Shops at Sunset Place has failed and the city is planning on tearing it down.
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@ChrisWillsTV5 ай бұрын
The answer is simple...the management company has been greedy by charging for parking. I know many who have said that they would rather go to Dadeland just a few minutes away, where they don't have to pay for parking. It was perfectly evidenced by a $25 parking charge money grab they pulled on the community, during one of the few special events they held at the mall. With online shopping growing increasingly popular, malls don't need to be giving people reasons to avoid them like parking fees.
@theotheleo68305 ай бұрын
Charging for parking just to shop at a mall is ridiculous. I wouldn't go unless I had to.
@jeantuite-actress--imdb5 ай бұрын
that happened to a fav place here in TX
@mikejames65885 ай бұрын
its not the look or feel morons..... its the rent. the rent is what drove retailers out of there.
@marleonetti72 ай бұрын
i just got done making that same point about parts of hollywood blvd in LA , its the ridiculously high rents and high cost of doing business that causes stores to close and not the occasional homeless persons that may be somewhere around the area .
@Sanpedranoazul5 ай бұрын
The Virgin megastore was amazing there, back in 2003 😍😍
@Sovereignty4205 ай бұрын
I grew up in Sunset Place. Used to visit the movie theater with my wife and play at the local LAN spot with my friends. Sadly that's all over now.
@Patrick-yh5yd5 ай бұрын
Today,Bad movies and Amazon.
@floridaroadways5 ай бұрын
@@Patrick-yh5ydand tubi tv
@i_i89245 ай бұрын
Greed killed it.
@latinhellas63835 ай бұрын
I agree with ChrisWillisTV, the biggest turn-off was their charging for parking. Period.
@SplendorSolis5 ай бұрын
Anyone remember the incredible cyber cafe that used to be here? And remember the amazing pretzels next to the Barnes & Noble on the second floor?
@mikejames65885 ай бұрын
scorpico
@J_NYC5 ай бұрын
It failed because it's the end of malls and the beginning of online shopping. Look around America and see how many malls are abandoned.
@Cereal_kwilla5 ай бұрын
I remember when they built Sunset Place in 1999! I was a senior in high school and me and friends would skip school and hang out there! 😂
@ronen1605 ай бұрын
This is crazy they don't need to demolish. Re-imagine it, add lots of residential units above it - remove most of the offices, allow just admin and offices that are created by demand of many residential units (doctors office, dentist office, and the like (?) it's a charming place and the interior courtyard is very nice. Bring people in by creating living spaces - build up!! all retail and residential on the sidewalk level. parking for residents and visitors, add destination places like event restaurants. make a little stage and open-air event space in the interior. I really think there is no need to demolish it. What a waste of construction materials and what an evident lack of imagination in the area. SMH..........
@4CAST4Life2 ай бұрын
🤦🏽♂️ 4real SouthMiami residents are trying so hard 2 get rid of the things that make Miami different + just white wash everything 2 the same basic boring model of shopping centers. SUNSET PLACE definitely needs an upgrade, but it shouldn't be torn down entirely. It has much potential but South Miami residents seem to lack any form of creativity to bring something good outta this iconic mall's potential renaissance.
@ronen1602 ай бұрын
@@4CAST4Life It's such a shame
@potatojoe10705 ай бұрын
In 2010, I remember going to the movies, VS with my gf at the time, the Barns n Nobles, get some ice cream, going to a restaurant upstairs etc. The design of the building had nothing to do with it closing, The shops were not that bad, the congestion is bad nomatter if it was The falls, Dadeland, Dolphin, The Americas, or Sawgrass Mills even. It's been a nice place, but it is also a smaller mall, with charged parking (which i didn't care because i used to take the train), that since 2016 hasnt been the same, but specially got wrecked after covid. I am absolutely certain that these people were charging an arm and a leg for these shops just because of the area. I have no doubt that for most people who do not live near a metro rail station, it is way too expensive to park, knowing it would be free a few blocks away in dadeland. Make no mistake, the mall is dying not for any of the reasons they say in here. It is dying because of greed.
