Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DP. Sentimentality about old shuttered malls.

This is also a trend in commercial properties that have been abandoned since COVID. Some of the old office buildings are really quite beautiful and ornate.

Yep. And I did not find it particularly well written. Super self involved stuff. Unfortunate, because this truly is a fascinating topic.

It’s an op-ed not reporting news.

I miss the 80-90's White Flint. Holiday shopping there was a treat, not a chore.

Just three days ago, NBC said Gen Z is sparking a mall comeback.
https://www.nbcnews.com/video/exclusive-how-netflix-is-tapping-into-the-gen-z-mall-renaissance-251646021737

Malls were such a ubiquitous part of my adolescence and young adulthood that I never really thought about them as something that could possibly go extinct. As a tween, although that word had not even been coined then, I loved to spend the afternoon at the mall with friends or with my mom, who would let me loose with a little money. My childhood mall in the Midwest was torn down a couple months ago, and I still miss White Flint mall here.

Anonymous wrote:The major regional malls are going to stay and the rest are going to slowly shutdown. I wouldnt be surprised if Tyson’s is the last mall in NOVA within ten years.

Agree with this. The really good malls in the US are jam packed on weekends. While other malls with the junk stores are dead.

I blame the rise of online shopping for the general crappiness of goods now. Often I buy clothing online that, if I’d seen/felt it in the store, I would never have bought. Some percentage of that I end up keeping because it’s a pain to return things and I’m not sure I’ll find something else I like better. The mall is inefficient but I am less likely to buy crap I don’t like.

Tysons is always crowded. Fair Oaks Mall is terrifying. I also miss the mall, I miss retail shopping. It's hard to find the things I need in person anymore, so I have just restarted to the environmental nightmare that is buying multiple sizes of things and returning what doesn't fit. I hate it.

Anonymous wrote:Tyson's is packed on weekends. We live pretty close to it and my teens have both gone to hang out with friends at the mall.

But we've lost so many great stores - LL Bean, Eddie Bauer, Lord and Taylor, even Soma is gone.

I try to shop in person when I can.

I really miss that LLBean.

Anonymous wrote:DP. Sentimentality about old shuttered malls.

This is also a trend in commercial properties that have been abandoned since COVID. Some of the old office buildings are really quite beautiful and ornate.

Yep. And I did not find it particularly well written. Super self involved stuff. Unfortunate, because this truly is a fascinating topic.

Anonymous wrote:Tyson's is packed on weekends. We live pretty close to it and my teens have both gone to hang out with friends at the mall.

But we've lost so many great stores - LL Bean, Eddie Bauer, Lord and Taylor, even Soma is gone.

I try to shop in person when I can.

I feel like upscale malls like Tysons and Pentagon City remain viable. Malls anchored by places like Penney's and DSW are circling the drain.

I don’t miss malls at all

I have 2nd hand heard for a while that they were dying out, but truly believed it when my son’s 24 yo girlfriend told me “no one goes to the mall anymore”

Well OK then

Real question is what will these sprawling edifices eventually be repurposed for. If you shift so much shopping to online only (greater selection of everything) … the affordable housing of the future is a thought.

The major regional malls are going to stay and the rest are going to slowly shutdown. I wouldnt be surprised if Tyson’s is the last mall in NOVA within ten years.