DEAD MALL: Chapel Hill Mall - Akron, OH *NOW CLOSED*
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- čas přidán 22. 04. 2020
- DEAD MALL: Chapel Hill Mall - Akron, OH. This mall is one that is struggling to survive. Now in foreclosure proceedings, this place has struggled to pay bills yet the owner had money to buy another mall. Will the Chapel Hill Mall survive the pandemic once things reopen? Or will this place become the new Rolling Acres Mall?
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Chapel Hill Mall officially closed for good on Sunday, April 18, 2021.
No doubt, the PLANdemic by the elites have destroyed (intentionally of course) many way of life we once enjoyed in USA . Extremely sad and also angering.
The music in this video is very fitting and trippy.. another great video brotha Wallie.
im from here that malls for sure a pit in the heart of town. lol. like rotten to the core theres nothing else to do here within 100 miles radius lol
The music reminds me of the 80's so much. I miss the 80's. I grew up going to Rolling Acres and Chapel Hill mall in the early to mid 90's. I remember the big snowman that Chapel Hill Mall had during the christmas season. I also remember the arcade located upstairs by the food court in Rolling Acres. I also remember a Burger King in Summit Mall located in the front of the mall near Ruby Tuesday(now PF Changs). I think Firestone is one of the few stores still in Summit Mall that has stayed since I was a kid in the early 90's
My wife use to go there back in the seventies. She told me of a giant talking snowman named Archie at Christmas time .
We were here just after Christmas and New Year's and the holiday decor was still up. If you go 13:33 there is a huge snowman in the food court. May be the same or similiar snowman you're referring to?
I do believe that is the newer archie in this video..the original archie went to the ceiling and was always right in front of Penny's facing the entrance. He was a creepy looking thing from the sixties..but I remember well talking to him many times growing up
Tina Jones your right , my wife said the same thing , thanks 👍
Archie awesome I heard due to lacking foot traffic and lack of stores there gonna move archie to summit mall or belden village which are both another 30 min drive hell I rather drive another 30 mins vs. Getting shot by gangs at chapel hill now.
@@tinajones3990 yup I heard they moved the giant one to the lock in Akron. Which is a park they have in the middle if downtown Akron they have him up the same week they open ice skating every winter there. I also heard due to chapel hill traffic and stores going away archie and Santa claus is no longer there anymore due to safety. They may move him to summit or belden village mall.
If there's one thing I miss about Sears, it's the auto centers. Those guys did fantastic work at prices you couldn't beat!
It's weird how, at least here, where Sears closed a few of the adjacent auto centers stayed open. I dont understand why that is. The Mall At Robinson Sears and Sears in New Castle, PA both have been closed for years but the auto centers are still business as usual.
@@WallieB26 Some of the Auto Centers were franchises and remained open. In fact it seems they are still welcoming new franchisees.
WallieB26 you need to explore the Tri County mall is a dead mall in Springdale Ohio
This was my hometown mall growing up.long before there were all the outparcel stores. They have been booming for years while the mall silently takes its last breaths. It's sad to see it empty and in disrepair like this. Kohan is in the mall killing business..every mall they own turns into a bigger pile of shit and is written off once it dies
Same girl spent my childhood there growing up as kid in 90's and early 00's.
Love the argyle on the ceiling!
The old Sears by me, is now a Stew Leonard's grocery store...
At least it was repurposed.
That Regal theatre building is so cool, wow.
The entrance of this mall has a great aesthetic too.. the future is not bright though :(
I love the design of this place, it’s very nice and pretty and I hope the best for this mall, especially JCPenney as a whole.
I loved this mall. Looking forward to returning once the virus crap is over. I heard JCP is still having issues which I'm sure only are getting worse under these circumstances.
