Now, the majority of retail tenants are local shops operating without a franchise, or nonretail organizations such as the Tulsa Cerebral Palsey Association, Traditional Korean Martial Arts and the Worldwide Church of God. Other national retailers such as The Gap, Old Navy, Radio Shack and Famous Footwear soon followed. Mervyn's LLC had already announced it will close all three Tulsa locations, including those at Tulsa Promenade and the Village at Woodland Hills, by the end of January.Įastland has been steadily declining since at least 2001, when J.C. Employees at Dillard's referred questions to officials at their corporate headquarters in Little Rock, who did not return phone calls at press time. The sale did not include the spaces occupied by Dillard's and Mervyn's, which are owned by their tenants. "We can only hope the new owners will let us terminate our lease," Messer said. She said the store would have closed long ago if Simon had allowed it to buy out its lease, which runs through 2007. Messer said sales at Pro Image were "horrible" this Christmas and declined 60 percent each year for the last two years. "Simon had one good mall and one bad mall, and we're the bad mall," Sanchez said. He said he was frustrated at the lack of advertising and marketing by Simon, which also owns Woodland Hills Mall. His sales for this Christmas season declined 30 percent over last year. Kyle Sanchez, owner of ACT Warehouse, said poor sales were the reason he's decided to close up shop. Of the 20 stores, five - Mervyn's, Sears Portrait Studio, ACT Warehouse, Garden Escapes and Al's Formal Wear - have signs announcing they will close by the end of January. Space after space is dark and shuttered, and the food court is down to just one restaurant - Combo King Chinese Food Express. "I don't even know who the hell to send my lease check to."Īn informal count shows the once-thriving mall now has just 20 retail tenants remaining, just one-fifth of the 100 stores and restaurants in Eastland at its peak in the 1990s. "We have no idea what's going on," said Dennis Keflin, owner of Yesterday and Today's Collectibles. Most store owners weren't even certain who their new landlord will be. "There was no information on it whatsoever," she said. Wanda Messer, an employee of Pro Image, said Simon distributed a letter that announced the sale of the facility and thanked the tenants for their patronage, but offered no other details. Within Eastland Mall Tuesday, where foot traffic was almost nonexistent despite after-Christmas sales, proprietors of the few remaining stores wondered how the mall will be affected by the sale. Officials from neither entity were available for comment Tuesday. The property was assessed at $4 million by the county. to NSC New Markets Real Estate of Atlanta, Tulsa County records show. Simon Property Group Inc., an Indianapolis company that owns malls and shopping centers across the nation, sold the mall at 14002 E. At a time when many shoppers are looking for holiday sales within shopping malls, the long-struggling Eastland Mall was itself sold for $1.5 million.
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