@floridaroadways5 ай бұрын
I don’t have a problem with them to charge $5 for parking. Higher than that no way. It’s what $15-20 now? Last time I went was almost 10 years ago
@michaelj.kastner51655 ай бұрын
I was there today, the Problem is US-1 , its an absolute nightmare to travel on, with all the technology you would think Florida could figure out how to cycle intersection lights so you don’t have to constantly stop and go!! I get car 🤢
@TheDroneRanger2155 ай бұрын
I visited this place once when I stayed at a nearby hotel and I was amazed by the beauty of this place. The only memories I have is the pictures I took one early morning while the stores were closed.
@Patrick-yh5yd5 ай бұрын
Same thing happened to CITYPLACE W.P.B.
@thedirtybubble96135 ай бұрын
I used to go here all the time in the early 2000s.
@arislopes19245 ай бұрын
I remember not that long go when I was in HS, keep in mind I’m just 22. This used to place to chill and go watch a movie while your friends, I would definitely say like many malls online shopping and streaming have taken its toll
@user-xg4rn3dz9n5 ай бұрын
Great mall terrible parking
@BajatheChickenMan5 ай бұрын
I think there's a direct correlation between these mall developers and selling the parking garages to private entities who charge money for parking. Everyone I can think of eventually tanks and I've lived all over this mall filled country.
@SHELTECH45 ай бұрын
Employees had to pay for parking. I worked there the day it opened at Gameworks. Knock it down
@RedEd19695 ай бұрын
The difference between sunset and the other malls you mentioned is sunset charges for parking why the hell should anyone pay a fee to do business with stores I just drive fight down the street an shop there I refuse to pay for parking at a mall it’s ridicules
@francesca71422 ай бұрын
We used to eat at the old Holsum Restaurant. And Fox's Sherron Inn.
@littlebuddy56795 ай бұрын
I've never really walked around the mall i was always at the bowing ally on the 2nd floor GameWorks or the movies!
@nitto420s5 ай бұрын
One of the biggest things that killed Sunset Place is the cost of parking in the garage no one should have to pay for parking to go to the mall to spend money if you go to Harborside place in Jupiter which is a very similar place to this there is no charge for parking in the parking garage, or anyplace in the outdoor mall.
@junkyarddog48965 ай бұрын
The only draw there was the Theater and who wants to go to a place they charge for parking on a daily bases. Parking, stores, food didn't nothing for most when they could go down the road to a mall that had a large department stores and bunch more smaller chain stores and restuarants with free parking. At this stage of the game no matter what they do would be a nightmare for vehicle traffic and parking. As stupid and costly as it maybe to say, metro rail runs just across the street, but none of the Trains Stations even cater to these malls, like have people bridges from stations to the Mall, not only would peobably improve traffic to these malls and business, but also increase people riding on public transportation such as metro rail.
@pca5165 ай бұрын
I agree with most comments it’s like every other property out here the city must give them huge tax breaks, because they rather keep it empty then negotiate the prices of rent for one, the business, another place and it’s been empty for over a year and he won’t budge for less thanwhat he’s asking not even $100 but they prefer keep it like that. I’m pretty sure the same goes here because that place was beautiful. We used to go there a lot drove from Fort Lauderdale just to go hang out there.
@hawknews85035 ай бұрын
Greedy management, charging for parking got them to this point!
@GbawlZ2 ай бұрын
Some people refer to the price of parking or the rent, but it simply suffered the same fate as all malls across the country at the hands of online shopping. It's a combination of those three things, but many places survive despite the first two -- the third is what actually killed it.
