Mayway Mall

Mayway Mall (also known as The Mayway Mall) is an abandoned enclosed shopping mall located in Mayway, Robloxia. Opened in 1990, the mall formerly included JCPenney, Dillard's, Sears, Walmart, and Macy's as its own anchor tenants. The mall became vacant since the 2010s, and was closed on April 22nd, 2016.

History
The Edward DeBartelo Corporation wanted to construct a long mall in Robloxia, they chose a field of grass on 23rd Maylenne Avenue, that space they acquired was the former racetrack, as it was demolished in the mid 70s. The mall was constructed between October 1989 and March 1990. The mall opened on April 22nd, 1990. With a ceremony being held. The mall opened with anchors J.C. Penney, Kaufmann's, Dillard's, Sears, and Walmart. In its original planning, a Hakkson's was supposed to be built directly next to the entrance of the mall, but was later scrapped due to the chain not being able to pay for the plannings. Later on, a General Cinema was constructed. Overall, business was good. Later, Bradlees constructed their store on the left of the mall in 1991. But this time, it was separate from the mall.

Crime
In 1991, during a screening of Child's Play 3, a fight broke in the cinema. It was later reported that a killing was committed. The man who stabbed the other was sentenced to jail. The screening was cancelled and Child's Play 3 premiered again on September 1st. Another occurred again in 1992, this time in the parking lot. Where a woman was robbed by a burglar, the burglar was sentenced to prison. Another one occurred in 1994, but this time, at the Kaufmann's store, where an employee aimed a gun at everyone. Thankfully, no one was hurt, but the employee did have to pay the mall.

Decline
After crime mildly stopped at some point, ⁣Mayway was almost in debt, but was completely fine. Stores in the mall continued to populate the mall, but not like they did before, as decline began to affect this new mall. By 1998, the mall had lost their first anchor, as J.C. Penney closed because the company had to close 11 underperforming locations due to a crisis. Walmart soon followed after in 2000, and the long-term viability for the property was soon decreasing. Bradlees announced their closure two days prior, and the Bradlees store was soon shuttered completely. More stores were leaving and in 2002, General Cinema closed their location following the acquisition by AMC Theatres. AMC decided not to reopen the cinema and the cinema was left completely abandoned. In 2006, the mall was at its peak when Macy's replaced the out-going Kaufmann's following its acquisition.

2010s
In 2011, the mall was pretty much nowhere to being a shopping mall. In 2012, a new mall opened named Mayway Springs, now called Shoppers World Mayway Springs, attracted customers there instead of making the drive to Mayway. In 2013, The Edward DeBartelo Corporation announced they would sell the mall for $300,000,000 to D.R. Agolin Property Corporation, and later, most people weren't going to Mayway anymore. In 2013, a politician said that “If you're going to Mayway, you won't have a good time there.” He later said that he did not mean it. In 2014, a man was assaulted outside the entrance of the mall, and the other person, who assaulted the man, was sent to jail.

Closure
In 2014, D.R. Agolin announced that the mall could not afford to stay open and would soon close in early 2015. But in February of the same year, the mall was increasing sales. But in 2015, Sears announced that they would close their store at the mall and by the next week, the store was closed. In 2016, D.R. Agolin finally announced that the mall was decreasing sales again and would later close entirely in July. On April 18th, Macy's announced the closure of their location and the store closed on April 20th. On April 22nd, 2016, Mayway Mall was closed permanently as power was cut to the building. Dillard's remained open, but closed in August 2020. In 2021, D.R. Agolin announced that the mall could not operate on some basis and said that the property would go to the city of Mayway.

Fires

 * In 2017, a fire broke out of the former General Cinema.
 * In 2019, another broke out of the former Macy's.
 * In 2023, the former Walmart caught on fire.

Anchors
Mayway had five anchor tenants. Bradlees wasn't an anchor tenant but a separate one.


 * Sears (opened 1990, closed in 2015)
 * Walmart (opened 1990, closed in 2000)
 * Kaufmann's (opened 1990, closed in 2006)
 * Macy's (opened 2006, closed in 2016)
 * Dillard's (opened 1990, closed in 2020)
 * JCPenney (opened 1990, closed in 1998)
 * Bradlees (opened 1992, closed in 2000; demolished 2020)

Demolition
On November 20th, 2023, the city of Mayway announced that the mall would be demolished on November 30th. But only the former Sears, Macy's, and Dillard's would remain as they would go on a sheriff auction as the former J.C. Penney, Walmart and the inner portion of the property would be demolished. Before the announcement, Boscov's took over the former Dillard's in 2022. Demolition began on the property, first demolishing the former Walmart store. But after day 1 of demolition, the workers went on strike. This left a big hole on the Walmart store.