Man, thanks for putting this video together. My family moved out of Sacramento when I was in elementary school in the early 90's, but I still have so many memories of even that parking lot and my dad trying to find a parking spot under the trees. My Mom and I would walk with the elderly people during the summer mornings in the mall. I still remember the outside facades of that Sears and the JC Penney's and the Weinstocks. Good times!

That would be crazy if you had footage of the actual mall before it shut down

Man, this brings back memories. I used to visit Florin Mall often when I was growing up

After florin mall closed all the ghetto of florin moved to arden

My dad used to work there on the weekends. He did bike repairs with his brother (my uncle) on the basement level in the early to mid 90s. He worked in that “random room” at 10:17 although it was a lot darker down there back then. I remember running up and down that staircase a LOT.

I worked at that Weinstock's from December 1981 to February 1982. I used to buy all my tools at that Sears. I used to go with my mom to Southgate in the late '60s. They had a great little playground on the south side of the buildings.

Nice video I love checking out these old sears buildings!

Man that florin mall tho. That bring back so much memories

What a great place to put in multi-use community center with an indoor and outdoor skatepark! An ice rink or a roller rink would be great too! The City of Sacramento Parks and Recreation or Southgate Parks and Recreation should take over this site. It also has a great set up to host auto shop classes for local youth since they don't teach it in school anymore.

Super sad 😢😢😢 thank you so much for making this video. It brought me so many memories there… I remembered doing my work experience in the summer of 92 there in the Montgomery awards there. Shopping and all the good times there. I used to live a block from that mall, too! Moved away in 98. I have a feeling Sears closed because the Sears where I live now, closed at the same time. I don’t know why they didn’t Keep the building and make it to something else. Diminishingly it just not right! I rather have the empty building to go visit for me to remember all those memories. Thank you so much for for this visit and video. Wish I live closer so I can go visit it.

So sad that the department stores are becoming a thing of the past. A Macy's department store was recently shut down at a mall in Madison, Tennessee. I prefer a nice department store than Walmart.

Sears will be a name in the past. I used to shop at this store for years. Soon the one on arden mall will be next it looks very depressing. Very nice video of the past. Thanks.

Sad that this Sears closed. Pretty surprising that it lasted from when the mall closed to 2018. And what brand of elevator was that. Rip Sears 1968-2018 50 years i believe.

Cool video! I'm not sure if Southgate was big competition, but I remember going to both back in the early 1980s. Southgate had Liberty House, another dead dept store chain. It seemed like Southgate went into decline sooner than Florin mall. Both were very sketchy by the 1990s. In fact I think my last trip to Florin mall was to watch repair back in the early 90s! It was surprising that Sears remained long after the rest of Florin mall was demolished. It's cool that the Sears building still has it's vintage exterior.

I was here everyday in the 90s miss the mall back then

Actually, Southgate was originally the main center that went nearly outdoors ghost mall in the 1980's. Then they went Walmart in the 90's and big box stores filling in the mall. They had a Sears and Weinstock until 68 and everything moved to Florin. Sears actually ownes the spot separate from the original owners. But it was the fault of Sears for basically becoming Kmart and going ghetto. However now! Both Southgate and Florin Town Center are doing better than they ever did. They adapted to the growing ethnic population and have a massive asian market and Walmart grocery store, Ross, Sketchers etc.

Back before Jeff Bezos was in kindergarten, Sears-Roebuck was the national giant of retailing. They sold virtually everything imaginable, had every product numbered and included in a huge catalog, were extremely well organized, and had a vast system of relationships with manufacturers and sellers as well as nationwide warehouses, appliance repair facilities, and delivery trucks. If, in the sixties, you could have predicted that such merchandising would switch from looking at a catalog and talking to an operator to looking and paying for goods on a home computer, the assumption would be that Sears-Roebuck would have the easiest time transitioning to that business model and would eventually totally dominate it, since Sears-Roebuck was already so well-prepared and successful at offering, selling and delivering practically anything remotely. But nope....

Wow! I grew up in lindale we used to play there in the sixties and seventies, I remember what was there before the mall was built it was a small airport, Sacramento sky ranch

This is just hella spooky! Sad too.

I really, really do miss you, Sears.

Very sad.Sears was a great store.

Hey do you know who owns this? Id like to see if they’d let me inside to explore it

I used to go to the arcade,right at mall entrance! I was like 13.... Miss Florin Mall AND State Theatre rt next to mall.

There are only two Sears left in Illinois!

Do you think it's safe to stay here for a week or so? I'm doing bad right now

i remember when i was little going to that sear location going down the stair was scary lmao

My childhood

Actually Southgate is older than Florin Mall. (Originally Florin Center)

The whole spot is up for sale now as of April 2023 by Ethan Conrad and there are plans to put a "Raising Cane's" restaurant in the parking lot near the street edge. There is a very strong chance of a demolition, loss of history, and replacement by something completely unimportant. There was a boiler room, bomb shelter, and other areas in this Sears I wish would be documented before it is gone.

What did weinstocks sell? never heard of that?! I asked my mom as well she doesn’t remember it.

Have they demolished this place as of 2023?

They just closed the one in San Bernardino California.

It played at Sears at Parkrill Mall

i grew up in the 80s and i lived rghit next to the florin mall...... i lived in the first apartments next to the old closed down movie theaters and the liquor store that used to be a 711 store I was 12 years old now I’m 47 years old grandpa and all 😂

This bldg. will probably be repurposed. We lost our Sears about a year before this one closed and Essentia Health has already turned it into a clinic along with another store (Younkers) that closed about the same time. (JCP still goin' strong up there somehow.) The fact they're protecting it makes me think the bldg. will survive to do something else. But Sears in general, man! What the hell? They ruled the land for so many years with so many innovations... even built the tallest building in the world! They just seemed to stop innovating about 20 years ago and making some moves that were odd at best. (Buying KMart was, well, um... D'oh!) It's sad.

I used to drive by there all the time

Why are the lights still on when the place has been closed for like 3 years now

Oh cool!

I remember

3:47 I really just want to unscrew that sign and keep it

Why don't they have a new store?

The Sears at Arden Fair is now supposed to close in April. Sad!

crazy how i used to live in front of this location, me and my mom used to walk through there

You should go inside or find locations you can explore 😐

How old is that ad

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That's very sucks and that is my husband favorite store to go when he was young and was a great place go and have fun with great food and shopping for everyone

Lol...I took charm school classes at that Sears, in the late 70s.

It's sad they got rid of the the florin mall just to build a cookie cutter strip mall

The backrooms location ?

Anyone else remember having to pay to use their bathrooms lol

Looks kinda like the backrooms

lmao you should get a gofundme and raise money to buy it and make your own little store or a swapmeet!!

Just a Hugh gigantic waste of space. Somebody is keeping it somewhat clean. No homeless people around? Okay people, keep it moving, nothing to see here.😄 Oh yeah, Sears and Roebuck & Co. Arden store recently shut their doors as well. All remnants and reminders of days past when America was booming.

Florin mall had too much gang activity

Don't forget all the homeless trolls everywhere