To answer your question at 10:24, many of the remaining stores are probably just waiting out their leases before closing down. It would cost them more to break the lease in many cases, so they simply keep going with whatever little revenue they can get by operating.
I remember when they began building Fashion Square next to Sears. The first construction started in 1971 IIRC. I think the first anchor (other than Sears) was Burdines. The mall continued to grow (two additional major phases of construction over the decades) and eventually engulfed where the original external theaters (four screens) used to be. I saw Star Wars in 77 in that old, long-gone building. Fashion Square reached it's peak around the late 80s and began to decline in the mid to late 90s. I also remember going through the mall when I was a kid and teenager (late 70s through the 80s) and that place was PACKED to the gills with shoppers. In the early to mid-80s, finding a parking spot was actually difficult despite the huge size of the surrounding lots. So much so, that they eventually built a garage to help with the parking overflow. I also remember the huge Toys 'R Us that used to be adjacent to the mall. I believe it was replaced by a sporting goods store.
Sears and toys R Us were part of my childhood. I’m glad I was able to experience it as a child. I’m glad I was able to experience the fun when this mall was still lively 😢
All the malls in the area are slowly dying. Seminole Town Center, West Oaks, Fashion Square, Oviedo. Altamonte Mall is the only one hanging on, and it’s barely hanging on, but at least most of the stores are occupied and it gets business. That’s the mall I live by and have gone to for most of my life. Millenia mall is usually always booming but that’s because it’s smack dab in the middle of tourist town. I used to work there.
Millenia is booming because it’s an upscale mall. All upscale malls are doing well, and with the lower income malls closing it gives them even more business.
I don't see shopping malls ever being a thing anymore just based on how physical brands have become so consumed by a monopoly. It's a shame , I have great memories of going to the mall near me. Been years now.
grew up in Winter Park, I work in the milk district so I pass by this this place everyday. It was popping in the 90's and 2000's, used to go here a lot but now its just a sad empty shell of what it used to be.
Not just the mall is suffering. Sr50 used to have alot of restaurants too. Orange ave through downtown used to be like a car show on the weekends. Lake Eola isn't the same either. It just don't "feel" safe anymore 😒 It feels as if our city is dying 😢 ahh i miss the days before internet and "free delivery" 😔
I've been to Fashion Square Mall numerous times. It was a very exciting mall and very full of business in the 1980's and 1990's. Once the nearby Orlando Navel Base closed, it seemed as if that mall began to lose its heart & soul. I remember seeing Navy personnel in there all the time when the base was open. And then when internet retailing began to take off, the mall began its long, slow, depressing, painful death.
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Turn the vacant stores into apartments. That would be an amazing place to live. Plenty of parking, could even turn parts of the parking lot into a playground, a dog park, a pool etc... Hell even staff the food court at lunch / dinner... profit
@@Eratix yea for sure, it’s just been in that state for many years.. it’s crazy the. But thanks so much for commenting! If you enjoyed this video I have a few others like this consider subscribing to support the channel :)
Freehold mall in NJ where i left was like this. Damn near half of the stores are open the rest closed and gone. It's so sad. They better not knock these places down. At least convert them to living quaters or something. Always wanted to live at the mall. As a kid that was a dream
I wish they could turn them into some kind of apartments or something, with an enclosed park like atmosphere with fountains and maybe a play area for the kids like when the mall was new. Living here in Florida, I've hated to see the malls being torn down and made into open shopping areas. It's miserable imo, in the summer you're out in the scorching heat or pouring rain, in the winter months you're getting beaten by the wind, and just trying to make your way across the parking lot without getting run over is a challenge. Nothing like the ease of strolling thru the malls in comfort with no worries of traffic and being able to sit on a bench and people watch. The food courts were so fun, too. The mall you covered in this video still looks so clean and in such good shape. It would be sickening to think about it just getting torn down. It's insane to think how much money it must have cost to build these places and maybe wouldn't even be possible today with what construction costs.
I think malls have a future as primarily indoor farms, food markets, Fresh food restaurants, outdoor food truck hubs and grocery processing and delivery hubs.
Agree, grocery stores like that would be great! But yea man thanks for watching, if you like this one consider supporting with a sub for other vids like this!
