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

By: Kat coble

Kat coble — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:44:18 +0000

I think you mean tract homes

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:49:24 +0000

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.

By: jermscentral

jermscentral — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:29:01 +0000

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.

By: Kat coble

Kat coble — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:44:18 +0000

I think you mean tract homes

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:49:24 +0000

By: jermscentral

jermscentral — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:29:01 +0000

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.

By: morganlevy

morganlevy — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:23:43 +0000

Thanks for the catch.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:23:57 +0000

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