Abandoned Walmart - Dallas, TX 

I live right by here and pass by this Wal-Mart all the time!

This store closed primarily due to high theft and constant police calls. This area of South Dallas has experienced a substantial increase in crime in recent years as low-income residents from Oak Cliff are pushed further south by gentrification. However, redevelopment is also finally beginning to take place at the nearby Southwest Center (Red Bird) mall after years of back and forth, which should definitely help the area if successful.

This Walmart was closed due to theft and crime in the parking lot. Every time I visited this store it was always packed with shoppers day and night. I went a few times around 2-4am and it had so many people shopping you would have thought it was 3pm or something. I hated seeing this one close for sure... It was not to long before it closed they found a person that had died in their vehicle and I guessed was living in their car and had been dead for quite some time before they found the person and then maybe a year before that they found another deceased person in the field next to the store. It was definitely a bad area.

What is the location of this store. The Walmart store in South Dallas ( Redbird) closed because of theft . Shoplifters and employee theft killed the store. More merchandise passed out the door than was ran thru the register lanes.

That Walmart is on Wheatland Rd but that store closed down because it was a dead body in a car for over a week and they didn't do anything about it I think that was the second time that happen at that location

They didn’t close because they underperformed. They stayed more packed than any other Walmart that I have ever been to. There was other things going on here.

I used to work at Walmart. In the town where I worked at Wal-Mart, we had two abandoned stores. They were both older, smaller stores that were closed because Supercenters were opened to replace them. There was something of a happy ending eventually, I think about six years after they closed one of them became a Walmart Neighborhood Market. So it got remodeled and re-opened. But that's unusual that normally doesn't happen. I worked in the cash office, so I would process payments from people who would rent the empty store occasionally. The police would actually rent the empty building and do training seminars in there for example. Walmart is notorious for leaving their buildings abandoned and empty, they're big contributor to urban blight. They did take good care of the buildings in the town where I worked, they didn't let them get damaged or vandalized and they sent some people from the other store to pick up the trash occasionally and paid for security. So I give them credit for that. They don't let the buildings rot. Walmart doesn't like their locations going to their competition so they're not likely to sell it to HEB or any other retailer, but the problem is that means the store will sit there empty for a long time.

Weirddd could swear they said one of the top reasons for closure was that dead body found sitting for a hot min. 🤔🤔🤔

Before this walmart closed there was a corps found that had been sitting for 6 weeks in a in a suv in the parking lot before it was discovered...

I enjoyed the video, Wallie! It was really great that the security guard was cool to allow you to film the abandoned Walmart. You and Kayla are awesome people!

Thank you Wallie and Kayla for another great video. Love the channel, take care and have a great day and stay awesome

Here in California there's a few of Walmarts that were closed and are currently being used by the Federal emergency Management agency. Of course also known as FEMA.. I'm not a conspiracy theorist in any way but according to some City officials that I have spoken to they could house thousands of people do to a natural disaster.

Lot of crime was happening at that Walmart there was even a dead body that was in a car in the parking lot left for more than a week before it was noticed.

I literally live walking distance from there, I think the fact that someone died in the parking lot sort of contributed to the closure..

Thanks for sharing Wallie.. You don't see a Walmart closed that much at all this is a rare too see one close

Imagine some rich person buying this and turning it into their house. Not a bad idea really if you have the money. You can split the space up into different rooms and reuse some of the existing rooms; for example, the McDonald's can be turned into a kitchen/dining area, the garden center can be a patio and the stockrooms all make great storage spaces. Parking certainly wouldn't be a problem either.

They recently were trying to fix the Walmart in Garfield Heights and there is power to the building again. Lots of security just around the walmart as well. Awesome video and thanks for sharing.

This is really great content, Wallie. I wish I could do more of this on my channel. I have photographed a couple of abandoned houses and businesses here in New Mexico and I would love to find some more.

WHAT an abandoned WALMART bro that’s odd my god I can’t wait to watch this video love you guys keep up the good work!

Wallie, never seen an abandoned Wal-Mart! Really enjoyed your awesome video!

Nice change, seeing an abandoned Wal-Mart. Don't see enough of these...lol. Murphy is but isn't part of Wal-Mart, we have 2 Murphy gasoline stations with convenience stores off Wal-Mart properties which is new. We have a Wal-Mart that doesn't have Murphy but have their own gasoline station & convenience store since was built several years ago. Thank you for sharing! 🙂👍

This is by the hospital. This was one of the most stolen at Walmart in Dallas. There is an Abandoned Home Depot about 2 miles down the road that has been Abandoned for 20 years.

