A West Town anchor space once occupied by Sears is now home to Dave & Buster's, Total Wine, and, not shown in the photo, Hobby Lobby. (Red square in Google map below.)
Photos by Retiring Guy
What was once Toys R Us is now home to Urban Air Adventure Park. (orange box)
What was once ShopKo, a discount department store, is now a space shared by Spare Entertainment and Crunch Fitness. (green rectangle)
KMBC, 6/10/2024
In Florida, a handful of dead mall anchor Sears stores, left vacant and unmoored by the iconic retailer’s bankruptcy six years ago, are being jolted back to life.
They won’t be resurrected into new stores, but they’re definitely being primed, one company hopes, to pull in plenty of families who’ll find it hard to resist spending money again in these big-box spaces.
That’s because even as households are skimping on buying more stuff, they are opening their wallets to eating out and entertaining themselves at places such as concerts and amusement parks.
Related West Towne Mall posts:
2024
2022
Von Maur West Towne Mall construction project site visits. (5/22 final visit)
2021
Portillo's. (11/23)
2020
West Towne Mall shuttered Shopko UPDATE: Storefront looks less abandoned in bright winter sunlight. (12/21)
Ragstock goes to West Towne Mall. (11/21)
UPDATE. What does Seritage have planned for the remaining portion of Sears at West Towne Mall? (7/1)
2019
Not so Forever 21. (10/4)
Boston Store UPDATE. While management wonders what to do with 140,000 square feet of empty space, they invite young white women to hang out. (8/19)
Can't hide the emptiness at the former Payless Shoe Source store. (8/12)
UPDATE. Space formerly occupied by Sears remains vacant. (7/9)
Wind-driven signage. (5/1)
Then and Now: North and south of the Beltline and east of West Towne Mall. (4/30)
Then and Now: North and south of the Beltline in the West Towne Mall area. (4/2)
Boston Store UPDATE. While management wonders what to do with 140,000 square feet of empty space, they invite young white women to hang out. (8/19)
Can't hide the emptiness at the former Payless Shoe Source store. (8/12)
UPDATE. Space formerly occupied by Sears remains vacant. (7/9)
Wind-driven signage. (5/1)
Then and Now: North and south of the Beltline and east of West Towne Mall. (4/30)
Then and Now: North and south of the Beltline in the West Towne Mall area. (4/2)
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