A dead mall is a shopping mall with a high vacancy rate or a low consumer traffic level, or that is dated or deteriorating in some manner. There are many malls in the United States which are considered “dead," having no surviving anchor store (often a large department store) or successor that could serve as an entry into or attraction to the mall. Without the access, the small stores inside are difficult to reach; without the pedestrian traffic that a department store generates, sales volumes plummet for the stores, and rental revenues from those stores can no longer sustain the costly maintenance of the malls.
Today we look into a growing problem; dead malls. As we start to consider that shopping habits are changing and that shopping malls are becoming extinct, we need to consider an alternative for what to do with these soon to be dead-malls. We must always keep in mind that we should choose the most affordable, environmentally friendly and the option with the best outcome. When looking at the Scarborough Town Centre today we see a mall that in the near future will most likely become a dead mall. Currently Scarborough Town Centre is lacking stores and customers due to the current change in trends and people changing their shopping habits, malls are becoming part of our history due to this.
As we know dead malls are just left there to rot, we have come up with solutions to make the Scarborough Town center a green building in keeping existing appliances and furniture. It is very unlikely for a mall not to have a food court. We will reuse as much of the existing materials as possible and the materials that are not being used will be distributed to where needed.
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