I was there a couple weeks ago and there were only two other people and their dog in the whole mall. It’s a ghost town! Oviedo Mall is actually doing quite well and has opened more stores. Even without Macy’s and Sears, it’s still a much better mall and has a huge food court!
I visited this mall during the holidays like Christmas and it was always so busy or when I came in shopping with my parents when they still had JCPenney for school uniforms. Unfortunately, the store shut down in 2020. This mall was filled with nostalgia used to be lively but now it’s a ghost town. I feel like it’s still open for the movie theatre but I rather got somewhere I feel settled. Sad to see this😢
The oldest (no longer in existence) mall I know of in Orlando was the Colonial Mall (or Colonial Plaza Mall, depending on who you ask) that was at the corner of Bumby and Colonial Dr. (Hwy 50.) The central anchor of that mall was Jordan Marsh, which occupied what was then considered a monstrous four story building. And, no, the original Winter Park mall was NOT older, no matter how fondly you remember it. The Winter Park mall (which, admittedly, was an incredibly beautiful mall) opened in 1964. The first phases of the Colonial mall opened in 1956. That is why in old photos of the Colonial Plaza mall that fronted Colonial Dr. -the building facades appear very 50s style. Because they were! The Winter Park mall embraced a modernized cross between classical Roman and art deco design.
That’s sad because Fashion Square is the closest mall to that area. The only other malls that are close is FL Mall in south Orlando and then there is Millenia Mall, in the west Orlando area. And that mall is mostly luxury stores inaccesible to the average person. I remember when FSM was the mall to go back in the 80s and 90s. Many brick and mortar stores are opting to go online, and Amazon has taken over this type of shopping experience
@@TheLittleWitchRUclips yea that’s definitely true, it’s crazy because that’s a really good area with very close access to downtown Orlando.. and for watching if you did enjoy, please consider subscribing really help support the channel. Thank you.
Used to hang out here back in the early 90's. Even worked at the General Cinema in the free-standing building in the back. Sad to see this mall like this.
This place was always packed in 2005 when I moved here. I mean parking was always an issue sometimes. Even remember it being packed around 2012/13. That Spencers been there forever.
Dude I know it’s like a staple there lol but thanks for watching bro, if you enjoyed I’m still learning and getting better with the content, if you can support with a sub that would be dope 🙏
I moved to Orlando in 2014 and Fashion Square mall was one of the first malls I visited. Still filled with life, an arcade and bowling alley, the comic bookstore and many other spots I visited. Now it's just sad to see that most malls are like this in the area. The only malls I visit often is the Florida mall and Oviedo for the FGC tournaments held in Versus and the arcade
That whole area is a whole lotta nothing now :/ I'm an Orlando resident, I used to go to Fashion Square all the time It's a ghost town now. I only go there every once in awhile to relive that very fleeting nostalgia. I don't go in that area much anymore. I used to shop at Sam Ash all the time and go to the dollar cinema but those are gone too, the former having been gone for years at this point.
There has to be a way to get to the second floor because the movie theater is open there. Anyway, I used to go to the mall when I first moved to Orlando back in 1998. It was really cool. The food court was always packed and they had a KB toy store and a Walden bookstore.
It's really sad about all the malls. It's not just Covid. We were trending towards more easily accessible retailers than going through the mall. Viktor Gruen who one can argue is the creator of the mall, hated what the mall represented in the end.
@@CruzingwithCruz I think we may have passed the point of no return. Kind of like the car allowed people travel and the rail transportation has died a painful death (another topic), I see it the same way with the malls. Technology has brought us down a different path - everything from social interaction on phones to retailers needing to be on-line to compete for market-share. The more popular that is, the less need for mall-based brick-and-mortar retail. The mom and pop shops only survived because of the anchors. Anchors move out, not enough foot traffic, everything else fails. It has to be rebuilt w all outdoor strip malls style of retail, easy access, etc, with very quick in-and-out.
I love how everyone’s making videos about my childhood mall all of a sudden that it’s been sitting there for years and I always wondered why no one made videos about it
@@floriduhgeorgia yea I have always thought about it.. I would go for years without recording.. but I thought it would make for interesting content. Thanks for watching
I really like the Lake Square Mall. They closed JCPenney, Sears and Target, but, they still have more stores than Fashion Square and they have a full food court and there are actually shoppers!
