Macon Mall Almost Abandoned (Remastered) 

Thanks for watching! It sure was I remember it being very Live growing up from 96-08

I miss the heyday as well. Seems like it has been on the decline since 2008.

Houston mall is now a medical center and the Centerville galleria is on its last leg

All the goods time have to go!!!!!!!!!!

I spent my Childhood at the Macon Mall in the 90s. I never knew Pizza Hut was in the Mall, but I remember Taco Bell being in there. I used to get lost due to most of my favorite stores being located on the other side of JCPenney. It's sad to see that it declined. I miss the "Incredible Chocolate Chip Co." on the second floor by where Belk used to be. Remember when Dollar Tree was in the mall?

Yeah I remember when you could smoke at the food court indentation area.

i grew up in lizella ga but this was the mall we hung out at most of my life god this is sad.

Lmmaaaaao And you think this is a good thing? Shuttin the Malls down that people go to get out of the house explore, shop, have fun? Let me tell you sheep people a thing or two. Shutting the Malls down is a carefully contructed plan of the NWO ELiTE Demons. And turning them into Hospitals, That’s should tell your pea brain what’s going to be happening in the years to come (after see the Plandemic) What you need to do is resist and try to keep these Mals open. The narrator of this post is probably a lion working for them. Trying to push the idea of “Dying Malls” so that you can feel the same and not support the Malls. Wake your dead brains.

Glad this video brought back memories.

Thanks for Watching and Commenting! I'm from Macon and remember how hard it was to get in and out of this shopping center.

I'm live in Georgia as well. I'm in South Georgia

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Awesome News! I'm going by there Today to check out the progress 😀

I just recently visited the Mall and the Amphitheater website. Looks like they have some good acts signed on and some work going on in the inside with the tenants.

Amphitheater has done very well so far. Not violence, extremely large attendances, and some really good performers. I had doubts too but so far I’m impressed

@@puffm696 Oh yeah - they're going by the book as well as they can for now. I made the comment to a friend "Watch - the first band they'll get in there will be Skynyrd." It was. Next - there will be "B" country acts, and rap acts. After probably 3-4 rap concerts there - it'll happen. A gang fight will break out, and several people will be shot. When that happens, most people will just simply not go there anymore. We've seen this record played too many times.

@@cornfilledscreamer614 I rode by when they had the Moneybagg and Glorilla concert (that’s a concert that would get shot up lol). The police presence was actually *insane* . If the police are given adequate recourses I think their presence can help curb a lot of the violence. Then again, the mall had a precinct in it during its prime and there were still shootings This is unrelated but I found two spent shell casings in front of B-Turners a few months back. Kinda made me nervous being out there 😂

@@puffm696 Well - if they do have a heavy police presence there, then that's nothing but good. Hey - I hope the place survives! I just know how things in Macon usually work out...

Oh wow! Was the Baskin Robbins still upstairs by Sears at the time? where was Babbages located then?

@@undergroundretail yeah it was upstairs on the sears side, Accross from Chick-Fil-A at the time I was working there, Babbages was middle of the mall downstairs accross from Riches/Macys.

Time code 3:05 is inside the babbages looking out. I worked with him while there. I was what they called a 3rd Key Holder, Just under the assistant manager. Easily one of funnest jobs I ever had. Lots of memories and most of the former employees I still keep up with today.

I can agree! I felt like it only lasted a good 5 years, before it started going downhill.

That goes to tell you how brick and mortar stores are disappearing. Also did you check out the new Mall that is in Macon?

She probably didn’t. The new mall is excellent. Outdoor malls are popping up all over the country

I was wondering who it belonged too!!! I have to give you credit for it in the description.

Don't forget Rue 21 and Spencers. Yeah this Mall has lost its glory days and don't see how the amphitheater will help out.

@@undergroundretail last time I went I didn’t see neither of those stores

Who was the owner of the Mall at the time?

