Friday, September 26, 2014

Southpark Mall / Summer Grove Shreveport La update

A few things have changed since my last visit. Some of the store fronts have been covered up as well as the former mall entrance to Burlington. More store fronts have been converted to other uses and spaces have been combined to create large areas for church and community uses. I visited again on a weekday afternoon and there was not much going on besides the occasional mall walkers. The property is still doing well on Wednesdays, weekends, and when church and community events are held here. 
The windows to Burlington have been covered up. 
Here is the entrance to the former JCPenney which is now the Worship Center.
Inside of the former Montgomery Ward
The former cinema
The storefront of Montgomery Ward

The former Dillard's anchor.
Burlington is still going strong.

The Montgomery Ward auto center that is on the East side of the mall property. 

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Sears Grand Austin Tx. Updated list August 2018


This Sears Grand opened in the fall of 2005 as part of Sears push at the time to compete with Walmart Supercenters and Super Target stores. The store featured a full Sears store along with groceries, toys, health, music, movies, garden center, and pet supplies. Now the store has lost most of the extra departments and has furniture and clearance items where those departments were located. 

Current Sears Grand stores still in operation (according to the Sears website) include

12625 N. I-35
Closed April 2018


6136 W. Grand Ave.
Closing September 2018

7453 S. Plaza Center Dr.
Divided in half, no longer a Sears Grand store. Closing November 2018
330 Siemers Dr.
Store under the May 2018 auction list




If there are any more out there, drop me a comment and I will add the store to the list.
This concept could have done well if it had been pursued more aggressively. This concept was opened around the time of the Kmart and Sears merger that has seen nearly every concept outside of Sears and Kmart fade away or get spun off. Sears Grand lives on in name and design, but the extra departments that made the store unique are long gone. Since Super Kmart Centers at the time of the merger were going away, this concept was also abandoned in favor of Sears Essentials stores. For more information about this concept click here. 
A view of the closed off Garden Center.
The directory lists many departments that are no longer in the store. As you can see the setup is similar to many popular Supercenter concepts.

A look from the North entrance to the store towards the checkouts. 
The area to the left of this picture featured the pantry and pet supplies. The signage was changed in this area once the departments were removed. 
This was the area where the Health and Beauty section was at. 
Gamecube games are long gone from the electronics department.

Another section that is no longer here, but all the signs remain. I wonder how many disappointed kids have seen the sign across the store and found out that nothing is left but sporting goods and clearance items. 
Appliances
Tools 
Lawn and Garden
Looking at a row of checkouts. 
A look across the middle of the store .
Two views from the front of the store to the electronics section in the back.