You are better off going to the Mall at Millenia or the Florida Mall since both are way better. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Macy’s at Orlando Fashion Square ends up closing since Macy’s plans on closing about 150 stores over the next 3 years.
Movie theatre is open on 2nd floor but is only thing left. Food court completely gone. Elevator does work ..just looks run down. Can also get to 2nd floor from the parking garage. Very few actual stores left. Mostly business and non profits. Is very sad and has the feel it can close any day now.
There's a mall in Oviedo or near there that looks dead. Every time I drive by on the 417 the parking lot is empty. The one in Sanford off the I-4 doesn't look busy either. I've been to the JC Penny at this mall but never bothered to check out the rest of it.
The last time I visited this mall, the second story of this Macys (the once great "Brudines)," looked like a warehouse fully equipped with open boxes of merchandise, on the DISPLAY SHELVES! I hope Macys leaves Florida and someday Burdines, finds its way back. In it's day, this store was full of properly displayed merchandise and people enjoyed shopping there. Those days are so far gone, I'm not even sure that they could ever come back in our lifetime. All I know is, I'll never go back to see the state this mall is in, now.
@@CruzingwithCruz That property is literally right next to "Baldwin Park." Baldwin Park seems to be very successful. I can't see why the Fashion Square property can't be repurposed in some capacity. Retail markets, entertainment, business and even some new housing? They could even keep the name, "Fashion Square." I live downtown and I go to that side of town, often. It's not that far. I'm pretty sure this area will be fine in the future. I think the mall is finished but I'm sure that the land will be used to the benefit of it's future investors. As it should be.
I can tell you the Premiere theaters on the second floor is definitely open. I'm just not sure how you would get to it during the time of your video.... Usually at least the elevator is working
Yes, I remember it and the cashiers who followed you everywhere thinking you were going to steal. If I’m in a dollar store, don’t you think I can afford the stuff?!
I'm not familiar with all the malls in the Orlando metro area, but it seems to me that Florida Mall and Millenia Mall might be the only two that are doing reasonably well. The last time I was at West Oaks Mall (well over a year ago) it was dead just like this one. The movie theaters seemed to be about the only thing there. Amazon, and places like the outlet stores on International Drive and places like Disney Springs are probably drawing people away from the other malls.
Yea for sure, those two malls that you mentioned are catered for tourists and are relatively close to the theme parks. But thanks for watching, if you like this vid please consider subscribing! I have others like this 👍
Kinda sad I use to go there alot when I was little and grew up with that mall when it was full and filled with stores now I only go there for cheap movie theater
Very sad to see it like this, was rhe ops manager for this mall from 2005-2012 but it was going downhill back then and was bought by UP development in 2013 and it really went downhill and they went bankrupt, the bank owns it now.
Yea man it’s been in a rough spot for years! but thanks for watching bro, if you enjoyed I’m still learning and getting better with the content, if you can support with a sub that would be dope 🙏
Even Champs shoe store is gone since you filmed this. Very, slow, death. You should put the name in the title. Also, Florida Mall is thriving due mostly to tourist traffic.
Hi I go to the Florida mall and it’s always packed so why are these other malls ghost towns especially with how many tourists come here I just don’t understand
@@traviswarner1684 yea I think it’s a combination of location and attentiveness to the malls.. at Fashion sq there’s literally less than 10 business open.. also Millenia and Florida mall have the benefit of being in the the area of the 3 major theme parks and both cater to an international market which both have a ton of
To answer your question at 10:24, many of the remaining stores are probably just waiting out their leases before closing down. It would cost them more to break the lease in many cases, so they simply keep going with whatever little revenue they can get by operating.
I remember when they began building Fashion Square next to Sears. The first construction started in 1971 IIRC. I think the first anchor (other than Sears) was Burdines. The mall continued to grow (two additional major phases of construction over the decades) and eventually engulfed where the original external theaters (four screens) used to be. I saw Star Wars in 77 in that old, long-gone building. Fashion Square reached it's peak around the late 80s and began to decline in the mid to late 90s. I also remember going through the mall when I was a kid and teenager (late 70s through the 80s) and that place was PACKED to the gills with shoppers. In the early to mid-80s, finding a parking spot was actually difficult despite the huge size of the surrounding lots. So much so, that they eventually built a garage to help with the parking overflow. I also remember the huge Toys 'R Us that used to be adjacent to the mall. I believe it was replaced by a sporting goods store.
