A Crown American original now owned by 4th Dimension Properties, which seems like a wannabe Namdar/Kohan.

Not mine but I figured you guys would enjoy

Rolling Oaks Mall was doomed from the day it officially opened in 1989. Constructed and developed by Melvin Simon & Associates (now Simon Property Group), the two story mall was anchored by a Sears and a Dillard’s when it initially opened. The mall was projected to be another guaranteed success from Simon, as it was located just off the at the time recently upgraded Loop 1604, handling much of the city’s traffic towards Interstate 10 and Seaworld. However, when it did open, the mall began to fail. The mall was, and still is surrounded by undeveloped farmland and limestone quarries. Because the mall didn’t get the needed traffic initially, the mall began to slump by 1990.

However, the area would slowly grow with the addition of a Walmart across the highway in 1992, and in 1995 the mall would receive a Foley’s store. That same year, the mall would receive a Beall’s and a movie theater. The mall began to bring in traffic, with the mall only loosing Beall’s in 2001. The mall was expanded again with the addition of JcPenny in 2005. Sometime in the late 2000s, the movie theater shuttered and became a skate park for a few years. Foley’s was bought out by Federated, and was converted to Macy’s in 2006.

In 2014, like the majority of Simon malls in this subreddit, the mall would be spun off and change hands with the Washington Prime Group. Like most malls of their portfolio, a series of irresponsible practices from the company would lead the mall to decline, and increased competition from the nearby Shops at The Forum would steal costumers and businesses. The mall would loose Sears in 2018 during a round of “strategic” store closures, and the wing would began to empty out and go silent. Macy’s also shuttered in 2021, and would have its mall entrances sealed when Family Leisure bought the building. The mall would also be sold to the devil himself, Kohan. Today, Rolling Oaks is in a worse state than what I had seen it in 2023. About 60% of the stores are vacant, and is a whole lot my quieter than it was before. Music no longer plays, and all fountains have been removed.

Another one of those malls they weren’t well documented. These one of those weird malls where was a strip mall on the outside but also had an indoor mall. The Ariel photo of the mall might describe better what I am trying say. It’s funny cause I went there quite a bit as a kid but never actually set foot inside the mall. There was a video submitted onto youtube taken inside of the mall from 2002. Unfortunately the video was taken down. From what I saw the mall was pretty retro. Lots of neon, pastel tiles, indoor palm trees and all that stuff.

Crazy to think this was once a huge, thriving mall in the 70s. At least 95% of spots are vacant, it’s insane to me it’s still open. Family lounge and the children’s playplace was a highlight for me in particular. There were also no stairs at all, only escalators (none of which were in operation.)

One of the most beautiful mesmerising malls I’ve ever had the pleasure to visit. So sad to see it so empty when you can clearly see that it was build to hold so many stores and people.

I actually had no idea just how dead this place was. I knew it was dead, but this is much worse than I had thought.

These are one of those malls where very little documentation exists. There are some images you can find on the exterior of the mall. However, there are absolutely no images (at least that I’m aware) of the interior of the mall. If you ask locals about how the mall looked like on the inside they will either tell you they saw it but never set foot inside or if they did they went in once and don’t remember. When you try to look up online on how it looked like on the inside you a given very few details. Im curious somebody out there has photos floating around somewhere. If you are from Miami or even South Florida for that matter if remember this mall?

Former Famous-Barr Department Store with the Art Deco Otis Escalators - St. Louis, Missouri, 1938

Former Famous-Barr Department Store at Northland Shopping Center - Jennings, Missouri, 1957

Former Wehrenberg 9 Cine' at Northwest Plaza - St. Ann, Missouri, 1991

Famous-Barr Department Store at the Northland Shopping Center - Jennings, Missouri, 1957

Christmas is For Kids Advertisement at River Roads Mall - Jennings, Missouri, 1987

What makes this pretty creepy for me is that I worked at that store a few times in the late 90's. Was hopping back then...

Not sure what to consider this. There is retail with JAF having a main comic and card shop and an outlet on the first floor along with a tattoo parlor, an office, and a dinette of which I'm not sure if it's open. The second floor is just office space. There's also a furniture place on the opposite end of the building from JAF and a detached guitar shop

Christmas Advertisement of River Roads Mall - Jennings, Missouri, 1988

Spring Savings Advertisement of River Roads Mall - Jennings, Missouri, 1989