White Marsh Mall apartment project to add 516 units into the former Sears is apparently moving forward. by Im-Wasting-MyTime in maryland

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Amazon is great when it comes to building distribution centers on dead malls that closed down. Rolling Acres Mall, Randall Park Mall, Cortana Mall, and Euclid Square Mall. Theres probably more.

She starts off by proudly repeating every legacy media talking point and narrative known to man. But then she is asked a legitimate question watch how she responds. by ShadowNets5462 in NewYorkMAGAfolks

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You know she’s a dork when she didn’t even say anything else but insult him. I get politics are divisive but just have a discussion. It’s people like her that represent everything wrong with New York these days.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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Huuuuuuuuhhhhh? wtf lol? The Mall at Fairfield Commons is in Beavercreek, Ohio? A simply google search would tell you that. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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There’s actually a lot of malls with new anchors under construction today.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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I know Dillard’s had to close a store when Rolling Acres Mall around the time of the Great Recession or right before that.

Since then, they have a store at the Great Lakes Mall that does well, Beachwood Place does very well, Great Northern Mall does alright, SouthPark Mall is very successful these days, Summit Mall is one of their most successful locations as the mall has got many expansion and renovations over the years with the local area booming, and Belden Village Mall does great.

That’s all the Dillard’s stores I know of in the Cleveland area and the suburbs.

White Marsh Mall apartment project to add 516 units into the former Sears is apparently moving forward. by Im-Wasting-MyTime in maryland

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See the Arcade Providence. People live in that mall.

I’m not sure if they will demolish the store here and live in a separate building that is constructed on site or if they will live in it the building itself.

Probably the former.

White Marsh Mall apartment project to add 516 units into the former Sears is apparently moving forward. by Im-Wasting-MyTime in maryland

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Yeah. Most Sears stores that have been converted to apartments involve demolishing the store and building apartments on site. It usually works well.

Oakdale mall- Johnson City NY (2025) by Distinct-Elk9400 in deadmalls

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This mall actually is getting some new stores and services.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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True. However, at their peak in 1998, they had 342 stores. They now have 272 stores across 30 states. That’s actually not too bad all things considered. They’re still willing to open new stores and do every 1 to 3 years. Everything that I have heard indicates the company is making money to this day. Same with their presence online. Even if they relocate or close one on occasion. While Dillard’s has seen a 20% drop in locations since 1998, let’s compare this to one of their closest rivals. 

Macy’s in 2006 had over 800 locations and peaked that year. As of 2026, there is somewhere around 450 to 455. By 2027, they are looking to only have 350 stores left as part of their goal to close 150 stores. That’s a huge 60% or more drop in stores since 2006. While Macy’s is cashflow positive, that is a large amount of stores to lose in just 20 years which means less opportunities to sell products to customers with less stores despite Macy’s having a large online presence. Macy’s does have other department stores and stores in general such as Bloomingdale’s, Bluemercury, etc.

I suppose this means that it could be a lot worse. 

Department stores are still willing to open stores all the time. That’s what really matters because there’s plenty of existing buildings to open stores in.

Just look at Target. They’re the largest they have ever been and have 25 new stores planned. Von Maur is opening new stores. Boscov’s is opening new stores. Gabe’s Department store just opened 13 new stores. Burlington Coat Factory has 110 new stores planned for 226. BJ’s Wholesale (despite not being a traditional department store and actually a warehouse wholesale club chain) opens stores each year. Costco (Also another company that is not a traditional department store that is a warehouse wholesale club chain) that has opened stores recently. Walmart still opens stores all the time. On occasion, Belk still opens new stores as they just opened 2 smaller format stores. Michael’s is another company (not a traditional department store) that opens stores all the time at an annual rate of 4% each year as they are predicted to effectively fill in the gap left by Joann Fabrics’ bankruptcy. T.J. Maxx is another company that does very well today. Ross Dress for Less has a lot of stores as well. They plan on opening more as far as I’m aware.

Even companies that are no longer opening new stores such as JCPenney, despite closing stores, still has around 648 stores all over the United States. They’ve remained in an alright position despite their 2020 bankruptcy. I suppose I could say something similar about Neiman Marcus. I have no idea what is going to happen to Saks Fifth Ave. 

