DEAD MALL: Richmond Town Square - Richmond Heights, OH

[@snowandice8804]

I love how you can make the music sound like it is playing in the mall.

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

I was there in 2017! I was surprised, at the time, the mall was so dead.... yet the food court was entirely populated then.

[@RawRealRetail]

Oh that's pretty awesome, dude! Our video on this place comes out tomorrow afternoon!

[@WallieB26]

Awesome! I'm looking forward to the Christmas decorations. Lol I mentioned that you guys went here at Christmas time so people would see Christmas decor verses the Halloween/Fall decor in my video. LOL

[@starwhisper7869]

Thank you so much!!!!!! My parents both worked at that mall in the 70's, 80's and 90's. That place was so much of my childhood.

[@bokclytzii5538]

The entrance looks like a hospital entrance

[@Abuanas2019]

This brings back memories... I got my first bike from that sears, learned how to drive in that back parkinglot used to get my haircut from MoBazz in the mall

[@slackingpacking]

I love the aesthetics on this mall so pretty but of course the Macy’s is a storage unit place, imo is a waste of space.

[@KevinPlaysGuitar]

Pretty nice mall! It's pretty clean as well. I like that VW peace bus claw machine at 10:43.

[@alexkomada8600]

This is a sad thing to see Wallie. Looks very nice inside. I'm glad you and others are filming places like these to keep the memories alive. Sending you and Kayla best regards from Arizona

[@JiMMyCalrissian]

Lmao. I used to work at this mall. I worked at the Payless there for about a few months. It sucked when I worked there and slowly after that Payless closed. It’s just nothing to do in Richmond Heights lol

[@zythr9999]

You may not remember when the Hillcrest Area, which Richmond Heights is a part of had racial issues.

[@kimberlykovach6236]

You're in my home state! Getting closer to where I lived! Thank you for the great content. Stay awesome! 😀

[@roselyncampisi822]

I loved going to sears. I loved everything including the popcorn

[@wesleyshelton1986]

i use to go there alot when i was a kid, a teen and growing up and had so much good times there and i remember they used to have an arcade there back in the 90s...it used to be jumpin and now sad to see it all fall down..

[@zythr9999]

Exact same thing happened to Randall

[@wesleyshelton1986]

@@zythr9999 sure did

[@zythr9999]

@@wesleyshelton1986 Yes, the Debartolo family owned both if I'm not mistaken.

[@wesleyshelton1986]

@@zythr9999 o ok

[@zythr9999]

@@wesleyshelton1986 Yes it is true, if you noticed the layouts of both were very similar.

[@SBJ84]

Another reminder that everything in life eventually ends

[@zythr9999]

it didn't have to be this way. When parents started dropping their kids off, and said kids started trouble it was a matter of time. The same fate happened to Randall Park

[@jhunterfes]

I would say Planet Fitness it anchor store now

[@Optopolis]

Looks like it had a Best Buy Mobile... last time I saw one of those was in my own mall, and that location is long gone too!

[@robertwalton1054]

It did, this used to be the one of if not the best malls in the area

[@CoinHuntingDrew]

Grew up going to this mall. Lived less then a mile away. Watched it die, too.

[@justinbernard2685]

used to ride my bike as a kid to see movies here

[@jet34thehawk]

Awesome video

[@WallieB26]

Thank you!

[@mattdog558]

The mall of America here in Minnesota is doing very well should come check it out

[@W4ZFN]

You do not know how bad I tried to get here on time as a member of the noti squad but I had my own video to make rip

[@racheldehaan1331]

Great video as always wallie

[@iBry232]

The Cinemas Outside Facade looks like the Facade of the Randall Park mall Theatre

[@brandonb.6099]

I like that yellow claw machine with toys that looks like an old school bus or truck. Great video wallie, thank you.

[@WallieB26]

I'm glad you enjoyed! Thank you!

