Valley View Center

Interesting use of space. I have watched Valley View go from one of my favorite malls to going downhill by leasing to questionable places and then trying to make a come back. Valley View is in a state of renting to anybody for almost any reason. There are a few big name national stores, but mainly this place is either empty, or occupied by artists as studios. There is no consistency of hours amongst the stores, many areas of the mall are in states of deterioration and it is just sad to see what really comes down to a lack of direction and management. Not sure where Valley View is going as there are all kinds of stories and press releases, but none seem to come to fruition. I wish them luck, whatever the goal is.

Where are all of the stores? Came here with a friend to shop. it’s pretty empty. However there is a kids play area that is really cool. The mall itself is pretty empty, but the down stairs part of it is a huge kids playground. They had bouncy houses, play area with a plastic playground area with lots of things for the kids to climb on. I think if you are in the area and it’s too hot to play outside then this would be a great option for your kids to play in the AC. They also have a cheap movie theater her too which is a plus.

I won’t repeat everything everyone else has said about this being an almost dead mall. From what I can tell the only thing making money there is the movie theater. The day my son and I walked through it to get to the movies, a quinceanera was going on in the middle of the mall. It was SO LOUD. We practically ran to the movie theater just to escape the noise. If you could get directly from the parking lot to the movie theater, that would be great.

Oh my. It’s truly sad to see how this mall has fallen over the years. The parking lot was an absolute mess, beer bottles laying on the ground, trash everywhere… The restaurant by the entrance… was it open? Is it still in business? Their patio had multiple beer bottles on their tables yet their door was covered in dust. (Abandoned?) The mall itself was a pity, all the stores seemed closed and the few that were left open seemed to be closing soon.
On a brighter note, we found Santa’s house dead smack in the middle of the mall in September. (haha) Has no one bothered to move it since last year?

Technically this mall is still open but it’s pretty staggering to see how many of the stores are closed during a normal day, and not just the anchors like Macys. Walking from Sears to the Food court (don’t ask), most of the stores were either not opened for the day or just empty, all fixtures moved out.
One restaurant open in the food court, uninflated bounce house just left out, some really out-​of-​place Christmas display that sticks out like a sore thumb. The parking lot is empty, hasn’t been maintained in a while, and definitely contributes to that «almost dead» look of the mall.
Hopefully someone will shut this mall down and make better use of all this real estate it should have gone the way of Prestonwood and Richardson Square a long time ago.

This place is deserted! Looks darn well near abandoned. One restaurant open in the food court. That shouted at me while I walked past. Poor lighting, broken glass doors, no security guard at the desk, the maps of the mall is incorrect as it lists stores that are either closed or evicted. Maybe it was a nice mall 10 years ago but this place needs to be closed. I didn’t feel safe in here at all.

Hard to believe a mall this broken wasn’t even as good as people once said it was. It didn’t offer any store that every other mall has, but the style is beyond outdated. The art looks so 60s. How come no one has planned a facelift for this yet. Collin creek mall is getting a bit bad, but I go there any day compared to this empty dump. Plus it looks a bit too dark in some places like it’s forgotten. Not to mention, even a single food place is not worthy. The more older stuff it, the more outdated it is. They need to tear it down.

Is this joint still open? I remember coming here when I was in high school to the Zoom in, Zoom Out place to take photos of myself and my crew. Anyone remember that place? Anyone? They had super fun colorful backgrounds that made you look awesome! Kind of like filters on Instagram. I believe there are still some shops with little knick knacks and discount stores you can check out. I’m pretty sure this place is on its way out though. Either way you slice it… it’s a historical landmark that will be remembered forever. Valley View… you kept it real. We were tight back in our younger days and now it’s time for you to go.

I love this mall, I really do. This isn’t a Gallaria type of place, nor is a typical dying mall. For one thing, it has a great theatre for less than half the price of normal tickets. I love taking my son play in the bounce house at the basement/​food court of the mall. There are some really neat stores and galleries. The mall itself is clean and tons of security around.
Granted it must have been an amazing place before Gallaria took most of their business, but it didn’t mean the mall is dead. For me, this mall is great. I love coming here to relax. I typically take my son to play at the bounce house and then to a movie after. The while day runs me about twenty bucks, including tickets and lunch. What’s not to love? If you have kids, I highly recommend bringing them on by, you won’t regret it!

This mall is beyond creepy and is in need of a makeover. Everytime we come here it is to see a movie and it’s usually at night, there are maybe a total of 5 actual stores still in business. Half the time you feel like it’s a ghost town or a mall out of some sort of horror movie. I hope this mall gets a makeover quick I am still confused on how it is even still in business.

