Pines Mall

The ADG has a story this morning on Pines Mall in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. (Subscription required.) Its major restaurant, Garfield's, has recently pulled out, leaving the mall with about 30 vacant stores. The current recession has taken its toll, but Pine Bluff and southeast Arkansas as a whole have lost population. Several years ago, Wal-Mart left Pines Mall and built a new, larger store 5 or 6 miles away. The mall still has Sears, J.C. Penney, and Dillard's. But many people shop at Dillard's without actually ever entering the mall. Pines Mall has that dying look.