With Labubus and a Cat Cafe, a Shopping Mall Thrives in New York City
On the upper level, a family ate a late lunch around a cauldron of soup. Near the atrium, a girl chased neon tiles flashing on an interactive floor. In the cat cafe, a woman sought a relaxing moment with Dina, a gray-and-tan rescue dozing against a window.
Welcome to Tangram: a 275,000-square-foot indoor shopping center in the middle of Flushing that is defying the slow death march of the American mall.
Across the country, about 10 malls close every year. Only 950 remain open nationwide today, down from a peak of several thousand at the end of the 20th century, according to Green Street, a real estate research firm. Many are now empty relics of American consumerism, conjuring memories of anchor department stores and after-school hangouts.
Those that are hanging on, like the Kings Plaza Shopping Center in Brooklyn, are increasingly hollowed out. On a recent visit to Kings Plaza, there were few shoppers, 11 vacant storefronts and a boarded-up space where a McDonald's used to be.
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