MERIDIAN MALL - Okemos, Michigan

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I don't think it's going to be dead, actually. I don't think it's going to be dead. Possibly struggling a little bit, I guess I would say. So, yeah, let's go walk around and see what we can find. Here's the greeted by a bandit right away, Bill. Yeah. Wow. So they should really. do something about the dead flowers and stuff. this is right by the entrance. and this warehouse. a big wall up here. which way should i go first? i guess we'll look at this little macy's area here first. it doesn't go back too far. too many people here. oh here is the Macy's dental accent arts. this mall is boring looking. what do you guys think? They better add some more excitement somewhere because this is like really boring. Like look at the floor. I mean Macy's has these lanterns up which is I guess kind of nice. Like the most unique thing I've seen. This is a really boring mall. No offense. Um another wall. Okay this is how they block off the stores that are empty. I see now what they're doing. I never saw anything like you know done that way before like as far as blocking off stores. I've seen different ways that malls do it like Whole Property Group does this like history lesson display thing with drywall. I've seen just um oh I've seen like the where they put blocked colors throughout the windows like different pastel-y colors. City man what is this? Up north gifts. This was, uh, Journeys. H&M. All right, so here we have Center Court. Center Court is really, really kind of boring. I, like, tried to add some color, but it's like, oh my gosh. There's the food court over there. This is a big place. It is struggling a little bit. Look at that. Empty. Empty. Toys R Us. No way. Let's go look at the JC. yeah this live the launch life arcade games birthday parties indoor golf some interesting uh interesting tenants here there's that JCPenney entrance is actually pretty unique uh they don't typically look that way that's very classic looking there's brick wall i bet you this mall used to all look like that with the brick wall and this is probably where they modernized oh wow look at that like a little window display thing this this is neat i like this but and they clearly did not um update the JCPenney stuff this is like pebbles i guess you call that gym kind academy first i guess take a look at the food court the food court looks pretty awesome actually look at that yeah inside oh at least it's a full bustling food court The food court is definitely, well, okay, we have a couple spots empty, but it definitely looks like, um, like, I like the sky, too. It definitely looks the best out of anything here. Fixed sporting goods entrance. Ashley Furniture Wing. It's not a, it's not really the best anchor, because, I mean, usually that means it replaced like a closed-down Macy's or something. Well, they have a Macy's here. What did, I don't know, what did that replace, like a Yonkers, maybe? But, um, Yonker, Yonk, Yonk, I don't know how to say that. Um, in Ohio, we had, uh, that was under the Bonton. We had Elder Beerman. Um, eastern states had, had the Bonton. Ohio had Elder Beerman. And then, further west, you had the Yonkers. It's beer and Halloween! Wow, they really, uh, look at what they did to that Hollister store. They must have, uh, an interactive selfie museum? Well, I don't think that's open anymore. Interesting. Very generic seating areas. Uh, that does look nice, though. There's the sleep shop. The displays. What do you think so far of this place? I think it's really on the boring side. Like, I don't know, like it's... They're struggling a little bit, too. I think they could pull it together, but I would give them some tips to add more color into this place and just get some of these places filled in is really all they really need to do. And as I say that, I see artwork. I know. Wow. We got a very dead wing over here. Yeah, this sucks. This mall has all the modernization that would make you feel as though... Oh my gosh, is this dead? It has all the modernization that would make you feel that this should be a live mall. I mean, it's whitewashed. You guys have a lot of work to do. We have local art. Whoa. Oh, that's axe throwing. That looks pretty cool. Look at this. So that's, um, I think that High Calvert Place is, uh, wow. I think they took all that too. Look at that. Just wanted to take a quick peek. All right, and that will complete my look at the Meridian Mall here in Okemos, Michigan. Uh, let me know what you guys think. It seems like it does have some people definitely in it, but it's hurting. Um... I don't know. I think they could come back, though. Yeah, let me know what you think, and I'll see you on the next video.