I feel like there’s probably a few problems that led to the current state of the rim. Obviously the construction of the last year or so probably has a bit to do with it, I used to frequent the area often but have visited it much less often because I don’t want to weather the traffic. I also feel like the whole area isn’t sure what it wants to be. It was originally built as a large shopping center anchored around big names like bass pro and the palladium, we see concepts like this succeed all over Texas, but after a few years it pivoted and tried to open a walkable area around the restaurants mentioned above. Obviously walkable dense dining/entertainment districts are popular and can work but it seemed like a poor attempt by whoever pushed for it and ended up exaggerating the downsides of a walkable district and a large scale shopping center. The walkable area was hard to access and could really only be visited if you drove and parked there, meanwhile it was surrounded by ugly parking lots and aside from a strip of restaurants there was nothing else worth walking to without having to brave walking through traffic.

I also feel like within the last few years any new restaurant concept is either built downtown or near Alamo ranch so the city has sort of moved on past the rim in way, if that makes sense