When I found out there was a local mall that is dying/​dead, I decided to make a day trip out of it. A mall with 3 out of 5 of the anchors closed? I HAD to see this for myself. As I passed the glorious Galleria, in the distance I saw the famous Sanger Harris/Foley’s/Macy’s Arches with the mosaic background. I’m not going to lie, I became intrigued instantly.
Before going into the mall, I circled the outside and stopped for some pictures. My first stop was the former Macy’s. What a sight. A completely empty parking lot, and an empty store that has been closed since 2008. I found this one more artsy and captivating than creepy.
Next was the former Dillard’s. Super, SUPER, creepy… like way more creepy than the Macy’s. I think what makes it creepy is the dark brick and the crumbling parking garage that is completely empty. And finally, the JCPenney. Not as creepy, and the only one out of the three that has a sign on the door addressing the closure. The second floor of Sears is under renovation, so you can only look around on the first floor. I must note that if you’re going to take pictures outside like I did, PLEASE be aware of your surroundings. I spotted a few people lurking around so I took the pictures fairly quickly out of precaution.
As for the mall… oh God. I wasn’t coming here expecting upscale retail or with any intention of doing any shopping, but I wasn’t sure I was expecting the reality. Basically, half the mall is made up of various Art Galleries, a quarter is closed stores, and the remaining quarter is sketchy stores I would never go in. Some of the open stores don’t even have signs… I’m sorry, but I’m not going to a store or eating at a food place that does not even have a name. The only stores that are normal CHAIN mall stores are Kids Foot Locker, Foot Locker, Subway, and Sears. There must have been a Forever 21 here too at some point, because one of the store fronts looks exactly like the standard Forever 21 store setup. (White paint, windows, flooring. I’ll post a picture of it). Now it’s some sort of sketchy store selling clothing. Oh and there was a Bath and Body Works, Victoria Secret, Champs, Game Stop Chick Fil A and McDonalds here not too long ago. Well they’re long gone. I think I also noticed a banquet room available for rental by the Sears, as well.
As for the food court. I recognized Subway. The other two or three places were not those of Sonic or Panda Express or anything you’d normally would see. I’d avoid all except Subway.
I’m being gracious giving them 3 stars. As a mall, they deserve one star, honestly. The truth of it is that Valley View is a really sorry excuse for a mall. The reason I’m giving them those extra two stars is that it’s so pathetic, I would feel badly giving them one or two. I can tell they’re trying… but it’s too late. It’s a lost cause. They need to just rip it down. What would they be losing? A subway, a Sears, a movie theater, and a foot locker? And some art galleries? I’m pretty sure Dallas could take it. No one in their right mind would actually choose to shop at Valley View over the Galleria that’s a block away.

You can tell this mall used to be a happening mall. I actually felt a little sad walking through this mall. It’s a ghost town and it’s a little creepy. It’s not well lit up at all.
However, there were some things I liked. Instead of the usual chain stores, it’s full of art galleries and art studios. We talked to one of the artist at one of the galleries and she said in the 70’s through 90’s this used to be *THE* mall. They have an art show every 3^rd Saturday of the month. Valley View is scheduled to be torn down in 2016.
Besides the art galleries, they have Tae Kwon Do, a Boxing Gym, Art classes, and English classes.
This may not be as nice as NorthPark or the Galleria, but it is a neat little mall.

OMG! What the heck happened. There is maybe 5 stores open In this mall! All shoe stores with a few others. I believe really only 97.9 The Beat and the BOOM really keep the traffic of people coming in and out of this place. I walked in and the entire mall was empty. I hope they redo this mall, it used to be where everyone would meet up and shop for the latest trends. Sad face

I used to be a tenant in this mall, after paying thousands of dollars in rent the management would treat us like crap, that is part of the reason small business moved out ! And it’s happening in all the mall usually managers of the malls r lazy bums they have nothing better to do except harassing tenants, owners of the mall spends millions is dollars for renovations etc but lack of good friendly managers they lose good sincerer tenants ! And at the end, malls becomes ghost town like valley view center.

