I remember 99-2002 in high school if you went on a weekend there was no parking spots, you would have to drive in circles until you found one thats how busy it was, especially in the christmas, so man memores....video game store in 6th grade, pet store in early 90s, seeing the gap store in 90s, dillards, macys in 7th grade to get tommy hilfiger carpender jeans, macys, abercrombie and fitch in high school, american eagle so many memories there, came back from mizzou on break to see the movie theater and food court has moved
the 80s were even better ,,it seemed like the malls took off then thx to to hollywood movies,,but we both have great memories in different decades and its very hard to watch all my mall hang outs disappear,,crestwood scounty and this one,,but thx to youtube they are still there for a virtual walk through
Great mall walkabout. This is the first time I had the chance to visually tour the Chesterfield Mall. What a beautiful mall it is. The beautiful mod touches make this mall plan truly something special. The octagon carved designs on the ceilings, key. The highlight of this episode for me was getting a glimpse of the huge mid-century mod mobile @ 3:35 hanging from the mall ceiling. I have a mini version of the same mobile hanging over my bed in my bedroom. It's so colorful and whimsical. It makes me smile. I love it. Anyways, thx Dommie for taking us along to shop @ the Chesterfield Mall. It was a treat. Moving forward, I wish Ms. Chesterfield Mall a brighter future. Have a great week.
One thing that should be mentioned in regards to Chesterfield Mall is how the opening of the two upscale outlet malls right down the road from here played a HUGE factor in this mall's downswing. One of the reasons this mall seemingly started to fail "out of nowhere" is that no one really thought much about those outlet malls and their placement. They had a lot more upscale stores - and cheaper prices - than the shops in Chesterfield, and their opening was BIG news. Initially they were looking at Chesterfield becoming a new sports complex-type place, but that's since been transferred to the former St. Louis Mills mall, so it's only a matter of time before this mall closes its doors imo, unless someone takes a vested interest in it.
I grew up around that mall me and my friends loved going to that mall had great memories I was there last year they still had good stuff just hope they keep it open loved that place it was my childhood place to go I use to live in ballwin so I went there with friends all the time I took my daughter there she loved it
I grew up in Chesterfield and my mom took me to the grand opening of Chesterfield Mall. I can recall being at the mall during the holiday season and it was so crowded you had a hard time walking to the store you wanted to get to. Far cry now compared to what it used to be. Sad.
The first nail in the coffin was Chesterfield Commons, a TWO MILE LONG outdoor big box shopping center about a mile west. Then in 2013, TWO outlet malls opened in Chesterfield (one of which is already dying and being turned (supposedly) into an entertainment complex next to Topgolf.
Good video of the mall. Its sad how far its sunk, but its been sinking an long time now; almost 20 years its taken to slowly get to this point. Hull also owns the semi-dead Alton Mall which has been in that state as long as I can remember; but Chesterfield is a much different place that won't tolerate the place sitting to rot like St Louis County will. The real estate this place sits on, unlike Jamestown Mall is some of the most prime in the St Louis area. Hull was wanting TIFs for redevelopment, but some in Chesterfield are already crying for eminent domain if the place is not redeveloped given Hull's track record. Their idea of redeveloping Alton Square was putting in a Ross...
As of 2021, the mall is still open but the only anchor store in operation is Macy's. There are badminton and pickleball courts set up in the center and the carousel is long gone. They have now walled up the entrances to Sears and Dillard's, which is very strange to see. It's like they never existed.
Nice video of this mall. I didn't realize Hull owned it now, that's a bummer to hear. Also like others, I definitely greatly underestimated how quickly this mall is declining! I wouldn't be surprised if remaining stores like Eddie Bauer were just bidding their time till their lease expires, then close at this mall. I will take it you also visited Saint Louis Mills, on this same trip? I'd love to get both here and to St. Louis Mills, if I do revisit Saint Louis anytime soon. And I second/third/fourth(?) all the others, in that you should do a special Sears video!
I did some research on this mall out of curiosity. The mall was purchased by the Staenberg Group early in 2020, which means Chesterfield made it through two years of Hull with no major renovations, which IMO is a miracle. Although Staenberg has plans to demolish the mall to turn it into _another_ walkable lifestyle center, the mall still seems to be open as of 2022 in spite of having very low occupancy.