[@mjg263]

Yeah that’s pretty cool. I think it’s a reproduction of an old 1960’s hippy VW Microbus

[@garbage854]

Cool 😀

[@Hail2th3k1n6]

That candy vending machine was pretty cool!

[@WallieB26]

I know, right?!

[@louisaloi9178]

Yet another Cleveland area mall heading for the dustbin of history.Leaving CLE area with Beachwood Place & Great Lakes enclosed malls on east side and Great Northern & Southpark enclosed malls on west side.I think now is sustainable in what used to be a very overmalled area.🙇‍♂️BTW Wallie Warren's Eastwood mall is getting a new Boscovs and a big event center according to Youngstowns WKBN📻

[@kellyl7688]

Louis Aloi I wish Boscov’s would come to Northeast Ohio! I love that store...❤️

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

It's no better in Akron... we all saw what happened to Rolling Acres; Chapel Hill Mall is headed in that same direction... need I say more?

[@louisaloi9178]

@@dianeadkins-diorio1783: Akron's become a one mall town with demographics show should be a one mall town.Just hope for Summit malls sake the panhandlers & criminals don't ruin it too.🖐

[@louisaloi9178]

@@kellyl7688: They are @ least to Eastwood mall in Niles,Ohio.With our Midway mall with no anchors and dying would love to see Boscovs in Elyria/Avon area west of Cleveland.

[@xc7049]

Back in the70's there was a mezzanine in the center with a pet shop. They always had puppies in the window. There's a Macy's in Stow Ohio that will be closed in a couple months. It's been there 55 years.

[@nancydarling4918]

Good video. Thanks.

[@TomsTerrificRetales]

Without a doubt the creepiest mall I ever visited. Eerily silent all throughout with the only other people we saw being the employees for what's left and (get this) the Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus they had a setup for by Cubesmart Storage.

[@roselyncampisi822]

They used to have nice store on the second floor. My stepsister and me would always clime the stairs. It was really n I ce then. We always shopped there

[@patricksaxon3983]

I like how the mall has windows up above on the sides. Very clean and well keep up.

[@AroundIndiana]

Looks like a cool place. Dead but cool.

[@letapearson2043]

Great job filming this mall, Wallie! Looks like a decent place to shop, sad to see it so empty! Thanks for sharing and have a great day! 😀

[@kellyl7688]

Leta Pearson The area was never really safe.

[@letapearson2043]

Kelly L Hi Kelly! I didn’t know that, was it a high crime area? Thanks for the info! 👍

[@kellyl7688]

Leta Pearson Yeah, a friend of mine is a police officer in that are, and told me under no circumstance should I ever venture there at night. Another friend of me had a cat stolen not too far away...yeah, it’s not a great area.

[@letapearson2043]

Kelly L Thanks for the info, Kelly! Maybe when it first opened it was okay! Good luck to you and your friend, and have a great evening! 🌙😀

[@patriciamorrow8927]

Hey wallieB, AWEEEESOME video. What a great opening beginning, excellent video . Stay safe & safe travels. Thank you for filming. Are you joining Ace in Knoxville, Tennessee on Jan 31st, For a fan meet up ?

[@cantcomeupwithausern]

So crazy. I jsut looked this up because the mall is being ripped down right now... looked pretty nice inside in your vid... what ashame

[@ZipGB8]

Fan 4 Life actually started in the Euclid Square Mall in the mid 90's. And I'm surprised to see it's still there today. One of the only places in the area that sold Mitchell and Ness hats.

[@adamsATSfan415]

I spell correctly there was cause there was a mall I went to in the past and I didn't had a Sears it was in Massachusetts I think

[@yajairagonzalez4674]

Malls were so much fun to go, thats sad😥

[@WallieB26]

I love going to the mall and walking around and checking the stores and aesthetics out. Usually always a fun time to spend a few hours.

