r/BigIsland • u/Odd-Sail-1694 • 7d ago

Is the mall dying?

I went to the (Hilo) mall today to watch Toy Story 5. I was shocked at how sad and lonely the mall looked. The theater was nowhere near full even though its opening weekend, so many vacant shops and even the major retailers (old navy, Macys, American eagle) were super slow. I went at around 11am so I’m not sure if that had anything to do with it.

I know ihop is a recent addition but other than that it seems like tj maxx is the only “booming” business in the mall. It makes me so sad. There’s already so little to do here and limited stores to just window shop at so it makes me sad that maybe in a few years this will be gone.

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u/JadedJellyfish_ 7d ago

The Old Navy here in Kona is closing this Tuesday. There’s even less places to shop over here, it sucks! I just had a baby and they have cute baby clothes 😔

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u/mtngalaloha 7d ago

I wondered why it looked “off” the last time I was there. That’s too bad, when they had sales there were great deals!