Thanks DG! I don't know what it is, but I've always enjoyed the mall atmosphere around the xmas holiday season. I feel like in a few years, theres going to be no malls left to go to.
Sister mall to Jamestown, I feel that needs to be edited to BIG sister of Jamestown it’s definitely bigger with the two stories. Also I think a Sears documentary would be a fantastic idea
Ah, ok. thank you for the reply. you should come to Western New York, we've got 3 smaller single story malls dying here and a larger mall like this one that is doing quite well.
I would like to see your take on Sears. It seems like they are on the verge of bankruptcy as quickly as this upcoming Friday. I hope they work things out, but I doubt they can.
The colour scheme actually reminds me a bit of a local-ish mall that is now pretty much dead, or almost dead. It's been a while since I've last been there but apparently it's dying even faster (Czechia, dead malls aren't endemic to the US)
It's August 20, 2023. The race is on to acquire more land from parts of property surrounding the Chesterfield Mall. Gone is the "Master Plan: of areas with green spaces --plans are underway for a Sea of Concrete/High End Houses ($1 million plus on small land areas) and street after street after street and plans for a Downtown Chesterfield complete with approx 3,000 apartments, a Corporate Office Building, a High Rise Hotel, retail/restaurants on the ground floor with various 'types of businesses "and demolishing the Mall completely -- except Dillard's still owns their building. Where will everyone park? Some say there will be a parking garage and others say it will be a place for bikes because the people who will live in the apartments won't need a car. Around the perimeter stand completed and in production hundreds of apartments and private homes on land previously planned to be open and green with some construction but not a "city within a city". With a major highway on one side with a short exit lane and a short entry lane, Clarkson Road, a road with limited exit and entrance and no way to expand with new buildings, traffic jams that make life challenging in either direction on the Hwy starting around 5:00 AM and lasting past 8:30 AM and from around 3:00 PM until around 7:30 PM with major traffic from all directions as Chesterfield has grown and so have neighboring areas so it's bumper to bumper in both directions. Short streets to go in and out of the development and it appears no way to park directly at the "new" renovation except perhaps a high rise parking lot -- paid or free? Tax reduction/abatement -- no one wants to talk about it -- multiple years so the "older" residents will "foot the bill" in higher taxes for this "dream city within a city". Lived in Chesterfield since the 1970's -- this was not the Master Plan of the original man who saw Chesterfield as green, open, family centered and community concerned. Oh, but this couldn't be built where the now struggling Outlet Malls were built -- BECAUSE THAT'S IN A FLOOD PLAIN -- or so I was recently told. It would also probably be a challenge for the local Airport, where small planes, some military, some privately owned and some usage by a Not For Profit, Wings of Hope, operate. As they say, another originally proposed "Green Area" bites the dust for the same reason --- money, money, money! What a difference a few years make when local Government is desperate to add to their bottom line because other deals they've made for "big buildings" along the highway and near the "Chesterfield Mall were probably given long periods of low taxation or abatement.
Never went to Chesterfield Mall, used to go to Jamestown, and Northwest Plaza a lot as a teen. Sad to see the downfall of the good old mall life deteriorate & leave behind a big ugly scab on the landscape.
Sounds like what happened to North Ridge mall in Milwaukee that is now a shell of its former self and thanks to a well known youtuber has since been victim to vandalism and scrappers On a side note I like the back ground music
I remember 99-2002 in high school if you went on a weekend there was no parking spots, you would have to drive in circles until you found one thats how busy it was, especially in the christmas, so man memores....video game store in 6th grade, pet store in early 90s, seeing the gap store in 90s, dillards, macys in 7th grade to get tommy hilfiger carpender jeans, macys, abercrombie and fitch in high school, american eagle so many memories there, came back from mizzou on break to see the movie theater and food court has moved
the 80s were even better ,,it seemed like the malls took off then thx to to hollywood movies,,but we both have great memories in different decades and its very hard to watch all my mall hang outs disappear,,crestwood scounty and this one,,but thx to youtube they are still there for a virtual walk through
Great mall walkabout. This is the first time I had the chance to visually tour the Chesterfield Mall. What a beautiful mall it is. The beautiful mod touches make this mall plan truly something special. The octagon carved designs on the ceilings, key. The highlight of this episode for me was getting a glimpse of the huge mid-century mod mobile @ 3:35 hanging from the mall ceiling. I have a mini version of the same mobile hanging over my bed in my bedroom. It's so colorful and whimsical. It makes me smile. I love it. Anyways, thx Dommie for taking us along to shop @ the Chesterfield Mall. It was a treat. Moving forward, I wish Ms. Chesterfield Mall a brighter future. Have a great week.
