Comments on: Midway Mall; Sherman, Texas

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:30:24 +0000

According to CBL’s website, the Midway Mall is listed on the properties page. Did Simon sell the mall to them? That’s kind of strange considering that CBL doesn’t usually deal with dying malls, with the exception of Hickory Hollow, although they’ve owned it before it started dying. Maybe they’re looking at redevelopment?

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:23:14 +0000

Oh boy! The mall is “Under New Management.”
http://www.heralddemocrat.com/hd/News/2009_09-11_news_Midway-Mall-under-new-management

Good luck with that.
Note the comments in the news story – the usual “unsavory people / aggressive kiosk people / everyone goes to the new place now.”

By: Jonah Norason

Jonah Norason — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:20:31 +0000

Why is this on “Death Watch” and not “Dead Malls”?

By: James Jones

James Jones — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:16:25 +0000

The new highway 75 opened in 1985.

By: James Jones

James Jones — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:13:50 +0000

The old Sears store was demolish in 1985 to make room for Midway Mall.

By: Casey Jones

Casey Jones — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:28:50 +0000

It’s all original.(sort-of) Before the mall was constructed, Sears was the only store there. The rest of the mall was built around them. I beleive they were in the JC penny store. Oddly enough when the mall opened for business Sears got a new but smaller store around back and JC Penny moved from the Sher-Den mall into the old Sears in front. But as for the part that looks like a 4, thats all original. The entire mall has gone from initial construction and grand opening in 1986, to this day with absolutely no modifications or remodels of any kind, except where Goodys used to be. That store was added later. The odd tents, the green carpet, and pink paint and tile and crazy layout — all original 1986 my friend!

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 04 May 2009 18:13:11 +0000

I have lived in this area for almost 2 years and visited this mall for the first time this weekend. Of course, I have been to the Sherman Town Center about a zillion times. Being a vintage mall fan, I wanted to see it before it went.

Your photos make it look nicer than it is. It looks to me like it was ugly even when it was new – what is with all the pink?! And the circus tents? That was the 80s for you I guess.

The incomes here are lower than in the Metroplex, and I think people who have greater than average income have been used to just driving South to spend it and don’t spend it up here.

I noticed that the mall still has some stores that teens like (Pac Sun, Buckle, etc.) so I guess people still drop their kids off there. It is a shame there is no movie theater.

The only busy part of the mall on a Sunday afternoon was the tool department at Sears.

I can’t see it surviving in any fashion.

By: Allan

Allan — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:19:13 +0000

I actually didn’t realize that most traffic now goes along the Sherman-Denison bypass, so that changes my thoughts about the likelihood(even lesser odds than I thought) of this mall surviving. Thanks to Jamie for posting what you did, since you’re obviously right about this mall not having much of a chance, if at all, of surviving.

Would still appreciate it if someone could answer my questions about what parts of the mall are original to when it was constructed, and which parts/wings were later additions to this mall.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 20:29:01 +0000

What really hammered the final nail in the coffin for Midway Mall was the Sherman Town Center. Plain and simple. Until 15 years ago or so, US Highway 75 routed directly in front of the property, but since the completion of the Sherman-Denison bypass, most of the major north-south traffic stays a good mile west of this location. Once the Town Center was completed, it was for all intents and purposes adios Midway Mall. As the article states, there are a few stores wheezing along (namely Dillard’s), but most of the major retailers jumped ship along time ago (supposedly not helped by rent that is still through the roof or the large herd of local tweens and their faux gang-like activities).

It’s a shame really. In the mall’s heyday, it offered a wide selection of retail options with the convenience of enclosed shopping, which you don’t get with “modern” aspects of the newer Town Center (and don’t get me started on T.C.’s atrocious traffic flow design/parking layout).

Due to the age ol’ adage of “location, location, location,” a fresh coat of paint and spending more coin to turn many of the interior lights back on probably won’t save this one.

For many of us local folks, we’re reduced to reveling in the glory of Friday and Saturday night shopping trips of long past, while cruising to the iPod on our way to Frisco or Plano…

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:34:35 +0000

My mom and I went to Midway every Saturday, when my daughter was born she joined us. We started dwindling our shopping sprees when the restaurants and cinema left. When the air conditioning didn’t work well we went even less. We finally just quit going a few years ago. My 14 year old prefers going to Frisco. We are from Durant, OK and there’s nothing here but Walmart, fast food and the Indian Casino. I don’t know why we’ve never had a mall or decent cinema.