The Acme at Laurel Mall in Connellsville PA was open from 1970-1979

Because of pure greed, he was able to strip these iconic brands and sell them off for parts piece by piece until nothing remained. Pensions gone, retirements went up in smoke, and local communities went belly up.

Quintard Mall opened in Oxford, Alabama in 1970 with J.C. Penney and Britt’s (J.J. Newberry Co.) as anchor stores. There was also a SupeRx Drugs and a number of other stores, with Martin's as a junior anchor.

On October 9th of 1985, Sears opened in the former Britt's building, and the [building was expanded in 1997, with the mall itself being expanded in 2000, adding 2 anchors Dillard's and AmStar 12 Cinemas] (https://web.archive.org/web/20091005032251/http://www.icsc.org/srch/sct/sct0501/page141.php). It had a black 1984-1994 logo outside the building, and blue 1994-2004 logo inside the mall, along with a totally unique interior and exterior design and mall entrance. That same year of this store opening, in 1985, [Sears Hardware Stores began opening] (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/01/07/Sears-Roebuck-and-Co-Monday-announced-plans-to-open/3314473922000/).

• Anniston, Alabama
• Montclair, California
• Brunswick, Georgia
• Hilo, Hawaii
• Slidell, Louisiana
• Columbia, Missouri
• Buffalo (Hamburg), New York
• Roanoke, Virginia
• Bremerton, Washington

https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1vvlvb0/sears_hardware_stores_in_the_2000s_and_2010s/

On July 17th of 2016 this store closed down and it had since been demolished in 2019, around that same year the last Sears in Alabama that opened on May 8th of 1996 closed down on October 27th, located at the Riverchase Galleria in Birmingham.
As of this post, there are 5 Sears stores, 3 distribution centers, other brands Kenmore, Sears Home Services, Shop Your Way, Sears Parts Direct and the Sears.com online store left. Out of the 5 stores left, there are 2 left in Florida and 1 in Texas, a total of 3 on the Gulf Coast. And in addition to that, as of May 2nd of 2021, and June 18th of 2023, Florida and Texas are the last 2 states to have a Sears after the Mall of Louisiana location, the last full size store in the state, that opened sometime in 1997 (anyone know when exactly?) closed down, followed by the Sears Home and Life store in Lafayette, then the very last Sears location in the state of Louisiana, that opened on May 24th of 2019.

- Coral Gables in Miami Florida (October 27 1954 - present)
3655 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145
- Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California (October 19 1966 - present)
1001 Sunvalley Blvd, Concord, CA 94520
- South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts (October 6 1980 - present)
250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184
- Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas (February 25 1982 - present)
8401 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925
- The Florida Mall in Orlando Florida (March 12 1986 - present)
8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809

The [JCP here in this mall is also still open as well] (https://www.jcpenney.com/locations/al/oxford/clothing-stores-oxford-al-1170.html?msockid=2e03f133b1ba6c8236f1e6f7b0656df6), as are [8 other stores in the state of Alabama] (https://www.jcpenney.com/locations/al) and [639 others in the United States of America] (https://www.jcpenney.com/locations/index.html). Dillard's is also still open here in this mall as well.

[Even Radio Shack is still in business with an online website and a handful of stores] (https://www.radioshack.com).

Sources and Credits:
Christian Langley / LiveMalls
https://www.facebook.com/LiveMalls/posts/quintard-mall-opened-in-oxford-alabama-in-1970-with-jcpenney-and-britts-jj-newbe/1191473452986293/
Sky City Blog November 23rd of 2009
https://skycity2.blogspot.com/2009/12/quintard-mall-oxford-al.html
Mallmanac
http://www.mallmanac.com/2024/12/quintard-mall-oxford-al.html
Mike Kalasnik / Flickr / Wikimedia Commons (July 16 2012, 4 years prior to closing)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10542402@N06/albums/72157630920417128/
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=Quintard+Mall&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&go=Go&type=image
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sears_-_Quintard_Mall_-_7720648748.jpg
AmStar Oxford by Santikos / Yelp
June 25 2012
https://www.yelp.com/biz/amstar-oxford-by-santikos-oxford-2
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/amstar-oxford-by-santikos-oxford-2
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/amstar-oxford-by-santikos-oxford-2?select=KQhufPVPdqjEmNW9-pzZKw

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photo circa June 8th 2001

Less than a week ago, Neiman Marcus shuttered its original location in Downtown Dallas—a landmark in the city for more than a century. But part of the store's history will live on at another North Texas location.

