Dead Malls Season 6 Episode 15 - Marion Centre Mall

Marion Centre Mall
Or as locals might know it,, Southland Mall. Might surprise some, as it is actually one of the older shopping centers in the state of Ohio. And still relatively unheard of.. Built and opened in 1969, Southland like many of the other malls around the area was built to scale for its growing city of Marion. Originally an open air complex anchored by Sears, and JCPenney. Southland Mall would be fully enclosed and renovated in 1978, and given its 3rd anchor, Elder Beerman. Throughout the 80s into the 90s the mall would soldier on as THE shopping destination in the area. But like every old ill positioned mall, it was not built for the freeway.. Marion’s retail push just like Woodland Mall left Southland, and instead began to focus more on the cities east side near the new freeway. And Southland, in an age of anchor rot, old tenant rot, bankruptcies, changing demographics and trends, and online shopping. Stood no chance.. Today, the mall sits with a new name, lifeless and empty. The theater being the only thing keeping it open… While here I wanted to be sure that I was able to capture ALL of its dead, liminal sights.

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