Ghost Town Mall

Morrisville Outlet Mall at Research Triangle Park, NC

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News & Politics

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• ghost mall
• ghost town
• real estate crash
• commercial real estate
• bubble

[MrLeftfoot7]

Okay people time to do the American thing and work our way out of this mess. If we wait for Uncle Sam we'll all be relocating to China, India, and South America to find work. Let's turn the engine of industry back on in this country!

[ed7hunt]

@MrLeftfoot7,

I wish more people in office thought that way.

[AmericanRuffian]

This is interesting. I thought the "Research Triangle" area was one of the hot areas of the country. Wonder what the equivelent areas of the rust belt look like.

[ed7hunt]

@AmericanRuffian, this mall is centered in the heart where American engineers used to work--in an industrial park. The Research Triangle Park is now void of electronic design and manufacturing. It all went to China and India.

[vbboyd]

Yes, like you said. it is really sad. You alluded to all the laid off engineers and technical people from Nortel an Ericson as they are shutting up shop. More than likely, I would suspect that companies like Ericcson and Nortel are in the process of outsourcing most of their technical jobs to India and China.

Malls like this are the canaries in the coal mine as the middle class of American becomes more and more of an extinct species as the middle class jobs get shipped overseas!

[ed7hunt]

@vbboyd, you are correct. Those jobs are gone forever.

[RedRockFilmFestival]

Yeah, if I walked into a Mall playing that horrendous music, I wouldn't be shopping there either.

[TheJadedgirl369]

it's a "DEAD RISING"mall

[tendonut]

@endrightwinglunacy A few miles in either direction are some rather large malls. This was an "outlet" mall, and a brand new Tanger-owned mall with more flair opened about 20 minutes west of here. So besides being in a not so prime location, I don't remember this mall ever being very popular. The area is just over-saturated with malls really.

[endrightwinglunacy]

Americans have suddenly turned away from the indoor mall shopping experience. For sure, the economy has hurt retail overall but I think the problems for indoor malls are more complex. Today, people appear to prefer driving from big box store to big box store. My bet is that in addition to the economy, there are few large retail parks close to this mall that have hastened its demise. However, it looks like even the new big box model of retail is in trouble with the advent of online shopping.

[minkvelour]

Too many mallls like this, so tragic.

[Stickymajorwow]

is this near raleigh?

[Interests2010s]

I like your video. This is sure one dead-ass mall. I have a feeling that, in a few years, it's either going to become something else or maybe even getting the wrecking ball :*( This video was posted in 2009. Since then, even more businesses are closing or have already closed. It's a shame that this is happening to our malls in this day and age.

[tsbrownie]

@Galavya41 They've turned the US into a 3rd world country: we export raw materials and import finished goods; the rich/powerful live well but the rest are sinking and have little hope for advancement; opportunity for advancement based on merit is fading and the best opportunities are for the "connected"; being a politician is now a good job and they make a lot of money by selling out their constituents for personal gain; during times of crisis, the rich/powerful are taken care of first; etc.