The Malls of New Orleans

As most people in the United States heard New Orleans is currently an evacuation zone due to Tropical Storm Barry’s path. Lets take a look at The Malls of New Orleans hours before the storm make landfall.

The Esplanade

The Esplanade is located in the town of Kenner. The Esplanade is has been on life support. It’s owner is Kohan Retail Group, which is infamous for owning dead malls. They currently have 135 stores and four anchors. Their anchors are Dillard’s and Target. The mall was only closed for two months after Hurricane Katrina and didn’t need to be rebuilt. I hope the mall doesn’t get majorly damaged if any.

Oakwood Center

Oakwood Center is located in Gretna and is no stranger to damage. During Hurricane Katrina over 80% of the mall was damaged by fire and water the worst damage for a mall during Hurricane Katrina. The mall was demolished and was rebuilt and opened in 2007. I hope the damage isn’t bad or no damage at all.

Lakeside Shopping Center

Lakeside is the most popular malls and also the largest in New Orleans. Lakeside is in New Orleans suburb Metairie. Many exclusive shops you can’t find anywhere else in New Orleans reside here. Madewell, LEGO, and Apple just to name a few. The mall only received minor damage from Hurricane Katrina. I hope the mall will receive little damage if any.

Canal Place

Canal Place is New Orleans home to many luxury retailers including a new Louis Vuitton store. Other shops include Tory Burch, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Tiffany & Co. During the storm in 2005 their was a fire in the Saks Fifth Avenue. The mall reopened about 6 months after Hurricane Katrina and Saks reopened that November. I hope this mall doesn’t receive a ton of damage.

The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk (Former Riverwalk Marketplace)

The former Riverwalk Marketplace is used to damage. Riverwalk is quite new too. I just feel bad for everyone!

Sending my love to New Orleans.

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Greendale Mall, Worcester, MA

As my return post to the blog, I decided the best mall to write about is the now-demolished Greendale Mall in Worcester, Massachusetts. Greendale Mall was a very different place in design, department stores, and its tiny footprint. However, this small footprint was a key marketing tactic that the mall used in its earlier years and was proven to have worked because of how successful the mall was up until the 2010s. I can see what was so appealing about this mall before it died and it is unfortunate that I never got to see it at that stage of its life. Greendale Mall opened in 1987 and was a product of New England Development also developed the Arsenal Mall in Watertown which was one of my childhood malls I have many memories there in its final years. I am very familiar with the now-shuttered mall and can tell you firsthand that Arsenal and Greendale are very similar architecturally and in many other ways as well. At Greendale's opening, it was the second mall in the city of Worce

Malls I’ve Been To

Grenada Bruce Street Commercial Complex, St. George's Esplanade Mall, St. George's Spiceland Mall, The Lime United States Connecticut Blue Back Square, West Hartford Brass Mill Center, Waterbury Crystal Mall, Waterford Danbury Fair, Danbury Enfield Square, Enfield Mohegan Sun, Uscaville Stamford Town Center, Stamford Tanger Outlets at Foxwoods, Mashantucket The Promenade Shops at Evergreen Walk, South Windsor The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, Manchester The SoNo Collection, Norwalk Westfarms, West Hartford Florida Altamonte Mall, Altamonte Springs Aventura Mall, Aventura Bal Harbour Shops, Bal Harbour Bayside Marketplace, Miami Brickell City Centre, Miami Citrus Park Town Center (Westfield Citrus Park), Tampa Coastland Center, Naples Coconut Point, Estero Coral Square, Coral Springs Dadeland Mall, Miami Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista Dolphin Mall, Miami Esplanade, Palm Beach Festival Bay Mall (Dezerland Park/Aetergon Marketplace), Orlando Fift

Woburn Mall, Woburn, MA

Woburn Mall was a a small mall in the shadows of the large Burlington Mall. The mall was never busy on the inside. You’d think by looking at the parking lot it was packed inside because the parking lot is small and the big tenants are right at the mall entrance like Market Basket, and TJ Maxx. There really isn’t much history on this mall because of it size I’m thinking. I am guessing that the mall was built in the early to mid 70’s. The mall was renovated which is honestly shocking in 2004. The Frabric Place which was the anchor in Center Court closed in 2008. The mall had a strange tenant mix. They had many discount oriented shops but not really regular mall chains. They really wanted this to be a place that you could go to and get your groceries, shoes, and takeout at Uno’s. They did have some chains but it wasn’t special. Some of the chains were Talbots Outlet Store, Payless ShoeSource, and GNC. They had a Sports Authority just like many of the dead malls in the area. Th

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