[@wesleyshelton1986]

sure was

[@sammym6568]

This the mall I met my 1st girlfriend when I was a high school freshmen 2000 lol

[@wesleyshelton1986]

i met a ton of girls there cause it sure was a ton of them there..they gave me more looks than i did to them just didnt know from what ive imagined..one told me heyy sexy back in ‘09 when the mall was still alive then.

[@toddament8035]

That's a former Loews Cineplex exactly like the one in N. Versailles which had 14 screens on 'low side' and 6 screens on 'high side'

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

This mall is not that far south of another dead mall, Euclid Square Mall, that is now an Amazon distribution center... a short way in the other direction, in Lyndhurst, are two more upscale malls (Legacy Village and Beechwood Place)...

[@kellyl7688]

Diane Adkins-Diorio Beachwood Mall isn’t doing super great. There has been some shootings in the last few years, and there seems to be more and more vacant store fronts. I LOVE Legacy Village, but even they seem to have a high turn over. Things haven’t been the same without Charming Charlie’s and the Apple Store.

[@fan4life34]

Beachwood mall was ranked ohios most dangerous mall in Ohio back in Feb of 2019!!! 4 shootings... Car jackings......riots.... Drug dealing..... Fights..... Tons of shoplifting etc, over 1,700 police reports in 2018 alone!! Great Lakes is 10 times safer and has more to do, Beachwood place will look like Richmond in 5 years, it's gotten very very bad, the bus line has ruined it like it did Randall, Euclid, and richmond mall!

[@indieisin]

Did u go to microcenter if you were in the area? I actually live here. The mall is being redeveloped to condos and a shopping center but honestly it's gonna take forever. Kinda cool to see my small town on here. Thanks for stopping by!!

[@zythr9999]

Sadly, your town is sad, like most of the East side.

[@Janscreatons]

Are all malls dead? It seems like it.

[@ERA_Productions]

I filmed this mall not that long ago, and apparently this mall is getting demolished, it is really sad to see this please go, this place used to be packing with people, and now it’s completely dead

[@WallieB26]

I saw that! I think you were there about the same time I was. Lol

[@ERA_Productions]

WallieB26: it’s kind of a coincidence, I filmed my video back on November 28th 2019 for an exact date

[@fan4life34]

They are rebuilding it soon, it will be like pinecrest/crocker Park by 2022 the mayor says! Retail... Restaurants.... Luxury apartments etc

[@ERA_Productions]

@@WallieB26 as an update of 2021: this mall has officially closed its doors as of May 16, 2021. They are planning to re-develop the mall and turn it into the bell oaks complex.

[@kenlahmers9648]

A cleveland TV station just today (Aug 29, 2024) reported on the redevelopment of this mall. The building is nearing all gone now, and a Meyer store is being built. Supposed to open spring 2025. High-end apartments will be built, with rent from $2,000 to $2,500!!! Nobody who I know would ever pay that kind of money. I wouldn't pay $400 a month to live in Richmond Heights!!!

[@kenlahmers9648]

Meijer ....

[@southfla2003]

Great production 👍

[@billythomas119]

There is a finish line. There. And I think. I seen a Jimmy jazz. Too

[@fan4life34]

And a great sports store called FAN4LIFE SPORTSWEAR, they have been there since 1999!

[@tributecentral22]

This mall looks very much alive compared to the Northgate Mall here in Lafayette. But I can see why you call it a dead mall - almost no people, and a lot of closed businesses. P.S. When you showed the Payless Shoesource, I thought about the one that's closed not far from Northgate Mall. Feel free to check out that video if you want to.

[@unknownuser..._...]

Wow, it’s a shame I bet this mall is gonna close in 2021 even JCPennys closed but the editing job is awesome I love the first song dude good luck getting 20K subscribers I remember when you had 800 I’m an OG here it’s weird I hope this mall comes back to life...