@chesuschrust4776Ай бұрын
In Miami there's a lot of successful malls. Dolphin, westland, ect all are completely full most of the time. Online shopping is a factor but if it was tha main one all these malls would be dead
@thedirtybubble96135 ай бұрын
The problem with this place is there was overpriced crappy parking and little to no innovation. It just stayed the same exact thing for 20 years and most people aren't interested in the shops they had. I could remember a lot of those shops (with the exception of Gameworks and the book store) had been empty. Just turn the whole thing into affordable/workforce housing. It's part of the past now.
@cubi26105 ай бұрын
Who remembers Martini Bar?
@MIKECNW4 ай бұрын
Why did they Bakery Center go?
@lauralaplace99454 ай бұрын
There is a lot that , it’s time . A lot of missing persons and cold cases .
@patrickjensen66885 ай бұрын
Last time i went to florida all i could think is they need to do what freemont street did in vegas hardly anyone used to go there before
@ceciliawilson63285 ай бұрын
Lousy stores not much innovation there over the years.
@OnlyDuckSauce5 ай бұрын
Man. I used to hoop at the LA fitness there and go to Buffalo Wild Wings afterwards. 😔
@thedirtybubble96135 ай бұрын
So get a good workout and put it all back on.
@theotheleo68305 ай бұрын
They plan to include a movie theatre? Do many people still go to theatres anymore?
@DueceSpice5 ай бұрын
MOVIE THEATRE IS ALREADY THERE
@theotheleo68305 ай бұрын
@@DueceSpice THE BUILDING IS VACANT AND WILL BE DEMOLISHED
@waynecmontgomery5 ай бұрын
That is your solution to the affordable housing crisis.
@olivermiller37205 ай бұрын
It is a cursed location
@RedVandal6265 ай бұрын
the best use would be mixed use
@Maybe1Someday5 ай бұрын
Florida is chooched, the economy will follow
@mindysuarez16995 ай бұрын
Make condo's out of them
@OnlyDuckSauce5 ай бұрын
I met my ex there at AMC lol
@patrickjensen66885 ай бұрын
And i would tax internet sales to fund it
@backcountyrpilot5 ай бұрын
Move it to SanFrancisco so the vagrants can repurpose it as a drug den.
@LexusThe5 ай бұрын
Yea sunset is dead noone goes there because is old and the shops dont look good i rather go to coco walk they recreated the mall and made it new or dadelandor the shop at merrick park at coral gables
@thedirtybubble96135 ай бұрын
Turn it into affordable housing.
@mikejames65885 ай бұрын
fk no.....
@thedirtybubble96135 ай бұрын
@@mikejames6588 why not?
@mikejames65885 ай бұрын
@@thedirtybubble9613 aforable housing is for people who don't have their financial priorities inline. I don't need section 8 in a financially successful independent area. I don't need a slum or constant evictions and homeless development in my yard or down the street
@thedirtybubble96135 ай бұрын
@@mikejames6588 Affordable housing is for everyone you ignoramus. Not everyone can afford to live there anymore. I'm not saying it should be Section 8 but they should make it a below market rate housing complex for working class people or for people struggling to get by. We now have an affordable housing crisis because of people with your tunnel vision thinking.
@TitanFallDeath6664205 ай бұрын
You want too tear down something you might want too start with Miami Gardens! That place is disgusting!
@jonathantennis24575 ай бұрын
People buy stuff online malls are dead.
@healthchannel81604 ай бұрын
The land is cursed
@BootyWarrior808925 ай бұрын
Turn it into a housing complex
@Gsv-w2q5 ай бұрын
Mixed used space and affordable housing.
@theotheleo68305 ай бұрын
Affordable housing won't make sense. Those tenants wouldn't be able to afford to patronize the high-priced stores.
@thedirtybubble96135 ай бұрын
@@theotheleo6830 So get rid of the stores and turn it into a housing complex.
@alexgalota89695 ай бұрын
Greedy landlords! Simple
@ChefArs3nal5 ай бұрын
*In walks coral gables billionaire and UM booster John Ruiz to buy the property and build a football stadium for the school*😂