Exploring a Former Sears Store 

A closed retail store is so sad. As a child of the 1970s, i remember that Sears was the go to place for clothing, shoes, appliances, car repairs, family photos, kitchen goods, furniture, curtains and more. Incredible how fast such an icon failed and fell apart.

I love exploring old retail stores

Sears was the best store ever I remember in early October there Christmas decorations go up I was always looking forward to this to see what new Christmas decorations came out that year

My Grandmother moved from Sears downtown store to Westgate when it opened to run the domestics department until she retired. I worked in the electrical department in 1970-71. Friends from high school worked there too and we had a great time. Thanks for the memories.

I KNEW IT THE BACKROOM PICTURES CAME FROM SEARS

Fantastic presentation my friend!

I really love exploring old stores

I loved sears I grew up with sears from there 90s to the early 2000sears Christmas shops were the bomb everything from Christmas lights that play Christmas music to snoring animated Santa's to mr Christmas musical carousel I loved sears ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

The Entire mall building is about to close permanently for demolition please also do a mall tour beforehand if you haven't already

Awesome job man

Great video Jason! You should do more of these but with permission!

Great Video

Thank you for your footage! Saves me a trip And a headache trying to find the photo studio! I once remember it to being in the clothes level next to the layaway department. (8:00). I hate to see the mall fall, but that’s the way of the times, hopefully they’ll have something to remember the old complex for in the new complex. I heard something about the old Sears auto being saved for “Capehart”??

A friend of mine had a kid that worked at a Sears (Southridge Mall Greendale WI) store. Shortly before it closed in 2017, we were talking about that mall, and he always wondered why there were so many stainless steel sinks in the back rooms near the parking lot. Well, long before food courts in the 1980's started happening, they had a very good cafeteria that you entered from at the parking lot levels at most stores. And they were big! Decent food too, from hamburgers to steaks and those blue plate specials...but so few people remember or know about them. I was hoping to see if any of that equipment was left there in your video. The restaurant space later became the areas for things like lawn mowers, patio items, and a garden center.

Woah that's awesome

I like your Outro music it reminds me of Wii Sports Music

6:44. looks like someone really wanted that troffer!

"Nothing Lasts Forever"

Awesome video

Oh nice!

My father grew up in Chesterfield and frequented this store- he said it used to have an arcade and a candy shop

This was a very busy store for a lotta years-before it opened in 1976 lotsa folks in the West STL County area went to Crestwood Plaza because of Sears! They couldn’t wait for their own Sears!!!

The Sears in my hometown in Columbus closed just last year, at Polaris Fashion Place Mall. It had the cool design of a Schindler center glass elevator in the atrium with escalators, and another elevator in the rear of the store. It’s abandoned but would love to go back in.

My guy be exploring the backrooms! (the building looks like a backrooms level)

Your underrated! You need more attention.

You should go to the Sears at the Janesville Mall in Janesville, Wisconsin. The building hasn’t been gutted and has two floors. It also has a cool skylight above the escalators. You should go there before it’s too late.

The former Sears store, Chesterfield mall Missouri. This store opened up at 1976 and closed down late 2018 onto 2020. 0:12

The loud buzzing sound was from a transformer most likely to convert 480v (escalators/elevators and HVAC) to 120v (outlets computers etc)

I LOVE SEARS

I love your intro lol

My Sears closed too

Man New Backrooms Level

My Sears at Lakeline mall instead of the entrance just being gated like yours, they literally built a wall over the entrance. And I didn’t know it for YEARS, that store will likely never get open again

This looks like… the backrooms 4:02 its level 14 and level 1 at the same time

Enjoy Exploring Former Sears Store

I wish you had gone into the auto repair shop on the lower level to see what that's looking like. I took my car there a few times so I could walk around the mall (when there was still stuff in it) while my car was being worked on.

How did it feel being inside of there? Anyways great video, love the music it's so catchy! Love the soundtracks you use.

Can you do the inside of the former dillards store and take a tour there too?

Never understood why they don't convert Dead Malls into classy office space and data centers. Especially since you could revive at least some of the food courts to provide services to the new office workers (looks like Ford did just that in Dearborn). Another idea (one that's been implemented) is to put satellite campuses or community colleges in there.

Wow

I used to work at Sears

I saw two different video tours of that same store for two other people

My Freind GRM Adventures AKA Griffins Retail mall He Actually came here 2018. To flimed during closing time. On Sep 2 2018 The chesterfield sears closed and GRM when live.

ONE OF THE BACKROOMS PHOTOS!!! 5:45

How did you get a chance to film this closed store tour?

If the cab on the passenger elevator sunk and the interlock reset, would a drop key not work?

I'm aware that this was over two years ago and the freight elevator had a door issue, but to get the freight to run, you couldn't have shut off the power to the doors?

Really sad and interesting

I miss Sears. I would see that every time I go to malls. Now all of them are disappearing. I wonder what will happen to the Sears Tower though… What is amazing is when it’s abandoned, it gives a similar picture to that big fictional maze by a 4channer, *Backrooms*

HOW DID YOU GET IN!!!!

0:54 why is nobody talking about how this looks so much like the backrooms? It could actually be that the original photo that was posted on 4chan was some random Sears backroom and we would never know...

Aside from the repair shop being turned into a skate shop, what's the main building becoming?

How did you manage to get in there?

I need to find an older elevator for a house I bought that has an elevator shaft with no car inside. I wonder if I could find an old elevator and just put new hydraulics and safety devices on it.

Did that Sears have an automotive Department?

mall is demolished now?

i would be scared to go in a old sears or kmart because its all dark in like closet rooms and storage rooms, i kinda have a feeling that there is some monster hiding but i like seeing them on youtube

5:55 those most likely are fitting rooms.

*11:37* likely a Notifier bg-6 pull station. 21.Dec.2020

You should put this on premiere

Grm Adventures Know more about chesterfield mall and this sears

This seems creepy but cool.

Can you explore in a abondoned sears but in mall of america located in Bloomington mn

Just like Parkrill sears

Liminal Spaces at it's finest!

18:42 the backrooms level 0 on the left side ? 😱😱😱

Where Is Bradlees Cor

i thought it said exploding sears 😂

4:20 we saw what you did there

Remember The SEARS Store With The Glass Elevator What Mall Is That In

Honestly it looks like from Bloomington mn

OMG! HOW YOU ARE HERE

Why did you want to tour this closed store?

welcome to be backrooms

Why Do Not Go To The Place Unauthorized? :'(

1 of those "rooms" has got to be where people get "INTERVIEWED" whether for good or bad situations........

Hi I Live in Illinois I have been to that store was well when it was still open this mall will be demolished bin 2023

Sadly, this building has since been demolished.

Sadly, department stores are becoming a thing of the past. Even as the internet has taken over retail sales, Walmart remains the number one retailer in America.

In 2023

Looks very disappointing but cool exploring that. However, you shouldn't explore abandoned buildings alone

Rename: STLevators

Tear it all down reclaimed land.

I think it will be turning into the sports hall

So depressing.

Did u get to see the store loss povention roo,m

Now this is awesome! I've always wanted to explore an old Sears retail store. Whom would I ask to get permission?