DERELICT - A Visit to Regency Square Mall (FL)

[@dawnpatrol700]

They keep moving the rain-catcthing barrel partitions closer together, closing off more and more sections. Now, the old Walgreens/ Old Navy is as far as you can go. The whole mall is like an obstacle course. One weekend of constant hard rain and this mall is a stream. 4 more food court restaurants closed, leaving 4 total. Amazing, because this was once upon a time, one of the most profitable dollars per square foot malls in the entire country

[@Mapmaker1559]

Wow so Namdar is _literally_ "painting over the leak". That's pathetic. Really amazed at how much history this mall has. Great video!

[@chm9935]

Namdump, Moonbeam, Kohan properties----all $lumlords

[@dawnpatrol700]

When I moved here in 92, they were finishing the new Dillards wing. There were 4 cd stores ALONE, now they have 20 stores total ( most of which are hardly ever open). With the ceiling so bad, I don't know how this place legally stays open

[@mightyshark5557]

This reminds of Hanes mall , In Hanes mall You have to go through JCPenney , in this mall you have to go through a Belk .

[@oldguy3378]

All it needs is Sears, Woolco, and Circuit City, to turn it around!

[@Casper_Cassie]

This breaks my heart. I practically lived in this mall as a teen and to see just how bad it has gotten is gut wrenching. I miss having well maintained, relatively safe, "third" places like the regency square mall was in its hayday.

[@ms.zelman3032]

A good mall and an even better food court. The food court is so artsy and decorative, along with the fountain. It's my favourite. It's sad for me to see this mall like this.

[@TenPoundHammer]

I went here for the first time in 2010. Even then, the entire west half of the mall past Belk was completely dead except for maybe five or six stores. I remember a candy store that gave me stale candy, a Peruvian restaurant, and for some reason, a Forever 21. Went back five years later and the entire west half was 100% vacant yet still open to mall walkers. I actually managed to have the place to myself for almost an hour. It doesn't seem badly located so I'm surprised it's been on life support so long.

[@STRANGExDAYSx]

Damn I was born in 81. Thanks for the tour. Nice channel.

[@MsGail61]

Yes, you said Furchgott’s right. This is the mall I shopped at during my teens and 20s. Sad.

[@ms.zelman3032]

Must be really sad for you to see a video of it dying like this. I like shopping at malls. Anyone can call me old school. I don't care what they think.

[@CoolCatProductions-365]

Namdar is another kohan type mall property owner. They have destroyed several properties like stratford square mall, Beaver Valley Mall, Enfield Square Mall, Marley Station Mall, Midway Mall and many others. I can probably go on for a long time which properties they had destroyed. Regency square is just another example of how they take care of their properties.

[@BoratWanksta]

They also have neglected Ford City Mall, River Oaks Center, and Northfield Square in Illinois. They've neglected a lot of malls indeed, hard to remember them all.

[@GarroStudio]

I actually live in Jax and I can say that the mall is still technically open. It's been limping for years and most people thought Covid would be the death of the place. As of this comment it is in operation but is even worse now than when you visited because there has been no renovation whatsoever.

[@TheNewgreatlife]

I believe this is the first complete walk-thru video of Regency Square that I've seen. It really shows just how big even the original half of this mall is. The corridor from center court to JCPenney is particularly long. I can only imagine how large it would feel to be able to walk the entire mall from Sears to JCPenney. I really wish I could've seen this mall in person during the 90s or 2000s. It always interested me. Interesting tidbit about Montgomery Ward. I didn't know it opened so late. All the info I've ever seen suggested they took over as soon as Dillard's vacated the Ivey's. This would explain the later logo I noticed was used on the building in an old pic from 2000. It was an altered version of the 80s-early 90s logo. I used to assume this was the best mall in Jacksonville because it was the largest, however, I later came to find out The Avenues had been better for quite a while. Regency Square probably hasn't truly been the best shopping center in northeast Florida since the late 80s or early 90s.