I know I haven’t watched the whole video but I worked at Chapel Hill mall twice. Once at Steve and Barry’s then at Old Navy. Had some good times too. The night before my wedding our friends took us here with Bride and Groom sashes and took pictures of us. What destroyed this mall was banning teenagers on weekends after 5pm. Then the big department stores started closing. We did have a huge glut of malls. I mostly went to rolling acres until it got too dangerous. I don’t know if they ever stopped bus service to the mall because that was a big deal. The carousel and the fountain were awesome too. Been gone from Akron 10 years now. Hard to see it deteriorate like this.
Wow! Thank you for sharing your story. I had no idea there was a Steve and Barry's here. I know their run was short though. And while I can understand banning teenagers without an adult, it seems a bit ridiculous at ban them at 5. The Monroeville Mall has a similar ban that goes into effect at 7PM if they dont have an adult accompanying them. Reason is because of the repeated history of violence here in recent years being similar in style and usually near the end of the day.
Bus service still active here at Chapel Hill. Right by the entrance I went in, there were several buses idling there with another dropping people off. Never did I feel threatened or in fear of my safety. Actually felt quite well here. At Rolling Acres, I can see why no one would feel safe there when it was going downhill. I visited the ruins after it was mostly demolished and it seemed very very sketchy. Other than that area, the rest of Akron has always seemed relatively nice. I generally like the Akron and Canton area to begin with.
Quite a few stores are having problems right and left and its terrible..
@@WallieB26 The reason I stopped going to Chapel Hill is because the city bus lines stopped in front of JC Penneys and gangs of hooligans would come in the mall. Shoplifting and parking lot crime skyrocketed to the point I didn't feel comfortable parking my car out there- for fear of it being stolen or broken into...
@@WallieB26 oh yeah when Steve and Barry's was there it breathed new life into mall it's where the shoe encore is it at now.it was affordable clothes and had great quality for the price and when they moved in dozens of stores moved in behind them When Steve and Barry's went bankrupt in 06. that's when the mall started the slow decline.
Many malls have been ruined by “teens” coming in from “surrounding areas”.
The make a key place in the parking lot ❤️ I remember these and the occasional photo center sheds in mall parking lots.
Weird/funny thing there is a mall near me called Chapel Hills Mall that actually did include a Kmart. The kmart has since been replaced with a newly built theatre.
I've heard about that mall! Even when you look up Chapel Hill Mall you have to make sure it's not the Colorado location. There is also a town in North Carolina called Chapel Hill.
@@WallieB26 That's cool! There's another channel in the area that isn't retail related, but they've filmed at that mall a few times too coincidentally! Super crazy coincidences!
That party city was in a middle of money problems as well right along with Kay's jewelry..
@@WallieB26 Please go ahead and talk in your videos I like how you explain things..
@@aniyaturner6 In a sense. I live in Wyoming, but I visit Colorado quite regularly!
Love the classic building design of the former Macy’s. The one on Stow is still open and fabulous.
I always loved that design. Many of the former Kaufmann's had this design. I've noticed tons of them in Ohio built that way. As for the Stow location, I dont know if you heard but that Macy's was closing or is now closed. I was trying to get out there for a video before the virus shut everything down but didnt make it in time before Macy's temporarily closed all of their stores until further notice. Dont know if that means liquidation wrapped up early or if it will resume once the company opens its stores again. Sad to see it close. I have visited the Meijer next door several times. The Macy's looked exceptionally nice on the outside. Loved that it was a stand alone store.
Didn’t it close recently? The last time I went to Meijer there were going out of business signs.
Wallie, I don't think they had $10M to buy that other mall. I bet they found a bank to finance most of it.
Oh they dont but according to the media, it was already purchased and that they were going to make payments. I know Ashtabula County and the local government is worried about what may happen to the mall as a result. They sound like they really didnt want Kohan to buy it.
That is so stupid not to put money into the places you already have before just like Eddie lampert he would do the same in fact he did like sears/kmart stores stupid idiot business owners their twangs.got too big they need to be clipped..
