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    Eastmont Mall

    2.3 (16 reviews)
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    Tadashi Y.

    The Eastmont Mall (or Eastmont Town Center as it is referred to nowadays) is a pretty sad mall. Built in 1970, the large two-level mall served the vast southeast side of the city of Oakland. The mall's floorplan is relatively typical, w/ a "T" shape & two large anchor stores Originally, the mall's primary anchors were JCPenney's & Mervyn's. A Safeway Supermarket & a Woolworth's were amongst the more junior tenants. A tenant of note was National Dollar Stores, which was the first Chinese-American-owned chain store. There was also a toy & model store that had an impressive range of products. Unfortunately, both no longer exist as businesses in any form. The mall fell into steep decline in the early 1990s when JCPenney's & Mervyn's left, & the reputation of the declining neighborhood kept most suburban shoppers away. Through the 90s, the mall was gradually converted into county offices, including a health clinic, police station, & other services such as a Planned Parenthood. The strip mall portion continues to house retailers, & there are a few isolated stores or cafes within the mall itself, but only a few. Now it is just a sad place to see, w/ it's heydays long in it's rear-view mirror. While it looks like a ghost town, it is not dilapidated -- just empty. So very empty... Because Eastmont Mall hasn't functioned as a true "mall" for a good 15 years, it's retained much of its vintage early 1970s decor. This is/was a pretty plain & somewhat ugly mall, but it is stuck in a time warp, & for that reason alone it's kind of interesting. Also, it's available as a location to film your next movie. Any interested takers?... Santa's Yelper sez: "It's like watching Final Fantasy Spirits Within --- There's no one in there!"

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    Great customer service and excellent layout , Melany and Angel with great customer service

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    Not what it used to be like back in the days. We moved into the area in 1990. Stay away unless your from Oakland. It's Hood all day.

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    I used to shop at the various stores here on a regular basis without any problem. Being an older…read moredisabled person it takes me longer to do my shopping and I often have to take breaks in my vehicle between visiting the different stores. This hadn't been a problem in the past. However, recently the property management has taken a turn for the worse with parking enforcement now routinely banging on my vehicle and telling me there's a 2 hour time limit, even though there are no signs posted saying such. I do drive a larger vehicle because my disability requires me to lay down and take a break when needed. This may be the reason I'm targeted, because I might appear outwardly to be a financially struggling "homeless" person. I've seen numerous other "regular" looking vehicles parked for hours on end and they aren't subjected to the same harassment. It's a shame because I used to shop here frequently - even if it took me half a day to get all my shopping done. I guess they're harassment tactics and targeting of those who appeared to be financially disadvantaged is designed to help them reach some appearance proper middle class social status. And though my inclination is probably what they want, to just take my business elsewhere, I think I may still come here to shop while putting my disabled placard in the window and letting them knock their knuckles to their hearts content.

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    Eastmont Town Center is the "new name" (a decade ago) for the Eastmont Mall which went bankrupt in…read more2000. the death of the Mall was a tell for the mall biz, not just "ghetto" ones. malls in every economic statra in America has been in decline for years, if not decades. is Amazon the suspect in the disintegration of the malls? -being neither a mall shopper nor an amazon one, can't tell u. vacate space here has been rented for city, county, police, and semipublic services with a few retail adventurous retailers remaining. original investors probably lost $$. i neither cry nor cheer for the results this is how pure capitalism works. not factoring in crony capitalism, the preferred brand for elites, connected "businessman", evangelists, and politicians.

    I scheduled an appointment with JC Penney Home Decorating. Scheduled an in-home appointment for…read morecustom window coverings. Waited weeks for the appointment. The decorator "Clara" who was assigned called an hour before the appointment and canceled. She said she was in her call and couldn't talk, but said she would call me to reschedule. I assumed she would call the same day. Instead, she called me 4 days later. I called and complained to Penneys. A "manager" called me back and left a voice mail message saying "Clara" is the only employee in the East Bay. We bought our house 29 years ago and Penneys sold us window coverings for the whole house. Years later we hired them again to replace most of the first original ones. Now I will never hire Penneys again. There employees are totally unreliable and the company just doesn't care about being in this business.

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