Hickory Hollow Mall: An Endangered Species [Mixed Reviews By People Who Don't Live Here]

June 30, 2009 7:57 AM 8 comments

Another day, another national ranking. Today we observe as Hickory Hollow Mall is included in America’s 10 Most Endangered Malls by US News, citing the departure of a few pretty much every chain store as the reason for slapping on the “endangered species” title. Hickory Hollow has an 82% occupancy rate (which seems kind of generous) and a profit sales of only $187 per square foot. From US News:

Hickory Hollow Mall, Nashville, Tenn. (82 percent; $187). Dillard’s has left, and other departed tenants include Linens ‘N Things and Steve & Barry’s, two of the biggest casualties of the recession. Two of four anchor slots are vacant, and the theater recently switched from first-run movies to late-run discount flicks. With a lack of retailers, the mall may convert some of its space to office use. One new tenant: the local police, who recently opened a recruiting station at the mall.

Thanks to Tyler for the tip! Photo by somegeekintn.
  • Glenn

    I bet the mall wishes it could muster $187 of profit per square foot. No, that's sales/sqft. Not profit.

  • http://nashvillest.com morganlevy

    Thanks for the catch.

  • http://www.jeremyhoward.com jermscentral

    Good riddance. You know your mall goes downhill when Steve & Barry's moves in, and you know it's a goner when Steve & Barry's can't even get business there. If there was more done to make it less of a ghetto hangout, I'm sure they would be fine. I remember going there all the time in high school when it was clean and pretty safe; now I won't set foot in there.

    And you know the only reason they have a police “recruiting station” there is so they can have an excuse to have officers in the facility for the daily/weekly gang activity.

  • http://justinmundie.wordpress.com/ Justin

    Jeremy,

    The mall is toast because Antioch (and LaVergne) are dead. They are subprime suburbs (with a healthy dose of Section 8) and now that we've reached peak credit… foreclosures are gonna go crazy, and people can't go max out their credit cards at Hot Topic and Foot Locker.

    I say stay away from the south east side. In 10 years, it will be an abandoned wasteland of vacant track homes, strip malls, and gangs.

  • Kat coble

    I think you mean tract homes

  • http://www.jeremyhoward.com jermscentral

    Good riddance. You know your mall goes downhill when Steve & Barry's moves in, and you know it's a goner when Steve & Barry's can't even get business there. If there was more done to make it less of a ghetto hangout, I'm sure they would be fine. I remember going there all the time in high school when it was clean and pretty safe; now I won't set foot in there.

    And you know the only reason they have a police “recruiting station” there is so they can have an excuse to have officers in the facility for the daily/weekly gang activity.

  • http://justinmundie.wordpress.com/ Justin

    Jeremy,

    The mall is toast because Antioch (and LaVergne) are dead. They are subprime suburbs (with a healthy dose of Section 8) and now that we've reached peak credit… foreclosures are gonna go crazy, and people can't go max out their credit cards at Hot Topic and Foot Locker.

    I say stay away from the south east side. In 10 years, it will be an abandoned wasteland of vacant track homes, strip malls, and gangs.

  • Kat coble

    I think you mean tract homes