JCPenney leaving is a huge blow to this mall. Kohan is going to let this place die just like he has at other properties. It is a real shame because the interior of this mall has a lot of character. What can these clowns prosecute you for by taking photos of the mall for anyway?
Lovin how stable this footage is, completely agree, it's a terminal thing when the utilities get cut off,,it's always gonna be that gut sinking feeling seeing the Continuing decline of malls,it was the place to be back in the day
Well strip malls are having that problem too especially the ones near where I live..
That mall has seen better days
Sure has.
sad to see all these Sears and Kmart's going out of business I give it two or three more years and there will be no more Kmarts or no more Sears
Agreed. I dont even know if I give it that long. I really wonder if the company will be extinct by the holidays in 2020.
WallieB26 That would be really sad. When I bought my house in 2016. I furnished my home mostly of Kmart products. Around the same time I was preparing to move in several Kmarts in the East Tennessee area were closing. Then suddenly all the Sears in my area closed with the following wave of Kmarts in the state in 2019. Tennessee has 0 Kmarts now.
Where I live in Louisiana all of the Kmarts closed 10 years ago. The old super Kmart store is now a super Target.
Great video Wallie. It’s sad that Akron’s malls are dying, first Rolling Acres and now Chapel Hill.
When I was a little girl my parents took me there all the time. I called it, “ Happy Hills”😊🍿🎠
This is a great video of the mall. Lots of information and all produced in a way that made it very enjoyable to view. Thank you!
I was supposed to see this place back in March. But then I got blocked by the virus.
But hey, when in doubt, send a Wallie B, lol
LOL! Well, I mean much video is from January. Since then more places have closed. So whenever everything reopens you'll still have a reason to stop by!
I just love that you and Kayla are still together
Great mall video, Wallie! I’m a proud Patreon member! Love ya! 😁
Wallie, we never get tired of hearing you talk! You are very passionate about your videos and topics!
ON another note, I still remember going to Chapel Hill even back in 2008 and 2009. It just scares me to see all of the stores closed.
So sad. I remember seeing Home Alone in that theater there. Hard to believe it's been 30 years since that movie came out.
Awesome videos
Thank you!
I'm French, and I'm so sad to sse these happening in your country... it's very shocking for me really...
We have not big mall than you are. But our mall is tinny compared to you. And we have the begin to same way because Amazon going to increase this situation especially right now with quarantine COVID !
Yep, thanks to goddamn china.
Man, I remember going there in early February 2015, back when all 3 anchors were open. At least from my perspective the mall was super healthy.
lol at the ending. It says pictures not filming, so you're good. 😀
It's a really nice mall!
Its amazing
This is sad. There was an animal store in the mall where an employee killed several rabbits. The store immediately fired the employee and ended up closing the store. It was located near Sears.
Thanks thanks so much for the video about the Chapel Hill Mall. Our mall here in Wayne, NJ is closed because of the coronavirus and I miss going there. The only store that go to anyway as the Apple store. But I always enjoy walking around the mall both inside and outside. I love your videos! Thanks so much
Good find, good find. You never fail with a good video. You have a bucket list going on what you’d like to visit?
cool mall video wallie! 👍 chapel hill is a sad mall
Thank you! I agree. This place has seen better days.
I was waiting for this video! I enjoy these videos you do so much, and aside from making some changes to my channel and most recently the logo, I just scroll through your previous videos. It's hard to find ones I haven't watched because I've seen so many of them. Anyway, great job you and Kayla have done with this. Love the videos from you and Terry, Richard, Manny, their wives and all of you all. Have a good night man!
I live less than two miles from here. It was my go to for nearly everything.
JCPennys is officially closed too. The pandemic will be the final nail in this mall's coffin. Only stores that have an outside entrance will see the light of day until they relocate to area plazas.
Even the main road (Howe Ave.) from the highway was as terrible as the parking lot. It's finally getting worked on now but for Chapel Hill, it's far too late.
