Today marks exactly 8 years since Sears Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 15th of 2018 and had since added 142 stores, including this one, to the list of locations that was slated to close on January 6th of 2019, [along with 8 others across the state of Texas] (https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/9-sears-locations-closing-texas-bankruptcy/). This store opened on July 15 2000. As of this year it has since been slated to be turned into a Dick's House of Sport. There is still one Sears left in the state of Texas, at Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, the last one in the state and one of 5 left and they even have 3 functioning distribution centers and a website.

The following Sears stores are still open as of 2026:

- Coral Gables in Miami Florida 10/27/1954 - present (3655 SW 22nd St, Miami, FL 33145)
- Sun Valley Shopping Center in Concord California 10/19/1966 - present (1001 Sunvalley Blvd, Concord, CA 94520)
- South Shore Plaza in Braintree Massachusetts 10/6/1980 - present (250 Granite St, Braintree, MA 02184)
- Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso Texas 2/24/1982 - present (8401 Gateway Blvd W, El Paso, TX 79925)
- The Florida Mall in Orlando Florida 3/12/1986 - present (8001 S Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32809)

Sources of photos: Yelp and Foursquare
https://www.yelp.com/biz/sears-frisco
https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/sears-frisco
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4babab46f964a5209dbe3ae3
https://app.foursquare.com/v/sears/4babab46f964a5209dbe3ae3/photos

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The Decline of Sears...What Happened?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qws713t3HBY

By Company Man

October 19 2018

https://www.reddit.com/r/deadmalls/comments/1o7rdxc/the_decline_of_searswhat_happened/

https://www.reddit.com/r/SEARS/comments/1o7reai/the_decline_of_searswhat_happened/

https://www.reddit.com/r/kmart/comments/1o7rffq/the_decline_of_searswhat_happened/

Local mall that has been dead for as long as I can remember. The main store keeping the place afloat is a Dollarama just behind the photo, but there is also a ServiceOntario as well as a community legal clinic, immigration clinic, and driver's education centre. The small area on the second floor is empty as the regional government was the only tenant before moving out.

finally got to visit this mall after it had been on my bucket list for a looong time. i like to use the word decrepit a lot when describing dead malls. orlando fashion square is *decrepit*. and why security is so weird about taking pictures of a mall you can feel and smell the moisture in? the world may never know. you can even feel it in the dillard’s clearance center.

For some reason the youtube algorithm decided I'd be interested in watching this girl eat in a bunch of dead malls around toronto. It's fairly captivating

Just went to this mall today and didn’t expect it to be dead.

This mall used to be like NorthPark.🫣 Started small scale demolition by the old Neiman Marcus. The main crowd is for the equinox and crate and barrel which aren’t even connected to the mall

The South Bay Galleria was the place to be for decades.

Definitely a lively mall in the 1990s and early 2000s. The place has become overrun with bargain stores and a lot of empty storefronts at this point.

Friday evenings are actually the slowest day of the week, according to one of the food vendors. That is terrible!

It's a sad era for the South Bay section of Los Angeles County.

Took this on a cheap Minolta camera that I got.

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.

Still open as of October 2026, though apparently will be demolished in the near future. One shoe store, a Halloween store, and a burger place still operating amazingly. Came here a lot in the 90s to play at the arcade.

Dillards and JC Penny stores still operating.

Closing this month, as the remaining tenants have until 10/31 to vacate the premises. The only places left, not including anchors, are Hallmark, On the Go, Zen Spa, a pretzel stand, and a cologne kiosk.

Boscov's, AMC, and Barnes & Noble are all staying, but the rest of the mall will be demolished, with work starting maybe as soon as December.

When this North Texas mall opened nearly 40 years ago, it drew shoppers with a lineup of major department stores and a 12-screen Cinemark theater. Today, with as much as half the mall vacant, its owners are planning on a transformative revival.

The majority owners of The Vista, at 2401 S. Stemmons Fwy in Lewisville, are working to finalize zoning for a mixed-use redevelopment planned for the site, possibly by the end of the year, as first reported by the Dallas Business Journal. Conceptual plans envision a dramatically different future for the property as traditional malls face a nationwide popularity struggle.

Been to Tulsa a number of times. The place was still operational at the time but very spooky. The food court was absurd (that’s me behind the counter). Dillard’s was about the only remaining store that felt normal. The whole place got shut down in 2023.