One thing that should be mentioned in regards to Chesterfield Mall is how the opening of the two upscale outlet malls right down the road from here played a HUGE factor in this mall's downswing. One of the reasons this mall seemingly started to fail "out of nowhere" is that no one really thought much about those outlet malls and their placement. They had a lot more upscale stores - and cheaper prices - than the shops in Chesterfield, and their opening was BIG news. Initially they were looking at Chesterfield becoming a new sports complex-type place, but that's since been transferred to the former St. Louis Mills mall, so it's only a matter of time before this mall closes its doors imo, unless someone takes a vested interest in it.
I grew up around that mall me and my friends loved going to that mall had great memories I was there last year they still had good stuff just hope they keep it open loved that place it was my childhood place to go I use to live in ballwin so I went there with friends all the time I took my daughter there she loved it
I came for the beautiful two story carousel. Absolutely gorgeous. Glad I was subscribed.
I grew up in Chesterfield and my mom took me to the grand opening of Chesterfield Mall. I can recall being at the mall during the holiday season and it was so crowded you had a hard time walking to the store you wanted to get to. Far cry now compared to what it used to be. Sad.
The first nail in the coffin was Chesterfield Commons, a TWO MILE LONG outdoor big box shopping center about a mile west. Then in 2013, TWO outlet malls opened in Chesterfield (one of which is already dying and being turned (supposedly) into an entertainment complex next to Topgolf.
That should have never been allowed.
Mall death is like the Stars, they are big and shinny for awhile, but slowly they cool off to tiny stellar relics of themselves.
Good video of the mall. Its sad how far its sunk, but its been sinking an long time now; almost 20 years its taken to slowly get to this point. Hull also owns the semi-dead Alton Mall which has been in that state as long as I can remember; but Chesterfield is a much different place that won't tolerate the place sitting to rot like St Louis County will. The real estate this place sits on, unlike Jamestown Mall is some of the most prime in the St Louis area. Hull was wanting TIFs for redevelopment, but some in Chesterfield are already crying for eminent domain if the place is not redeveloped given Hull's track record. Their idea of redeveloping Alton Square was putting in a Ross...
As of 2021, the mall is still open but the only anchor store in operation is Macy's. There are badminton and pickleball courts set up in the center and the carousel is long gone. They have now walled up the entrances to Sears and Dillard's, which is very strange to see. It's like they never existed.
Nice video of this mall. I didn't realize Hull owned it now, that's a bummer to hear. Also like others, I definitely greatly underestimated how quickly this mall is declining! I wouldn't be surprised if remaining stores like Eddie Bauer were just bidding their time till their lease expires, then close at this mall.
I will take it you also visited Saint Louis Mills, on this same trip? I'd love to get both here and to St. Louis Mills, if I do revisit Saint Louis anytime soon. And I second/third/fourth(?) all the others, in that you should do a special Sears video!
Good video. Thanks for filming. The mall interior design is cool.
I did some research on this mall out of curiosity. The mall was purchased by the Staenberg Group early in 2020, which means Chesterfield made it through two years of Hull with no major renovations, which IMO is a miracle. Although Staenberg has plans to demolish the mall to turn it into _another_ walkable lifestyle center, the mall still seems to be open as of 2022 in spite of having very low occupancy.
Thanks DG! I don't know what it is, but I've always enjoyed the mall atmosphere around the xmas holiday season. I feel like in a few years, theres going to be no malls left to go to.
Sears won't make it much past Christmas. I was in Lowes last week and I thought I was in Sears with all the Red Craftsman stuff.
Good all 'round video.
I rly love how the mall has Palm Trees
It’s sad. The leases must’ve expired quickly. This mall was about 80% occupied back in 2015.
So many malls are dissipating into oblivion.
Sister mall to Jamestown, I feel that needs to be edited to BIG sister of Jamestown it’s definitely bigger with the two stories.
Also I think a Sears documentary would be a fantastic idea
It's an interesting look considering Jamestown mall's not so pristine condition lol...
Marc Brown true, Jamestown has really fallen apart over the years. I made documentary on it that I think shows that pretty well.
