Lakeforest Mall, formally the Lakeforest Regional Mall, also known as Lakeforest, is an abandoned enclosed shopping mall located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. The property is currently owned by WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments who is planning to redevelop the site. The mall closed to the public on March 31, 2023. The mall featured a food court, and until 2013, formerly a large children's play area at the center. Following the closure of three of its four anchor stores, JCPenney, Lord & Taylor, and Sears in 2019, Macy's remained as the mall's final remaining anchor store until 2023, with the rest of the mall closing shortly after. Following its closure, the mall is set to be demolished the following year at the soonest.
Lakeforest Mall's Center Court in August 2021
Lakeforest Mall's Center Court in 2010; the depressed carpeted amphitheater area was removed in 2013 and paved over.
An outdated directory sign on the second floor of the mall in March 2023, on its last day of operation.
The playground on the first floor of the mall in March 2023, on its last day of operation. It fronts an arcade that formerly was an FYE.
A dead mall, also known as a ghost mall, zombie mall or abandoned mall, is a shopping mall with low consumer traffic level or is deteriorating in some manner.
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Between early 2013 and November 2017, the Bargate Centre in Southampton, England, was empty.