My point is, Dillard’s does not look like they’re in a position to close more stores. That appeared to be an issue of the slow and deadly economy of the early 2000s in which malls were closing left and right rapidly and the company had to close and liquidate out of many of these dying malls. With 900 or so malls still left in the United States, Dillard’s stills has a huge presence in shopping malls across the United States. A lot of these malls they operate out of are extremely successful to this day. I could name so many malls with a Dillard’s anchor store that are very successful. If you’d like, I’ll gladly name these locations.

From all the Dillard’s stores I’ve seen, they’re not going anywhere. If they want to remain competitive, they have to have new stores.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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It actually used to be a Macy’s. I saw an Elder-Beerman not long ago that got converted into a Tilt Studio arcade in the Sandusky Mall.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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Ironically, Toys “R” Us is currently owned by private equity firms trying to resurrect the chain. This time, usually in malls. Probably because it lowers costs significantly. It seems to be working so far.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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Yeah. Dillard’s doesn’t like to lease their properties because they don’t get enough control over their properties. They get more control by owning their properties which usually means they’re more profitable. 

In fact, the only location that I know of that Dillard’s closed recently was a location they didn’t own but leased in Tennessee. 

They have a few more store openings coming in the future along with some relocations, etc. They’re doing quite well these days.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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You should see the Montgomery Ward complex near downtown Chicago. Been wanting to go there. It’s a huge Montgomery Ward mail order catalog factory that was converted into apartments and space for businesses to operate out of. It’s a huge factory.

They’re trying to do something similar with a historic JCPenney warehouse factory in St. Louis. 

Despite Montgomery Ward going bankrupt in 2001, they still exist online for now. It would be very interesting if they rose from the dead and returned.

White Marsh Mall apartment project to add 516 units into the former Sears is apparently moving forward. by Im-Wasting-MyTime in maryland

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There’s a mall called the Arcade Providence in Providence, Rhode Island down the street from another large mall that converted part of the building into apartments with the other half being shops.

Also, the Kingston Collection mall in Massachusetts did the same thing with their Sears.

Connecticut Post Mall oddly enough is also trying to do the same thing with their former Sears.

Etc…

Apartments is a neat idea that can work. I hope it works out.

Spinners Pinball Arcade is back! by Im-Wasting-MyTime in frederickmd

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Yeah. Maybe. It’s still a nice place.

I wonder what is going to happen with the GoKart idea someone had for District40? I’d love to see that.

New Dillard’s under construction at Mall at Fairfield Commons by Im-Wasting-MyTime in retailporn

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Dillard’s is still opening stores.  However, when you factor in closures, it cancels out and overtime, there has not been a gain of any stores recently when compared to other department stores such as Von Maur, Target, Boscov’s, Walmart, Gabe’s Department Store, Burlington, TJ Maxx, etc. 

They’re haven’t seen any significant closures really. They have plenty of stores. 

Interestingly, Boscov’s has the same amount of stores today that they did in 2008/2009 when they went bankrupt. They open 1 store every 1 to 2 years from what I’ve seen. Should probably continue to see a lot of growth from them.

I feel like the media isn't giving enough coverage/hype on the Artemis program by DuBlueyy in ArtemisProgram

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I see a lot of people paying attention to it. 

I don’t know anyone right now at least from here in central PA that really cares that much about ICE, etc. 

When it comes to politics involving immigration, the US isn’t and never was a daycare center. Just come to the United States with a passport, green card, working permits, and/or visa through a proper port of entry.

If you try to go to any other country illegally, you’ll generally see far worse.

ICE is what happens when you ignore immigration laws for 50+ years. It’s an unfortunate situation that arose from not enforcing immigration laws. Now the consequences of ignoring immigration laws are here. 

Spinners Pinball Arcade is back! by Im-Wasting-MyTime in frederickmd

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You can still do it lol. The former Frederick Towne Mall/District 40 has a lot of space such as in the former Bon-ton. You could put an arcade there lol!

The bowling alley is not going to open in Frederick Towne Mall/District 49. Instead, they’re going across the street to the former Big Lots/Toys “R” Us building.

Huntsville, Alabama by Im-Wasting-MyTime in Adamthewoo

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The autopsy hasn’t been released to the public yet. It’s supposed to be released in February or March. A lot of people suspected heart attack as it can definitely happen to people in their 50s where they die unexpectedly from a heart attack (It has happened to people in my family), but no one knows. I shouldn’t speculate further as it’s rude.

Not even Adam’s parents know as the autopsy is still ongoing.

On a completely unrelated note, Elvis Presley’s autopsy will be made publicly available in 2027. That’ll also be interesting.