Sears and toys R Us were part of my childhood. I’m glad I was able to experience it as a child. I’m glad I was able to experience the fun when this mall was still lively 😢
All the malls in the area are slowly dying. Seminole Town Center, West Oaks, Fashion Square, Oviedo. Altamonte Mall is the only one hanging on, and it’s barely hanging on, but at least most of the stores are occupied and it gets business. That’s the mall I live by and have gone to for most of my life.
Millenia mall is usually always booming but that’s because it’s smack dab in the middle of tourist town. I used to work there.
I love your icon.
Millenia is booming because it’s an upscale mall. All upscale malls are doing well, and with the lower income malls closing it gives them even more business.
millienia and florida will never die because they're in tourist area.
@@techisgod I like yours too!
Oviedo mall has THE BEST orange chicken... My secret spot for it :)
I don't see shopping malls ever being a thing anymore just based on how physical brands have become so consumed by a monopoly. It's a shame , I have great memories of going to the mall near me. Been years now.
@@Natepwnsu same, all though I would say malls like Florida mall and millenia mall see a healthy amount of traffic.
Altamonte too! I remember going there as a kid :)
@@christinemariegepilano3116 yea most definitely!!
grew up in Winter Park, I work in the milk district so I pass by this this place everyday. It was popping in the 90's and 2000's, used to go here a lot but now its just a sad empty shell of what it used to be.
Agreed 😢
Not just the mall is suffering. Sr50 used to have alot of restaurants too. Orange ave through downtown used to be like a car show on the weekends.
Lake Eola isn't the same either. It just don't "feel" safe anymore 😒
It feels as if our city is dying 😢 ahh i miss the days before internet and "free delivery" 😔
The palms at the Macy's you know that was originally a burdines
I've been to Fashion Square Mall numerous times. It was a very exciting mall and very full of business in the 1980's and 1990's. Once the nearby Orlando Navel Base closed, it seemed as if that mall began to lose its heart & soul. I remember seeing Navy personnel in there all the time when the base was open. And then when internet retailing began to take off, the mall began its long, slow, depressing, painful death.
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Turn the vacant stores into apartments. That would be an amazing place to live. Plenty of parking, could even turn parts of the parking lot into a playground, a dog park, a pool etc... Hell even staff the food court at lunch / dinner... profit
@@Eratix yea for sure, it’s just been in that state for many years.. it’s crazy the. But thanks so much for commenting! If you enjoyed this video I have a few others like this consider subscribing to support the channel :)
Freehold mall in NJ where i left was like this. Damn near half of the stores are open the rest closed and gone. It's so sad. They better not knock these places down. At least convert them to living quaters or something. Always wanted to live at the mall. As a kid that was a dream
Yea same bro, I might have to check that one out!
I wish they could turn them into some kind of apartments or something, with an enclosed park like atmosphere with fountains and maybe a play area for the kids like when the mall was new. Living here in Florida, I've hated to see the malls being torn down and made into open shopping areas. It's miserable imo, in the summer you're out in the scorching heat or pouring rain, in the winter months you're getting beaten by the wind, and just trying to make your way across the parking lot without getting run over is a challenge. Nothing like the ease of strolling thru the malls in comfort with no worries of traffic and being able to sit on a bench and people watch. The food courts were so fun, too. The mall you covered in this video still looks so clean and in such good shape. It would be sickening to think about it just getting torn down. It's insane to think how much money it must have cost to build these places and maybe wouldn't even be possible today with what construction costs.
I think malls have a future as primarily indoor farms, food markets, Fresh food restaurants, outdoor food truck hubs and grocery processing and delivery hubs.
Agree, grocery stores like that would be great! But yea man thanks for watching, if you like this one consider supporting with a sub for other vids like this!
I was there a couple weeks ago and there were only two other people and their dog in the whole mall. It’s a ghost town! Oviedo Mall is actually doing quite well and has opened more stores. Even without Macy’s and Sears, it’s still a much better mall and has a huge food court!
That's crazy. I remember going there like 10 years ago, man time flies...
I visited this mall during the holidays like Christmas and it was always so busy or when I came in shopping with my parents when they still had JCPenney for school uniforms. Unfortunately, the store shut down in 2020. This mall was filled with nostalgia used to be lively but now it’s a ghost town. I feel like it’s still open for the movie theatre but I rather got somewhere I feel settled. Sad to see this😢
The theater is hanging by a thread, too. Even though it’s only been there 20 years, it appears much older and very outdated.