Valley View used to be THE mall to go to in Dallas. My how times have changed. This mall is a prime example of retail over saturation. VV was the first mall I ever went to when I moved to Dallas in 1990 when there was a Bloomingdales, Dillards, Foleys, Sears, a much smaller theatre and hopping food court. Now, only Sears is open (but barely hanging on), the food court is basically non existent, a few chain stores, more closed than opened «mom and pop» shops, and the AMC theatre is the ONLY thing keeping this mall open.
I often wonder what really happened? Was it poor management and marketing, demographic changes or something else?
One would think that when Prestonwood Mall closed and later demolished that it would have breathed some new life into Valley View, but it seemed to accelerate its decline.
There is talk of a major redevelopment of VV, but I think it might be too late!

Enter a ghost town where Santa’s workshop is on display 365 days a year. Where you feel like you will become a future castmember of Dawn of the Dead. Welcome to Valley View Mall. This place was fantastic back in the 90s than something happened… might have to google it if you want to know, but hey this is Dallas we have numerous malls in the area don’t worry! I only go there for the AMC.

We came here solely for the movie theater but decided to walk around for a bit. This mall had absolutely no store I would be interested in shopping at. It does however have a lot of yummy looking places I would like to eat, there was BBQ, Chinese, pizza, and others I can’t remember. I liked the movie theater and the fact that it was dead. A few spots in the mall were so dead we thought we could get mugged and no one would know it, luckily it’s so dead not even the criminals hang out here. The coolest part of this mall is the gallery wing. It was completely empty so I feel bad that no one will see these artists work but it was fun to walk around. I learned that on the 3^rd Saturday they have an art walk in the evening so I will be attending this next time. All in all I’m going back for the food the art and the movies but not to shop, which is fine since I hate shopping.

I used to pretty much live at this mall with my friends in high school. We would go shopping, eat at the food court, go to movies, or just hang out outside.
Now that high school is over, so is the appeal of this mall.
Aside from the theater and really large Asian store with a bunch of cool stuff (but rude owner) this place is a dump. None of the stores I used to go to are here anyone, and there is no life here until late at night when the big room by the door is being used to hold various forms of fiestas. Joy.

Ok, after all the poo poo reviews… I’m going to give it an a-​ok, not for the shopping but for what it’s becoming… a cool art spot! There is a whole area now dedicated to art galleries! I took an intro to mediation class at the Kul Ame gallery and then walked across to another gallery offering lots of fun looking art classes!
Bye Bye 80’s mall… hello…art center.

Oh, Valley View Mall. I remember when this was the «big» mall we’d go to. I hated coming here after our go-​to mall, Prestonwood, closed sometime in the 90’s. I could never find my way around, there were so many stores and hallways and so many places to park.
Now, sadly, this mall seems to be going the same way that Prestonwood did back in the day (exception was that Prestonwood’s ice rink allowed it to stay open for a liiiiittle bit longer than I think it would’ve done otherwise).
There are entire hallways of this mall that are empty. Lights off, stores vacated. Nothing there. They do have a couple of stores left, though, and if what you need is in one of those stores, this mall is so much easier to navigate than another one. Probably because you’ll only encounter 2 other shoppers and almost all of the cars in the parking lots are those of the employees of the 4 stores still open.
There are about 5 food places still open in the food court downstairs. Colter’s BBQ, The Big Easy (the freakin Bourbon chicken is to die for), Sbarro, Subway, Sonic, La Paloma (this is where the Chick Fil A used to be) and a place called Charlie’s, I think. Then there’s a pretzel stand upstairs, cookies nearby to the food court area, and a Tasty’s smoothies thing upstairs. That’s it. Don’t come here for food court variety, come here for Bourbon chicken.
Sears and JCPenney are the two anchor department stores still open. Dillard’s and Foleys (rebranded Macy’s) shut years ago. The entire Dillard’s wing is vacated and the parking garage area is completely fenced off and nature is trying to reclaim it. Looks kind of like a zombie movie could be shot here, actually.
So, if you want to visit a perfume shop, a Bath and Body works (with really really desperate employees because you’re the first customer they’ve seen all day), a Lane Bryant, an off-​brand hair salon (or two?), and a bunch of stores you’ve never heard of: this is your place. Some of these stores are good, though. As I was feasting on my Bourbon chicken, I noticed a place that sold prom dresses– which can be used as bridesmaids dresses too… And these damn things are CHEAP at the place called «H u C», $ 40 or so for a red tea-​length dress that my boyfriend’s niece’s maid of honor can wear. instead of going to David’s Bridal across the street and paying $ 120+ for a one-​time dress.
Anyway. I’m waiting for the Valley View zombie movie. While I won’t say I’ll be happy when this place shuts down, when that happens it will forever end the nightmares I have about my stint working at the now defunct Spencer’s Gifts in this mall over 10 years ago. *shudder*