Here is a long-overdue visit to Mall St. Vincent in Shreveport Louisiana. It has been over 11 years since I did a full update on this mall. In fact, I don't think we have been through this area for close to a decade. How time flies!
Kohan now owns the mall, so things have inevitably declined. While not quite a deadmall yet, there are a lot of vacant storefronts. The 2013 mall renovation probably bought this property a few more years. More chain stores are holding on here than at Pierre Bossier Mall. The former Sears is set to be redeveloped into an addition for the LSU Health and Sciences Foundation. Hopefully this addition to the mall will open up into the mall corridor and bring more traffic inside of the mall. The mall is a mishmash of 1970's, 1990's, and 2010's design.
A lot of the retailers past and present are similar to what we will see at Pierre Bossier Mall across the river. While the anchor lineup is much stronger at Pierre Bossier, this mall is doing much better than Pierre Bossier. The mall is listed as having 540,000 square feet of retail space. The next post will be Pierre Bossier Mall, and it will be coming up next week.
Former Sears
The design here is just something we don't see in modern buildings.
Looks like someone has been taking care of stray animals.
The inside of the former Sears.
The remains of the discover more at sears.com sticker on the door.
The relatively untouched Sears auto center.
A look at the future of the Sears anchor.
For now, there are still leftover remnants of the former Sears.
Now for the exterior of the mall. The East side of the property is still vintage 1970's/1980's.
The I-49 West side had the fancy renovation roughly 10 years ago.
This old school mall entrance sign remains.
The wide view of the mall from Dillard's to the former Sears.
One of the 90's era road signs.
This Dillard's location is really nice.
A faint Sears labelscar on the Sears mall entrance.
Sears pre-dated the mall and was incorporated well into the mall structure.
The 90's Sears update to the mall entrance just doesn't look good at all here.
Looking into the mall from the former Sears mall entrance.
Looking into the Sears from the mall entrance.
Now we will check out the rest of the mall. The Shoe Department Encore to the left is one of the few businesses left in the Sears corridor.
One of the older closed businesses. Very few vacant mall spaces were covered up, probably since a lot of them are recent closures.
Lids, Journeys, Hibbett Sports, Auntie Annie's, and Shoe Department are the chain stores still left in the Sears corridor. A few local retailers and eateries are also in this area of the mall.
As we head to the center court, there are a lot more vacancies.
Foot Locker is still holding on despite a lot of surrounding vacancies.
The center court turtle pond is still being kept up nicely.
Another view of the center court. We will see more on the return trip across the mall.
One of the ceiling leaks. There were a few small leaks to be found in the mall. Just wait until we visit Pierre Bossier Mall, there are a lot more leaks there.
Former Buckle.
Former Hollister, with nearby kiosks.
The court between Dillard's and the center court.
The vintage Picadilly Cafeteria is still going strong here.
Now we are heading down the Dillard's corridor.
This side of the mall is really quiet. Only Victoria's Secret and a few local stores are still going in this corridor.
The Dillard's court is similar to the Sears court with high ceilings and skylights. A lone bucket is here to collect dripping water.
Now we will backtrack down the Dillard's corridor.
Back to the Picadilly mall entrance between Dillard's and the center court.
A fairly modern Bath and Body Works.
Back to the center court.
The mid 2010's mall renovation brought these designs to the center court and mall entrance ceilings. The mall was fairly bland prior to the most recent update to the mall.
Foot Locker with Zales in the far background.
This court between Sears and the center court is the busiest section of the mall. 4 out of the 5 eateries in the mall are located here as well.
Another lone bucket to catch the water drips.
Hibbett Sports still has the vintage 90's era storefront. Their stores in more popular malls have an updated look.
City Gear and Lids.
Here is the mall map. As you can see, the layout is a simple anchor to anchor corridor with a curve. The mall directory is out of date. A handful of stores listed here are gone.
The Sears court is really nice.
That is all for this visit. Next up we will visit the Pierre Bossier Mall in Bossier City Louisiana. Another Kohan owned mall that is in real trouble.
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