Those are great suggestions!

Same here! I miss it a lot as well as the memories.

Thanks for Watching! That's good to know that Macon was able to have 2 Old Navy stores in One Market. I believe they have 2 stores again.

Do you have any other info on this mall in the 2000s

@@mychannel3154, yeah. I grew up about fifty miles from this mall and it was the premiere shopping destination for all of Middle Georgia during it's glory days. What do you want to know?

@@87ugadawg what stores were there

@@mychannel3154, the anchor stores were Sears, Belk's, Macy's, JCPenney, Parisians, and Dillards. At it's peak, the national anchors present there included American Eagle, Gap, Hollister, Abercrombie & Fitch, GAP, the Disney Store, Aeropostale, B. Dalton, Eddie Bauer, Hallmark, Kirkland's, KB Toys, Spencer's (still there), Old Navy, Foot Locker, Bath and Body Works (two locations in the mall), Victoria's Secret, The Children's Place, Gymboree, Mori Luggage, Lifeway Chrisitian, Ruby Tuesday (stand alone restaurant in mall), and featured a two level food court.

Macon Mall isn't dying, last time I went, people still go till this day. but the amphitheater is just added for concert's (not to be rude) but when I always had gone it was just the food court this year, the whole mall was empty but just people at the courts and stuff. but why add the amphitheater and just add a restaurant. miller wasting money on stuff (not to be racist) white people to use. that's what the Macon City Auditorium.

Another major addition is indoor pickleball courts in part of the old Belk space

@@austincarter9523 know abt the pickle ball and then they doin an amplitheatre

I think they are constructing a New Library Branch Downstairs where the Police Station Use to be. I guess its more of de-malling it and making it more of a community use center rather than shopping.

@@undergroundretail yeah cause they did so the us navy thing

The Amphitheater portion?

Thanks for Watching! It's not much left at Macon Mall, but this seems like the story of any Mall that's not in a well enough urban area or surrounded by too many competing shopping centers.

@@undergroundretail No problem anytime man and yeah Macon Mall is exactly how I described it sadly! 🤔 And yeah Gwinnett Place in Metro Atlanta has faced same fate as well it’s gone as well, and Atlanta area malls such as: Greenbriar Mall, North Dekalb, and Gallery at South Dekalb are all on the way out with Macy’s gone from all three, but Northlake Mall is finally turning around which is shocking considering it’s on the verge of death as well, Southlake Mall and Arbor Place Mall are both hanging on for dear life, Town Center at Cobb is struggling now since the mall foreclosed back in February, Cumberland Mall and North Point Mall are both thriving amazingly enough, Perimeter Mall is doing okay but not great, Phipps Plaza is struggling now since Belk left, and Mall of Georgia and Lenox Square are thriving as well! 👍🏻

I remember Shannon Mall, but not Panama City Mall. Where were they? Dillard's, Nordstrom's, and Parisians were too expensive. They should have all occupied Phipp's Plaza with Lord &Taylor and that other expensive store, Nieman Marcus. I wish Sears and Penny's had been at Lenox Sq. along with the Macy's and Rich's. When I first moved here to Cobb Co., Mervyn's was at Town Centre Mall, but I was more familiar with Penny's when they moved there. It's a shame the malls are going downhill, but it's not all the internet fault. The stores like Penny's and Sears used to have catalogs and my mother used to order from them. Did anyone blame the catalogs? People I talked to at the malls when I work at B. Dalton Bookseller's Saud the crime usually kept them away and Buckhead wants its own City now. Because of the robberies, carjackings, etc.

