The Mall of Acadiana Lafayette Louisiana

On the other side of Lafayette is the Mall of Acadiana which opened at the end of the 1970's. This mall is located off of Ambassador Caffery Pkwy and Johnson Street. The mall of Acadiana is the dominant mall of the region with Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears as the anchors. Each anchor is two levels, but the mall is only one level. A large Forever 21 store is also located in between Macy's and JCPenney. This mall has been renovated in a French style to make the mall look like an older town. Many of the storefronts have brick entrances which are a nice change from the boring 2000's mall styles. Most of the popular chains can be found at this mall and I did not see one empty space which means this mall may have a waiting list to get in. More information can be found about the mall including former anchors here. The mall looks to have been designed to have five major anchors, but only four opened.

The food court entrance.

FYE was a Sam Goody in a past life; check out the brick entrance.

The food court is a typical 2011 food court; nothing special.

The design of this mall is very unique.

The design of the mall helps to break the monotony of the plain styles of most 2000's updated malls.

These arches are on the way to all of the anchor stores; a nice touch. As you can see there is no shortage of  lanterns all along the mall corridors.