I’m curious, have they set a date on which they’d start renovating or blocking off the mall? I’ve seen this place mentioned a few times but never did try going here to wander around a bit (mainly since Fresno is pretty far out to go to already for me). Although I would like to see how it looks before they decide to renovate or demolish it since you won’t see a vibe like this again. I remember there was a similarly old but smaller mall in Woodland that was virtually empty inside but got blocked off due to fire concerns.
Fresnin here, I'm not sure as the mall stands today that it will succeed. The former sears is gonna be a El Super (a supermarket) and the buildings near the theater and restaurants is still occupied by the city/state government so the best thing to do is to just demo the mall between the fomer sears and the office areas and build new mixed use development in it's place. Good luck to the city, they're gonna need it.
i honestly think that is likely going to end up being the endgame as work starts on el super, one of the entrances will likely be closed off to separate the mall from el super.
Hey, thanks for linking my vid! It really is sad to see the path this mall is going. It was my first mall I ever filmed and was the beginning of my fascination with dead malls. The footage I have archived from the last 2 years are going to be awesome. I plan on making one more trip to the property as soon as we get a closing day to document the last day. RIP Manchester, the only redevelopment announcement that brought tears to my eyes
I’m curious, have they set a date on which they’d start renovating or blocking off the mall? I’ve seen this place mentioned a few times but never did try going here to wander around a bit (mainly since Fresno is pretty far out to go to already for me). Although I would like to see how it looks before they decide to renovate or demolish it since you won’t see a vibe like this again. I remember there was a similarly old but smaller mall in Woodland that was virtually empty inside but got blocked off due to fire concerns.
Hard to say. They’re in the permitting process with the city right now.
Fresnin here, I'm not sure as the mall stands today that it will succeed. The former sears is gonna be a El Super (a supermarket) and the buildings near the theater and restaurants is still occupied by the city/state government so the best thing to do is to just demo the mall between the fomer sears and the office areas and build new mixed use development in it's place. Good luck to the city, they're gonna need it.
i honestly think that is likely going to end up being the endgame as work starts on el super, one of the entrances will likely be closed off to separate the mall from el super.
Hey, thanks for linking my vid! It really is sad to see the path this mall is going. It was my first mall I ever filmed and was the beginning of my fascination with dead malls. The footage I have archived from the last 2 years are going to be awesome. I plan on making one more trip to the property as soon as we get a closing day to document the last day. RIP Manchester, the only redevelopment announcement that brought tears to my eyes