yes, Cherryhill mall (and the one nearer to my home, Sherwood Forest Mall) is an example of a micromall that has thrived. It doesn't have much competition for the type of stores it hosts (within a few kilometers, which is a lot for the seniors and students that lack automobiles), it is on a very busy street close to the university, and most of all, it has tens of thousands of people living right behind in what is London's largest apartment complexes...set to almost double in size in the next 5-8 years, with expansion to the West along Oxford, up until Proudfoot lane.
Masonville, the biggest, most upscale London-area mall is still doing well, having attracted an Apple Store along with other upper-market offerings. White Oaks hangs on, but while mostly fully leased, lacks the that upscale mixture. It hasn't fallen yet, but you can see that its glory days are well behind it, with the profusion of cheaper retailing options like Dolllarama, Bentley's, cellphone bling shops, and nail salons. Westmount mall, once perhaps the largest of London's malls, is in dire shape. It is virtually bereft of retail, other than the stores fronting Wonderland Road. A third of the mall was demolished, orphaning the former grocery store and adjacent passage. What remains of the upstairs has been entirely converted to offices. It still gets those mall walkers, though. But what a sad decline from 2005, when I moved to London (renting an apt right across the street, when the mall was nearly completely leased...within one year, perhaps a third of the shops were vacated, on account of the Big Box Barf Dumbcentre built at Southdale and Wonderland. Galleria downtown (aka Citi Plaza) is, save for a Timmies and a Dollarama, utterly bereft of shops. Once upon a time, it hosted a Harry Rosen outlet and Polo Ralph Lauren. Now it is nearly completely empty, of both shops and services. Argyle mall was knocked down and replaced with Big Box Barf. As was Oakridge Mall. Likewise for Superstore Mall south of the 401. And likewise for the world famous Oxbury mall. London Mall has been redeveloped (half of it became a T&T), and lost its inner mall.
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