The oldest (no longer in existence) mall I know of in Orlando was the Colonial Mall (or Colonial Plaza Mall, depending on who you ask) that was at the corner of Bumby and Colonial Dr. (Hwy 50.) The central anchor of that mall was Jordan Marsh, which occupied what was then considered a monstrous four story building. And, no, the original Winter Park mall was NOT older, no matter how fondly you remember it. The Winter Park mall (which, admittedly, was an incredibly beautiful mall) opened in 1964. The first phases of the Colonial mall opened in 1956. That is why in old photos of the Colonial Plaza mall that fronted Colonial Dr. -the building facades appear very 50s style. Because they were! The Winter Park mall embraced a modernized cross between classical Roman and art deco design.
I remember "Peaches" music in front of target. And 'water beds & stuff" ✌️😎
@@SuspiciousSkys3045Ah, Peaches! So many memories! I bought all my music there!
Dang! Used to hang here in the 80s. What a sad place
@@supertrooper73 yea man it is! Next video dropping soon I’ll be going to Seminole Towne center if you have been there before!
That’s sad because Fashion Square is the closest mall to that area.
The only other malls that are close is FL Mall in south Orlando and then there is Millenia Mall, in the west Orlando area. And that mall is mostly luxury stores inaccesible to the average person.
I remember when FSM was the mall to go back in the 80s and 90s.
Many brick and mortar stores are opting to go online, and Amazon has taken over this type of shopping experience
@@TheLittleWitchRUclips yea that’s definitely true, it’s crazy because that’s a really good area with very close access to downtown Orlando.. and for watching if you did enjoy, please consider subscribing really help support the channel. Thank you.
Used to hang out here back in the early 90's. Even worked at the General Cinema in the free-standing building in the back. Sad to see this mall like this.
I remember going to General Cinemas not too long before they closed. I really liked it.
Back in the day (mid to late 80’s) Altamonte Mall and the Winter Park Mall were the places to go.
This place was always packed in 2005 when I moved here. I mean parking was always an issue sometimes. Even remember it being packed around 2012/13. That Spencers been there forever.
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Dang, that's so depressing. My bestfriend and I used to go to that mall on Friday nights before the movies... WOW. Back then it was packed. Man....
I moved to Orlando in 2014 and Fashion Square mall was one of the first malls I visited. Still filled with life, an arcade and bowling alley, the comic bookstore and many other spots I visited. Now it's just sad to see that most malls are like this in the area. The only malls I visit often is the Florida mall and Oviedo for the FGC tournaments held in Versus and the arcade
Hey bro thanks for watching! And yea man it honestly has gradually declined for a while now, not sure how long they can keep it open for
So sad.
They need to to turn the escalator back on because the elevator is also broken
Yea I know, I’ll try to find a stair case so I can see what’s up there
@@CruzingwithCruz you need to go to the parking garage and take the elevator to the third floor
@@Michael1986443 ohhh, didn’t know that. Thanks for the heads up
That whole area is a whole lotta nothing now :/ I'm an Orlando resident, I used to go to Fashion Square all the time
It's a ghost town now. I only go there every once in awhile to relive that very fleeting nostalgia. I don't go in that area much anymore. I used to shop at Sam Ash all the time and go to the dollar cinema but those are gone too, the former having been gone for years at this point.
Was in the Navy stationed at NTC 90-91. That place was booming back then
There has to be a way to get to the second floor because the movie theater is open there. Anyway, I used to go to the mall when I first moved to Orlando back in 1998. It was really cool. The food court was always packed and they had a KB toy store and a Walden bookstore.
Yea you’re right, the elevator wasn’t working and the escalator been out forever.. I’ll try to find a staircase
It's really sad about all the malls. It's not just Covid. We were trending towards more easily accessible retailers than going through the mall. Viktor Gruen who one can argue is the creator of the mall, hated what the mall represented in the end.
Definitely agree, what do you think can be done to bring back people??