Last time I stepped inside was for a pair of work shoes and the experience wasn't great. Getting heckled by survey takers only to be insulted because I wanted no part of it.
I can't imagine anything to replace the structure. The area doesn't have a demand for anything that isn't already 10-15 mins outside of it.
Hopefully it is given back to nature.
This was my TED talk, thanks for listening, and thanks for the Video!
Thank you for the video!
This is one mall I've never been in. The blue sky design is awesome along with all the other details. Mmmm mold. Oops on the sign.
What a beautiful mall....such a shame to lose it, F.U. AMAZON!
Agreed. I think the area plays a role in this mall's decline though, too. There is the Summit Mall not far that is doing much better than this mall.
WallieB26 It’s funny how Summit mall was the first mall, and rolling acres mall was the last, but the first too close, and chapel hill is next.
My childhood mall
Thanks u did a great job filming chapel Hill Mall I grew up in the area I used to work at that Mall when I was 16 it was beautiful & it's very sad to see it now & I do think it's going to be torn down just like rolling acres
Thank you god bless wallieB26 always making awesome videos thank you keep making awesome videos stay safe and healthy out there and Kayla as well
I think that you did a great job on the video. Your friend Bobby
Thank you very much. I'm grateful to hear you enjoyed the video. My mall videos take several hours to edit to get them to my liking. Thanks again!
@@WallieB26 no problem bro.
This is the mall I hung out at as a kid, I still live less then a mile away it's sad, the whole area has gone to hell.
Man it brought tears to my eyes, I remember it in its heyday
You know how sad these closing are but where are the seniors going to walk once the malls are gone? Great video!
Saw my first movie there, also loved going to the Woolworth
I guarantee, post-pandemic, Chapel Hill is done. I was told by someone who lived nearby it was closing in June anyway.
There is this one place out in Johnstown at galleria Mall it is still not available that place used to be a Wendy's at the food court so yeah
I remember going to this mall when I was little. My family would always come for the photography place that was in the JC Penney's I believe? And we would get family pictures taken there. Sometimes we would walk through the JC Penney's and into the actual mall. I don't remember much of the mall but I do clearly remember the fountain and the big sky mural above it, as I would ask to go see it sometimes. I'm sad to see that the fountain doesn't appear to be operational anymore. I also clearly remember the carousel in the food court although idk if I ever rode it. I am 16 now, and I haven't been there at least since I was 10. We don't go there anymore because my parents said it's dangerous. It's cool to see it one last time even if it is just in a video though. Also great video, your channel's pretty underrated.
Hi Wallie Another great video! That mall looks like it has seen better days and I fear this pandemic will doom so many more malls that were struggling. I grew up with malls in my area like the Lockport Mall so it is sad to see them go. Nice Merry-Go-Round. I saw a double decker Merry-Go-Round in a mall in Rochester NY around Christmas time and it was really cool. Stay awesome and safe Wallie.
I’ve been to that mall a few times and it was struggling back then too
I remember thinking the woolworths was so retro and I remember a fancy sit down restaurant that was right off the main center. Oh and Chucks Cheese
Good video
Thank you
I remember going there with my parents as a kid.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Lol
Always loved this mall
Im gonna miss it
I shopped there in 1975-77 when I was a student at KSU. Good times. Pinball was big at that time (before video coin operated games like Pac-Man) so my friend and I went to the arcade in the mall to check out the newest pinball machines every week. Then we ate at the Brown Derby. I saw Star Wars at the 3-screen theater. Akron is the home of those tire companies so I guess that the mall is also at the mercy of the fortunes of the auto industry.
I would like to take a trip here again I've been here only once and I really like the merry go round.Would like to film it.I really like the design of the exterior of Penny's too.Great job on this Wallie
I grew up in the Akron area, and Summit Mall was always the "fanciest" of the three malls that you mentioned.
I've actually never even been to Rolling Acres Mall. It was pretty much dead even back in the early 2000s when I was in High School.
