Black Mall

The intermediary stage between an active, vibrant mall and a dead mall. As a mall declines and the property value decreases, recognizable chain stores leave and niche black-owned businesses take over while half of the mall remains empty. Usually criminal incidents at the mall increase as well. The best thing at black malls are their food courts.

Man, it's so weird hearing about how Capitol Court was the place to be in the 60's and 70's. When I was growing up in the 90's, it was a black mall. And now, it doesn't even exist anymore. Such is life.