Just a FYI on the store remodel - All of the signage was from a remodel done 2007 - 2012. It would have been different if it was before or after that period. Remodels are usually done every 5 years - seems like they knew they would be closing and didnt waste the money on a remodel.

That's a good size walmart

I’d like to see these buildings torn down and the acreage turned back to farmland.

Awesome find!! I know of a few Walmart Supercenters abandoned I've seen on lists, but not in person! Great job!

WOW! Not too many abandoned Walmarts in my area or anywhere! Good video!

I live in dallas i still remember going that Walmart when it was open

I used to work there lol

Actually Walmart is going through another remodel of their stores

God dang that Garden Center though, I don't think I've seen one that sticks out so far into the parking lot like that! I was once approached by a security guy in a plaza a while back, and same exact thing happened. I have an open Walmart near me that has a murphy gas. Seems like sometimes Sams Club or Walmart run the gas stations, while other times, a different brand will run the gas station.

1. Oak Cliff is not a suburb. It's damn near half of Dallas. This particular location is a few blocks from Desoto in one direction and Duncanville in another, both if which are seperate suburbs but Oak Cliff is Dallas proper 2. Walmart actually uses DFW as their home market, being that Arkansas is not a market into itself and Dallas is the closest Metro area so the over saturation of Walmarts is common. I live in Keller TX and I have 7 Super Centers, 3 Neighbor stores and 2 Sam's Clubs within a 10 minute drive so it's not uncommon here

This is one rare to find a closed Wallyworld. This location has the same layout as the #2910 store in Salem, OH. The Salem store is little bit larger than this location. I do like that design above the store entrance in the glass.

A abandoned Wal Mart .lol 😂😂 there's a Wal Mart in Ohio is closed for being built on a land fill go figure

Awesome 👍👍 video

5:22 those were where the drink vending machines were

That looks like just my Walmart in the outside except the windows above the doors are different than this one in it now blue and gray it used to be that color to on this store also the Pharmacy is right next to the 2nd door in the front I never see a Pharmacy in the back of a Walmart in what a rare find in that how it works if a store is not being in a enough money to the corporate then they Shut it down to keep the company in check so they don’t lose any money thx u so much for this video I hope u have a good night

If only we see more abandoned Walmarts instead of abandoned Kmarts.

Still looks like a nice building. I bet it could be repurposed without much effort.

1:41 i love how it says "Exit"

Not often you get to see an abandoned full sized Walmart. Only ones I’ve ever seen in person are the fully abandoned one in kimball WV and the now partially repurposed one in Durham NC, both of which I have videos up on my channel about. I also once saw one of those really small dollar store Walmarts (I think they were called Walmart express) repurposed as a dollar general and a closing Walmart neighborhood market.

This walmart looks like a Super Kmart by the door been in the left and right with the design

Images of abandoned Walmart’s look surreal

It's a neighborhood market in Fort Worth that's abandoned also. Off Meadowbrook and 820

They could do to it like they did our old Wal-Mart store and divide it up into smaller stores. Tractor Supply has occupied it the longest. Then the other part has had several other things.

Nice video

That is crazy to see a Walmart that has closed, any Walmarts that I have been to have been pretty damn busy. I just thought all of them would be that busy, I guess I was wrong.

There's a WM in my area laid out similar to this one with the pharmacy in the center rear of the store. I heard that was to force people only going in for prescriptions to come in and walk down aisles and impulse buy stuff. That's also the reason why dairy, cleaning supplies, soda, paper products are also at the rear of the store. To try and get you to impulse buy.

That side of Dallas is very scary. Please be careful.

This looks almost identical to my local Walmart before they remodeled the store years ago. This was pretty much the standard supercenter design of the late 90's - early 2000's.

Screw Walmart Kmart FTW such a shame that the DFW area lost all their Kmart in the early 2000s blame Charles Conaway for that

I live in dallas incluye still remember going in that Walmart when it was open

The sad thing about that part of dallas is a lot of food "deserts". Many folks around there don't have cars and must walk to the market. Now they're stuck with the local convenience store or fast food. Even one mile is not walkable with a load of groceries. Sad for the immediate neighborhood.

I have seen Walmart’s close to open a new location. Are you ever gonna get inside any of these places?

