The Ruins of Rolling Acres Mall - Akron, OH - August 2016

[@whomstdvelyyainttdve2448]

R.I.P. Rolling Acres Mall. One of my favorite in childhood

[@mvdh877]

would be a nice film set for zombie movie

[@Kingbutwithexclamationpoint]

OMG i wish the didn't demolish it now

[@colbygavin834]

it's really sad

[@KoubuPilot]

Strange how in other parts of the country, a dead mall will sit abandoned for years like Rolling Acres or Dixie Square did. Bur here in Arizona, once a dead mall has closed, it comes down or gets redeveloped pretty quickly. Strip malls are another story though.

[@GummyDinosaursify]

Rolling Acres sat for so many years because the company that bought it kept using loopholes to avoid having to sell or lose the building to the city. They, of course, didn't do anything or even bother to hire security (hence why it declined so quickly) or pay taxes. Had the mall been sold to the city when the original owners lost it, Rolling Acres would have been taken down years ago or, at the very least, be a usable building.

[@josedcarrillo24]

JCS 5 STAR OUTLET?

[@kolbee2002]

They need to rebuild the mall and reopen

[@GummyDinosaursify]

It would cost more to rebuild it than it would be to demolish and rebuild an entirely new mall. However, due to the economy of the local area, building a mall would be pointless. They're hoping a large company like IKEA or WalMart will buy up the land once they demolish it at the end of this year.

[@coraldiamond1922]

TableWrens amazon are building a big distribution centre there. The former target still has a recycling centre using it.

[@reneehoney7355]

So sad. This place was so glamourous to me when i was young. Parisian petite sophisticate county seat...learners... Limited... Merri go round So many classy stores . the candy company. Movie theatres. How painful. The food court...the boys...the teens... Makes me 😠.

[@artiexr222]

Great video

[@kct1975]

Very Cool Video!

[@Supesfan88]

The land isn't going to Condos, right? Everything in Toronto is being taken down for more damn condos and it sucks.

[@DonaldMyers12414]

Nope the City has gotten possession of the building and land.

[@DonaldMyers12414]

lynn clayton there is two businesses in there.

[@DonaldMyers12414]

Storage of America

[@DonaldMyers12414]

And a recycling place.

[@glamourgirl2123]

Speaking of Toronto, have you heard anything on what became of the former Target stores after the company's entire Canadian division shut down? There were four or five Target stores in the Toronto area alone at Target Canada's peak...???

[@davidjackson3592]

This is what happens when the middle class is killed off.

[@LifeofMarie267]

it's also because shopping patterns change. blame the internet.

[@obider1388]

in Akron, Ohio

[@eduardogudini6898]

I hope that mall reopen

[@GummyDinosaursify]

It's being Demolished. It's too dangerous to reopen, too costly to rebuild.

[@Uncemister2]

When is it getting demolished?

[@Kingbutwithexclamationpoint]

rip

[@FlyingV555]

JUST DEMOLISH THE BUILDING ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!