Chapel Hill was the one I went to the most frequently, and it was pretty vibrant when I was an adolescent and teenager. It had been renovated in the 1990s and was completely full of stores. I would typically enter through the food court, which seemed impressive to me as a teenager.
The other mall that people would sometimes go to was Belden Village Mall, which is closer to Canton, but had some different stores.
Great work! Buchholzer is pronounced Buck-holzer, one of the roads in the malls proximity is named after him. I live 10 minutes from the mall so if you have any questions ask!
Love the videos wally especially the mall ones, you do a great job explaining things about the mall. If u ever come down to south jersey I have a mall,for u the Voorhees town center. Its really on life support.
Well THAT was emotional
Solon-based Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP) finalized purchase of 60 acres of the mall’s 72-acre site this week, along with most of the structures there. The company plans to redevelop the property into a light industrial business campus.
Chapel Hill Mall was the closest mall to where I live. While I visited snd shopped there frequently, I always preferred Summit and Belden Village Malls. Both are in somewhat more affluent areas and, while the malls themselves are nice, are supported by a much better out-of-mall selection of shops and restaurants.
This is the third all in my general area to have been closed; Rolling Acres, Carnation Mall in Alliance and, now, Chapel Hill.
I remember going to the hometown buffet across the street from there
Sadly that closed yrs ago. Way before the mall troubles.
the closest sears to me has been closed for several years now I think its still empty , going to waste thanks wallie for a great video
Ahhhh, want to connect things I'd seen when I was little. I have no idea where what is with the jumps. Appreciate your work tho.
You mentioned like around april 24 2020 which was 3 days ago from today april 27 2020 that Jc penny was gonna closed down. They're still in bussiness closed down due to covid19. Im sure once the cities re open they will carryout their closure plans. The mall will closed right after
I know it is another comment but the summit mall is owned by Simon property group. My local mall Stratford square mall that I have a video in Illinois. Is now owned by namdar. Stratford square mall also had part of a ceiling on a store is falling and was fixed with duct tape. The Spencer’s in my mall closed too.
I'm not shocked about the rough repair job at Stratford Square. Namdar is another "slumlord" when it comes to owning and taking care of malls. They own the Uniontown Mall and you see how dead that mall is.
WallieB26 czcams.com/video/mRXkvgfe9KI/video.html this was the first mall/retail video I uploaded and I think it turned out good,
@@retailadventures6 I LOVE the lights on the poles and the aesthetics I saw in the beginning of the video. I'll watch the video in its entirety momentarily!
WallieB26 ok.
WallieB26 I think that in the Chicago area it has the best aesthetics. I will film more once covid-19 ends.
I miss the Sears Auto center
It is the new rolling acers!!!
LIKE IT
My whole family loved Malls. From the early 60s thru the 90s. We spent a lot of time shopping for many occasions/car repairs etc. I had my first date at a Mall when I was 16. I was so nervous. These are just a few memories that impacted my family and myself. Times were slower and very personnel. Now thru the mist of a crippling virus, people have more time to remember the best times of there lives. Yours and Nates videos do just that. Keep the videos coming and most of all stay safe.
I used to go there all the time man
Very difficult to watch this video as I grew up with this mall. Been living out of state since 2004, haven't been back since. My late mother worked for Sears for nearly 40 years.I can recall as a pre-teen I would be dropped off and walk the mall for a few hours while my mother worked. You couldn't imagine doing that nowadays. The end has come for this place. Rolling Acres the second for sure. Such a dark and desolate place.
you should do eastland mall once the malls open!
It's kind of strange to see people without face coverings and not social distancing.
Well I wouldnt sit on those couches ewww you dont know what's crawling all over that like some idiots probably did certain things when the mall is getting close to closing or some dingbats did x rated film in there..
I was sad when that old key shop was closed down I remeber seeing my sister getting her key there
I found a picture of the original Archie..any way to post it?
And why they are non-payment!