I live approximately like 7 minutes from that Walmart and was ghetto lol

We have one here in Knoxville right next to the UT campus that they shut down after only being opens for 4 years because they said they under performed. And that store just barely didn’t make its goal. Crazy they close them up but leave the power on to them.

grew up going to this one all the time, until they built one a couple mins closer to me. surprised it closed since it was always packed but my moms friend worked at a different location n said it was due to thieves mostly, don’t really think it was performance. when they left it affected the entire neighborhood, u can see interviews of the community saying so. also doesn’t help that a person passed n went unnoticed for weeks,,,, they have a fence around the place now and a lot of the shops around there have closed n some moved to the target shopping center down the road

That's wild!!

At least the security guard was cool with you going on the property. Maybe they plan to divide the Wal-Mart in half and have two smaller stores? There's an old Wal-Mart (not a supercenter) in my town that only has about 1/4 of the store still in use, by Harbor Freight. Just a wild guess...

Plot Twist: that building becomes a local Amazon distribution center maybe ?

You know, around here we call Walmart "Wallie-World"!

That walmart be perfect for theater a movie theater and have a nice restaurant and bar I dont know about you but those ideas sound good to me..

There is an abandoned Walmart Neighborhood Market in Niskayuna. It closed in 2017 due to under preforming

I have seen investment companies come in and renovate buildings like these into strip malls. There was a K-Mart in a town not far from where I live that in the mid-2000s after the store closed it was turned into a strip mall.

My great memories here

Check out the closed Walmart in Marlow Texas . Painted Brown and a lot of cars parked there during the week

To me it seems to be rare to see Walmart closed for good in area where I live I don't see any Walmart's or Kroger's to closed for I only see some Walmart's and Kroger's move before I don't see any of them closed for good

That’s actually in front of Charlton Methodist and I’m Duncanville Texas . And yes currently still shut down and still abandoned

Murphy usa gas supplies the Walmart gas stations. I love your videos, wallie.

12 wal mart stores in that area? That's a lot; it's no wonder this store was underperforming.

It looks to me like the pharmacy was a booth in the middle of the store not very far from the back wall because there is a Walmart in Eufaula, Alabama where the pharmacy is in a booth right in the middle of the store

now a clean find

Wallmart use to own a British supermarket chain call Asda. This Asda supermarket been sold to theses two business brothers, who live in the north of England.

Oak Cliff hasn't been a city since the 1960s. Oak Cliff is a part of the city of Dallas.

4:49 On the door on the right with that yellow sticker does that say Walmart always? If it does that’s cool

Saw this thing being built in the 2000s and I knew it wouldn't last. It was known as a club

I used to always go to that walmart when it was in business

i bet they going to come back to that walmart, eventally they still paying power bill they leaving the signs incase they go back in

It's pretty rare to find a closed Walmart.

I use to go to that one sometimes or the one by Cockrellhill

Hey friend . I'm looking into making a doc on some of these abandoned shopping centers . Can we chat better on the subject ??Thanks and great content ...

They have been closing sams clubs down to over the years

That looked like some bad storm clouds

Didnt know that Walmart closed in Dallas Texas due to many close stores nearby.

Is this the Walmart right there on Wheatland rd in duncanville dallas texas?

Close proximity to other Walmart's isn't why it was shut down. Walmart closed it because of very high theft (there was even a massive amount going on by employees and management) and the Dallas Police frequently being called

Can you look at the abandoned pizza hut on West Shawnee Street Muskogee Ok?

@WallieB26 Thanks for this video,, I encourage you to do an update following this one and go back there again, other channels here on RU-vid have posted closed down Wall-Marts and they come across military personnel in the premesis or people from F.E.M.M.A,, it is a red flag right there to see a Wal-Mart close down, I highly encourage you to do a follow up. Thanks again.

It's funny to see a closed Walmart

Im from oak cliff , live in oak cliff ❤❤ much love yall

Its a nice Walmart nice size

Yep

The Kirnwood store at Wheatland road had discovered a dead man in his car who was found to be in that state for several weeks with nobody knowing this. And that one got shut down so we have to shop at the Ledbetter and i35 store or go to the one on Wheatland Rd at Clarke.

What they will probably do if they have the same idea for the stores as the ones where I’m from do. Is they will probably take the old store and turn it into a series of stores. The old Walmart a town over from me is now a Burke’s outlet a harbor freight tools and a tractor supply company and Amazon thrift store.

Don't know if you heard wallie, the obx smart is officially becoming a target.

I remember this area

They found someone in the parking lot the month before …. I heard that’s why they closed

Wow, that's rare

It is not unusual to find closed down Wal-Marts. More and more are closing. There are just way to many. Also they have laid off so many workers due to cut back of hours and revenue. But once again…. It is NOT uncommon to see a Wal Mart closed down.

Wow nothing left in the building