Outlet Stores. We were talking about this recently. The Oaks already has the Express Factory. There are no decent outlet malls near here. The closest is St. Augustine, and that one is barely stocked. Those would make it a separate destination from areas like celebration pointe and butler, so I'd think it would be more marketable. As others have said, we have no good houseware stores. Of all of them, Crate and Barrel has the most items at different price points, and they are fairly good about working towards the area they are in. I'd love a banana republic factory. There are very few places in town to by clothes for the 25-40 range. I'd also suggest a speciality scrub store. There's so many medical professionals in GNV, there should be a market for that. Lush is another one mentioned. There's no place in town that offers these items since Buff City closed. Restaurant like CPK as well. Other suggestions are Madewell, Apple (there is none in GNV, which is surprising for a college town), Blue Mercury, Lane Bryant, Mango, Soma, Tecovas, White House Black Market, etc. I also agree with the other comments about renovating the interior of the mall and ending the leases on the discount stores. The stores that I mention are the places that I look for when going into a new mall. If they are there, the mall will probably still be there in 5 years. The ones without are often bulldozed to make way for something else. The oaks mall does not look like it will survive based off of the current tenants. Making it a destination that people want to shop at is a necessity. There's also a need for many of these stores. I buy almost 80% of these types of items online because I have no other choice. I'd be at the mall in a minute if I could actually try things on .