r/deadmalls

Visited for the second time today 4/6/2026 (my first visit was 11/7/2025). Very sad to see the mall like this…

Article in SFGate: https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/ca-bayshore-mall-sale-22187900.php

>The Northern California mall has fallen on hard times in recent years. In December, Humboldt Clothing Company permanently closed its Bayshore Mall storefront after a 25-year run. Owner Angel Young told the Times-Standard at the time that slow foot traffic was a motivating factor in her decision, which was exacerbated when the entrance to the mall from Walmart closed, according to Young. She told the outlet that her sales declined after that.

>“Really, when I’d noticed the sharpest drop in sales was once that door closed off,” Young told the Times-Standard. “And then when the DMV closed, too, those two things, I would say that was kind of like … the nail in the coffin is the best way to put it.” 

>The 2019 closure of anchor tenant Sears also left a major void for remaining mall tenants. Brian Reeves, who operates a phone repair booth at the mall, previously told SFGATE that business dropped steadily following the department store’s closure. Reeves also pointed to other issues at Bayshore, like leaks around the mall, that have made it hard to operate. When SFGATE visited the property last year, there were dozens of empty storefronts, the food court only had one open restaurant, and rats were spotted by the Mrs. Fields cookie counter. 

The article discusses other aspects of current ownership, what a bidder might do, etc.

Hey, eveyone. Since there hasn’t really been much updates about the mall within the past month since it closed back in February due a burst pipe… I thought I give a small, but also major(?) update. It caught to my attention that as of this month, the website no longer works. Previously, Kohan updated the website a bit when the interior of the mall closed back in February, which showed a red banner on top saying that the mall is "TEMPORARILY" closed, but Macy’s and Barnes & Noblebare still open. But otherwise, the website still remained the same, showing a ton of stores that were obviously no longer opened.

Now, when you first enter the website, it will say that the connection is not private, and when you do enter it, it says "Internal Server Error". When you go on Kohan’s website, and you see their list of other malls they own, and you click on their other malls… their websites work. But for Livingston Mall, it no longer works. It appears that they closed down the website, possibly confirming that the mall will NOT reopen again.