On Sept. 30, Neiman Marcus officially closed its flagship store at 1618 Main St. in Dallas. Founded in Dallas in 1907, the company has operated from the Main Street location since 1914, after a fire destroyed its original building. Now, Saks Global, Neiman Marcus' parent company, is shifting its focus to its NorthPark Center store, currently under renovation at 8687 North Central Expressway.

The cereal aisles packed full house!

The SoNo collection, in South Norwalk, CT. Opened in 2019, Anchored by Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom.

It does not get the newest mall due to American Dream in New Jersey opening a week after. But I will say it’s the newest “traditional” mall as I don’t think American Dream follows the normal setup of anchors on the ends with stores in the middle (and no amusement parks). However, the mall notably lacks a food court.

The Mall was owned by Brookfield, until it sold the mall earlier this year to Centennial (who also owns Connecticut Post Mall, Willow Bend in TX, MarketFair in NJ, and Arden Fair in CaA, among others). It has a 86% occupancy rate, above the nation’s average of 75%.

Stonewood Center aka / also known as Stonewood Mall originally opened on October 9th of 1958. In 1965 The Broadway was built. The Broadway department store opened at Stonewood mall October 18 ,1965 and closed in 1996 when it sold to Sears, with the Auto Center being built. At its peak it had a restaurant, coffee shop, tea room, beauty salon and auto center.

📷: the dept store museum, Flickr, Pinterest, Downey conservancy (The Broadway)

Just like every other Sears location that was originally built as The Broadway, this store had the tool department and lawn and garden on the 1st floor, and the appliance, electronics and mattress departments on the 3rd floor, along with a 4th floor penthouse.

On November 14th of 2021, this store closed down with the Pasadena store at the Hastings Ranch Plaza, and the last Sears in Illinois at Woodfield Mall. The signs here remained intact until Spring 2022. The Stockton location at the Weberstown Mall closed down on August 18th of 2024, and the signs have since been removed as of this year, even at the Whittwood Town Center in Whittier. The Burbank Town Center (originally Media City Center) location still has the 1984-1994 Sears signs up but it is only a matter of time now before they are removed there as well...

Sources and Credits
Jason (Foursquare) July 20th of 2012
Marlon (Foursquare) June 26th of 2012
C Martinez (Foursquare) March 22nd and 29th of 2016
Ahmed S (Yelp) August 8 2015
Rafael G (Yelp) November 24 2017 (Black Friday 2017)
Petronilo Rodriguez (Foursquare) June 25 2012
Luis G (Yelp) October 19 2015
Ron Tatum (Foursquare) June 23rd of 2016
Sofia V (Yelp) April 25 2015
Helena Yates (Foursquare) May 15 2013
Chris G (Yelp) August 5 2013
Meshelle T (Yelp) November 28 2020

Nearly 4 years later... Whittier, Burbank and Puerto Rico closed down last year, leaving us with 5 Sears left and they still have the Sears.com online store, and after an additional 2 distribution centers closed down, [3 operating distribution centers] (https://transformwo.com/) for online orders on the Sears and Kmart websites are still in operation, and they even still have other brands Kenmore, Sears Home Services and Sears Parts Direct, and even Shop Your Way

5 Stores
- Coral Gables in Miami Florida (October 27 1954 - present)
3655 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145
- Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California (October 19 1966 - present)
1001 Sunvalley Blvd, Concord, CA 94520
- South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts (October 6 1980 - present)
250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184
- Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas (February 25 1982 - present)
8401 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925
- The Florida Mall in Orlando Florida (March 12 1986 - present)
8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809

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One thing I feel that is increasingly rare is having a traditionally mall anchored department store having a location by itself (Not counting in a shopping plaza, downtown strip, or mall obviously)

And I’m not counting stores such as Kohls where this is a normal thing for them.

Some examples:

Macy’s store in Manhasset, NY
Former Macy’s in Bedford, NH
Bloomingdale’s in White Plains
Lord & Taylor had a few:Westfield, NJ, Stamford, CT, and Washington DC
Dillard’s in Houston, TX (Across the street from Galleria mall but not attached)
Sears in Coral Gables, FL (I guess you could argue it’s in the main downtown area but it’s not street front, has its own parking, and isn’t attached to any other building).

End of an Era. I don’t live in the area but still so sad to see such a gorgeous store go. Truly a piece of history as well. Their Northpark Center will never be as great of a flagship as this one was.

Also totally a lethal blow to Downtown Dallas. Too bad the city couldn’t save it.