@@virginiaconnor8350 Shannon Mall I barely remember that place, I barely remember the original Macys at that mall as well, okay Panama City Mall is a former mall one story small town mall in Panama City Florida where I currently live destroyed by Hurricane Michael, it was loosing money to Pier Park in Panama City Beach Florida even though Destin Commons and the Shops at Wiregrass Commons in Dothan, Alabama and Destin, Florida respectively had role in the demise as well, so therefore it had Dillard’s, JCPenney’s, and Sears, now it’s just two department stores left, Sears was going to close down before Hurricane Michael destroyed the mall, but they filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy during that time and the building never had the liquidation because of the storm, so they closed it along with the mall, okay Dillard’s is not anymore expensive than Macys or Belks if you really want to know, Nordstrom’s yes, and Parisians is same price range as Dillard’s no difference really, okay Phipps Plaza would have done great with Dillard’s and those stores I agree, but they were more focused on a unique luxury mall in general unfortunately, Sears and JCPenney’s would have failed at Lenox Square by now, that would have been a mistake opening those two there, Sears would have closed in the early 2000’s, and JCPenney’s would have closed probably last year or this year if that was the case, okay Mervyn’s was extremely short lived, I remember JCPenney’s at Town Center at Cobb, so hmm, yeah crime and internet are the main blame for the decline in malls, wow how old are you? 🤣 I never seen a Sears or JCPenney’s catalog my parents remember those, I don’t. 😂 Buckhead is nothing but a cesspool city it’s awful by the way. 🤔

Thanks for Watching! The original video was taken down due to Copyright of the drone footage being used by WMAZ. The music and a couple of new footage was updated. As far as the redevelopment part, I will make a separate video in the future 😃.

Thanks for commenting! Eddie Bauer, Suncoast, Sunglass Hut, Pacific Sunwear, Abercrombie, Wolf Camera, Lady Foot Locker, Express, Disney Store, Master Cuts, Finish Line, Motherhood Maternity, KB Toys... from what I can remember off the top of my head.

@@undergroundretail thank you

It was shared through a Macon Retail Facebook some years ago. It’s no longer active 😞.

Hey, It was stock royalty free background music I found. I’ll have to locate it and give you the link

@@undergroundretail Alright, thanks!

Same Here! I just stopped by there Today 😁

Hey there, I was born in Macon and lived off Edna Rd. I left Macon in 2003 but as a kid I would always go to the Mall and I loved the Arcade on the upstairs food court as well as the Cookie Spot by Belk.

Ahh Edna place. Off Napier

I agree! Looks like they have some redevelopment under way.

It's from inside Timeout arcade looking at JL's BBQ and Sbarro in the food court upper level.

@@MarinoV1Thank You

I totally Agree! It looks like some government offices are moving in and for some reason an amphitheater is going to the land next to JCPenney where the West-Wing once stood. It would be nice to see it go to Mercer or some of the surrounding colleges.

@@undergroundretail I think the amphitheater is a bad idea. Frankly, I think they should partner with the tech college and perhaps turn the facility into a high-school vocational school. The people in the area need an education that can help them crawl out of their poverty. The trades offer a way out. We need to stop trying to make everyone a college student. Instead, give them an education that they can use to make a good life for themselves and raise a family.

There used to a lake there, from what I have heard.

8 years

Thanks for Commenting! You are correct. They tore it down around the time the video was originally uploaded. This video was re-uploaded after RU-vid removed it, due to a copyright video footage.

@@undergroundretail I remember the orginal I had just moved home from Brunswick. As a tip from an old friend please if you have kids and they have special needs Don't send them to Camden or Glynn county

@@soldiersgirl9195 Why? Just wondering.

No, just a B.Dalton. Books A Million was in shopping plaza next door for a while

@@undergroundretailI just saw a picture of Barnes and Nobles in the video, so for a minute I thought Barnes and Nobles was at the Mall, was Build A Bear ever at the Macon Mall

@@mychannel3154 There is one at the “New Mall” in North Macon and I don’t believe so.

My hometown 😁

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Me Too as well

Thanks for Watching 😀. I guess it made more sense back in the day. Today they are kind of beat unless they pull off some great promotions and discounts.

Not really. WalMart can't beat anything upscale.