@@CruzingwithCruz I think we may have passed the point of no return. Kind of like the car allowed people travel and the rail transportation has died a painful death (another topic), I see it the same way with the malls. Technology has brought us down a different path - everything from social interaction on phones to retailers needing to be on-line to compete for market-share. The more popular that is, the less need for mall-based brick-and-mortar retail. The mom and pop shops only survived because of the anchors. Anchors move out, not enough foot traffic, everything else fails. It has to be rebuilt w all outdoor strip malls style of retail, easy access, etc, with very quick in-and-out.
What did Viktor Gruen think the malls represented in the end?
First career was retail in 1976. Always wanted to work in a Mall... Sad how things work out.
I love how everyone’s making videos about my childhood mall all of a sudden that it’s been sitting there for years and I always wondered why no one made videos about it
@@floriduhgeorgia yea I have always thought about it.. I would go for years without recording.. but I thought it would make for interesting content. Thanks for watching
@@CruzingwithCruz same lol. I love the vid, glad you did it!
@@floriduhgeorgia thanks brother, have a few others vids like it, if you’d like to sub :)
It’s especially wild to me that this mall is still open because I swear for the last decade or so they’ve been talking about shutting it down
It's crazy how bad this one mall is, when most in central florida are still so lively. Heck, even the one in Leesburg isn't this dead.
@@greengiant5092 yea bro it’s been like this for years! Which one are you referring too?
The other big Orlando.gov malls get tourists, business travel. $$$ 🛒 Many people from 🇧🇷 who buy items, bulk then re sell.
Seminole Towne Center in Sanford is dead. West Oaks is dead. Malls are obsolete due to modern convenience of e commerce.
@@FrancisKinsleyJr I agree partially, because there are 3 malls in Orlando that have plenty traffic
I really like the Lake Square Mall. They closed JCPenney, Sears and Target, but, they still have more stores than Fashion Square and they have a full food court and there are actually shoppers!
WOW crazy thing I was in there a year ago filming this exact same thing and security made me leave and threaten to trespass me
They have security?
@@travis7310 they do!
@@RoadiewithRich It kinda makes me wonder why. It’s not like anyone’s shoplifting or vandalizing anything. 😂🤣
@@travis7310 facts 💯😂
You are better off going to the Mall at Millenia or the Florida Mall since both are way better. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Macy’s at Orlando Fashion Square ends up closing since Macy’s plans on closing about 150 stores over the next 3 years.
Movie theatre is open on 2nd floor but is only thing left. Food court completely gone. Elevator does work ..just looks run down. Can also get to 2nd floor from the parking garage. Very few actual stores left. Mostly business and non profits. Is very sad and has the feel it can close any day now.
Yea it’s interesting that’s it’s like that when the area is a pretty busy one
Was in this mall not to long ago, put Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon on my phone and vibed out to the nothingness lol.
@@machineryman7197 sooo wild!!
There's a mall in Oviedo or near there that looks dead. Every time I drive by on the 417 the parking lot is empty. The one in Sanford off the I-4 doesn't look busy either. I've been to the JC Penny at this mall but never bothered to check out the rest of it.
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The last time I visited this mall, the second story of this Macys (the once great "Brudines)," looked like a warehouse fully equipped with open boxes of merchandise, on the DISPLAY SHELVES! I hope Macys leaves Florida and someday Burdines, finds its way back. In it's day, this store was full of properly displayed merchandise and people enjoyed shopping there. Those days are so far gone, I'm not even sure that they could ever come back in our lifetime. All I know is, I'll never go back to see the state this mall is in, now.
Yea it’s in a really state, sucks like you I used to come out here as a kid.. surprised they haven’t shut it down completely
@@CruzingwithCruz That property is literally right next to "Baldwin Park." Baldwin Park seems to be very successful. I can't see why the Fashion Square property can't be repurposed in some capacity. Retail markets, entertainment, business and even some new housing? They could even keep the name, "Fashion Square." I live downtown and I go to that side of town, often. It's not that far. I'm pretty sure this area will be fine in the future. I think the mall is finished but I'm sure that the land will be used to the benefit of it's future investors. As it should be.
Cool
I can tell you the Premiere theaters on the second floor is definitely open. I'm just not sure how you would get to it during the time of your video.... Usually at least the elevator is working
We completely demoed Festival Bay mall. They build it back as Artegon mall and then it was completely dead.