It so sad to see a mall like that
8:15 what are those contraptions? They look like fun?!
Good thing you filmed this mall while you did, since it closed(good video by the way). What are they going to do with it now? Tear it down?
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I haven't been to the area in awhile. I do know it closed months back and I believe the plan was to redevelop the property/area. I'm pretty sure I was to understand the mall is to be demolished.
@@WallieB26 I was just curious. Thank you! I'm thinking about filming some mall videos myself this summer, like Palisades Center in West Nyack, NY and Jersey Shore Premium Outlets in Neptune, NJ for my other channel.
They kept the building up, tore out all the walls and are using it for something else now. Can't recall what.
Chapel hill would make a great casino
I miss sears and the old sears hardware stores. Hate to see malls close like this thanks to Walmart and Amazon.
We may have just missed each other when you shot this. This was my childhood mall and I still live in the area. It’s sad to see what it’s become. I actually chatted up one of the shop employees who’s worked at the mall since the 90s; there is a committee of mall employees who are actively involved in mall affairs, but its current owner doesn’t seem interested in reviving it. Sounds like the current issues with Kmart... if you have a hankering to return to the Akron area, the JCPenney extended its closing sale to July 17th
My cousins live in Akron Ohio !
Small world! Even though I live in Pittsburgh, several of my friends live out in the Canton area. I like the area.
Yep and Nate the guy lives in Canton Ohio you both are the best and also I live in Pittsburgh to !
Wallie keep the hard work Up And buy a abdenoded retail shop or petrol station for you and your girlfriend.
Thank you. If I did, I'd be able to showcase everything I have crammed here at home and things I dont even have out on display.
@@WallieB26 Kool cant wait wallie to see All Of your CZcams videos you have And said to me just now.
Old as I am, i was born in 1967. I'm starting to wonder about our mall too if will survive after this crap is over but time will tell. Our mall is always thriving since people come from Esstern New Mexico to Lubbock to shop.
If your mall typically thrives with shoppers from around, I wouldnt worry too much about it post pandemic. It's the dying and dead malls I worry about. They were already just scraping by or struggling to scrap by.
@@WallieB26 that's true. That was a surprise at the end, as you I'm sure I didn't see that coming. Strange the mall would have that posted on the door but I'm sure you'll be fine. Thsnk you for sharing Wallie! 🙂👍
This isn't "the next rolling acres". Century 3 already took that, although to be fair they do have security there unlike Rolling Acres.
Will C. May I think WallieB26 means as far as the Akron area is concerned. Akron went through heck trying to get rid of Rolling Acres only to have yet another potential vacant property in Akron. And isn’t Century 3 in Pennsylvania?
The music that starts at 1:39 makes this sound like a 1980's coming-of-age movie. If I watch the whole video maybe I'll see Rob Lowe or Judd Nelson. Maybe Demi Moore and Ally Sheedy will drop by. It would be cool to see Brooke Shields and Phoebe Cates making out in the fountain in the main concourse.
Now where did I leave the lotion?
I haven't been there in a while
It's recently been sold for the 5th time in as many years
that mall is decaying already
I doubt they had 10 million in cash. I'd wager they borrowed 10 million and took out a mortgage on the mall they bought. As to whether whomever loaned them the money is a fool, only time will tell. I sure wouldn't have.
Hello Wallie good video I think more malls are going to have problems because retail sales are like down 10 percent in March and we will see if April is any better
They can't prosecute people for filming. They can ask you to leave, and if you don't they can call the police who will order you to leave and probably charge you with trespassing if you refuse. I do understand why they don't want filing though.
Well here in Ohio all Super Kmart Lotz and Sears they're being bought out by Mennards/Meijers. Im super in a few years a Menards and a Meijers will be seating in that spot. The abandoned super kmart in brooklyn oh got replaced by a Menards and the super kmart in Lorain oh by a meijer
What I wouldn't give for Menards and Meijer to open stores in Dallas! Shopping here kind of sucks.