro…
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.