There used to be a One Stop Dollar Shop near Panera Bread
Yes, I remember it and the cashiers who followed you everywhere thinking you were going to steal. If I’m in a dollar store, don’t you think I can afford the stuff?!
First run by Hispanics, then Nigerians, then Pakistanis, then closed!
@@travis7310 not every item was $1!
@@cooper7031 Oh, I know. The only things I remember buying there were air fresheners and cleaners.
I don’t even remember that store lol must of been awhile ago!
There’s a really funny video of a kid from my high school skateboarding in that mall and a security guard desperately chasing him
No way! That sounds like a kids dream lol
Skateboarding is not a crime!
I'm not familiar with all the malls in the Orlando metro area, but it seems to me that Florida Mall and Millenia Mall might be the only two that are doing reasonably well. The last time I was at West Oaks Mall (well over a year ago) it was dead just like this one. The movie theaters seemed to be about the only thing there. Amazon, and places like the outlet stores on International Drive and places like Disney Springs are probably drawing people away from the other malls.
Yea for sure, those two malls that you mentioned are catered for tourists and are relatively close to the theme parks. But thanks for watching, if you like this vid please consider subscribing! I have others like this 👍
West Oaks has been dead for the last 15 years or so!
I moved to Orlando in 1996 Fashion Square was a place to hang out after high school with Tilts was the place to be and Qzars.
Was it always busy when you used to go?
Kinda sad I use to go there alot when I was little and grew up with that mall when it was full and filled with stores now I only go there for cheap movie theater
Prolly offices or call centers up stairs. That's what usually happens
@@Natepwnsu yea I figured
The top floor of most of it is vacant, but the business incubator on the west side uses the top floor.
The Mall at Millenia hurt Fashion Square Mall. That mall is always crowded.
@@Jennifer_Lewis_Beach_Living yea most definitely 💯
Very sad to see it like this, was rhe ops manager for this mall from 2005-2012 but it was going downhill back then and was bought by UP development in 2013 and it really went downhill and they went bankrupt, the bank owns it now.
Yea man it’s been in a rough spot for years! but thanks for watching bro, if you enjoyed I’m still learning and getting better with the content, if you can support with a sub that would be dope 🙏
Sadly millennia destroyed this mall.
One of the reasons for sure, but thanks again for watching man! If you like to support sub to the channel :)
Love it
Even Champs shoe store is gone since you filmed this. Very, slow, death. You should put the name in the title. Also, Florida Mall is thriving due mostly to tourist traffic.
@@hiker64 wow didn’t know that, thanks for watching bro, really appreciate it!!
But all the outlet malls are packed. I do not understand why people do not get out and shop.
Well it’s tough now because there are no businesses here anymore
Hi I go to the Florida mall and it’s always packed so why are these other malls ghost towns especially with how many tourists come here I just don’t understand
@@traviswarner1684 yea I think it’s a combination of location and attentiveness to the malls.. at Fashion sq there’s literally less than 10 business open.. also Millenia and Florida mall have the benefit of being in the the area of the 3 major theme parks and both cater to an international market which both have a ton of
Who here was a "mall rat" in their day?
I used to get chased by security for riding my bicycle through this mall... 😎
Nice
Thanks
Wow
Do you remember when fashion square movie had bowling alley
@@MrMr31ful was it at the arcade on the second floor?
Dope
Ok, but what's the name of the mall?
@@nikolaimacready1370 fashion square mall
@@CruzingwithCruz thank you
It's on 50 near Orlando.gov down town. A Target is near by. A few QSR and chain restaurants.
The internet is a brick-and-mortar killer
Yea definitely but there are other malls in Orlando that have a constant flow of traffic
@CruzingwithCruz can't disagree with you on that one, OFSM has definitely seen its glory days. I used to love that place.
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Nice video 🫡
@@Rickone-c7j thanks 🙏
At least Ocala s Mall is small so it looks still filled but it's not
Wait, they have a Toys R Us?
Yes if u didn't know toys r us has a partnership with Macy's
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Something is wrong with this video... Toys r Us is bankrupt and no longer exists yet in your video there is a fully stocked store
They have small sections within Macy’s now
I didn’t realize they are in Macys
Toys r Us only closed and sold off their side hussles from my understanding. Like baby's r us etc.
@@Natepwnsuno they had all closed down and then someone is trying to bring them back
There is a Toys r Us in Jersey still operating.