[@dawnpatrol700]

One tiny mistake - Ivys changed to Montgomery Ward in 1992, not 97. I moved to Jax in 92, and ivys was still there, but only for a couple months, before changing to Montgomery. Another Montgomery Ward, in Orange Park, went in simultaneously.

[@ARealPersonNotABot]

I was there a few weeks ago. I grew up near the mall. I remember it in it's prime when I was a kid. It was the place to be. We didn't have much then so random mall shopping was out of the question. I was able to visit as I got older. By that time the mall was already in sort of a decline. I mainly went to got to the AMC theaters across from it. I would go in to kill time. Fast forward to a few weeks ago, and it's almost like visiting historical wreckage. It was actually sort of an emotional experience.

[@mightyshark5557]

When Even GNC cant make it , you know it’s bad.

[@cecuniversity]

I love the nautical food court! Imagine if there was a LJS there..

[@ms.zelman3032]

Me too.

[@WhittyPics]

This mall seems to have gotten worse since the last video I saw. Looks like the open end is about closed too? I am not seeing many open businesses.

[@ms.zelman3032]

Oh, ok that sucks.

[@chrisjenkins6324]

Happy thanksgiving! Just watched the the wkrp in cincy eastdale mall turkey drop episode!

[@dawnpatrol700]

I thought turkeys could fly

[@chrisjenkins6324]

Classic episode!

[@klax2919]

its a shame the interiors of this mall have potential it just needs some more TLC but when ownership doesn't care about taking care of it & you have more gumball machines than tenants then the outcome looks bleak

[@nancydarling4918]

Great video! Thanks.

[@agentslimepunk]

Dang, I can always count on you to do my area so I don't have to. You're the best dead-maller on youtube!

[@DoomieGruntVentures]

No one says you can't do your own take on a known mall... well, Blart might, but still.

[@ms.zelman3032]

Yeah, Doomie is personally my favourite dead mall KZbinr. I seriously did not find a better person than him by far. I like everything about his channel from start to finish from the driving in the beginning, his mall information and the ending with the spaces in the mall shown again and the DG outro.

[@LBart218]

Gang and criminal activity is a big reason for the decline of malls, in my opinion, along with online shopping. There are malls I used to love walking that now are hangouts for teens and troublemakers so I no longer go. Even shootings have happened in recent years. This bodes very badly for retailers. You need people showing up who are going to spend money not just loiter and scare people with money away.

[@TheRedDevil_NC]

another great video. The economic reality of the way people shop combined with the increased presence of the undesirable thug, causes people who actually spend money to stop going to malls. Its a slow death with many kept open using small business tax loopholes for as long as they can. The past 25 years have flown by and so many things we used to enjoy simply have no place in modern society.

[@riddlewrong]

There was a period of time when you could walk through the dead half of the mall. It was empty and unlit. They left it open for the public to just walk through for some reason. I remember it being pretty creepy.

[@joyclark6192]

Do you have any more videos of Regency Square? I would love love love to see them.

[@joyclark6192]

Thank you you nailed it

[@felixmaldonado4493]

I heard the news that they sell and another company buys it and remodels but it is not happening. People want to save the mall. Wait and see what happens?

[@stephenbanks5860]

Hard to believe now. Stein Mart too low end for the mall?

[@applesandoranges117]

The Avenues Mall is next

[@youngloudandsnottytv]

At one point there were 2 arcades Alladins Castle & Tilt

[@brianmurphy2695]

Put a fork in this mall! Painting moldy ceiling tiles? This place is a dead man walking!

[@youngloudandsnottytv]

TILT ARCADE @7:05

[@youngloudandsnottytv]

KB TOYS @3:05

[@westonburger2546]

Go to valley west mall in West Des Moines Iowa

[@RigepFroggit]

Shame place used to be nice in the late 80s through the 90s

[@joyclark6192]

So true crime ruined it

[@ktchelseafamily3314]

Cute