The north end of The Avenues Mall has been in transition since Sears closed in 2019. The entrance is still there. The corridors still connect to the rest of the building.
What used to pull shoppers through that wing is gone, and the former Sears space has since been reactivated in a different way rather than returning as the same kind of department-store anchor.
The Avenues opened in Jacksonville, FL, in 1990, with department-store anchors that made it the natural destination for the entire Southside. For roughly a decade, it held that position without serious competition. A newer mall format arrived on the same road…