Palm Beach Lakes Mall a Ghost Town

Only a Sears, JCPenney, and less than a handful of shoe stores remain open at the Palm Beach Lakes Mall in West Palm Beach, Fla. in July, 2009. This was recorded on a Saturday, when most malls are normally packed with shoppers.

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• VID00177
• Ghost town
• Economy
• Foreclosure

[sniker45]

if places like this go bust its no loss they survived on the flows of credit and sucked money out of communities its not a loss selling crap you dont need

[bunnybooties]

Creepy. This is like the mall in my town! You almost expect a bunch of zombies to come out of hiding. :/

[SchindlerElevator902]

This is what the Nanuet Mall in Nanuet NY used to look like I've had so many memories there and what a coensidence it was owned by Simon!

[Alexandra96460]

Thank God Jcpenny is still open there!

[jsuds12]

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!

[moistfaucet]

you should play the book of eli soundtrack. it will be very creepy. or Metro 2033 guitar song.

[TheGeorgiaGent]

That music would run me off, too

[haywood16]

criminal bankers

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

@fizbin321

in this mall, yeah most of it was local shop ownders selling stuff like clothing jewlery and some real expensive clothing as well... there were also corporations like jcpenny, gamestop, radio shack, it was a mix of local and corporate... obviously all the locals were driven out by the recession it was the closest mall to me what a bitch. :|

[True2TheBlueYoViGang]

i remember before the recession it had business i use to go there alot to buy and sell games at gamestop plus they had the best restuarants everything from burgers health food right down to asian food and coffes. was a kinda cool place i always hated how small it was tho. wasnt it turned into a hurricane shelter? i knw one year ppl were aloud to occupy it durning a huricane :)

[Watcher3223]

@queensplazasouth

Well, just go a few miles north and you'll find the Gardens Mall at Palm Beach Gardens. It's a pretty popular mall that attracts a lot of rich shoppers from Jupiter.

Go several miles south and you'll run into Aventura Mall in North Miami. That's a very BIG and busy mall that even attracts quite a bit of shoppers from South Beach, especially during the winter when the snowbirds flock there.

Palm Beach Lakes mall is small and obsolete, so it's no wonder that place is dying.

[queensplazasouth]

lol south florida what do you expect? a population of retired people and haitian gangs does not support an "economy"