Is it me or does this mall seem dark even with the skylights? It very sad to see all these large malls dying off so quickly.
The hidden camera's exposure is kinda weird. Sometimes things just come out darker than they really are.
Ah, ok. thank you for the reply. you should come to Western New York, we've got 3 smaller single story malls dying here and a larger mall like this one that is doing quite well.
Came here to see what it looked like a couple years ago. The answer not much better.
Last time I was there was late 2013/early 2014 and it was still fairly busy. Crazy to see how it went down so fast.
I would like to see your take on Sears. It seems like they are on the verge of bankruptcy as quickly as this upcoming Friday. I hope they work things out, but I doubt they can.
previous owners of this mall allowed it to die, they owned (and still own) West County Center
The colour scheme actually reminds me a bit of a local-ish mall that is now pretty much dead, or almost dead. It's been a while since I've last been there but apparently it's dying even faster (Czechia, dead malls aren't endemic to the US)
They walled off the Sears and Dillards wings and the Macy’s is now gone.
Great content and please do the Sears thing ur amazing
Chesterfield is one of the nicest suburbs of St. Louis.
I am interested in a Sears video.
Macys Chesterfield Mall closed Last Year
It's August 20, 2023. The race is on to acquire more land from parts of property surrounding the Chesterfield Mall. Gone is the "Master Plan: of areas with green spaces --plans are underway for a Sea of Concrete/High End Houses ($1 million plus on small land areas) and street after street after street and plans for a Downtown Chesterfield complete with approx 3,000 apartments, a Corporate Office Building, a High Rise Hotel, retail/restaurants on the ground floor with various 'types of businesses "and demolishing the Mall completely -- except Dillard's still owns their building. Where will everyone park? Some say there will be a parking garage and others say it will be a place for bikes because the people who will live in the apartments won't need a car. Around the perimeter stand completed and in production hundreds of apartments and private homes on land previously planned to be open and green with some construction but not a "city within a city". With a major highway on one side with a short exit lane and a short entry lane, Clarkson Road, a road with limited exit and entrance and no way to expand with new buildings, traffic jams that make life challenging in either direction on the Hwy starting around 5:00 AM and lasting past 8:30 AM and from around 3:00 PM until around 7:30 PM with major traffic from all directions as Chesterfield has grown and so have neighboring areas so it's bumper to bumper in both directions. Short streets to go in and out of the development and it appears no way to park directly at the "new" renovation except perhaps a high rise parking lot -- paid or free? Tax reduction/abatement -- no one wants to talk about it -- multiple years so the "older" residents will "foot the bill" in higher taxes for this "dream city within a city". Lived in Chesterfield since the 1970's -- this was not the Master Plan of the original man who saw Chesterfield as green, open, family centered and community concerned. Oh, but this couldn't be built where the now struggling Outlet Malls were built -- BECAUSE THAT'S IN A FLOOD PLAIN -- or so I was recently told. It would also probably be a challenge for the local Airport, where small planes, some military, some privately owned and some usage by a Not For Profit, Wings of Hope, operate. As they say, another originally proposed "Green Area" bites the dust for the same reason --- money, money, money! What a difference a few years make when local Government is desperate to add to their bottom line because other deals they've made for "big buildings" along the highway and near the "Chesterfield Mall were probably given long periods of low taxation or abatement.
Thats pretty bad, but it could be worse... the mall could me owned by moonbeam
other states have turned these into tiny apartments with stores mixed in,,seems to work,,or retirement homes
Never went to Chesterfield Mall, used to go to Jamestown, and Northwest Plaza a lot as a teen. Sad to see the downfall of the good old mall life deteriorate & leave behind a big ugly scab on the landscape.
The Cheesecake Factory was the only store doing well when I lived in the area.
How does The Walking Company survive in a mall???
I tried to film this mall too and the security guards told me to stop filming
Your best bet is to be discreet with your camera. Use your phone if necessary.
Hull is notorious for having overzealous Paul Blarts.
Sounds like what happened to North Ridge mall in Milwaukee that is now a shell of its former self and thanks to a well known youtuber has since been victim to vandalism and scrappers
On a side note I like the back ground music
Don't for get fairgrounds square mall
Koki: St. Louis, Missouri 10/10/14
That mind numbing music would of drove me out. Horrible. Gives me a headache.
I’ve never been to that mall, but sad to see that it has closed