Northshore Square Mall in Slidell Louisiana is a rapidly dying mall. The mall has lost several anchor stores recently and inline stores are quickly leaving. The mall is slated for redevelopment into yet another outdoor lifestyle center. Slidell retail is a mixed bag. The mall area recently lost Target and will lose the only Toys R Us on the Northshore soon. The I-10 corridor near Hwy 190 and to the South is booming with the large development Fremaux Town Center. Fremaux Town Center has taken away several former mall tenants and lured many chains new to the area.
We start the tour in the Dillard's clearance center wing.
Dillard's at the end of this corridor was most recently a Men's store. The store was downgraded once the new Fremaux Dillard's opened across town. A retro GNC can be seen in the far right of this photo.
Empty spots are now a common problem across the mall.
One of the better corridors between the entrance to JCPenney and the former Burlington and Dillard's Women's store entrances.
This was the second Dillard's store with mainly Women's clothing. The store closed when the new Dillard's opened across town.
A closed Forever 21 store, that also relocated to the new development Fremaux across town.
Abandoned food court outlet.
One of the few bright spots in the mall. Sears was replaced by At Home and will stay open throughout the redevelopment.
Chik Fil A is one of the last 3 food outlets still open.
More views of the food court. These are the other two food outlets still open as of August 2017.
A different view of the corridor near At Home and the food court.
The former Burlington/ Mervyn's mall entrance.
A view through the gates of a closed arcade. The arcade had lots of neon from what I can remember.
A closer view of the same mall entrance from above.
Inside of the former Burlington/Mervyn's. As you can tell, Burlington did not spend very much money upgrading this store.
Open stores are outnumbered by closed stores in this part of the mall.
Of course you know that Bath and Body Works will be here until the end.
Foot Locker and Victoria's Secret surrounded by empty store fronts.
One of the loneliest Spencer's in the company. Even the mall golf was closed in the mall.
Former Aeropostle and Suncoast.
Inside of the former Suncoast.
Shoe Department Encore takes up a lot of space in this nearly empty corridor.
More empty storefronts with few still occupied.
Now we pass the best part (IMO) of the mall. One of the last remaining FYE stores in Texas and Louisiana.
The inside of the store had signage just like the Suncoast Motion Picture Company store in Beaumont.
The neon trim at the front of the store takes me back.
This sign was interesting. I guess they want to make sure that people don't leave the mall before stopping by. It is a long walk past a lot of vacant store fronts from this sign to the food court.
A nice small fountain in the JCPenney court.
As you can see, JCPenney was closing on my visit. This store was one of the over 100 closed in 2017. This store lasted until early September 2017.
A few outdoor shots of the At Home and food court entrance.
As you can see Dillard's still has a sign near the food court entrance. If you entered here looking for Dillard's you would have to walk all the way across the mall to find it. The one that was near the food court is closed.
Coming next, JCPenney store closing photos.