[@rmx77]

right now in seattle there is the same thing happening with a mall there which is the first indoor mall in the usa. its being turned into a hockey training rink and retail will still be there but for now its being demolished and worked on. its expected to reopen when the light rail line opens there in 2021

[@AndysRetailExploration]

rmx77 What about the dying Three Rivers Mall in Kelso? I’ve been there last summer and there was barely people hanging out at the mall.

[@rmx77]

@@AndysRetailExploration I haven't heard never been there sadly

[@dashcamcreate1587]

Nice. A mall that I'm actually familiar with. I enjoyed shopping there. I'm wondering if it's still open.

[@zythr9999]

You're being funny?

[@dashcamcreate1587]

@@zythr9999 I must have meant that I had been wondering if it was open before seeing the video.

[@zythr9999]

@@dashcamcreate1587 Oh Okay, I understand. I believe there were a few stores still open; now they are all gone. and they were starting to demolish it if I'm not mistaken.

[@Jessicanyc]

Now the OV Mall in StClairsville Ohio will officially die now , the Macy's is closing 😦

[@WallieB26]

I saw. That's awful. Kayla and I plan to go there to get a video or two out of it on top of shopping whatever sales they'll have.

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

Geez, I hope not! :-( I love that mall, and it still does amazing business! Look at it this way - they've successfully replaced THREE anchors in the last couple years (KMart, and two Bon-Ton owned anchors)... maybe they'll replace Macy's too!

[@news89]

I forgot about this mall. It seems like Northeast was overmalled. Overall this mall looks clean and sad at the same time.

[@kellyl7688]

news89 There’s really only two malls left in the area. 😕

[@nickgorsuch2582]

There is a company that bought up a few 100 malls throughout the US they bought one in the town I just moved from and they bought the 1 in a town I live in They're going to tear down all the malls they bought put in outlet strip malls apartments hotels anything that can make money other than a regular mall It is sad to see all these malls disappearing it's like a whole generation lost

[@deadchannel4286]

Grate video

[@WallieB26]

Thank you!

[@deadchannel4286]

@@WallieB26 np

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

Kohan Retail Investment Group owns this mall too? They also own Chapel Hill Mall in Akron, and that mall is well on its way to sharing the fate of another infamous abandoned mall in Akron... could we be seeing yet another Rolling Acres in Richmond Heights?!!!!

[@kellyl7688]

Simon should have turned it over to Washington Prime like the Great Lakes Mall. They are doing a pretty good job with that mall.

[@dianeadkins-diorio1783]

@@kellyl7688 I've been to Great Lakes before; they've done an awesome job with that mall... now if only they could find something to put in that vacant Sears space...

[@kellyl7688]

Diane Adkins-Diorio I hoping for Boscov’s. They would be perfect...

[@JohnDoe-ld8nr]

As of right now, no, this will not turn into another Rolling Acres. There is currently a still active redevelopment plan to demolish the mall and build a $200 million mixed use luxury residential and retail development named Belle Oaks At Richmond Road.

[@DAVIDSRETAILADVENTURES]

Wow! Nice video Wallie

[@WallieB26]

Thank you!

[@kellyl7688]

I live like fifteen minutes away from this mall. 😊 It’s so dead...

[@WinDogeFromYouTube]

Like this comment, if you agree Wallie, you should try pulling on the windows of slideing doors, one time i hit one with a shoping cart while the door was open

[@imahustla5029]

Is planet fitness inside the mall?

[@fan4life34]

Yes, along with 25 stores now

[@sirosis7858]

Demographics matter. In 1990 Richmond Heights was 85% white. Now it is 42% white and those are mostly older and elderly, and that number is dropping quickly.

[@adamsATSfan415]

Did this had a former Sears which closed.

[@roselyncampisi822]

After they renovated it i went in the mall. I thought it was so depressing. All this dark wood and bad lighting. I had to walk out and i never went back. Malls should be bright and cheerful. Not Richmond mall.

[@exploringretail2772]

First