someguy3 , 6 days ago (edited 6 days ago) What killed the mall: It was an experiment on the 3rd place (read up on it) and it failed at that. Big box retailers wanted big, huge, gigantic stores. So they left malls to open them. Being surrounded by parking structures doesn't look appealing. High rent for mall space. Amazon. *Other entertainment options are much better now with streaming tv, video games, etc.
What killed the mall:
It was an experiment on the 3rd place (read up on it) and it failed at that.
Big box retailers wanted big, huge, gigantic stores. So they left malls to open them.
Being surrounded by parking structures doesn't look appealing.
High rent for mall space.
Amazon.
*Other entertainment options are much better now with streaming tv, video games, etc.